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John Carpenter Movies Ranked: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
John Carpenter directed 18 films in our catalog, from 1974 to 1998. Top of the list is The Thing ('1982), at 8.2 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 6.8. Biggest split between audiences and critics: The Thing, 8.2 on IMDb against 57 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Thing '1982 | Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi | 8.2 | 85% | 57 | 8.1 | John Carpenter |
| 2 | Halloween '1978 | Horror / Thriller | 7.7 | 97% | 91 | 7.6 | John Carpenter |
| 3 | Assault on Precinct 13 '1976 | Thriller / Action / Crime | 7.3 | 94% | 89 | 7.3 | John Carpenter |
| 4 | Big Trouble in Little China '1986 | Action / Comedy / Fantasy | 7.2 | 65% | 53 | 7.2 | John Carpenter |
| 5 | They Live '1988 | Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller | 7.2 | 86% | 55 | 7.3 | John Carpenter |
| 6 | Escape from New York '1981 | Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi | 7.1 | 70% | 76 | 7.0 | John Carpenter |
| 7 | In the Mouth of Madness '1995 | Horror / Mystery | 7.1 | 61% | 53 | 7.2 | John Carpenter |
| 8 | Starman '1984 | Sci-Fi / Drama / Romance | 7.0 | 83% | 70 | 6.9 | John Carpenter |
| 9 | Elvis '1979 | Musical / Drama | 6.9 | 71% | - | 6.9 | John Carpenter |
| 10 | The Fog '1980 | Horror | 6.8 | 77% | 55 | 6.7 | John Carpenter |
| 11 | Christine '1983 | Horror | 6.8 | 69% | 57 | 6.9 | John Carpenter |
| 12 | Prince of Darkness '1987 | Horror | 6.6 | 60% | 50 | 6.8 | John Carpenter |
| 13 | Someone's Watching Me! '1978 | Thriller | 6.6 | 88% | - | 6.2 | John Carpenter |
| 14 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man '1992 | Sci-Fi / Comedy / Romance | 6.0 | 30% | 48 | 5.9 | John Carpenter |
| 15 | Vampires '1998 | Action / Fantasy / Horror | 6.1 | 43% | 42 | 6.3 | John Carpenter |
| 16 | Village of the Damned '1995 | Thriller / Horror / Sci-Fi | 5.7 | 28% | 41 | 6.1 | John Carpenter |
| 17 | Dark Star '1974 | Comedy / Sci-Fi | 6.1 | 74% | 66 | 6.0 | John Carpenter |
| 18 | Escape from L.A. '1996 | Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi | 5.7 | 45% | 54 | 5.9 | John Carpenter |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.