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  • The Blues Brothers
  • The Blues Brothers review by fatbloke from N. Yorks
    Rated - 5 stars We got both types of music - country and western! 13 April 2005
    ...ade and one of the most expensive ever due to the amount of cars which director John Landis and the stunt teams wrecked in the process of making this film! Take two gre...  
  • An American Werewolf In London
  • An American Werewolf In London review by A customer from Worcestershire, UK
    Rated - 5 stars Howlingly Good! 13 July 2004
    ...Only John Landis could have made this film work this well -the horror aspect works so much better due to the comedy (a field Landis knows so well ie. Trading Places, Blues...  
  • Trading Places
  • Trading Places review by from London
    Rated - 4 stars Semi-Classic 80's Comedy 11 February 2004
    ...What a great film this is. A classic John Landis (Ghostbusters) Film. One of those great comedy films of the 80's. Not perfect, but enjoyable to watch Eddie Murphy at his ...  

John Landis - filmography


  • Susan's Plan on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Nastassja Kinski,  Billy Zane,  Michael Biehn
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A woman has her eye on her former husband's life insurance should the worst happen. But to speed things along a little she plans his murder. The bumbling killers she employs to do the job stumble from one mess to another...
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 40% from 239 members
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  • Innocent Blood (1992)
    Starring: Anne Parillaud,  David Proval
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A lonely and conscientious vampire, Marie, preys on social miscreants in this amusing blend of black comedy, horror, and romance. When the head of the Pittsburgh mafia, Sal "the Shark" Macelli (Robert Loggia), escapes her after a midnight feeding, she is forced to track him down with the help of an ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 118 members
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  • Oscar on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Sylvester Stallone,  Don Ameche,  Tim Curry
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sylvester Stallone stars as famed mobster Angelo SnapsProvolone, who promises his dying father (Kirk Douglas) that he will hang up his tommy gun and lead a kinder, gentler life. However, on the day Snaps is to start his legitimate career in banking, he gets derailed by a spate of family emergencies...read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 629 members
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  • Three Amigos on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Steve Martin,  Chevy Chase,  Martin Short
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Chevy Chase star as the Three Amigos!, swashbuckling stars of the silent screen in 1918 who find themselves broke and out of work. When they are offered what they think is a request for a personal appearance at a Mexican village, they soon realize the villagers ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 5,525 members
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  • Spies Like Us on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Chevy Chase,  Dan Aykroyd,  Donna Dixon
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Two totally incompetent applicants, Emmett Fitzhume and Austin Millbarge, are chosen from a CIA recruitment program. They are parachuted into Pakistan and eventually end up in Afghanistan, chased by the Russians, where they learn they are being used as decoys to draw out the Sovet defenses.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2,437 members
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  • Trading Places on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  Eddie Murphy,  Jamie Lee Curtis
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    As the result of a bet between two wealthy commodities traders, the lifestyles of a street hustler (Eddie Murphy) and a blue-nosed employee (Dan Akroyd) of the brokerage are reversed. The innocent victims of the bet scramble to make it in their new foreign environments, with hysterical results. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 19,053 members
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  • The Blues Brothers on DVD (1980)
    Starring: John Belushi,  Dan Aykroyd,  John Landis
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In roles made famous by their famed SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE skit, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi star as Ellwood and Jake Blues in this extremely entertaining and successful comedy. Upon Jake's release from prison, the brothers are reunited and visit the orphanage they grew up in--only to discover that ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 22,335 members
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  • Kentucky Fried Movie on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Donald Sutherland,  George Lazenby,  Bill Bixby
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A movie that helped plant the seeds of Saturday Night Live and gave the Zucker brothers a foot in Hollywood's door, this long-revered television and movie satire combines sex and bathroom humour with timeless sight gags and slapstick. The uproarious film spoofs everything from television ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 1,403 member
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  • Schlock (1973)
    Starring: Forrest J. Ackerman,  Eliza Garrett,  Saul Kahan
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Southern California is being terrorized by a mysterious murderous monster living in a cave. As the bodies pile up -- with incriminating banana peels always near by the crime scene -- a group of teens stumble on the guilty party: a 20-million-year-old Schlockthropus, an ape-like creature with a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 6 members
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John Landis facts

5 most recent films

Psych - Season 2 - 4.0 stars
Susan's Plan - 2.0 stars
Confessions Of A Trickbaby - 2.5 stars
The Blues Brothers 2000 - 3.0 stars
Beverly Hills Cop 3 - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

American Werewolf In London, An - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Trading Places - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
The Blues Brothers - 4.0 stars
American Werewolf In London, An - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
Trading Places - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story - 3.0 stars
Schlock - 3.0 stars
Dream On - Series 2 - Complete - 3.5 stars
Psych - Season 2 - 4.0 stars
Susan's Plan - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Dan Aykroyd - 8 times - show films
John Woodvine - 5 times - show films
Eddie Murphy - 5 times - show films
David Naughton - 5 times - show films
Griffin Dunne - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Betty Thomas - 1 times - show films
Matthew Bright - 1 times - show films
Arlene Sanford - 1 times - show films
Gregory V. Sherman - 1 times - show films
Debra Hill - 1 times - show films