John Landis
American film director, screenwriter and producer
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- August 3, 1950 · Chicago
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1980 · United States · musical, comedy
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1981 #9 · National Film Registry (inducted 2020) · Empire 500 (2008) #258
0.985 citations - 2Animal HouseNational Lampoon's Animal House
1978 · United States · comedy
National Film Registry (inducted 2001) · Empire 500 (2008) #279 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.855 citations - 3
1981 · United Kingdom / United States / Australia · horror, comedy
Empire 500 (2008) #107 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.332 citations - 40.321 citation
- 50.111 citation
- 60.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 24 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1973Schlock
- 1977The Kentucky Fried Movie
- 1978Animal House
- 1980The Blues Brothers
- 1981An American Werewolf in London
- 1982Coming Soon
- 1983Trading Places
- 1983Twilight Zone: The Movie
- 1984Making Michael Jackson's - Thriller
- 1985B.B. King "Into the Night"
- 1985Into the Night
- 1985Spies Like Us
- 1986Three Amigos
- 1987Amazon Women on the Moon
- 1988Coming to America
- 1991Oscar
- 1992Innocent Blood
- 1994Beverly Hills Cop III
- 1996The Stupids
- 1998Blues Brothers 2000
- 1998Susan's Plan
- 2004Slasher: an IFC Original
- 2007Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
- 2010Burke & Hare