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John Landis

Actor · 105 credits · 47 in highly-rated films

Best known for Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983)

Frequent collaborators: Joe Dante, Rick Baker, John Carpenter, Steven Spielberg, Dan Aykroyd

Movies (71 total, ranked by score)

  1. Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com

    2009 · ★ 5.8 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    61

  2. Parasomnia

    2008 · ★ 5.1 (66 votes)

    Horror, Thriller

    62

  3. Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

    2006 · ★ 4.5 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    63

  4. The AckerMonster Chronicles!

    —

    Documentary

    64

  5. Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby

    2000 · ★ 5.6 (65 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Drama

    65

  6. Laws of Deception

    1997 · ★ 3.5 (2 votes)

    Drama

    66

  7. The Future of Fear

    2011

    Documentary

    67

  8. Under the Moon

    —

    68

  9. An American Filmmaker in London

    2019

    Documentary

    69

  10. The Abbey Road Story

    1998

    Music, Documentary

    70

  11. Gremlins, an american nightmare!

    2026

    Documentary

    71

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