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Planes, Trains & Automobiles

“What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.”

1987 · 1 h 33 min
Directed by John Hughes
ComedyDrama

Cast

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Plot

An uptight executive trying to get home for Thanksgiving is stuck with an oafish shower-curtain salesman.

Sinekatalog’s take

John Hughes's comedy of travel disasters is hilarious and touching, with Steve Martin and John Candy perfect together.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (182,604 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.