Unproduced

John Hughes completed a number of screenplays which, for various reasons, were never produced as films. Notable examples include the farce Jaws 3: People 0 (1979), Hughes' personal favorite script Oil and Vinegar (1987), and a live-action Peanuts movie (1993). Sequels to Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off were also considered but ultimately were not made.

Unproduced screenplays
 * Jaws 3: People 0 (1979)
 * The History of Ohio From The Beginning of Time to the End of the Universe a.k.a. National Lampoon's Dacron, Ohio (1980)
 * The Joy of Sex: A Dirty Love Story (1982)
 * Debs (1983)
 * The New Kid (1986)
 * Bartholomew Vs. Neff (1991)
 * Oil and Vinegar (1987)
 * Black Cat Bone: The Return of Huckleberry Finn (1991)
 * The Nanny (1991)
 * The Bugster (1991)
 * Ball 'n' Chain (1991)
 * Live-action Peanuts movie (1993)
 * The Bee (1994)
 * Tickets (1996)
 * Grisbys Go Broke (2003)