List of the best John Carpenter movies: Halloween(1978), Assault on Precinct 13(1976), They Live(1988), Big Trouble in Little China(1986), In the Mouth of Madness(1995), Escape From New York(1981), The Fog(1980), Christine(1983), Memoirs of an Invisible Man(1992), Village of the Damned(1995), The Ward(2010), John Carpenter's Escape From L.A.(1996) ... ...
7.7/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Other
USA
1978
91 Minutes
Director
Donald Pleasence Jamie Lee Curtis Nancy Kyes P.J. Soles Charles Cyphers Kyle Richards Brian Andrews Arthur Malet
psychopath sister psychiatrist victim dark creepy suspenseful small town america household death stabbing baby-sitting halloween paranoia murder rise escape 1970s
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
7.4/10
Action
USA
1976
91 Minutes
Director
Austin Stoker Darwin Joston Laurie Zimmer Martin West Tony Burton Charles Cyphers Nancy Kyes Peter Bruni John Fox Kim Richards Henry Brandon
lieutenant police officer secretary prisoner gang member tense frightful outlandish south central police station basement gangs urban crime unlikely allies revenge escape wretched excess 1970s
An unlikely partnership between a Highway Patrol Officer, two criminals and a station secretary is formed to defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.
7.3/10
Sci-Fi, Horror
USA
1988
93 Minutes
Director
Roddy Piper Keith David Meg Foster George "Buck" Flower Peter Jason Raymond St. Jacques Jason Robards III Larry Franco
drifter politician police officer alien media personality dark amusing wild los angeles shantytown tv station church conspiracy alien invasion cover-up media political corruption discovery underdog 1980s
They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.
7.3/10
Action, Fantasy
USA
1986
98 Minutes
Director
Kurt Russell Kim Cattrall Dennis Dun James Hong Victor Wong Kate Burton Suzee Pai Donald Li
truck driver best friend fiancé magician amusing campy outlandish chinatown san francisco alternate reality dangerous assignment evil spirits rescue culture clash adventure pursuit 1980s
A rough-and-tumble trucker helps rescue his friend's fiancée from an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown.
7.2/10
Horror
USA
1995
95 Minutes
Director
Sam Neill Julie Carmen Jürgen Prochnow Charlton Heston David Warner John Glover Bernie Casey Peter Jason Frances Bay
insurance investigator publisher writer editor mutant doctor brutal creepy gory new york city new hampshire hobb's end church horror novel missing persons investigation supernatural memory loss mass hysteria pursuit
An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.
7.2/10
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
1981
100 Minutes
Director
Kurt Russell Ernest Borgnine Adrienne Barbeau Lee Van Cleef Donald Pleasence Isaac Hayes Season Hubley Harry Dean Stanton Tom Atkins Charles Cyphers
mercenary president prisoners bleak thrilling new york city prison cold war terrorism hostages rescue nuclear safety rescue escape 20th century
In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.
6.8/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1980
89 Minutes
Director
Adrienne Barbeau Hal Holbrook Janet Leigh Jamie Lee Curtis John Houseman Tom Atkins Nancy Kyes Charles Cyphers Ty Mitchell George "Buck" Flower John Vick
radio host priest hitchhiker wife fisherman coroner chilling gory shocking frightening california coast lighthouse church house ghosts shipwreck secret past small-town life supernatural
An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.
6.7/10
Horror
USA
1983
110 Minutes
Director
Keith Gordon John Stockwell Alexandra Paul Robert Prosky Harry Dean Stanton Christine Belford Roberts Blossom William Ostrander David Spielberg Malcolm Danare Steven Tash
nerd jock girlfriend garage owner detective bully frightening eerie los angeles high school liquor store auto factory garage household cars obsession murder supernatural arrogance jealousy
A nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.
6.0/10
Sci-Fi
USA|France
1992
99 Minutes
Director
Chevy Chase Daryl Hannah Sam Neill Michael McKean Stephen Tobolowsky Jim Norton
businessman love interest government agent scientist engaging incredible san francisco office building invisibility on the run superhuman abilities romance science experiments discovery escape metamorphosis 1990s
After a freak accident, a yuppie turns invisible and runs from a treacherous CIA official, while trying to cope with his new life.
5.7/10
Horror
USA
1995
98 Minutes
Director
Christopher Reeve Kirstie Alley Linda Kozlowski Michael Paré Meredith Salenger Mark Hamill Pippa Pearthree Peter Jason Constance Forslund Karen Kahn Thomas Dekker
doctor government agent epidemiologist pregnant teen child alien creepy frightful california small town park family home doctor's office laboratory alien invasion pregnancy children vs. adults mind control transformation quest
A small town's women give birth to unfriendly alien children posing as humans.
5.6/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2010
88 Minutes
Director
Amber Heard Danielle Panabaker Lyndsy Fonseca Laura-Leigh Mamie Gummer Jared Harris Sean Cook D.R. Anderson Sydney Sweeney
nurse psychiatrist young girl evil spirit patient doctor dark disturbing eerie frightening gripping intense united states psychiatric ward laboratory oregon psychiatry evil haunting violence
An institutionalized young woman becomes terrorized by a ghost.
Sci-Fi, Action
1996
96 Minutes
Director
Kurt Russell Stacy Keach Steve Buscemi Cliff Robertson Peter Fonda George Corraface Michelle Forbes Valeria Golino Bruce Campbell A.J. Langer Leland Orser
commando president con artist daughter guerrilla leader surfer outlandish gritty thrilling offbeat los angeles jail island amusement park pacific ocean sunset strip race against time missing persons earthquakes police state
The fascist U.S. president enlists a jailed war hero (Kurt Russell) to retrieve a top-secret device stolen by his daughter on island Los Angeles in 2013.
Sci-Fi
1974
83 Minutes
Director
Brian Narelle Dan O'Bannon Cal Kuniholm Dre Pahich Joe Saunders
A satiric look at the problems experienced by a crew of bumbling astronauts on a mission to destroy rogue planets.
Horror
1993
95 Minutes
Director
Tobe Hooper Alex Datcher Mark Hamill Stacy Keach Robert Carradine David Warner David Naughton Twiggy Sheena Easton Deborah Harry
Filmmaker John Carpenter introduces a trio of terror tales: "Unleaded," "Hair" and Tobe Hooper's "Baseball Man."
7.2/10
Documentary
USA
2008
90 Minutes
Neil Gaiman Guillermo del Toro Stuart Gordon John Carpenter Andrew Migliore
A chronicle of the life, work and mind that created the Cthulhu mythos.
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