Roger Corman

1926–2024 · American film director and producer

Roger William Corman was an American film director and producer. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", “King of the Beatnik Movies”, "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he was known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film.

Roger Corman, in order

1. 1950 The Gunfighter: wrote · directed by Henry King · critics 93%, audiences 90% · streaming on fuboTV, Roku Channel, Pluto TV
2. 1954 Monster from the Ocean Floor: produced, acted · directed by Wyott Ordung
3. 1954 The Fast and the Furious: wrote, produced, acted · directed by John Ireland
4. 1955 Apache Woman: directed, produced
5. 1955 Day the World Ended: directed, produced, acted
6. 1955 Five Guns West: directed, produced
7. 1955 Swamp Women: directed, produced
8. 1955 The Beast with a Million Eyes: directed
9. 1956 Attack of the Crab Monsters: directed, produced
10. 1956 Gunslinger: directed, produced
11. 1956 It Conquered the World: directed, produced
12. 1956 The Oklahoma Woman: directed, produced
13. 1957 Carnival Rock: directed, produced
14. 1957 Naked Paradise: directed, produced, acted
15. 1957 Not of This Earth: directed, produced
16. 1957 Rock All Night: directed, produced
17. 1957 Sorority Girl: directed, produced
18. 1957 Teenage Doll: directed, produced
19. 1957 The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent: directed, produced
20. 1957 The Undead: directed, produced
21. 1958 Hot Car Girl: acted · directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
22. 1958 I Mobster: directed
23. 1958 Machine-Gun Kelly: directed, produced
24. 1958 Night of the Blood Beast: produced · directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
25. 1958 She Gods of Shark Reef: directed
26. 1958 Teenage Cave Man: directed, produced
27. 1958 The Brain Eaters: produced · directed by Bruno VeSota
28. 1958 The Cry Baby Killer: produced, acted · directed by Jus Addiss
29. 1958 War of the Satellites: directed, produced, acted
30. 1959 A Bucket of Blood: directed, produced
31. 1959 Attack of the Giant Leeches: produced · directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
32. 1959 T-Bird Gang: produced · directed by Richard Harbinger
33. 1959 The Wasp Woman: directed, produced, acted
34. 1960 Battle of Blood Island: acted · directed by Joel Rapp
35. 1960 House of Usher: directed, produced
36. 1960 Last Woman on Earth: directed
37. 1960 Ski Troop Attack: directed, produced, acted
38. 1960 The Little Shop of Horrors: directed, produced
39. 1961 Atlas: directed, produced, acted
40. 1961 Creature from the Haunted Sea: directed, produced, acted · audiences 20% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
41. 1961 The Pit and the Pendulum: directed, produced
42. 1962 Battle Beyond the Sun: produced · directed by Aleksandr Kozyr and Francis Ford Coppola
43. 1962 Tales of Terror: directed
44. 1962 The Broken Land: produced · directed by John A. Bushelman
45. 1962 The Intruder: directed · critics 80%, audiences 78% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Plex
46. 1962 The Premature Burial: directed · critics 50%, audiences 43% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
47. 1962 Tower of London: directed
48. 1963 Dementia 13: produced · directed by Francis Ford Coppola
49. 1963 The Haunted Palace: directed, produced
50. 1963 The Raven: directed, produced
51. 1963 The Terror: directed, wrote, produced
52. 1963 The Young Racers: directed, produced
53. 1963 X: directed, produced
54. 1964 The Masque of the Red Death: directed, produced
55. 1964 The Secret Invasion: directed
56. 1964 The Tomb of Ligeia: directed
57. 1965 Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet: produced · directed by Curtis Harrington and Pavel Klushantsev
58. 1966 Blood Bath: produced, acted · directed by Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman
59. 1966 The Wild Angels: directed, produced · critics 59%, audiences 44% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
60. 1967 A Time for Killing: directed · audiences 45%
61. 1967 Devil's Angels: produced · directed by Daniel Haller
62. 1967 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre: directed, produced
63. 1967 The Trip: directed, produced · critics 39%, audiences 51% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
