Een zakenman wil naar zijn familie voor Thanksgiving. Hij ontmoet een man die zijn taxi voor zijn neus wegkaapt en na hun tweede ontmoeting op het vliegveld laat de man (die douche-ringen verkoopt) hem niet meer met rust. Door problemen met het weer stranden ze ergens halverwege.
Nee, helaas is Planes, Trains and Automobiles nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | John Hughes | Screenplay |
| Sound | Ira Newborn | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | John Hughes | Director |
| Production | John Hughes | Producer |
| Art | John W. Corso | Production Design |
| Editing | Paul Hirsch | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | April Ferry | Costume Design |
| Camera | Donald Peterman | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Wylie Stateman | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Art | Linda Spheeris | Set Decoration |
| Art | Louis M. Mann | Set Designer |
| Sound | Hugo Weng | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Griffin | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Chris Jargo | Sound Editor |
| Production | Michael Chinich | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Dan M. Rich | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Randy Kelley | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Lon Bender | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Victor Grodecki | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Lorna Anderson | Sound Editor |
| Sound | David E. Campbell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Neil Machlis | Executive Producer |
| Art | Harold Michelson | Art Direction |
| Sound | Larry Kemp | Sound Editor |
| Art | Jane Bogart | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye Jr. | Makeup Designer |
| Sound | Gregg Rudloff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | John T. Reitz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Corey Michael Eubanks | Stunt Driver |
| Directing | Arthur Anderson | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mark Radcliffe | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jeff Carson | Music Editor |
| Production | Robbie Goldstein | Location Manager |
| Crew | Stan Parks | Special Effects |
| Sound | Stan Gilbert | ADR Supervisor |
| Sound | Tarquin Gotch | Music Supervisor |
| Production | Neil Machlis | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Ron Payne | Music Coordinator |
| Sound | James R. Alexander | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Bennie E. Dobbins | Stunt Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Toni-Ann Walker | Hair Designer |
| Crew | William Aldridge | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dione Taylor | Hairstylist |
