Joe Dante

Full filmography

• Gremlins, an american nightmare! (2026) as Himself
• Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern (2026)
• Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace (2026) as Self
• The Creeps (2025) as Uncle John
• Boorman and the Devil (2025) as Self
• The Vincent Price Legacy (2025) as Himself
• Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024) as Self
• The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2024) as Self
• Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director (2024) as Himself
• Sharksploitation (2024) as Self
• Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai (2023) Consulting Producer
• Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow (2022)
• The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time (2022) as Self
• In Search of Tomorrow (2022) as Self - Interviewee
• Razzennest (2022) as Joe Dante
• In Search of Darkness: Part III (2022) as Self
• Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story (2022) as Self - Interviewee
• Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction (2022) as Self
• Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema (2021) as Self
• Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021) as Self
• Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida (2021) as Self [archival]
• Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time (2020) as Self - Host
• Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020) as Self
• Tales of the Uncanny (2020) as Self
• In Search of Darkness: Part II (2020) as Self
• Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness (2020) as Host
• Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp (2020) as Host
• Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi (2020) as Host
• Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! (2020) as Self (archive footage)
• Love, Antosha (2019) as Self
• In Search of Darkness (2019) as Self
• Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film (2019) as Self
• Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters (2019) as Self
• Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School (2019)
• Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf (2019) as Self
• Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018) as Self
• King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2018) as Self
• Nightmare Cinema (2018) Director
• Sad Hill Unearthed (2018) as Self - Filmmaker
• The Fear Is Real (2018) as Self
• Camp Cold Brook (2018) Executive Producer
• Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years (2018) as Self
• Trafficked (2017) Executive Producer
• Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur (2017) as Self
• MacGyver (2016) Director
• DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016) Director
• Long Live the King (2016) as himself
• 24×36 (2016) as Self
• Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy (2016) as Himself
• Tales of Halloween (2015) as Prof. Milo Gottlieb
• Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film (2015)
• Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex (2015) as Self
• 42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street (2015) as Self
• The Real History of Science Fiction (2014) as Himself
• Burying the Ex (2014) Director
• That Guy Dick Miller (2014) as Self
• Out of Print (2014) as Self
• From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures (2014) as Self
• Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins (2014) as Self
• Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror (2014) as Self - Director
• We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film (2014) as Self
• There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs (2014) as Self
• Witches of East End (2013) Director
• A Fuller Life (2013) as Self - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and Blue")
• Blast Vegas (2013) as Salesman #2
• House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! (2013) as Self
• The Butterfly Room (2012) as Cab Driver
• Trailer War (2012) as Himself
• Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2012) as Self
• The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil (2012)
• The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie (2012) as Self
• To Be... A Film Favorite (2012)
• Corman's World (2011) as Self - Filmmaker
• Corman's World (2011) Thanks
• American Grindhouse (2011) as Himself
• The Future of Fear (2011) as Self
• Trail of Blood (2011) Producer
• A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011) as Self - Interviewee
• Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (2011) as Self
• Hawaii Five-0 (2010) Director
• Embryo (2010) Thanks
• Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010) as Self
• The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry (2010) as Self
• Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr. (2010) as Self
• The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth (2010) as Self
• The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus (2010) as Self
• RKO, A Story made in Hollywood (2010) as Himself
• The Hole (2009) Director
• Monsterland (2009) as Self
• Splatter (2009) Director
• Splatter (2009) Director
• Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009) as Self
• Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009) as Self
• Direct Your Own Damn Movie! (2009) as Self
• Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter (2009) as Self
• Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX (2008) as Self
• RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” (2008) as Self
• Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) as Self
• Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007) as Self
• The Hatching of Spider Baby (2007) as Himself
• Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein (2007) as Himself
• The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness (2007) as Self
• Trapped Ashes (2006) Director
• The Screwfly Solution (2006) Director
• Lugosi: The Dark Prince (2006) as Self
• Hitchcocked! (2006) as Self
• Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (2006) as Self
• Karloff: The Gentle Monster (2006) as Self
• Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon (2006) as Self
• Masters of Horror (2005) Director
• The Perfect Scary Movie (2005) as Self
• Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection (2005) as Self
• Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005)
• Homecoming (2005) Director
• CSI: NY (2004) Director
• Leçon de Cinéma (2004) as Self
• Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2004) as Self
• 100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004) as Self
• The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004) as Self
• The Art of Crime (2004) as Himself
• Il castello dell'orrore (2004) as self
• Welcome to Werewolfland (2004)
• Mario Bava: Operazione paura (2004) as Self / Host
• Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (2004) as Self
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) Director
• Haunted Lighthouse 4-D (2003) Director
• Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ (2003)
• Cinerama Adventure (2002) as Self
• Night Visions (2001) Director
• Making The Earth Stand Still (2001) as Self
• It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001) as Self
• Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000) as Self
• Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre (2000) as Self
• She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein' (1999) as Self / Host
• Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs (1999) as Self
• Small Soldiers (1998) Director
• The Second Civil War (1997) Director
• Hollywood Rated 'R' (1997) as Self
• The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1996) Director
• The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1996) Producer
• Picture Windows (1995) Director
• Picture Windows: Lightning (1995) Director
• Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) as Jailer
• Rebel Highway (1994) Director
• The Silence of the Hams (1994) as Dying Man
• A Century of Cinema (1994) as Self
• Runaway Daughters (1994) Director
• Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994) as Self
• Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994) Associate Producer
• The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror - Preshow (1994) Director
• Matinee (1993) Director
• Sleepwalkers (1992) as Lab Assistant
• Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion (1992) as Himself
• The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992) as Self
• Eerie, Indiana (1991) as Director
• Eerie, Indiana (1991) Director
• Oscar (1991) as Face on the Cutting Room Floor
• The Horror Hall of Fame II (1991) as Self
• Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (1991) Characters
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) as Grandpa Fred Director (uncredited)
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) Director
• The 'Burbs (1989) Director
• Innerspace (1987) as Vectorscope Employee (uncredited)
• Innerspace (1987) Director
• Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) Director
• The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986) as Self
• The Twilight Zone (1985) Director
• Amazing Stories (1985) Director
• Explorers (1985) Director
• Gremlins (1984) as Mogwai / Gremlins (voice) (uncredited)
• Gremlins (1984) Director
• Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) Director
• Police Squad! (1982) Director
• Eating Raoul (1982) as Busboy (uncredited)
• The Howling (1981) Editor
• The Howling (1981) Director
• Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling' (1981) as Self
• Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) Story
• The Orson Welles Show (1979) as Member of Studio Audience
• Piranha (1978) as Scuba Diver #2 (uncredited)
• Piranha (1978) Editor
• Piranha (1978) Director
• Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978) as Self
• Grand Theft Auto (1977) Editor
• Cannonball (1976) as Kid
• Hollywood Boulevard (1976) as Party Waiter (uncredited)
• Hollywood Boulevard (1976) Director
• Hollywood Boulevard (1976) Editor
• Tidal Wave (1975)
• The Arena (1974) Editor
• Great Performances (1971) as Self
• The Movie Orgy (1968) Director
• The Movie Orgy (1968) Editor
• Labrintus Director
• Mary Woronov: Cult Queen as Self
• Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell
• The AckerMonster Chronicles!
• The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes Producer
• The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes Director
• Fear Paris Director