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John Landis (1950-) is an American American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. Landis is best known for the comedy films that he has directed, such as National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978), The Blues Brothers (1980), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Trading Places (1983), and Coming to America (1988). His IMDb page shows over 48 directing credits since 1973. This page will rank John Landis movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.
John Landis Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1978
Animal House (1978)
1983
Trading Places (1983)
1980
The Blues Brothers (1980)
1988
Coming to America (1988)
1981
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
1985
Spies Like Us (1985)
1986
¡Three Amigos! (1986)
Director
1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
1977
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
1985
Clue (1985)
1992
Innocent Blood (1992)
1985
Into the Night (1985)
2010
Burke and Hare (2010)
1994
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
1998
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
1991
Oscar (1991)
1973
Schlock (1973)
1998
Susan's Plan (1998)
1996
The Stupids (1996)
John Landis Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort John Landis movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort John Landis movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort John Landis by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort John Landis movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each John Landis movie received and how many Oscar® wins each John Landis movie won.
- Sort John Landis movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | Animal House (1978) | John Belushi & Donald Sutherland |
139.80 | 644.2 | 644.2 | 2 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 98.1 | |
| 2 | Trading Places (1983) | Eddie Murphy & Dan Aykroyd |
90.40 | 309.4 | 309.4 | 4 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 97.8 | |
| 3 | The Blues Brothers (1980) | John Belushi & Dan Aykroyd |
57.20 | 237.3 | 237.3 | 11 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 96.8 | |
| 4 | Coming to America (1988) | Eddie Murphy & Paul Bates |
128.20 | 336.1 | 757.4 | 3 | 62 | 02 / 00 | 93.4 | |
| 5 | An American Werewolf in London (1981) | David Naughton & Jenny Agutter |
35.30 | 136.8 | 136.8 | 18 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 92.8 | |
| 6 | Spies Like Us (1985) | Chevy Chase & Dan Aykroyd |
60.10 | 182.5 | 182.5 | 10 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 89.6 | |
| 7 | ¡Three Amigos! (1986) Director |
Steve Martin & Chevy Chase |
41.20 | 119.8 | 119.8 | 21 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 82.1 | |
| 8 | Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) | John Lithgow & Dan Aykroyd & Albert Brooks |
29.50 | 100.8 | 145.3 | 24 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 78.5 | |
| 9 | The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) | Evan C. Kim & Bong Soo Han |
7.00 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 73 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 65.8 | |
| 10 | Clue (1985) | Christopher Lloyd & Story by John Landis |
14.60 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 59 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 59.0 | |
| 11 | Innocent Blood (1992) | Robert Loggia | 4.90 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 120 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 42.6 | |
| 12 | Into the Night (1985) | Jeff Goldblum & Michelle Pfeiffer |
7.60 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 101 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 41.9 | |
| 13 | Burke and Hare (2010) | Simon Pegg | 0.10 | 0.1 | 6.6 | 292 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 38.8 | |
| 14 | Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) | Eddie Murphy & Judge Reinhold |
42.60 | 112.6 | 315.0 | 34 | 26 | 00 / 00 | 30.6 | |
| 15 | Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) | John Goodman & Dan Aykroyd |
14.10 | 32.3 | 32.3 | 101 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 23.9 | |
| 16 | Oscar (1991) | Sylvester Stallone & Kirk Douglas |
23.60 | 60.3 | 60.3 | 56 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 21.7 | |
| 17 | Schlock (1973) | Richard Gillis | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 192 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 14.8 | |
| 18 | Susan's Plan (1998) | Dan Aykroyd | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 323 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 10.3 | |
| 19 | The Stupids (1996) | Tom Arnold & Jessica Lundy |
2.50 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 174 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 5.6 |
I’ve seen 16 of the 19 films on the chart, the only ones I haven’t seen are the bottom 3 on the UMR chart. Lots of favorites including – Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Trading Places, Three Amigos, Spies Like Us, Coming to America, Twilight Zone and An American Werewolf in Manchester.
Topping the worldwide box office is Coming to America followed by Animal House but I’ll bet Animal House sold more tickets. I saw the latter at the cinema in 1978, loved it.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
I always though John Landis and Leonard Maltin could be brothers.
Great UMR Page