HOME ALONE (1990)

When misunderstood, 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) remonstrates and defends himself the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine O'Hara) makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone must protect the family home. Director: Chris Columbus. Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara, Angela Goethals, John Candy and Devin Ratray.