What is the best Jamie Lee Curtis movie?

Slasher survivor, action-comedy spouse, body-swap mom: a surprisingly wide filmography. Scream-queen classics face late-career awards bait.

1. 1
   Halloween

   The 1978 slasher classic that launched Laurie Strode and made Curtis a scream queen.
2. 2
   Trading Places

   The 1983 comedy with Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd in which Curtis plays Ophelia.
3. 3
   A Fish Called Wanda

   The 1988 heist comedy that earned Curtis a BAFTA nomination.
4. 4
   True Lies

   James Cameron's 1994 action comedy with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
5. 5
   Freaky Friday

   The 2003 body-swap comedy with Lindsay Lohan.
6. 6
   Knives Out

   The 2019 whodunit with Daniel Craig in which Curtis plays Linda Drysdale.
7. 7
   Everything Everywhere All at Once

   The 2022 multiverse film that won Curtis her Academy Award.
8. 8
   Halloween Kills

   The 2021 sequel with Laurie Strode as the town's hero.
9. 9
   Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

   The 1998 sequel that brought Curtis back to the franchise.
10. 10
    Fierce Creatures

    The 1997 comedy reuniting the cast of A Fish Called Wanda.
11. 11
    My Girl

    The 1991 coming-of-age drama starring Anna Chlumsky and Macaulay Culkin.
12. 12
    Blue Steel

    The 1990 thriller directed by Kathryn Bigelow in which Curtis plays a rookie cop.
13. 13
    The Fog

    John Carpenter's 1980 ghost story with her mother Janet Leigh.
14. 14
    Prom Night

    The 1980 slasher in which Curtis plays a teen.
15. 15
    Terror Train

    The 1980 slasher aboard a party train.
16. 16
    Halloween (2018)

    The 2018 direct sequel that ignored every film after the original.

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