Films written by John Carpenter
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". On April 3, 2025, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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As director
18 films directed
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The Ward
2010 · ★ 5.8
Pro-Life
2006 · ★ 5.5
Cigarette Burns
2005 · ★ 7.3
Vampires
1998 · ★ 6.3
In the Mouth of Madness
1995 · ★ 7.2
Body Bags
1993 · ★ 6.1
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992 · ★ 5.9
They Live
1988 · ★ 7.3
Big Trouble in Little China
1986 · ★ 7.2
Starman
1984 · ★ 6.9
Christine
1983 · ★ 6.9
The Thing
1982 · ★ 8.1
Escape from New York
1981 · ★ 7.0
The Fog
1980 · ★ 6.7
Elvis
1979 · ★ 6.8
Halloween
1978 · ★ 7.6
Someone's Watching Me!
1978 · ★ 6.2
Assault on Precinct 13
1976 · ★ 7.3
As actor
4 performances
As writer
9 writing credits
As producer
3 producing credits
As composer
17 score credits
Halloween Ends
2022 · ★ 6.0
Firestarter
2022 · ★ 5.5
Halloween Kills
2021 · ★ 6.4
Vampires: Los Muertos
2002 · ★ 5.4
Vampires
1998 · ★ 6.3
In the Mouth of Madness
1995 · ★ 7.2
Body Bags
1993 · ★ 6.1
They Live
1988 · ★ 7.3
Big Trouble in Little China
1986 · ★ 7.2
Christine
1983 · ★ 6.9
The Thing
1982 · ★ 8.1
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1982 · ★ 5.3
Escape from New York
1981 · ★ 7.0
Halloween II
1981 · ★ 6.6
The Fog
1980 · ★ 6.7
Halloween
1978 · ★ 7.6
Assault on Precinct 13
1976 · ★ 7.3