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John Landis

Born 1950 · American film director, screenwriter and producer

John Landis is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for directing comedy films such as The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), The Blues Brothers (1980), Trading Places (1983), Three Amigos (1986), Coming to America (1988), and Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), as well as horror films such as An American Werewolf in London (1981), Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), and Innocent Blood (1992). He also directed the music videos for Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (1983) and "Black or White" (1991).

John Landis, in order

  1. 1970 Kelly's Heroes: acted · directed by Brian G. Hutton · critics 76%, audiences 88%
  2. 1971 Red Sun: acted · directed by Terence Young · critics 40%, audiences 61% · streaming on fuboTV, Philo, Fandango at Home (free)
  3. 1973 Battle for the Planet of the Apes: acted · directed by J. Lee Thompson
  4. 1973 Schlock: directed, wrote, acted
  5. 1975 Death Race 2000: acted · directed by Paul Bartel
  6. 1977 The Kentucky Fried Movie: directed, acted · critics 84%, audiences 66% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  7. 1978 Animal House: directed · critics 88%, audiences 89% · streaming on Philo, AMC+, MGM+
  8. 1979 1941: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 37%, audiences 48% · streaming on Fawesome
  9. 1979 The Muppet Movie: acted · directed by James Frawley · critics 89%, audiences 88% · streaming on Disney+
  10. 1980 The Blues Brothers: directed, wrote, acted · critics 72%, audiences 92% · streaming on Netflix, Philo, AMC+
  11. 1981 An American Werewolf in London: directed, wrote, acted · critics 80%, audiences 85% · streaming on Prime Video, Philo, Kanopy
  12. 1982 Coming Soon: directed, wrote
  13. 1982 Eating Raoul: acted · directed by Paul Bartel
  14. 1983 Michael Jackson's Thriller (short film): directed, wrote, produced
  15. 1983 Trading Places: directed
  16. 1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie: directed, wrote · critics 59%, audiences 55% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  17. 1984 Making Michael Jackson's - Thriller: directed, acted
  18. 1984 The Muppets Take Manhattan: acted · directed by Frank Oz
  19. 1985 B.B. King "Into the Night": directed, acted
  20. 1985 Clue: wrote, produced · directed by Jonathan Lynn
  21. 1985 Into the Night: directed, acted · critics 36%, audiences 50%
  22. 1985 Spies Like Us: directed
  23. 1986 Fuzz Bucket (TV movie): produced · directed by Mick Garris
  24. 1986 Three Amigos: directed
  25. 1987 Amazon Women on the Moon: directed, produced · critics 65%, audiences 57%
  26. 1988 Coming to America: directed · critics 70%, audiences 85%
  27. 1990 Darkman: acted · directed by Sam Raimi · critics 80%, audiences 60% · streaming on Philo
  28. 1990 Psycho IV: The Beginning (TV movie): acted · directed by Mick Garris
  29. 1990 Spontaneous Combustion: acted · directed by Tobe Hooper
  30. 1991 Black or White (short film): directed
  31. 1991 Oscar: directed
  32. 1992 Innocent Blood: directed
  33. 1992 Sleepwalkers: acted · directed by Mick Garris
  34. 1992 Venice/Venice: acted · directed by Henry Jaglom
  35. 1994 Beverly Hills Cop III: directed · critics 12%, audiences 35% · streaming on Hoopla, Tubi
  36. 1994 The Silence of the Hams: acted · directed by Ezio Greggio
  37. 1995 Here Come the Munsters (TV movie): produced · directed by Robert Ginty
  38. 1996 The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas (TV movie): produced · directed by Ian Emes
  39. 1996 The Stupids: directed, produced · critics 20%, audiences 38% · streaming on Hoopla, YouTube (free)
  40. 1997 Laws of Deception: acted · directed by Joey Travolta
  41. 1997 Mad City: acted · directed by Costa-Gavras
  42. 1997 Quicksilver Highway (TV movie): acted · directed by Mick Garris
  43. 1998 Blues Brothers 2000: directed, wrote, produced
  44. 1998 Susan's Plan: directed, wrote, produced
  45. 1998 The Lost World: produced · directed by Bob Keen
  46. 1999 Diamonds: acted · directed by John Asher
  47. 2000 The American Nightmare: acted · directed by Adam Simon · audiences 74%
  48. 2004 Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen: acted · directed by Michael Palm · critics 57%, audiences 67%
  49. 2004 Slasher: an IFC Original (TV movie): directed
  50. 2004 Spider-Man 2: acted · directed by Sam Raimi · critics 93%, audiences 82% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
  51. 2005 Masters of Horror (TV series): directed, wrote
  52. 2005 The Ax: acted · directed by Costa-Gavras
  53. 2005 Torrente 3: El protector: acted · directed by Santiago Segura
  54. 2006 The Sci-Fi Boys: acted · directed by Paul Davids
  55. 2007 Look: acted · directed by Adam Rifkin
  56. 2007 Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project: directed, produced, acted · critics 83%, audiences 79%
  57. 2007 Psych (TV series): directed
  58. 2008 Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero: acted · directed by Rusty Nails
  59. 2008 Fear Itself (TV series): directed
  60. 2009 The Scenesters: acted · directed by Todd Berger
  61. 2010 Burke & Hare: directed
  62. 2010 Machete Maidens Unleashed!: acted · directed by Mark Hartley · critics 88%, audiences 73%
  63. 2011 Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan: acted · directed by Gilles Penso
  64. 2012 Some Guy Who Kills People: produced · directed by Jack Perez
  65. 2015 Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: acted · directed by Douglas Tirola · critics 87%, audiences 69% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
  66. 2015 Tales of Halloween: acted · directed by Dave Parker and Neil Marshall
  67. 2016 Soundbreaking: acted · directed by Jeff Dupre and Maro Chermayeff