Your Guide To All The Home Alone Movies: Casts, Fun Facts & Where To Watch

Here’s everything you need to know about the Home Alone movies

No holiday binge is complete without at least one Home Alone film. Originally conceived by filmmaking legend John Hughes, each installment offers up its own zany escapades. Discover or refresh your memory on the films below, add them to your Watchlist, and have yourself a merry little marathon.

Where can I watch the Home Alone movies?

All six Home Alone movies are available to stream on Disney+, from the 1990 classic that started it all, to the 2021 Disney+ Original.

Home Alone

We’ll start with the classic that started it all. When Kevin McCallister’s (Macaulay Culkin) family jets off to Paris for the holidays, accidentally leaving him home alone, he initially delights in being able to eat junk food and watch as much TV as he wants. Problems arise when burglars Harry and Marv (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) prepare to rob the McCallister home, which they thought would be empty. Using cunning and ingenuity to devise elaborate booby traps, Kevin thwarts their repeated attempts at breaking in while his mom, Kate (Catherine O’Hara), races to get back to her son.

The movie is a holiday staple, directed by Chris Columbus, scored by John Williams, and written by John Hughes, who brought his trademark mix of slapstick comedy and earnest emotion to the script.

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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Chris Columbus, John Hughes, and star Macaulay Culkin team up a second time for a Big Apple adventure. Once again, Kevin gets separated from his family, accidentally boarding a plane to New York City instead of Florida. Armed with his dad’s credit card, Kevin lives it up in Manhattan, checking into a luxury hotel and treating himself to extravagant room service. However, Kevin’s fancy city break is interrupted when he encounters his old foes, Harry and Marv, who need to be re-taught a lesson: you can’t mess with kids on Christmas.

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Home Alone 3

Heads up! Home Alone 3 introduces a new protagonist, Alex Pruitt (Alex D. Linz), who shares Kevin’s knack for booby-trap-building. While home alone with chickenpox, Alex springs into action when his house gets targeted by spies on the hunt for a remote-controlled car, containing a secret computer chip. With a little help from his pets, Alex uses homemade traps to outwit the bandits. The film is written and produced by John Hughes, but this time, Raja Gosnell, the editor behind Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, steps into the role of director.

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Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House

In Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House, we return to the McCallister home, with Kevin (played by Mike Weinberg in this installment) facing his parents’ divorce and spending Christmas at his dad’s girlfriend’s house. One of the infamous “Wet Bandits,” Marv (portrayed by French Stewart), returns with his wife and accomplice, Vera (Missi Pyle), and is on a quest to kidnap a foreign royal. Kevin uses his old skills and new tech to stop the crooks and save Christmas — and maybe his parents’ marriage, too.

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Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

Installment five introduces a new kid, new baddies, and a similar scenario. After moving cross-country, Finn Baxter (Christian Martyn) and his older sister Alexis (Jodelle Ferland) find themselves home alone when their parents get snowed in at a holiday party. Expecting the house to be empty, a band of thieves, played by Malcom McDowell, Debi Mazar, and Eddie Steeples, hatches a plan to steal a valuable painting. After learning about their evil plan, Finn sets a bunch of traps to keep them out. Will he succeed? Stream and see!

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Home Sweet Home Alone

Thirsty for more? The latest movie features a new cast of famous faces alongside familiar hijinks. Max Mercer (Archie Yates) gets left behind by mistake when his family travels to Japan. When his mom (Aisling Bea) realizes he’s home alone, she fights the clock to get home. Meanwhile, Max faces a pair of trespassers (Rob Delaney and Ellie Kemper), mixing old-school booby traps with high-tech innovations to keep them at bay.

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Who are the cast and characters of each Home Alone movie?

Each film features an array of new characters, casts, and crews. Here's your movie-by-movie breakdown.

Home Alone

Macaulay Culkin plays Kevin McCallister, the loveable troublemaker. The “Wet Bandits,” Harry and Marv, are played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern, respectively. Catherine O’Hara and John Heard play Kevin’s parents, Kate and Peter. Comedian John Candy makes a cameo as the Polka King, who helps Kevin’s mom get home for Christmas.

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Macaulay Culkin is back as Kevin, once again facing Harry and Marv, with Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern reprising their roles. Catherine O’Hara and John Heard return as Kevin’s parents, and Culkin’s real-life little brother (Kieran Culkin) returns as his on-screen little brother. Tim Curry plays the hilarious role of Plaza Hotel concierge, Mr. Hector, who senses that Kevin is up to no good.

Home Alone 3

Alex D. Linz plays Alex Pruitt, who finds himself home alone with a gang of spies at his door, led by Petr Beaupre (Olek Krupa). Rounding out Beaupre’s crew are Rya Kihlstedt as Alice Ribbons, Lenny Von Dohlen as Burton Jernigan, and David Thornton as Earl Unger. Scarlett Johansson plays Alex’s older sister, Molly.

Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House

Mike Weinberg takes on the role of Kevin McCallister and French Stewart portrays Marv, flanked by his wife, Vera (Missi Pyle). Eric Avari and Barbara Babcock play Prescott and Molly, a pair of servants. Kevin’s dad, Peter, and his girlfriend, Natalie, are played by Jason Beghe and Joanna Going, respectively.

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

Christian Martyn is the tech-savvy Finn Baxter, Jodelle Ferland is his sister Alexis, and Ellie Harvie and Doug Murray play their parents. Malcom McDowell leads the intruders as Sinclair, joined by Debi Mazar’s Jessica and Eddie Steeples’s Hughes. Ed Asner plays the party host, Mr. Carson.

Home Sweet Home Alone

Archie Yates is the resourceful Max Mercer, whose mom (Aisling Bea) accidentally leaves him home alone. Ellie Kemper and Rob Delaney play a pair of trespassers. Devin Ratray reprises his role as Buzz McCallister, Kevin’s older brother from the first two films (Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York), but now he’s a police officer. Kenan Thompson and Timothy Simons also make appearances.

When did each Home Alone movie come out?

The Home Alone franchise has been part of the holiday zeitgeist for 35 years!  Here’s when each movie came out:

• Home Alone: 1990

• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York: 1992

• Home Alone 3: 1997

• Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House: 2002

• Home Alone: The Holiday Heist: 2012

• Home Sweet Home Alone: 2021

Home Alone Fun Facts

Let’s answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the Home Alone films. 

How many Home Alone movies are there?

As of right now, there are six Home Alone movies to enjoy on Disney+. 

How old was Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone?

Macaulay Culkin was just nine years old when Home Alone was filmed. By the time it came out, he was 10. His younger brother, Kieran Culkin, was also in the first two films, making his big-screen debut at just seven in Home Alone.

Where is the Home Alone house?

While most of the interior shots were filmed on sets, the exterior is a real house in Winnetka, Illinois, a few miles north of Chicago.

Where was Home Alone filmed?

Most filming took place where the movie’s set, the Chicago suburbs. A lot of interior shots were captured at Chicago’s New Trier Township High School, which closed down a decade prior. The production built ambitious sets to mimic the interior of the real house in Winnetka.

How long are the Home Alone movies?

With five of the films running under two hours and one just slightly over (Home Alone 2: Lost in New York), they’re the perfect length for family movie night. Here are the exact figures: 

• Home Alone (1990)  1h 45m

• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) 2h 2m

• Home Alone 3 (1997) 1h 43m

• Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House (2002) 1h 25m

• Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012) 1h 32m

• Home Sweet Home Alone (2021) 1h 36m

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