64. 1968 Targets: produced · directed by Peter Bogdanovich · critics 91%, audiences 81% · streaming on Hoopla
65. 1968 The Wild Racers: directed
66. 1968 Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women: produced · directed by Pavel Klushantsev and Peter Bogdanovich · audiences 19% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
67. 1969 De Sade: directed
68. 1969 Target: Harry: directed
69. 1970 Bloody Mama: directed · critics 13%, audiences 41% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Fawesome
70. 1970 Gas-s-s-s: directed, produced
71. 1970 Ich – Ein Groupie: produced · directed by Erwin C. Dietrich
72. 1970 Scream of the Demon Lover: produced · directed by José Luis Merino
73. 1970 The Dunwich Horror: produced · directed by Daniel Haller
74. 1970 The Student Nurses: produced · directed by Stephanie Rothman
75. 1971 Beast of the Yellow Night: produced · directed by Eddie Romero
76. 1971 Von Richthofen and Brown: directed
77. 1971 Women in Cages: produced · directed by Gerardo de León
78. 1972 Boxcar Bertha: produced · directed by Martin Scorsese · critics 59%, audiences 33% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
79. 1973 Savage!: produced · directed by Cirio H. Santiago
80. 1974 Big Bad Mama: produced · directed by Steve Carver
81. 1974 Caged Heat: produced · directed by Jonathan Demme
82. 1974 Cockfighter: produced · directed by Monte Hellman
83. 1974 T.N.T. Jackson: produced · directed by Cirio H. Santiago
84. 1974 The Godfather Part II: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola · critics 96%, audiences 97% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
85. 1975 Capone: produced · directed by Steve Carver
86. 1975 Death Race 2000: produced · directed by Paul Bartel
87. 1976 Cannonball: acted · directed by Paul Bartel · audiences 34% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Plex
88. 1976 Eat My Dust!: produced · directed by Charles B. Griffith · audiences 36% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Pluto TV
89. 1976 Fighting Mad: produced · directed by Jonathan Demme
90. 1976 Moving Violation: produced · directed by Charles S. Dubin
91. 1977 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: produced · directed by Anthony Page
92. 1977 Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia: produced · directed by Jean Lafleur · streaming on Plex
93. 1977 Thunder and Lightning: produced · directed by Corey Allen
94. 1978 Avalanche: produced · directed by Corey Allen
95. 1978 Deathsport: directed, produced · audiences 25% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Pluto TV
96. 1978 Piranha: produced · directed by Joe Dante
97. 1979 Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider: produced · directed by Steve Carver
98. 1979 Saint Jack: produced · directed by Peter Bogdanovich · critics 80%, audiences 74% · streaming on Prime Video, Philo, Roku Channel
99. 1980 Battle Beyond the Stars: directed, produced
100. 1980 Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype: wrote · directed by Charles B. Griffith
101. 1980 Humanoids from the Deep: produced · directed by Barbara Peeters and Jimmy Murakami
102. 1981 Galaxy of Terror: produced · directed by Bruce D. Clark
103. 1981 Smokey Bites the Dust: produced · directed by Charles B. Griffith
104. 1981 The Howling: acted · directed by Joe Dante
105. 1981 The Territory: produced · directed by Raúl Ruiz
106. 1982 Forbidden World: produced · directed by Allan Holzman
107. 1982 The State of Things: acted · directed by Wim Wenders · critics 40%, audiences 83%
108. 1983 Deathstalker: produced · directed by James Sbardellati
109. 1983 Love Letters: produced · directed by Amy Holden Jones
110. 1983 Space Raiders: produced · directed by Howard R. Cohen
111. 1983 White Star: produced · directed by Roland Klick
112. 1984 Suburbia: produced · directed by Penelope Spheeris
113. 1984 Swing Shift: acted · directed by Jonathan Demme
114. 1984 The Warrior and the Sorceress: produced · directed by John Broderick
115. 1985 Barbarian Queen: produced · directed by Héctor Olivera
116. 1985 Streetwalkin': produced · directed by Joan Freeman
117. 1986 Amazons: produced · directed by Alejandro Sessa
118. 1987 Big Bad Mama II: produced · directed by Jim Wynorski
119. 1987 Deathstalker II: produced · directed by Jim Wynorski
