List of the best John Landis movies: The Blues Brothers(1980), Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project(2007), National Lampoon's Animal House(1978), An American Werewolf in London(1981), Trading Places(1983), Smoke(1995), Coming to America(1988), The Kentucky Fried Movie(1977), Into the Night(1985), Innocent Blood(1992), Burke & Hare(2010), Schlock(1973) ... ...
Musical, Comedy, Action
USA
1980
133 Minutes
Director
John Belushi Dan Aykroyd James Brown Cab Calloway Ray Charles Carrie Fisher Aretha Franklin Henry Gibson John Candy Murphy Dunne Steve Cropper
cab calloway musician police officer woman nun ex-girlfriend amusing madcap frenetic unrestrained spirited illinois jail car hotel bar shopping mall blues debt car chase
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
Comedy, Documentary
USA
2007
89 Minutes
Producer
Harry Dean Stanton John Landis Clint Eastwood Robert De Niro Richard Lewis
This terrific feature film comedy reveals the background of one of the legends of comedy, Don Rickles. Hailed by some of today's biggest comedians as one of the classics, who they aspire to... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1978
109 Minutes
Director
John Belushi Kevin Bacon Donald Sutherland Karen Allen Tim Matheson John Vernon Verna Bloom Thomas Hulce Cesare Danova Peter Riegert Stephen Furst
pledge frat boy dean student teacher underage girl hilarious madcap unrestrained college fraternity house parade sorority cafeteria fraternity debauchery college underdog rivalry growing up
At a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
Horror, Comedy
UK|USA
1981
97 Minutes
Director
David Naughton Jenny Agutter Griffin Dunne John Woodvine Brian Glover David Schofield Lila Kaye Paul Kember Don McKillop Anne-Marie Davies Paula Jacobs
college student werewolf victim nurse doctor gory eerie witty british moors london hospital pub lycanthropy murder legends new love metamorphosis discovery 1980s
Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
Comedy
USA
1983
116 Minutes
Director
Dan Aykroyd Eddie Murphy Ralph Bellamy Don Ameche Denholm Elliott Kristin Holby Paul Gleason Jamie Lee Curtis Alfred Drake Bo Diddley Frank Oz
wealthy man executive broker poor person hustler prostitute hilarious engaging philadelphia apartment office street bet human nature wrongfully accused unlikely friendship class distinctions wealth christmas revenge
A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Drama
Germany|Japan|USA
1995
112 Minutes
Director
William Hurt Wayne Wang Harvey Keitel Harold Perrineau Forest Whitaker Victor Argo Erica Gimpel Clarice Taylor Malik Yoba Mary B. Ward Jared Harris
writer shop owner teen boy father mechanic ex-girlfriend creative amusing profound brooklyn, n.y. smoke shop upstate new york apartment reunion coincidence bereavement unlikely friendship family quest love
A Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers.
Comedy
USA
1988
116 Minutes
Director
Eddie Murphy Arsenio Hall John Amos James Earl Jones Shari Headley Madge Sinclair Eriq La Salle Allison Dean Paul Bates Louie Anderson Clint Smith
prince king queen restaurant owner daughter assistant lighthearted hilarious positive new york city queens, n.y. africa zamunda waldorf astoria hotel culture clash marriage royal life courtship disguise love
An extremely pampered African Prince travels to Queens, New York, and goes undercover to find a wife that he can respect for her intelligence and will.
Comedy
USA
1977
90 Minutes
Director
Evan Kim Master Bong Soo Han George Lazenby Donald Sutherland Tony Dow Boni Enten
A series of short, highly irreverent, and often tasteless skits.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1985
115 Minutes
Director
Jeff Goldblum Michelle Pfeiffer Richard Farnsworth Irene Papas Kathryn Harrold Paul Mazursky Roger Vadim Dan Aykroyd David Bowie Bruce McGill Vera Miles
thief assassin engineer wife husband depressed person amusing madcap lighthearted airport car jewelry theft crime ring infidelity running away adventure pursuit transformation love 1980s
After discovering that his wife is cheating on him, an insomniac aerospace engineer accidentally meets, and tries to help a beautiful model on the run from some extremely dangerous people.
Horror
USA
1992
112 Minutes
Director
Anne Parillaud Robert Loggia Anthony LaPaglia David Proval Don Rickles Chazz Palminteri Rocco Sisto Kim Coates
undercover cop vampire mafia boss gangster chilling gory campy tense pittsburgh crime scene vampires crime mob violence love murder investigation rivalry metamorphosis 1990s
Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than she can chew and faces a new, immortal danger.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2010
91 Minutes
Director
Simon Pegg Andy Serkis Isla Fisher Jessica Hynes Tom Wilkinson Tim Curry Ronnie Corbett Hugh Bonneville David Schofield Allan Corduner Michael Smiley
thief dark amusing edinburgh cadavers business ideas temptation 19th century
A black comedy about two nineteenth century grave robbers, who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school.
Horror
USA
1973
80 Minutes
Director
Saul Kahan Joseph Piantadosi Eliza Roberts John Landis
A small town is terrorized by "The Banana Killer", which turns out to be the missing link between man and ape.
