National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
To avoid being pigeonholed as a maker of only teen movies, Hughes branched out in 1987 by directing the hit comedy "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" starring Steve Martin and John Candy. His later output was not so well received critically, though films like "Uncle Buck" and "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" proved popular. His final film as a director was 1991's "Curly Sue".