| # | Rank ▲ | Film | Year | Director | Country | Genre | Keywords | Votes | IMDb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Halloween | 1978 | John Carpenter | USA | Slasher | Halloween, Home Invasion, Teen Movie | 600 | IMDb ↗ |
| 2 | 6 | The Thing | 1982 | John Carpenter | USA | Body Horror | Psychological Horror, Science Fiction, Alien Invasion, Cosmic Horror, Mystery, Splatter, Survival, Thriller | 576 | IMDb ↗ |
| 3 | 108 | In the Mouth of Madness | 1994 | John Carpenter | USA | Psychological | Psychological Horror, Cosmic Horror, Supernatural, Mystery, Postmodernism, Surrealism, Body Horror, Gothic | 144 | IMDb ↗ |
| 4 | 112 | The Fog | 1980 | John Carpenter | USA | Supernatural | Gothic, Zombie | 135 | IMDb ↗ |
| 5 | 185 | Prince of Darkness | 1987 | John Carpenter | USA | Supernatural | Cosmic Horror, Science Fiction, Siege Film, Mystery, Body Horror | 87 | IMDb ↗ |
| 6 | 260 | They Live | 1988 | John Carpenter | USA | Science Fiction | Dystopian, Satire, Action, Alien Invasion, Black Comedy, Buddy, Postmodernism, Political Thriller | 77 | IMDb ↗ |
| 7 | 410 | Christine | 1983 | John Carpenter | USA | Supernatural | Thriller, Carsploitation, Teen Movie, Romance | 58 | IMDb ↗ |
| 8 | 494 | Vampires | 1998 | John Carpenter | USA | Vampire | — | 37 | IMDb ↗ |
| 9 | 865 | Body Bags | 1993 | John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, Larry Sulkis | USA | Anthology | Body Horror, Black Comedy, Slasher, Science Fiction, Splatter, Psychological Horror, Horror Comedy | 16 | IMDb ↗ |
| 10 | 1274 | Village of the Damned | 1995 | John Carpenter | USA | Science Fiction | Alien Invasion, Evil Children | 12 | IMDb ↗ |
| 11 | 1573 | Ghosts of Mars | 2001 | John Carpenter | USA | Science Fiction | — | 10 | IMDb ↗ |
| 12 | 1665 | Masters of Horror: John Carpenter’s Cigarette Burns | 2005 | John Carpenter | USA | Psychological | — | 11 | IMDb ↗ |
| 13 | 2126 | The Ward | 2010 | John Carpenter | USA | Psychological | — | 7 | IMDb ↗ |
| 14 | 2873 | Someone’s Watching Me! | 1978 | John Carpenter | USA | Thriller | — | 4 | IMDb ↗ |
| 15 | 3181 | Dark Star | 1974 | John Carpenter | USA | Science Fiction | — | 4 | IMDb ↗ |
| 16 | 3221 | Assault on Precinct 13 | 1976 | John Carpenter | USA | Action | — | 4 | IMDb ↗ |
| 17 | 4672 | Masters of Horror: Pro-Life | 2006 | John Carpenter | USA | Monster | — | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 18 | 5050 | Big Trouble in Little China | 1986 | John Carpenter | USA | Comedy | — | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
Keyword data is still being added, so some films have incomplete or missing keywords.