Top 5 John Hughes Films

To sum up '80's comedies requires just two words: 'JOHN' and 'HUGHES'. The brilliant director knocked out some of the decade's loudest laughs, before retiring in 1994. Sadly, he passed away on 6 August 2009 from a sudden heart attack, aged just 59. We celebrate his CAREER with five of the best. Stand back, chaps, they're proper comedy corkers...

1) PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (1987)

Steve Martin's tetchy businessman gets lumbered with bumbling buffoon John Candy while trying to get home to his family for Thanksgiving. Cue massive Y-fronts in the hotel sink, motorway near-death experiences and grabbing onto Candy's wobbly moobs for night-time comfort. "Hang on, those aren't pillows!" Genius. Also, check out Martin's sweary car rant at the airport below. More genius!

2) FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986)

Matthew Broderick's inventive teen fakes illness to take a day off school, borrowing his best mate's dad's Ferrari for a glitzy road trip round the city. His sister and teacher are desperate to rumble his game, but Bueller and his sexy highschool sweetheart are always 84,376 steps ahead. "Bueller? Bueller? Anyone? Bueller?" Genius!

3) THE BREAKFAST CLUB (1985)

Five very different teens get stuck in school detention together and pour their hearts out. And that's really about it, but it's ridiculously brilliant, sentimental and funny. We don't know why, it just is. The 'Footloose' dance scene says it all. Bust those moves, Estevez. Genius!

4) WEIRD SCIENCE (1985)

A pair of highschool geeks pool their IT skills to create the perfect woman, who just so happens to be the sexy-in-the-'80s Kelly LeBrock. And by parading around with this leggy, reasonably-chested goddess, they get to impress all the mates they don't have. Genius!

5) UNCLE BUCK (1989)

Oafish ten-pin bowler JOHN CANDY babysits Macauley Culkin and his two sisters, threatening the older one's cheating boyfriend with a drill, laying into mole-faced teachers and fighting off the advances of a flirty flooze from next door. And he sports a bloody good trilby, too. This film warms hearts like no other. Genius!