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.
| Production | John Hughes | Producer |
| Sound | Ira Newborn | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | John Hughes | Screenplay |
| Editing | Paul Hirsch | Editor |
| Camera | Donald Peterman | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | April Ferry | Costume Design |
| Art | John W. Corso | Production Design |
| Directing | John Hughes | Director |
| Art | Harold Michelson | Art Direction |
| Art | Jane Bogart | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Larry Kemp | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye Jr. | Makeup Designer |
| Sound | Lon Bender | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | John T. Reitz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Dan M. Rich | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Wylie Stateman | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Lorna Anderson | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gregg Rudloff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | David E. Campbell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Michael Chinich | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Hugo Weng | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Victor Grodecki | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Griffin | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Louis M. Mann | Set Designer |
| Production | Neil Machlis | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Randy Kelley | Sound Editor |
| Art | Linda Spheeris | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Chris Jargo | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Corey Michael Eubanks | Stunt Driver |
| Costume & Make-Up | Toni-Ann Walker | Hair Designer |
| Sound | Ron Payne | Music Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dione Taylor | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Jeff Carson | Music Editor |
| Directing | Mark Radcliffe | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Neil Machlis | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Robbie Goldstein | Location Manager |
| Crew | Stan Parks | Special Effects |
| Sound | James R. Alexander | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Bennie E. Dobbins | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | William Aldridge | Special Effects |
| Sound | Tarquin Gotch | Music Supervisor |
| Directing | Arthur Anderson | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Stan Gilbert | ADR Supervisor |
