6 — She’s Having a Baby (1988)

Six of Hughes’ eight directorial efforts have solidified themselves into the cultural landscape. There’s a reason why we are doing this ranking, and why even when we have quibbles with, say, Sixteen Candles, we would never deny its cultural impact.

Curly Sue and She’s Having a Baby are the two that have fallen out of the Hughes canon, such as it is. With Curly Sue, that’s for the best. But She’s Having a Baby is an enjoyable watch.

Leaving teen movies behind, She’s Having a Baby is a breezy romantic comedy about adults. The movie is also unusual in that it begins with the couple together. In fact, the film follows Jake and Kristy Briggs from their wedding to the birth of their first child.

It then chronicles the ups and downs of married life, in amiable ways, and is helped by the fact the Briggses are played by Elizabeth McGovern and Kevin Bacon.