120. 1987 Hour of the Assassin: produced · directed by Luis Llosa
121. 1987 Munchies: produced · directed by Tina Hirsch
122. 1987 Slumber Party Massacre II: produced · directed by Deborah Brock
123. 1987 Sweet Revenge: produced · directed by Mark Sobel
124. 1988 Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure: produced · directed by Deborah Brock
125. 1988 Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell: produced · directed by Alfonso Corona Blake
126. 1988 Emmanuelle 6: produced · directed by Bruno Zincone and Jean Rollin
127. 1988 Not of This Earth: produced · directed by Jim Wynorski
128. 1988 The Drifter: produced · directed by Larry Brand
129. 1988 Watchers: produced · directed by Jon Hess
130. 1989 Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back: produced · directed by Joe Finley
131. 1989 Bloodfist: produced · directed by Terence H. Winkless
132. 1989 Dance of the Damned: produced · directed by Katt Shea
133. 1989 Lords of the Deep: produced, acted · directed by Mary Ann Fisher
134. 1989 Masque of the Red Death: produced · directed by Larry Brand
135. 1989 The Terror Within: produced · directed by Thierry Notz
136. 1989 Transylvania Twist: produced · directed by Jim Wynorski
137. 1989 Under the Boardwalk: produced · directed by Fritz Kiersch
138. 1990 A Cry in the Wild: produced · directed by Mark Griffiths
139. 1990 Bloodfist II: produced · directed by Andy Blumenthal
140. 1990 Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans: produced · directed by Howard R. Cohen
141. 1990 Frankenstein Unbound: directed, wrote, produced
142. 1990 Naked Obsession: produced · directed by Dan Golden
143. 1990 Overexposed: produced · directed by Larry Brand
144. 1990 Slumber Party Massacre III: produced · directed by Sally Mattison
145. 1990 Sorority House Massacre II: produced · directed by Jim Wynorski
146. 1990 Streets: produced · directed by Katt Shea
147. 1990 Ultra Warrior: produced, acted · directed by Augusto Tamayo San Román and Kevin Tent
148. 1990 Watchers II: produced · directed by Thierry Notz
149. 1991 Killer Instinct: produced · directed by David Tausik
150. 1991 The Silence of the Lambs: acted · directed by Jonathan Demme · critics 95%, audiences 95% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
151. 1991 The Terror Within II: produced · directed by Andrew Stevens
152. 1991 The Unborn: produced · directed by Rodman Flender
153. 1992 Black Belt: produced · directed by Charles Philip Moore and Rick Jacobson
154. 1992 Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight: produced · directed by Oley Sassone
155. 1992 Munchie: produced · directed by Jim Wynorski
156. 1992 Quake (TV movie): produced · directed by Louis Morneau
157. 1992 Raiders of the Sun: produced · directed by Cirio H. Santiago
158. 1993 Angelfist: produced · directed by Cirio H. Santiago
159. 1993 Body Bags (TV movie): acted · directed by John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper
160. 1993 Carnosaur: produced · directed by Adam Simon
161. 1993 Dracula Rising: produced · directed by Fred Gallo
162. 1993 Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon: produced · directed by Luis Llosa
163. 1993 Philadelphia: acted · directed by Jonathan Demme · critics 81%, audiences 89%
164. 1993 Stepmonster: produced · directed by Jeremy Stanford
165. 1993 The Skateboard Kid: produced · directed by Larry Swerdlove
166. 1994 A Century of Cinema: acted · directed by Caroline Thomas
167. 1994 Angel of Destruction: produced · directed by Charles Philip Moore
168. 1994 Bloodfist V: Human Target: produced · directed by Jeff Yonis
169. 1994 Bram Stoker's Burial of the Rats (TV movie): produced · directed by Dan Golden
170. 1994 Caroline at Midnight: produced · directed by Scott McGinnis
171. 1994 Revenge of the Red Baron: produced · directed by Robert Gordon
172. 1994 The Fantastic Four: produced · directed by Oley Sassone
173. 1994 The Unborn 2: produced · directed by Rick Jacobson
174. 1994 Watchers 3: produced · directed by Jeremy Stanford
175. 1995 A Bucket of Blood (TV movie): produced · directed by Michael McDonald
176. 1995 Apollo 13: acted · directed by Ron Howard · critics 92%, audiences 87% · streaming on Philo, AMC+, MGM+
177. 1995 Caged Heat 3000: produced · directed by Aaron Osborne
