81% Matinee 99 min, PG, [Comedy, Drama] [Joe Dante] [29 Jan 1993]Ratings: IMDB 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 win.
Actors: Cathy Moriarty, John Goodman, Omri Katz, Simon Fenton
Plot: A small-time film promoter releases a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Writer: Jerico (story), Charles S. Haas (story), Charles S. Haas (screenplay)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
75% Gremlins 106 min, PG, [Comedy, Fantasy, Horror] [Joe Dante] [08 Jun 1984]Ratings: IMDB 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 84%, Metacritic 70/100, External Reviews
Awards: 7 wins & 6 nominations.
Actors: Don Steele, Hoyt Axton, John Louie, Keye Luke, Phoebe Cates, Zach Galligan
Plot: A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.
Writer: Chris Columbus
Language: English, Spanish Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
72% Innerspace 120 min, PG, [Action, Adventure, Comedy] [Joe Dante] [01 Jul 1987]Ratings: IMDB 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic 66/100, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Kevin McCarthy, Martin Short, Meg Ryan
Plot: A hapless store clerk must foil criminals to save the life of the man who, miniaturized in a secret experiment, was accidentally injected into him.
Writer: Chip Proser (story), Jeffrey Boam (screenplay), Chip Proser (screenplay)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
72% Rock 'n' Roll High School 93 min, PG, [Comedy, Music] [Allan Arkush, Joe Dante] [24 Aug 1979]Ratings: IMDB 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic 70/100, External Reviews
Actors: Clint Howard, Dey Young, P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten
Plot: A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
Writer: Richard Whitley (screenplay), Russ Dvonch (screenplay), Joseph McBride (screenplay), Allan Arkush (story), Joe Dante (story)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
67% The Howling 91 min, R, [Horror] [Joe Dante] [10 Apr 1981]Ratings: IMDB 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 68%, External Reviews
Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations.
Actors: Christopher Stone, Dee Wallace, Dennis Dugan, Patrick Macnee
Plot: After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.
Writer: Gary Brandner (novel), John Sayles (screenplay), Terence H. Winkless (screenplay)
Language: English, Spanish Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
66% Gremlins 2: The New Batch 106 min, PG-13, [Comedy, Fantasy, Horror] [Joe Dante] [15 Jun 1990]Ratings: IMDB 6.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 69%, External Reviews
Awards: 6 nominations.
Actors: John Glover, Phoebe Cates, Robert Prosky, Zach Galligan
Plot: The Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken control of a New York media mogul's high-tech skyscraper.
Writer: Chris Columbus (characters), Charles S. Haas
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
66% Explorers 109 min, PG, [Adventure, Comedy, Family] [Joe Dante] [12 Jul 1985]Ratings: IMDB 6.6/10, External Reviews
Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations.
Actors: Bradley Gregg, Ethan Hawke, Jason Presson, River Phoenix
Plot: A boy obsessed with 50s sci-fi movies about aliens has a recurring dream about a blueprint of some kind, which he draws for his inventor friend. With the help of a third kid, they follow it and build themselves a spaceship. Now what?
Writer: Eric Luke
Language: English, German Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
65% Piranha 94 min, R, [Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi] [Joe Dante] [03 Aug 1978]Ratings: IMDB 5.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 72%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination.
Actors: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Keenan Wynn, Kevin McCarthy
Plot: When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
Writer: Richard Robinson (story), John Sayles (story), John Sayles (screenplay)
Language: English Country: USA, Netherlands More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
62% Amazon Women on the Moon 85 min, R, [Comedy, Sci-Fi] [Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss] [18 Sep 1987]Ratings: IMDB 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 63%, External Reviews
Actors: Arsenio Hall, Donald F. Muhich, Lou Jacobi, Michelle Pfeiffer, Monique Gabrielle, Rosanna Arquette
Plot: A spoof 1950s science fiction movie, interspersed with various comedy sketches concerning late night television.
Writer: Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
59% Looney Tunes: Back in Action 91 min, PG, [Animation, Action, Adventure] [Joe Dante] [14 Nov 2003]Ratings: IMDB 5.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 56%, Metacritic 64/100, External Reviews
Awards: 10 nominations.
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Timothy Dalton
Plot: The Looney Tunes search for a man's missing father and the mythical Blue Monkey diamond.
Writer: Larry Doyle
Language: English Country: Germany, USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
58% Twilight Zone: The Movie 101 min, PG, [Horror, Sci-Fi] [Joe Dante, John Landis, George Miller, Steven Spielberg] [24 Jun 1983]Ratings: IMDB 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 65%, Metacritic 44/100, External Reviews
Awards: 1 win & 8 nominations.
Actors: Albert Brooks, Dan Aykroyd, Doug McGrath, Vic Morrow
Plot: Four horror and science fiction segments, directed by four famous directors, each of them being a new version of a classic story from Rod Serling's landmark television series.
Writer: John Landis, George Clayton Johnson (screenplay by), Richard Matheson (screenplay by), Melissa Mathison (screenplay by), George Clayton Johnson (story by), Richard Matheson (screenplay by), Jerome Bixby (based on a story by), Richard Matheson (based on a story by), Rod Serling (inspired by "The Twilight Zone" created by)
Language: English, French, German, Vietnamese Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
54% Small Soldiers 110 min, PG-13, [Action, Adventure, Comedy] [Joe Dante] [10 Jul 1998]Ratings: IMDB 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 48%, External Reviews
Awards: 3 wins & 4 nominations.
Actors: Alexandra Wilson, David Cross, Denis Leary, Gregory Smith, Jay Mohr, Kirsten Dunst
Plot: When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.
Writer: Gavin Scott, Adam Rifkin, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
53% The 'Burbs 101 min, PG, [Comedy, Mystery, Thriller] [Joe Dante] [17 Feb 1989]Ratings: IMDB 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 48%, Metacritic 44/100, External Reviews
Awards: 1 nomination.
Actors: Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Tom Hanks
Plot: An overstressed suburbanite and his fellow neighbors are convinced that the new family on the block are part of a murderous Satanic cult.
Writer: Dana Olsen
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia