John Carpenter and Keith David made 2 films together, averaging 7.70, 1.42 above their career marks. The best is The Thing at 8.2.

Films together

1982 to 1988

Average together

7.70

2 rated, weighted 7.72

Lift

+1.42

apart 6.28

Best together

8.2

The Thing

Apart against together+1.42 lift

5.95

6.61

Other pairings

Their other regulars

John Carpenter with

Apart 6.28Together 7.70

Lift is the average of their films together minus the mean of their two career averages.

Both careers by IMDb ratingJohn CarpenterKeith DavidTogether

Dot size shows IMDb votes; lines are rolling five-film averages. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes are left out.

Keith David in the top row

John Carpenter's regulars

	Assault on Precin… '76	Halloween '78	The Fog '80	Escape from New Y… '81	The Thing '82	Big Trouble in Li… '86	Prince of Darkness '87	They Live '88	Memoirs of an Inv… '92	In the Mouth of M… '94	Escape from L.A. '96
Keith David
Kurt Russell

Each column is a film in release order. Filled squares mark who was in it, colored by the film's rating.

Films with John Carpenter and Keith David

The Thing	1982	8.2	537K	Director	as Childs
They Live	1988	7.2	168K	Composer, Director, Writer	as Frank