After his flight to Chicago is diverted and delayed due to bad weather, pretentious ad executive Neal Page (Steve Martin) decides to find another means of transportation in order to get home to his family for Thanksgiving. Joining Neal in his harrowing journey, much to his dismay, is shower curtain ring salesman Del Griffith (John Candy), an obnoxious blabbermouth who always seems to find a way to make a bad situation even worse. While the mismatched pair squabble their way from one detour to the next, they never give up and eventually bond over the shared disaster. Directed by John Hughes. With Kevin Bacon, Matthew Lawrence and Ben Stein. Categories: Comedy, Adventure. Year: 1987.
Ben Stein in Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick), a slick, unmotivated high school student, uses an elaborate scheme to convince his parents (Cindy Pickett and Lyman Ward) that he is too sick to go to class. During his free-wheeling day off, Ferris cons his best friend, Cameron (Alan Ruck), into taking his father's beloved Ferrari out for a joyride and execute a plan to get Sloane (Mia Sara), Ferris's girlfriend, out of school. When Principal Ed Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) begins to suspect that Ferris is on the loose, he goes on an all-out search to hunt him down and expose his phony illness. Directed by John Hughes. With Ben Stein, Jennifer Grey and Edie McClurg. Categories: Comedy, Cult Classics. Year: 1986.
Ben Stein in Ferris Bueller's Day Off