Home Alone (1990) When 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (played by Macaulay Culkin) is accidentally left behind as his large family rushes off on a Christmas vacation to Paris, he wakes up to find the house empty—and himself in charge. At first, he enjoys his newfound freedom, eating junk food and doing whatever he wants. But things take a turn when two bumbling burglars, Harry and Marv, target his home. Using his cleverness and a series of hilarious booby traps, Kevin defends his house and outsmart