Action, Comedy
USA
1994
105 Minutes
Director
Eddie Murphy Judge Reinhold Héctor Elizondo Timothy Carhart Stephen McHattie Theresa Randle John Saxon Alan Young Bronson Pinchot Al Green Tracy Lindsey
police officer police detective police chief kingpin counterfeiter partner amusing thrilling theme park beverly hills, calif. detroit counterfeit money organized crime revenge investigation pursuit revenge 1990s
Axel Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than that: the same men who killed his boss are running a counterfeit money ring out of a theme park in Los Angeles.
Comedy
UK|USA
1996
93 Minutes
Director
Tom Arnold Jessica Lundy Bug Hall Alex McKenna Mark Metcalf Matt Keeslar Christopher Lee Frankie Faison Bob Keeshan Jenny McCarthy
mother father son daughter assassin arms dealer amusing lighthearted madcap dump house newsroom car stupidity unlikely hero weapons smuggling crime family discovery
An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.
Comedy, Documentary
USA
2007
89 Minutes
Producer
Harry Dean Stanton John Landis Clint Eastwood Robert De Niro Richard Lewis
This terrific feature film comedy reveals the background of one of the legends of comedy, Don Rickles. Hailed by some of today's biggest comedians as one of the classics, who they aspire to... See full summary »
Documentary, Drama, History
Australia
2010
85 Minutes
Roger Corman John Landis Pete Tombs Mark Holcomb Joe Dante Joseph Zucchero
producer director actor campy cheery hedonistic philippines film industry worker's rights exploitation expatriates b-movies adventure underdog wretched excess 1990s
A fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking.
Documentary, Comedy
USA
1994
75 Minutes
Eddie Griffin Ice-T John Landis Mike D Paul Mooney Rudy Ray Moore
Blaxploitation legend Rudy Ray Moore tells all in a retrospective of his illustrious career as the original "Godfather of Rap".
Horror
USA
1973
80 Minutes
Director
Saul Kahan Joseph Piantadosi Eliza Roberts John Landis
A small town is terrorized by "The Banana Killer", which turns out to be the missing link between man and ape.
Horror, Comedy, Other
USA
2015
97 Minutes
Barry Bostwick Paul Solet Mike Mendez John Skipp Ryan Schifrin Darren Lynn Bousman Lin Shaye
ghost monster devil alien murderer suburbanite creepy brutal amusing suburb halloween party terror murder mystery 2010s
Ten stories are woven together by their shared theme of Halloween night in an American suburb, where ghouls, imps, aliens and axe murderers appear for one night only to terrorize unsuspecting residents.
Drama
USA
1992
84 Minutes
Dr. Edwards
Gregory Harrison Lisa Pescia Morton Downey Jr. Robin Riker Clint Howard John Landis David Sinaiko Monique Gabrielle Maria Ford
Erotic thriller, as a man is torn between two women and his own violent self, born of child abuse. On one side is his old sweetheart; on the other is a sexy radio psychologist who ... See full summary »
Documentary
France
2011
90 Minutes
Peter Jackson Nick Park Peter Lord Terry Gilliam Dennis Muren Rick Baker John Landis Jean-Pierre Jeunet Robert Zemeckis James Cameron Steven Spielberg
The life and work of the renowned film visual effects artist and producer.
Documentary
USA
2010
80 Minutes
Allison Anders Judith M. Brown Larry Cohen Joe Dante Don Edmonds David Hess Jack Hill Jeremy Kasten John Landis Herschell Gordon Lewis
A documentary about the history of exploitation movies, from the silent movie era to the 1970s.
Horror
USA
1992
90 Minutes
Brian Krause Madchen Amick Alice Krige Jim Haynie Cindy Pickett Ron Perlman Lyman Ward Dan Martin Glenn Shadix Monty Bane Stephen King
mother son shapeshifter virgin teen girl high-school student chilling gory frightful small town indiana high school family home classroom incest supernatural mother/son relationship seduction vampires survival
A mother-and-son team of strange supernatural creatures move to a small town to seek out a young virgin to feed on.
Sci-Fi
USA
1973
92 Minutes
Roddy McDowall Claude Akins Natalie Trundy John Huston Severn Darden Lew Ayres Paul Williams Austin Stoker Noah Keen Richard Eastham France Nuyen
slave ape general captain scientist mutant dark disturbing thrilling passionate village city underground library ruins war post-apocalypse prejudice slavery freedom
Ten years after a worldwide series of ape revolutions and a brutal nuclear war among humans, Caesar must protect survivors of both species from an insidious human cult and a militant ape faction alike.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1985
115 Minutes
Director
Jeff Goldblum Michelle Pfeiffer Richard Farnsworth Irene Papas Kathryn Harrold Paul Mazursky Roger Vadim Dan Aykroyd David Bowie Bruce McGill Vera Miles
thief assassin engineer wife husband depressed person amusing madcap lighthearted airport car jewelry theft crime ring infidelity running away adventure pursuit transformation love 1980s
After discovering that his wife is cheating on him, an insomniac aerospace engineer accidentally meets, and tries to help a beautiful model on the run from some extremely dangerous people.