Screenplay: John Landis
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by John Landis. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 11
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
Clue
1985 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Jonathan Lynn
Cast Eileen Brennan · Tim Curry · Madeline Kahn · Christopher Lloyd
Synopsis In Clue (1985), six strangers are invited to a mysterious mansion under cryptic aliases. A butler reveals their host, Mr. Boddy, has blackmailed them all. When Boddy turns up dead, the guests must uncover the killer among them. As the...
6.3
6K votes
6.3
6K 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
Deer Woman (Masters of Horror Series) (TV)
2005 · Movie · 57 min. · United States
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
An American Werewolf in Paris
1998 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Anthony Waller
Cast Tom Everett Scott · Julie Delpy · Vince Vieluf · Phil Buckman
4.6
7K votes
4.6
7K votes
Schlock
1973 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction John Landis
Cast John Landis · Saul Kahan · Joseph Piantadosi · Eliza Roberts
Synopsis A monkey-type monster falls in love with a blind girl, which thinks that he's a giant dog. After kidnapping the girl and fleeing king-kong-like onto the roof of a gym, he gets involved with the army.
4.4
104 votes
4.4
104 votes
Susan's Plan
1998 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction John Landis
Cast Nastassja Kinski · Billy Zane · Michael Biehn · Rob Schneider
Synopsis Susan (Nastassja Kinski) wants her reprehensible ex-husband (Adrian Paul) dead and, in several bungled attempts by henchmen, tries to accomplish the deed. First her boy friend (Billy Zane) hires two dim-witted hitmen (Michael Biehn, Rob Schneider). Then she hires a...
4.0
120 votes
4.0
120 votes
Coming Soon
1982 · Documentary · 55 min. · United States
Direction John Landis
Cast Jamie Lee Curtis
Synopsis Scenes and trailers from 50 of Universal's greatest Horror Films.
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Holmes and Yo-Yo (TV Series)
1976 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Lee Hewitt · Jack Sher · John Astin · Reza Badiyi
Cast John Schuck · Richard B. Shull · Bruce Kirby · Andrea Howard
Synopsis The cases of a hard luck police detective and his android partner.
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