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11 Reasons Why Childhood Wouldn’t Have Been the Same Without John Hughes

6. Home Alone

No one tapped into the psyche of an eight-year-old with quite the precision of John Hughes. That skill was never more on point than in Home Alone (which still totally holds up, by the way). The film finds spoiled brat Kevin McCallister left at home when his parents jet off to Paris for Christmas. Hughes’ script requires a lot of its pint-sized lead, Macaulay Culkin, but the kid delivers, simultaneously learning something about personal responsibility while never once sacrificing the ebullience of childhood.

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