I mixed things up for my Joe Dante Director Focus, viewing 33 of his works over the course of a single week in August 2024. This is SEVEN DAYS OF DANTE. Here is the schedule + my official ranking of his 14 feature films below...
• DAY 1: Feature Films — 1968-1981
———The Movie Orgy
———Hollywood Boulevard
———Piranha
———Rock 'n' Roll High School
———The Howling
• DAY 2: Feature Films — 1984-1990
———Gremlins
———Explorers
———Innerspace
———The 'Burbs
———Gremlins 2: The New Batch
• DAY 3: Feature Films — 1993-2014
———Matinee
———Small Soldiers
———Looney Tunes: Back in Action
———The Hole
———Burying the Ex
• DAY 4: Anthology Features
———Twilight Zone: The Movie
———Amazon Women on the Moon
———Trapped Ashes
———Nightmare Cinema
• DAY 5: TV Part 1
———The Shadow Man
———Boo!
———The Greibble
———Eerie, Indiana
• DAY 6: TV Part 2
———Quiet Please
———The Occupant
———Homecoming
———The Screwfly Solution
• DAY 7: TV Movies + Miscellaneous
———The Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror Pre Show Film
———Runaway Daughters
———The Second Civil War
———The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
———Haunted Lighthouse
———Splatter
OFFICIAL FILMOGRAPHY RANKING
13. The Hole / Burying the Ex (TIE)
12. Hollywood Boulevard
11. Looney Tunes: Back in Action
10. Piranha
9. Rock 'n' Roll High School
8. Explorers
7. The 'Burbs
6. Matinee
5. Small Soldiers
4. Innerspace
3. The Howling
2. Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1. Gremlins