Highest rated movie: Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
Lowest rated movie: Blast Vegas (2013)
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Looking for reviews of Joe Dante movies? Cinafilm has a total of 3,226 reviews across 36 movies.
Movies starring Joe Dante have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 64%.
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story - released in 2007 - is Joe Dante's highest rated movie, with a score of 80% based on 22 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Joe Dante is Blast Vegas - released in 2013 - with a score of 34% based on 3 reviews.
Joseph "Joe" Dante, Jr. is an American film director and producer of films generally with humorous and science fiction content. His films include Piranha (1978) and The Howling (1981), both from scripts by John Sayles; Segment 3 of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); Gremlins (1984), his first major hit, and its sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); Explorers (1985), Innerspace (1987), Amazon Women on the Moon (1987); The 'Burbs (1989), Matinee (1993), Runaway Daughters (1994), The Second Civil War (1997), The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1998), Small Soldiers (1998), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), and Homecoming (2005). In 1995-1996, Dante worked on The Phantom, and when he was removed from the film, he chose screen credit (as executive producer) rather than pay. He was creative consultant on Eerie, Indiana (1991–1992) and directed five episodes. He played himself in the series finale.
Joe Dante has acted in films with John Landis, Dick Miller, Roger Corman and Allan Arkush.
Joe Dante has worked with these film directors: John Landis, Paul Bartel, Elijah Drenner and Mick Garris.
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