Direction: John Landis

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by John Landis. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Blues Brothers

1980 · Movie · 132 min. · United States

Direction John Landis

Cast Dan Aykroyd · John Belushi · Henry Gibson · Carrie Fisher

Synopsis The Blues Brothers (1980) follows Jake and Elwood Blues, recently reunited brothers, on a mission to save the Catholic orphanage where they grew up. After Jake's release from prison, they learn the orphanage faces closure unless they can raise $5,000...

7.2

34K votes

7.2

34K votes

An American Werewolf in London

1981 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Landis

Cast David Naughton · Jenny Agutter · Griffin Dunne · John Woodvine

Synopsis An American Werewolf in London (1981) follows two American backpackers, David and Jack, as they trek through the English moors. After a terrifying wolf attack, David wakes in a London hospital, haunted by gruesome nightmares and visited by Jack's undead...

6.7

27K votes

6.7

27K votes

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction John Landis · Steven Spielberg · Joe Dante · George Miller

Cast Dan Aykroyd · Albert Brooks · Scatman Crothers · John Lithgow

Synopsis In Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), four eerie tales unfold under the guidance of a mysterious narrator. A bigot finds himself living the persecution he inflicts on others. A lonely senior discovers newfound youth but at a haunting cost. A...

6.4

6K votes

6.4

6K votes

Trading Places

1983 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction John Landis

Cast Eddie Murphy · Dan Aykroyd · Jamie Lee Curtis · James Belushi

Synopsis In Trading Places (1983), a wealthy commodities broker and a street hustler unwittingly become pawns in a cruel social experiment orchestrated by two callous millionaires. The privileged man is framed and stripped of his lavish lifestyle, while the hustler is...

6.3

10K votes

6.3

10K votes

National Lampoon's Animal House

1978 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction John Landis

Cast John Belushi · Tim Matheson · John Vernon · Verna Bloom

Synopsis National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) follows the misadventures of the Delta Tau Chi fraternity, a rowdy group of misfits at Faber College. Led by the charismatic Bluto, the Deltas clash with the strict Dean Wormer and the snobbish Omega House....

6.2

6K votes

6.2

6K votes

Dream On (TV Series)

1990 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction David Crane · Marta Kauffman · Betty Thomas · Ron Wolotzky

Cast Brian Benben · Chris Demetral · Denny Dillon · Wendie Malick

Synopsis Cult adult comedy about dreamer Martin Tupper, whose life is full of colourful characters. Divorced and living with his growing teenage son, still friends with his ex-wife, and constantly looking for dates, but without a clue how to relate to...

6.2

482 votes

6.2

482 votes

Masters of Horror (TV Series)

2005 · Series · 58 min. · United States

Direction Mick Garris · Stuart Gordon · Dario Argento · John Carpenter

Cast Karen Austin · J. Winston Carroll · Robert Englund · Derek Cecil

Synopsis Anchor Bay has amassed some of the greatest horror film writers and directors to bring to you the anthology series, "Masters of Horror". For the first time the foremost names in the horror film genre have joined forces for the...

6.0

904 votes

6.0

904 votes

Psych (TV Series)

2006 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Steve Franks · Mel Damski · James Roday · Stephen Surjik

Cast James Roday · Dulé Hill · Timothy Omundson · Corbin Bernsen

Synopsis A novice sleuth (Roday) is hired by the police after he cons them into thinking he has psychic powers that help solve crimes. With this assistance of his reluctant best friend (Hill) the duo take on a series of complicated...

5.9

4K votes

5.9

4K votes

Direction John Landis

Cast George Wendt · John B. Scott · Meredith Monroe · Matt Keeslar

Synopsis The Fullers (Meredith Monroe and Matt Keeslar), a young married couple, move to a new town and discovers that their neighbor, Harold Thompson (George Wendt), is not what he seems. He putters away at his hobbies; however, his passion is...

5.9

923 votes

5.9

923 votes

Amazon Women on the Moon

1987 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Joe Dante · Carl Gottlieb · Peter Horton · John Landis

Cast Arsenio Hall · Donald F. Muhich · Monique Gabrielle · Lou Jacobi

Synopsis A series of short sketches, most of which parody late-night television and the low-budget movies one often finds there. Other skits include a man being attacked by his apartment, a funeral hosted by classic comedians, and a teen-age boy's big...

5.8

515 votes

5.8

515 votes

Into the Night

1985 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction John Landis

Cast Jeff Goldblum · Michelle Pfeiffer · Irene Papas · David Bowie

Synopsis Ed Okin's life is somewhat out of control. He can't sleep, his wife betrays him and his job is dull. One night he starts to drive through Los Angeles and he finally ends in the parking garage of L.A. Airport....

5.7

2K votes

5.7

2K votes

Franklin & Bash (TV Series)

2011 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Jason Ensler · Andrew Fleming · Steve Robin · Colin Bucksey

Cast Breckin Meyer · Mark-Paul Gosselaar · Malcolm McDowell · Reed Diamond

Synopsis TV Series (2011-2014). 4 Seasons. 33 Episodes. Lawyers and lifelong friends Jared Franklin and Steven Bash are recruited by their firm's partner after winning a high-profile case.

5.6

287 votes

5.6

287 votes

The Kentucky Fried Movie

1977 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction John Landis

Cast Donald Sutherland · Marilyn Joi · Saul Kahan · David Zucker

Synopsis A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.

5.6

567 votes

5.6

567 votes

Burke and Hare

2010 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Landis

Cast Simon Pegg · Andy Serkis · Isla Fisher · Tom Wilkinson

Synopsis A black comedy about two 19th century grave robbers who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school.

5.4

2K votes

5.4

2K votes

Innocent Blood

1992 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction John Landis

Cast Anne Parillaud · David Proval · Rocco Sisto · Chazz Palminteri

Synopsis 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.

5.3

998 votes

5.3

998 votes

Blues Brothers 2000

1998 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction John Landis

Cast Dan Aykroyd · John Goodman · Joe Morton · J. Evan Bonifant

Synopsis Upon his release from prison, now-brotherless Blues Brother Jake Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) puts the band back together with the help of a golden-voiced strip joint bartender (John Goodman) and a precocious 10-year-old orphan (J. Evan Bonifant) on loan from the...

5.2

5K votes

5.2

5K votes

Coming to America

1988 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction John Landis

Cast Eddie Murphy · Arsenio Hall · James Earl Jones · John Amos

Synopsis Coming to America (1988) follows Akeem, the crown prince of the wealthy African nation of Zamunda, who grows weary of his pampered life and arranged marriage. Seeking true love and independence, he travels to Queens, New York, with his loyal...

5.1

27K votes

5.1

27K votes

Spies Like Us

1985 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction John Landis

Cast Chevy Chase · Dan Aykroyd · Steve Forrest · Donna Dixon

Synopsis A pair of naive guys with aspirations to become government spies have their wish come true only to find out that they're being used as decoys for a real spy team.

5.0

2K votes

5.0

2K votes

Direction John Landis

Cast Sonja Bennett · Brian Benben · Anthony Griffith · Alex Zahara

Synopsis A harried, burned-out cop believes that a recent string of murders prove that the murderer might be a deer-like creature in the form of a beautiful woman right from a local Native America folklore legend.

4.8

1K votes

4.8

1K votes