# John Carpenter — nextmovie4u

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John Howard Carpenter is an American filmmaker, composer, and actor. Most commonly associated with horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s, he is generally recognized as a master of the horror genre. At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the French Directors' Guild gave him the Golden Coach Award and lauded him as "a creative genius of raw, fantastic, and spectacular emotions"…

## Directed — top 12 by rating

- **[The Thing](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-thing-1982/)** (1982) — ★ 8.1
- **[Halloween](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/halloween-1978/)** (1978) — ★ 7.6
- **[Cigarette Burns](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/cigarette-burns-2005/)** (2005) — ★ 7.3
- **[They Live](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/they-live-1988/)** (1988) — ★ 7.3
- **[Assault on Precinct 13](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/assault-on-precinct-13-1976/)** (1976) — ★ 7.3
- **[In the Mouth of Madness](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/in-the-mouth-of-madness-1995/)** (1995) — ★ 7.2
- **[Big Trouble in Little China](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/big-trouble-in-little-china-1986/)** (1986) — ★ 7.2
- **[Escape from New York](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/escape-from-new-york-1981/)** (1981) — ★ 7.0
- **[Starman](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/starman-1984/)** (1984) — ★ 6.9
- **[Christine](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/christine-1983/)** (1983) — ★ 6.9
- **[Elvis](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/elvis-1979/)** (1979) — ★ 6.8
- **[The Fog](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-fog-1980/)** (1980) — ★ 6.7

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