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Jamie Lee Curtis (1958-) is an Oscar® winning American actress and author. The daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh began her career as the “Scream Queen” of movies…..appearing in horror movies like Halloween, Terror Train and The Fog. Her IMDb page shows over 75 acting credits since 1977 . This page will rank Jamie Lee Curtis movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Uncredited roles, bit parts, television roles, shorts and movies not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.
Jamie Lee Curtis Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Jamie Lee Curtis Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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As Jamie Lee’s page already disappeared from the top menu with only 9 comments to its name, I thought I’ll add my two cents. Actually, I have not seen many of her films, but I was introduced to her when I managed to sneak in the cinema to see Halloween when I was still just shy of my 14th birthday (and therefore still considered too impressionable to be allowed to sit through the horror and suspense). No doubt, it is the Halloween franchise and other films of similar genre that has brought Jamie Lee the most recognition. However, my favorite of her films is easily A Fish Called Wanda (sorry Bob), which I still think was one of the best comedies from the 80s…and Jamie Lee was delightful in her role. Had she been given better roles afterwards, perhaps JLC would have shown herself to be a comedy queen as well as a horror one.
Hey PhilHoF17….yep this page is already 5 pages old…..the stay in the header is usually short…so JLC’s time in the spot light is short. I see I missed Dan’s comment…I will need to fix that error.
I thought she was awesome in A Fish Called Wanda….sexy and fun. I agree she might have done even better with allowed more challenging roles. She returns to another Halloween movie this year….maybe one day…..they will merge Stallone’s Rocky with Jamie’s Michael
Meyers movies …as they have both been playing those roles for 5 decades. Good stuff.
1990, I live in the Bronx near Parkchester. The American Quad (now gone) has Blue Steel with Hamie. I travel all the way to the upper west Bronx to the Riverdale twin (also gone) to see Blue Steel. I do this because I get a sneak preview with it, Pretty Woman.
Jamie is sort of an enigma. She’s no longer on the top 1000 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Cener of the Hollywood Universe list. She was not on in 2000 (the first count) but she was #744 on one of the late 70’s lists. For someone not on she has a decent list of people still on, some quite young that she has appeared in a film with. The people on the 2016 list who she appeared with:
9 DONALD SUTHERLAND Virus (1999)
14 JOSEPH OLIVEIRA TRUE LIES (1994)
17 TOM SIZEMORE Blue Steel (1989)
22 JOHN MALKOVICH Queens Logic (1991)
24 RANCE HOWARD Love Letters (1983/II)
37 SALLY KIRKLAND Love Letters (1983/II)
40 HARRY DEAN STANTON Escape from New York (1981)
57 MIKE STARR Blue Steel (1989)
64 JEFF GOLDBLUM The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
68 RAY LIOTTA Dominick and Eugene (1988)
86 DAN AYKROYD Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
86 DAN AYKROYD My Girl (1991)
86 DAN AYKROYD My Girl 2 (1994)
86 DAN AYKROYD Trading Places (1983)
90 JOHN CUSACK Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
93 LUIS GUZMAN Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
107 CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD House Arrest (1996)
111 JAMES FRANCO Veronica Mars (2014)
113 TRACEY WALTER Drowning Mona (2000)
115 M. EMMET WALSH Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
115 M. EMMET WALSH Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
120 ANDY GARCIA Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
124 RICHARD JENKINS Blue Steel (1989)
125 VANESSA REDGRAVE Mother’s Boys (1994)
135 MARK MARGOLIS The Tailor of Panama (2001)
142 ERNEST BORGNINE Escape from New York (1981)
153 STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY Freaky Friday (2003)
162 DANNY DEVITO Drowning Mona (2000)
169 SERGIO KATO TRUE LIES (1994)
184 COLLEEN CAMP House Arrest (1996)
189 C. THOMAS HOWELL Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
191 JOE MANTEGNA Queens Logic (1991)
193 BILLY BOB THORNTON Daddy and Them (2001)
193 BILLY BOB THORNTON Homegrown (1998)
201 JOHN CLEESE A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
201 JOHN CLEESE Fierce Creatures (1997)
203 SIGOURNEY WEAVER You Again (2010)
212 JON POLITO The Tailor of Panama (2001)
213 MARSHALL BELL Virus (1999)
219 DAVID STRAITHAIRN Dominick and Eugene (1988)
224 KEVIN DUNN Blue Steel (1989)
226 PIERCE BROSNAN The Tailor of Panama (2001)
247 CHARLTON HESTON True Lies (1994)
250 WILLIAM FICHTNER Drowning Mona (2000)
