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  • The Blues Brothers
  • The Blues Brothers review by fatbloke from N. Yorks
    Rated - 5.0 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...   Read customer review
  • An American Werewolf in London
  • An American Werewolf in London review by A customer from Worcestershire, UK
    Rated - 5.0 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...   Read customer review
  • Trading Places
  • Trading Places review by from London
    Rated - 4.0 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 ...   Read customer review

John Landis - filmography


  • Burke And Hare - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Tim Curry,  Simon Pegg,  Isla Fisher
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The infamous 19th century tale of two grave robbers (Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis) working for the Edinburgh Medical College is adapted for comedic purposes with this John Landis-helmed production. Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft (St. Trinian's) penned the black comedy, which follows true-life ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 5,935 members
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  • American Grindhouse (2010)
    Starring: Joe Dante,  Robert Forster,  Jeremy Kasten
    Director: Elijah Drenner
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 10 members
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  • Confessions Of A Trickbaby (1999)
    Starring: Natasha Lyonne,  Vincent Gallo,  Maria Celedonio
    Director: Matthew Bright
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In this semi-sequel to the outrageous dark comedy FREEWAY, White Girl (Natasha Lyonne) is sentenced to prison, but breaks out with her serial killer cellmate, Cyclona (Maria Celedonio). They proceed to tear across the States, leaving a trail of chaos in Tiajuana. Director Matthew Bright returns ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 513 members
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  • Susan's Plan (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...
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 244 members
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  • The Blues Brothers 2000 on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  John Goodman,  Joe Morton
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    BLUES BROTHERS 2000 (1998) 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 comically ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 3,825 members
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  • The Blues Brothers 2000 - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  John Goodman,  Joe Morton
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 comically abusive Sister Mary Stigmata (..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 15 members
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  • The Stupids (1996)
    Starring: Tom Arnold,  Jessica Lundy,  Bug Hall
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    An incredibly dull-witted, (stupid) family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 8 members
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  • Beverly Hills Cop 3 on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Eddie Murphy,  Judge Reinhold,  Hector Elizondo
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Eddie Murphy is back as Axel Foley, the maverick detective who took Beverly Hills by storm. When a seemingly regular bust in Detroit uncovers a deadly underground operation, Axel heads to Los Angeles to corner the criminal leader. The corrupt headquarters of the killer happen to be Wonder World, an ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 9,707 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 »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 141 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 »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 774 members
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  • Coming To America - HD (1988)
    Starring: Shari Headley,  James Earl Jones,  John Amos
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this modern-day fairy tale, Eddie Murphy stars as a wealthy and pampered African prince who comes to America in search of a bride. Accompanied by his closest companion (Arsenio Hall), the prince heads to Queens, New York, where he quickly finds a job, new friends, new digs, new enemies, and more ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 121 members
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  • Coming To America on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Eddie Murphy,  James Earl Jones,  Madge Sinclair
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this modern-day fairy tale, Eddie Murphy stars as a wealthy and pampered African prince who comes to America in search of a bride. His destination, of course, is Queens, New York. Accompanied by his closest companion (Arsenio Hall), the Prince quickly finds a job, new friends, new digs, new ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 14,024 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 »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 6,496 members
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  • Spies Like Us on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Chevy Chase,  Dan Aykroyd,  Donna Dixon
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    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 Soviet defences.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 3,541 members
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  • The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
    Starring: Brooke Shields,  Art Carney,  Joan Rivers
    Director: Frank Oz
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Catchy musical numbers, famous cameos, and a surprise wedding keep this third Muppet movie lively and fun for kids and parents alike. Miss Piggy, whether skating on roller skates borrowed from Gregory Hines, fuming with jealousy, or looking lovely and plump in lavender, steals every scene, while ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,362 member
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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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 21,423 members
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  • Trading Places - HD (1983)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  Jamie Lee Curtis,  Don Ameche
    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 successful stockbroker (Dan Akroyd) are reversed. The innocent victims of the bet scramble to make it in their new foreign environments, with hysterical results. Once they ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 117 members
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  • An American Werewolf in London - HD (1981)
    Starring: David Naughton,  Jenny Agutter,  Griffin Dunne
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In John Landis' (THE BLUES BROTHERS, ANIMAL HOUSE) dripping black comedy, two American students (David Naughton and Griffin Dunne) on a European vacation wander into a creepy local pub in Northern England and are quickly thrown out. Stranded and alone in the dark countryside, the pair get lost in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 363 members
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  • An American Werewolf in London on DVD (1981)
    Starring: David Naughton,  Jenny Agutter,  Griffin Dunne
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A macabre mix of humor and horror that shot director John Landis to fame. This classic horror/comedy tells the beastly tale of two American youths David and Jack (Naughton and Dunne) whose European adventure turns to terror after they are attacked by a werewolf. One of the travelers is killed, but ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 13,782 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 »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 25,610 members
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  • The Blues Brothers - Blu-ray (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 »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 74 members
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  • National Lampoon's Animal House on DVD (1979)
    Starring: John Belushi,  Kerwin Mathews,  John Vernon
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In National Lampoon's first film, a parody of 1962 college life, it's campus hijinks galore as the rowdiest fraternity at Faber College battles rival fraternities and administrators, chases women, and throws toga parties. Chief animal John "Bluto" Butarsky (John Belushi) leads the fraternity in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 5,464 members
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  • Kentucky Fried Movie on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Donald Sutherland,  George Lazenby,  Bill Bixby
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    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 »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1,733 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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 9 members
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John Landis facts

5 most recent films

Burke And Hare - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Psych - Series 5 - 4.0 stars
American Grindhouse - 3.5 stars
Burke and Hare - 3.0 stars
Psych - Season 3 - 4.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Psych - Season 2 - 4.0 stars
The Blues Brothers - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Trading Places - HD - 4.0 stars
An American Werewolf in London - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Blues Brothers - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Fear Itself - Series 1 - Complete - 3 stars
The Blues Brothers 2000 - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Fantastic Flesh - The Art of Make-Up EFX - 3.0 stars
Schlock - 3.5 stars
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Dan Aykroyd - 14 times - show films
Frank Oz - 8 times - show films
David Orth - 7 times - show films
Jennifer O'Dell - 7 times - show films
Will Snow - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Betty Thomas - 3 times - show films
Arlene Sanford - 3 times - show films
James Roday - 3 times - show films
Debra Hill - 3 times - show films
Jay Chandrasekhar - 3 times - show films