Films Planes, Trains and Automobiles Film • 1987 • Comedy, Drama Watch trailer 59% 76% 75.4% 76% 87%An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.Where to watch Streaming information by Cast & CrewJohn HughesDirector & ScreenplaySteve MartinNeal PageJohn CandyDel GriffithLaila RobinsSusan PageMichael McKeanState TrooperDylan BakerOwenKevin BaconTaxi RacerOlivia BurnetteMarti PageCarol BruceJoy PageDiana DouglasPegMartin FerreroMotel ClerkSee all cast & crew on IMDbDetailsStatusReleasedReleaseNovember 26, 1987OriginsUnited States of AmericaGenresComedyDramaTagsBuddy ComedyFarceHoliday ComedyRoad TripHolidayExternal linksLinks AllMovie American Film Institute Apple TV FilmAffinity Google Knowledge Graph Google Play Hulu IMDb Letterboxd Metacritic Netflix Official site Plex Rotten Tomatoes TCM TMDB The Numbers Trakt Wikidata Wikipedia iTunes Reviews Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Empire • empireonline.com Planes, Trains and Automobiles movie review (1987) Roger Ebert • rogerebert.com Why 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' Is the Ultimate Thanksgiving Movie Jason Diamond • rollingstone.com Cinema: Worst-Case Scenario PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES TIME.com • content.time.com ‘Planes, Trains & Automobiles’: THR’s 1987 Review Duane Byrge • hollywoodreporter.com RemakesTitleYearAvg.Anbe Sivam200387.8%Planes, Trains and Automobiles198774.7%CollectionTitleYearAvg.Anbe Sivam200387.8%Planes, Trains and Automobiles198774.7%EvolutionPositions in the top 50 for Planes, Trains and Automobiles in the past 30 days