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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. Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star

    2010 · ★ 4.6 (4 votes)

    Documentary, Science Fiction

    61

  2. Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

    2008 · ★ 7.0 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    62

  3. In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999

    2025 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Horror

    63

  4. Hollywood's Greatest Villains

    2005 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    64

  5. Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock

    2009

    Documentary

    65

  6. Fear in the Dark

    1991 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    66

  7. Monsterland

    2009 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    67

  8. Scary Girl

    2011 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy, Horror

    68

  9. Puccini: Manon Lescaut

    1980

    Music, Drama

    69

  10. AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star

    2020 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Mystery, Horror

    70

  11. The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie

    2012

    Documentary

    71

  12. Do You Remember Laurie Zimmer?

    2003 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    72

  13. Carpenter on Quatermass

    2014

    Documentary

    73

  14. Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro

    2008 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    74

  15. Unmasking the Horror

    1998

    Documentary

    75

  16. Return to 'Escape from New York'

    2003

    Documentary

    76

  17. The Future of Fear

    2011

    Documentary

    77

  18. Scoring "Resident Evil"

    2002 · ★ 4.9 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    78

  19. Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'

    1980 · ★ 4.8 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    79

  20. After Sunset: The Life & Times of the Drive-In Theater

    1995 · ★ 5.2 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    80

  21. Carpenter

    2026

    Documentary

    81

  22. Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur

    2017

    Documentary

    82

  23. John Carpenter: Live From Los Angeles - Halloween Night

    2025

    Music

    83

  24. John Carpenter: Live At Primavera Sound 2016

    2016

    Music, Documentary, TV Movie

    84

  25. The Debra Hill Story

    —

    Documentary

    85

  26. Lulu

    2017

    Music

    86

  27. Full Moon Rising: The Charles Band Story

    2026

    Documentary

    87

  28. Scoring 'Ghosts of Mars'

    2001

    88

  29. Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators

    2008

    Documentary

    89

  30. Bringing A Legend To Life

    1979

    Documentary

    90

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.