content: Well, he died in '94, so it's not like he had much time during the 90's, but this is just not true. John Candy was in a pretty long list of great movies. 1941, The Blues Brothers, Stripes, National Lampoon's Vacation, Splash, Little Shop of Horrors, Spaceballs, The Great Outdoors, Who's Harry Crumb?, Uncle Buck, Home Alone, Cool Runnings and Canadian Bacon.  While they may not have been your style of movie, these were all pretty popular, and there were others that were fairly popular as well. John Candy was an icon of an actor. The reason most of his good work was in the 80's was because he didn't become popular until the 80's.