260 PETER COYOTE A Man in Love (1987)
272 BEN AFFLECK Daddy and Them (2001)
282 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
286 CHRIS ELLIS Daddy and Them (2001)
300 BILL PAXTON True Lies (1994)
301 BILL COBBS Dominick and Eugene (1988)
301 BILL COBBS Trading Places (1983)
304 VINCENT SCHIAVELLI The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
307 DAVID PAYMER Perfect (1985)
316 AUSTIN PENDLETON Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
318 DAN HEDAYA The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
323 DONALD PLEASENCE Escape from New York (1981)
323 DONALD PLEASENCE Halloween (1978)
323 DONALD PLEASENCE Halloween II (1981)
326 TOM ARNOLD True Lies (1994)
339 WALLACE SHAWN House Arrest (1996)
340 KEVIN POLLAK House Arrest (1996)
341 RICHARD KIND Queens Logic (1991)
343 DYLAN BAKER The Tailor of Panama (2001)
353 CLORIS LEACHMAN You Again (2010)
355 MARISA TOMEI SPARE PARTS (2015)
357 KURT RUSSELL Escape from New York (1981)
366 GIANCARLO ESPOSITO Trading Places (1983)
386 JIM BELUSHI Trading Places (1983)
389 JOHN DIEHL Escape from New York (1981)
393 ELIJAH WOOD Forever Young (1992)
394 JOHN LITHGOW Homegrown (1998)
394 JOHN LITHGOW The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
400 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER True Lies (1994)
402 CHEECH MARIN Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
402 CHEECH MARIN Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
406 RITCHIE MONTGOMERY DADDY AND THEM (2001)
409 JOHN TRAVOLTA Perfect (1985)
412 JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
416 JOHN C. MCGINLEY Mother’s Boys (1994)
425 JENNIFER TILLY House Arrest (1996)
435 KEVIN BACON Queens Logic (1991)
437 MICHAEL BOWEN Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
454 ARNE STARR You Again (2010)
469 JOSS ACKLAND Mother’s Boys (1994)
474 JULIO OSCAR MECHOSO VIRUS (1999)
484 WILL FERRELL Drowning Mona (2000)
487 YUL VAZQUEZ DROWNING MONA (2000)
504 DREW BARRYMORE Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
511 JOAN CUSACK GRANDVIEW, U.S.A. (1984)
512 BRENDAN GLEESON THE TAILOR OF PANAMA (2001)
518 KEVIN KLINE A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
518 KEVIN KLINE Fierce Creatures (1997)
532 PAUL BEN-VICTOR DROWNING MONA (2000)
537 JENNIFER JASON LEIGH Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
540 GRIFFIN DUNNE MY GIRL (1991)
552 WILLIE GARSON Freaky Friday (2003)
561 PAUL GUILFOYLE (II) Mother’s Boys (1994)
574 MEL GIBSON Forever Young (1992)
605 DANIEL ROEBUCK HOUSE ARREST (1996)
609 LOUISE FLETCHER Blue Steel (1989)
610 HAL HOLBROOK The Fog (1980)
625 JOHN W. IWANONKIW DOMINICK AND EUGENE (1988)
635 JOHN CAPODICE Blue Steel (1989)
640 CLANCY BROWN BLUE STEEL (1989)
640 CLANCY BROWN THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION (1984)
647 CAROLINE AARON HOUSE ARREST (1996)
652 GRETA SCACCHI A Man in Love (1987)
653 GEOFFREY RUSH The Tailor of Panama (2001)
676 DIANE LADD Daddy and Them (2001)
685 PETER GALLAGHER Mother’s Boys (1994)
696 MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL Homegrown (1998)
719 JOE MORTON FOREVER YOUNG (1992)
733 PEPE SERNA The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
751 NICHOLAS GUEST TRADING PLACES (1983)
757 CHARLES PENDLETON TRADING PLACES (1983)
778 LARRY CEDAR LOVE LETTERS (1983/II)
791 KELLY PRESTON Daddy and Them (2001)
795 AFEMO OMILAMI TRADING PLACES (1983)
804 JOHN LANDIS Trading Places (1983)
810 JUSTIN LONG VERONICA MARS (2014)
818 RICHARD MASUR My Girl (1991)
818 RICHARD MASUR My Girl 2 (1994)
818 RICHARD MASUR Welcome Home (1986)
829 WALTON GOGGINS DADDY AND THEM (2001)
829 WALTON GOGGINS FOREVER YOUNG (1992)
846 BOB MINOR Escape from New York (1981)
852 DWAYNE JOHNSON You Again (2010)
855 LESLIE NIELSEN Prom Night (1980)
859 ELLEN BARKIN The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
871 HELEN KELLY(I) HALLOWEEN II (1981)
889 MATT CRAVEN BLUE STEEL 1989)
898 PETER WELLER The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
907 JOANNA PACULA Virus (1999)
920 HANK AZARIA HOMEGROWN (1998)
925 MARSHAL MANESH TRUE LIES (1994)
934 VICTOR GARBER YOU AGAIN (2010)
948 ART LAFLEUR Forever Young (1992)
981 JOSH HARTNETT HALLOWEEN H20: 20 YEARS LATER (1998)
983 JAMES KEANE The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
People on the first list in 2000 who have since fallen off and appeared in a film with Jamie are;
99 DENHOLM ELLIOTT Trading Places (1983)
156 GREGORY PECK Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
180 LEE VAN CLEEF Escape from New York (1981)
213 BEN JOHNSON Terror Train (1980)
235 CLAUDIA CARDINALE A Man in Love (1987)
290 GEORGE WALLACE My Girl 2 (1994)
307 MATT CLARK Love Letters (1983/II)
352 PAUL GLEASON Trading Places (1983)
446 RAY WALSTON House Arrest (1996)
507 RALPH BELLAMY Trading Places (1983)
523 BILL HENDERSON The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
