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John Carpenter

Actor · 115 credits · 41 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Thing (1982)

Frequent collaborators: Joe Dante, Debra Hill, Wes Craven, Martin Scorsese, Jamie Lee Curtis

Movies (90 total, ranked by score)

  1. Big John

    2006 · ★ 7.8 (10 votes)

    Documentary

    31

  2. Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre

    2000 · ★ 5.9 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    32

  3. The Puppet Man

    2016 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Thriller

    33

  4. Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures

    2004 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    34

  5. Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

    2008

    Documentary

    35

  6. Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

    2003 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Horror

    36

  7. Christine: Finish Line

    2004 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    37

  8. Stephen King's World of Horror

    1986 · ★ 5.9 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    38

  9. Charlie Brown: Blockhead's Revenge

    2011 · ★ 6.7 (3 votes)

    Comedy

    39

  10. 1982: Hollywood Summer

    2019 · ★ 6.0 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    40

  11. The Making of 'The Thing'

    1982 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary, Horror, Science Fiction

    41

  12. Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

    2017 · ★ 6.0 (7 votes)

    Documentary, History, TV Movie

    42

  13. Horror Cafe

    1990 · ★ 8.5 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    43

  14. Take One: Fear on Film

    1982 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    44

  15. Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

    2001

    Documentary, TV Movie

    45

  16. Something to Do with Death

    2003 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    46

  17. Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo'

    2007

    Documentary

    47

  18. First Works

    1989

    Documentary

    48

  19. Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'

    2000 · ★ 6.8 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    49

  20. Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'

    2002 · ★ 6.3 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    50

  21. Snake Plissken: Man of Honor

    2005

    Documentary

    51

  22. Working with a Master: John Carpenter

    2006 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    52

  23. The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style

    2009 · ★ 6.8 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    53

  24. Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

    2006 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    54

  25. John Carpenter: Live Retrospective

    2018 · ★ 9.3 (3 votes)

    Music

    55

  26. Why Horror?

    2014 · ★ 5.9 (23 votes)

    Documentary, Horror

    56

  27. Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars

    2001 · ★ 7.6 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    57

  28. Henchman: The Al Leong Story

    2018 · ★ 9.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    58

  29. Jean-Michel Jarre: A Journey into Sound

    2015 · ★ 8.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    59

  30. Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story

    2006 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.