Screenplay: John Landis

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by John Landis. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


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

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

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.

Not rated

Not rated

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.

Not rated

Not rated