John Carpenter

John Carpenter films, ranked by your taste

Director and actor · 21 films on Boxlist

Known for Halloween, The Thing and Escape from New York.

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  1. Halloween

    Halloween

    1978 · Film

    7.6/10 · TMDB

    Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

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  2. The Thing

    The Thing

    1982 · Film

    8.0/10 · TMDB

    Members of an American scientific research outpost in Antarctica find themselves battling a parasitic alien organism capable of perfectly imitating its victims. They soon discover that this task will be harder than they thought, as they...

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  3. Escape from New York

    Escape from New York

    1981 · Film

    7.1/10 · TMDB

    In the future, crime is out of control and New York City's Manhattan is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President's plane in bad old Gotham. Gruff Snake Plissken, a...

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  4. Assault on Precinct 13

    Assault on Precinct 13

    1976 · Film

    7.3/10 · TMDB

    The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.

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  5. They Live

    They Live

    1988 · Film

    7.3/10 · TMDB

    Nada, a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of...

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  6. Starman

    Starman

    1984 · Film

    6.9/10 · TMDB

    When an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them.

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  7. Big Trouble in Little China

    Big Trouble in Little China

    1986 · Film

    7.2/10 · TMDB

    When trucker Jack Burton agreed to take his friend, Wang Chi, to pick up his fiancee at the airport, he never expected to get involved in a supernatural battle between good and evil. Wang's fiancee has emerald green eyes, which make her a...

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  8. In the Mouth of Madness

    In the Mouth of Madness

    1995 · Film

    7.2/10 · TMDB

    An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.

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  9. The Fog

    The Fog

    1980 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie...

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  10. Christine

    Christine

    1983 · Film

    6.8/10 · TMDB

    Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance...

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  11. Dark Star

    Dark Star

    1974 · Film

    6.1/10 · TMDB

    A low-budget, sci-fi satire that focuses on a group of scientists whose mission is to destroy unstable planets. 20 years into their mission, they have battle their alien mascot, that resembles a beach ball, as well as a "sensitive" and...

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  12. Prince of Darkness

    Prince of Darkness

    1987 · Film

    6.8/10 · TMDB

    A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.

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  13. Escape from L.A.

    Escape from L.A.

    1996 · Film

    5.9/10 · TMDB

    This time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and makes it a penal colony for those found guilty of moral crimes. When...

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  14. Vampires

    Vampires

    1998 · Film

    6.3/10 · TMDB

    The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.

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  15. Memoirs of an Invisible Man

    Memoirs of an Invisible Man

    1992 · Film

    6.0/10 · TMDB

    After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.

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  16. Village of the Damned

    Village of the Damned

    1995 · Film

    6.1/10 · TMDB

    An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are...

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  17. The Ward

    The Ward

    2010 · Film

    5.8/10 · TMDB

    A thriller centered on an institutionalized young woman who becomes terrorized by a ghost.

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  18. Ghosts of Mars

    Ghosts of Mars

    2001 · Film

    5.1/10 · TMDB

    Melanie Ballard is a hard nosed police chief in the year 2025. She and a police snatch squad are sent to Mars to apprehend dangerous criminal James Williams. Mars has been occupied by humans for some time and they have set up mining...

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