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Joe Dante

Actor · 109 credits · 40 in highly-rated films

Best known for Gremlins (1984)

Frequent collaborators: John Landis, John Carpenter, Steven Spielberg, Roger Corman, Rick Baker

Best Joe Dante movies by genre

Movies (79 total, ranked by score)

  1. Trailer War

    2012 · ★ 7.4 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    1

  2. Razzennest

    2022 · ★ 5.8 (9 votes)

    Horror, Comedy, Drama

    2

  3. Sad Hill Unearthed

    2018 · ★ 7.0 (115 votes)

    Documentary, History

    3

  4. It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

    2001 · ★ 6.8 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    4

  5. Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

    2005 · ★ 9.2 (11 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. 24×36

    2016 · ★ 7.0 (31 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. A Century of Cinema

    1994 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. American Grindhouse

    2011 · ★ 6.8 (65 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. Karloff: The Gentle Monster

    2006 · ★ 7.6 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness

    2007 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Horror, Documentary

    10

  11. Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

    2009 · ★ 6.6 (68 votes)

    Documentary, Horror

    11

  12. Machete Maidens Unleashed!

    2010 · ★ 6.6 (51 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

    2024 · ★ 7.6 (18 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

    2019 · ★ 7.5 (10 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter

    2009

    Documentary

    15

  16. Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror

    2014 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. Lugosi: The Dark Prince

    2006 · ★ 7.6 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

    1994 · ★ 7.2 (12 votes)

    Documentary

    18

  19. Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

    2024 · ★ 8.2 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'

    1999 · ★ 7.8 (13 votes)

    Documentary

    20

  21. Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein

    2007 · ★ 9.5 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida

    2021

    Documentary, Horror

    22

  23. Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

    2015 · ★ 7.2 (30 votes)

    Documentary

    23

  24. The Orson Welles Show

    1979 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    TV Movie, Documentary

    24

  25. From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures

    2014 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!

    2011 · ★ 8.1 (7 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    26

  27. The Butterfly Room

    2012 · ★ 5.7 (132 votes)

    Horror, Thriller

    27

  28. Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre

    2000 · ★ 5.9 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    28

  29. We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film

    2014

    Documentary, Horror

    29

  30. A Fuller Life

    2013 · ★ 6.6 (12 votes)

    Documentary

    30

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