Trading Places (1983)
Comedy
A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Jamie Lee Curtis
Director: John Landis
The Stupids (1996)
Adventure | Comedy
An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.
Starring: Tom Arnold, Jessica Lundy, Bug Hall, Alex McKenna, Mark Metcalf, Matt Keeslar
Director: John Landis
Innocent Blood (1992)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Horror | Romance
Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than she can chew and faces a new, immortal danger.
Starring: Anne Parillaud, Anthony LaPaglia, Robert Loggia, Don Rickles, Chazz Palminteri, Angela Bassett
Director: John Landis
Oscar (1991)
Comedy | Crime
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his promise. He is faced with numerous problems: henchmen who know nothing but crime, the police who are convinced he is hatching a master plan, and Oscar, who has just got his daughter pregnant.
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Ornella Muti, Don Ameche, Peter Riegert, Tim Curry, Vincent Spano
Director: John Landis
Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader (2012)
Comedy
Cheerleader Cassie Stratford (Jena Sims) downs an experimental drug that's supposed to enhance her looks and athletic abilities. But instead, it makes her grow into a 50-foot giant! A modern day take on the great Roger Corman genre pictures. Co-Stars Treat Williams (TV's "Everwood") and 80's icons Sean Young and John Landis.
Starring: Sean Young, Ryan Merriman, Treat Williams, Sasha Jackson, John Landis, Ted Raimi, Jena Sims
Director: Kevin O'Neill
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Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Four separate stories in one movie. First a racist businessman gets the tables turned on him when he is transported back in time to being persued by Nazis in 1940s France, becomes an African-American at a KKK rally in the 1950s South, and and then a Vietnamese in 1960s Vietnam. The second story centers around an old man who makes the wishes of residents at a retirement home come true when he transforms them into youthful versions of themselves. In the third story a young woman on the road gives a ride to a little boy and ends up trapped with other people in an alternate reality created by the boy's imagination. And in the final story a man on a plane sees, but cannot convince anyone else that a mysterious creature is on the outside wing of the plane trying to sabotage the aircraft.
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Jeff Bannister, Patricia Barry, Peter Brocco, Albert Brooks, Vic Morrow
Director: Joe Dante, John Landis, George Miller, Steven Spielberg
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
Comedy
From the director of Animal House and the creators of Airplane and The Naked Gun, comes the original madcap, most out-of-control spoof of all time. The one that started it all! The Kentucky Fried Movie!
Starring: Bill Bixby, Evan C. Kim, George Lazenby, David Zucker, Marcy Goldman, Barry Dennen
Director: John Landis
Coming to America (1988)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Coming to America casts comedian Eddie Murphy as pampered African prince Akeem, who rebels against an arranged marriage and heads to America to find a new bride. Murphy's regal father (James Earl Jones) agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi (Arsenio Hall) along to make sure nothing untoward happens. To avoid fortune hunters, Prince Akeem conceals his true identity and gets a "Joe job" at a fast-food restaurant.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, John Amos, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Director: John Landis
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Music | Musical
Jake and Elwood Blues endeavor to raise $5,000 for their childhood parrish by putting their old band back together uand taking their show on the road. While touring, they manage to wreak havoc on the entire city of Chicago and much of the midwest
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Carrie Fisher, Cab Calloway, James Brown, Ray Charles
Director: John Landis
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Musical
Elwood must reunite the old band, with a few new members, and go on another "Mission from God."
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, Matt Murphy, J. Evan Bonifant, Nia Peeples
Director: John Landis
Animal House / National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
Comedy | Romance
Unable to gain acceptance at the snootier fraternities they pledge, the Deltas, a motley crew of misfits and sociopaths bent on disrupting the well-starched status quo, engage in various illegalities that land them in hot water with both the stern college dean and the neighboring jock fraternity. Their exploits eventually cause them to be placed on "double-secret probation," until finally, they are kicked out of school and, as the dean reminds them, newly eligible for the Vietnam draft. What's a Delta to do?
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Tom Hulce, Karen Allen, Tim Matheson, Peter Riegert, Donald Sutherland
Director: John Landis
Beverly Hills Cop III / Beverly Hills Cop 3 (1994)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Axel Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than that: the same men who shot his boss are running a counterfeit money ring out of a theme park in Los Angeles.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jon Tenney, Joey Travolta, Judge Reinhold
Director: John Landis
Death Race 2000 (1975)
Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Sport
In the year 2000, hit and run has become the national sport. It's a no-holds barred cross-country race, in which the aim is to kill off not only your opponents, but as many pedestrians as possible. David Carradine takes on Sylvester Stallone in this classic adrenaline thriller that will make you look both ways twice before you cross.
Starring: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Mary Woronov, Martin Kove, Roberta Collins, John Landis
Director: Paul Bartel
¡Three Amigos! (1986)
Adventure | Comedy | Western
When a villainous bandit terrorizes her small Mexican village, a real-life damsel in distress enlists the help of three goofy singing cowboy Hollywood stars–mistakenly believing that they are as heroic in person as they are onscreen. The wimpy actors think they are going south of the border to perform a one-time show for a large fee. As they arrive in the tiny oppressed village, they begin to realize that they are caught in a horrible case of mistaken identity and must truly fight for their lives against the evil marauder El Guapo. They cowardly run for their lives while the village is almost destroyed until they realize the importance of their mission and are forced to use real cunning and bravery to try to defeat the villain's hordes in order to prove that the Three Amigos are as truly as courageous and heroic as they appeared onscreen.
Starring: Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau
Director: John Landis
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