178. 1995 Hellfire: produced · directed by David Tausik
179. 1995 Not Like Us: produced · directed by Dave Payne
180. 1995 Not of This Earth: produced · directed by Terence H. Winkless
181. 1995 Piranha (TV movie): produced · directed by Scott P. Levy
182. 1995 Sawbones: produced · directed by Catherine Cyran
183. 1995 Suspect Device: produced · directed by Rick Jacobson
184. 1995 Terminal Virus: produced · directed by Dan Golden
185. 1995 The Spy Within: produced · directed by Steve Railsback
186. 1995 Where Evil Lies: produced · directed by Kevin Alber
187. 1996 Carnosaur 3: Primal Species: produced · directed by Jonathan Winfrey
188. 1996 Death Game: produced
189. 1996 Inhumanoid: produced
190. 1996 Marquis de Sade: produced · directed by Gwyneth Gibby
191. 1996 Scene of the Crime: produced · directed by Terence H. Winkless
192. 1996 Shadow of a Scream: produced · directed by Howard McCain
193. 1996 Spectre: produced · directed by Scott P. Levy
194. 1996 Subliminal Seduction: produced · directed by Andrew Stevens
195. 1997 The Haunted Sea: produced · directed by Dan Golden
196. 1997 Time Under Fire: produced · directed by Scott P. Levy
197. 1998 Running Woman: produced · directed by Dave Blass and Rachel Samuels
198. 1998 Watchers Reborn: produced · directed by John Carl Buechler
199. 1999 The Haunting of Hell House: produced · directed by Mitch Marcus · audiences 38% · streaming on Roku Channel, Fawesome, Tubi
200. 2000 Nightfall: produced
201. 2000 The Doorway: produced · directed by Michael B. Druxman
202. 2000 The Independent: acted · directed by Stephen Kessler · critics 61%, audiences 50%
203. 2000 The Suicide Club: produced · directed by Rachel Samuels
204. 2001 A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun: produced · directed by Brent Florence
205. 2001 Raptor (TV movie): produced · directed by Jim Wynorski
206. 2001 The Arena: produced · directed by Timur Bekmambetov
207. 2002 All the Love You Cannes!: acted · directed by Gabriel Friedman and Lloyd Kaufman · streaming on Plex, Fawesome, Tubi
208. 2002 Wolfhound: produced · directed by Jim Wynorski
209. 2003 A Decade Under the Influence: acted · directed by Richard LaGravenese and Ted Demme · critics 76%, audiences 83%
210. 2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action: acted · directed by Joe Dante
211. 2003 When Eagles Strike: produced · directed by Cirio H. Santiago
212. 2004 Dinocroc: produced · directed by Kevin O'Neill
213. 2004 Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen: acted · directed by Michael Palm · critics 57%, audiences 67%
214. 2004 The Manchurian Candidate: acted · directed by Jonathan Demme · critics 79%, audiences 63% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, MGM+
215. 2006 The Hunt for Eagle One: produced · directed by Brian Clyde
216. 2006 The Sci-Fi Boys: acted · directed by Paul Davids
217. 2007 Supergator: produced · directed by Brian Clyde
218. 2008 Death Race: produced · directed by Paul W. S. Anderson · critics 42%, audiences 60% · streaming on Starz
219. 2009 Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: acted · directed by Andrew Monument
220. 2009 Popatopolis: acted · directed by Clay Westervelt
221. 2010 Dinocroc vs. Supergator (TV movie): produced · directed by Jim Wynorski
222. 2010 Dinoshark (TV movie): acted · directed by Kevin O'Neill
223. 2010 Machete Maidens Unleashed!: acted · directed by Mark Hartley · critics 88%, audiences 73%
224. 2010 Sharktopus (TV movie): produced · directed by Declan O'Brien
225. 2011 Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel: acted · directed by Alex Stapleton · critics 92%, audiences 84% · streaming on Plex, Tubi
226. 2012 Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader (TV movie): produced · directed by Kevin O'Neill
227. 2012 Piranhaconda (TV movie): produced · directed by Jim Wynorski
228. 2013 Virtually Heroes: produced · directed by G.J. Echternkamp
229. 2014 Roger Corman's Operation Rogue: produced · directed by Brian Clyde
230. 2014 That Guy Dick Miller: acted · directed by Elijah Drenner
231. 2015 Doomed!: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four: acted
232. 2015 Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf (TV movie): produced · directed by Kevin O'Neill
233. 2017 Death Race 2050: produced · directed by G.J. Echternkamp