- Films
- 30
- Avg rating
- 6.27
- Peak run
- 1986’88
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
John by the numbers
Average
6.27
27 rated films
Vote weighted
6.36
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.91
rating spread
Career
21y
1975 to 1995
Total votes
1.55M
across every film
Best
7.9
The Blues Brothers
Worst
4.9
Wagons East
Newest first
Filmography
| 1995 |  Canadian Bacon | Sheriff Bud Boomer | 5.9 | 19,774 |
| 1994 | Wagons East | James Harlow | 4.9 | 7,040 |
| 1993 |  Cool Runnings | Irv | 7.0 | 125K |
| 1992 | Once Upon a Crime... | Augie Morosco | 5.8 | 6,497 |
| 1991 |  Delirious | Jack Gable | 5.8 | 11,027 |
| 1991 |  Nothing But Trouble | Dennis | 5.2 | 30,756 |
| 1991 |  Only the Lonely | Danny Muldoon | 6.4 | 13,599 |
| 1990 |  The Rescuers Down Under | Wilbur | 6.8 | 51,943 |
| 1989 | Speed Zone | Charlie | 4.5 | 4,062 |
| 1989 |  Uncle Buck | Buck Russell | 7.1 | 123K |
| 1989 |  Who's Harry Crumb? | Harry Crumb | 5.9 | 19,543 |
| 1988 |  The Great Outdoors | Chet Ripley | 6.6 | 57,072 |
| 1988 | Hot to Trot | Don | 4.5 | 3,918 |
| 1987 |  Planes, Trains & Automobiles | Del Griffith | 7.6 | 182K |
| 1987 |  Spaceballs | Barf | 7.1 | 229K |
| 1986 |  Armed and Dangerous | Frank Dooley | 5.8 | 14,312 |
| 1986 |  Little Shop of Horrors | Wink Wilkinson | 7.1 | 96,259 |
| 1985 |  Brewster's Millions | Spike Nolan | 6.5 | 47,913 |
| 1985 | Follow That Bird | State Trooper | 6.8 | 6,180 |
| 1985 |  Summer Rental | Jack Chester | 6.3 | 20,588 |
Better together?
John Candy's regulars
- Dan AykroydCo-star · 3 films · 6.57 avg▲+0.45
- Eugene LevyCo-star · 3 films · 5.77 avg▼−0.26
- Joe FlahertyCo-star · 3 films · 5.43 avg▼−0.67
- John HughesDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.35 avg▲+0.72
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On John Candy
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.