John Landis

John Landis films, ranked by your taste

Actor and director · 28 films on Boxlist

Known for Animal House, Trading Places and The Muppet Movie.

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Starring John Landis

  1. Animal House

    Animal House

    1978 · Film

    7.1/10 · TMDB

    At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.

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  2. Trading Places

    Trading Places

    1983 · Film

    7.2/10 · TMDB

    A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

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  3. The Muppet Movie

    The Muppet Movie

    1979 · Film

    7.1/10 · TMDB

    A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there he meets his future muppet crew while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!

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  4. Spider-Man 2

    Spider-Man 2

    2004 · Film

    7.1/10 · TMDB

    Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker...

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  5. The Blues Brothers

    The Blues Brothers

    1980 · Film

    7.7/10 · TMDB

    Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back togther to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.

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  6. Thriller 40

    Thriller 40

    2023 · Film

    8.3/10 · TMDB

    Forty years after the release of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ the best-selling album of all-time, director Nelson George takes fans back in time to the making of a pop masterpiece, featuring never-before-seen footage and candid interviews.

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  7. Belushi

    Belushi

    2020 · Film

    6.6/10 · TMDB

    Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the too-short life of the once-in-a-generation talent who captured the hearts and funny bones of devoted...

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  8. Being Eddie

    Being Eddie

    2025 · Film

    6.8/10 · TMDB

    From teen comedian to Hollywood legend, Eddie Murphy revisits his extraordinary showbiz ride with raw honesty and humor.

  9. The World Is Yours

    The World Is Yours

    2018 · Film

    6.9/10 · TMDB

    To escape his life of crime, a Paris drug dealer takes on one last job involving Spain, unhinged gangsters, his longtime crush and his scheming mother.

  10. Darkman

    Darkman

    1990 · Film

    6.4/10 · TMDB

    Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake...

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  11. The Muppets Take Manhattan

    The Muppets Take Manhattan

    1984 · Film

    6.5/10 · TMDB

    When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the...

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  12. Into the Night

    Into the Night

    1985 · Film

    6.6/10 · TMDB

    Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.

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  13. Mad City

    Mad City

    1997 · Film

    6.2/10 · TMDB

    A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.

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  14. 1941

    1941

    1979 · Film

    5.9/10 · TMDB

    In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

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  15. Parasomnia

    Parasomnia

    2008 · Film

    4.8/10 · TMDB

    Laura Baxter is a young woman, literally a "sleeping beauty," who suffers from a medical condition called "parasomnia." A childhood accident victim, she is actually sleeping her life away, awakening briefly on rare occasions. Art student...

  16. Sleepwalkers

    Sleepwalkers

    1992 · Film

    6.0/10 · TMDB

    Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent, but destined to roam the earth, avoiding...

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  17. The Silence of the Hams

    The Silence of the Hams

    1994 · Film

    4.9/10 · TMDB

    The federal agent Joe Dee Foster is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal who is isolated in a maximum security jail.

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