528 HAROLD GOULD Freaky Friday (2003)
546 REED MORGAN The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
553 DAN O’HERLIHY Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
554 BUD CORT Love Letters (1983/II)
601 TOM SIGNORELLI Dominick and Eugene (1988)
650 ARTHUR MALET Halloween (1978)
666 GEORGE ‘BUCK’ FLOWER Escape from New York (1981)
666 GEORGE ‘BUCK’ FLOWER The Fog (1980)
704 TROY DONAHUE Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
725 AL CERULLO Blue Steel (1989)
725 AL CERULLO Escape from New York (1981)
730 JUDGE REINHOLD Homegrown (1998)
743 WILLIAM WINDOM Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
743 WILLIAM WINDOM Welcome Home (1986)
774 BETTE MIDLER Drowning Mona (2000)
787 ISAAC HAYES Escape from New York (1981)
802 BRIAN DOYLE-MURRAY Drowning Mona (2000)
814 PETER RIEGERT A Man in Love (1987)
822 CARMEN FILPI Escape from New York (1981)
834 GERRIT GRAHAM My Girl 2 (1994)
861 JONATHAN BANKS The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
902 KEN LERNER Mother’s Boys (1994)
927 PHILIP BOSCO Blue Steel (1989)
927 PHILIP BOSCO Trading Places (1983)
955 KENNETH WELSH Perfect (1985)
996 MARC MCCLURE Freaky Friday (2003)
Jamie has appeared with 11 Oscar winners;
BEN JOHNSON Terror Train (1980)
CHARLTON HESTON True Lies (1994)
CLORIS LEACHMAN You Again (2010)
DON AMECHE Trading Places (1983)
ERNEST BORGNINE Escape from New York (1981)
GEOFFREY RUSH The Tailor of Panama (2001)
GREGORY PECK Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
KEVIN KLINE A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
KEVIN KLINE Fierce Creatures (1997)
LOUISE FLETCHER Blue Steel (1989)
MARISA TOMEI SPARE PARTS (2015)
VANESSA REDGRAVE Mother’s Boys (1994)
What is Vanessa Redgrave doing in garbage like Mother’s Day.
Speaking of Mother’s Day, back in the dying days of the deuce (42nd Street) there were 2 old 42nd street dives still open for a few more months till they were all gone. They used to get all new pictures on Thursday nights (common now) but the other theaters opened their films on Friday. So I saw Mother’s Boys double billed with The Naked Gun 33 1/3 both opening Friday.
When those 2 theaters closed a 6 plex opened for 1 1/2 years that let you move from cinema to cinema for free so you could see a few films for frr. Then the big boys came the AMC 25 (moving an old theater down the block) and a 13 plex across the street.
Hey Dan
1. Sorry I missed this comment.
2. Sounds like a serious travel plan to see a movie….I have not seen Blue Steel…but it is making people’s list of quality movies.
3. You are right her standing is strange indeed.
4. Great lists as always.
5. Sorry those movie watching memories are now only a memory as the big theaters to take over.
Thanks as always for sharing this information.
Jamie was labeled a scream queen for a few years after Halloween, ironic in that her actual screaming wasn’t that impressive, especially compared to Fay Wray and her incessant ear-piercing screaming in King Kong.
I’ve seen 11 of the 37 films listed. Favorites include – Halloween, The Fog, Trading Places, True Lies, Blue Steel and A Fish Called Wanda.
I may have seen Terror Train and Prom Night back in my video renting days but I can’t say for sure. I’m still waiting for True Lies to be released on blu-ray. It’s one of the very few big modern movies never to have been released on HD disc in the UK and US. The Abyss is another waiting for blu-ray, also directed by James Cameron.
Nice work Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve
1. Thanks for checking out our JLC page.
2. Interesting about her scream….then again nobody can out Wray….Fay Wray.
3. So you have seen 11 of her movies….I am at….24 movies watched.
4. Trading Places, True Lies and A Fish Call Wanda would also be on my favorite list.
5. I am right there with you on Terror Train and Prom Night….so I did not include them in my tally either.
6. I did not realize that Cameron had not released either True Lies or The Abyss on HD……I wonder what he is waiting for?
Good stuff as always.
Bruce:
1 As you say Jamie Lee was for a time regarded as the Horror Queen but the films that I enjoyed her most in were True Lies, Blue Steel and Perfect though your Reviews don’t rate the latter 2 very highly. I never liked A Fish Called Wanda.
2 She never became the star that certainly her father was but given that her mom and dad were once regarded as one of Hollywood’s most successful couples Jamie Lee did well to carve out a successful career of her own.
3 Her films have not done well recently and your chart above suggests her last big hit was 10 years ago in 2008. However this October she yet again reprises her Laurie Strode role in a further Halloween outing so fingers crossed. It was nice to see her mother appearing alongside her in the 1998 Halloween H 20 subtitled 20 Years Later- do the producers plan to release a new Halloween shocker every 20 years?
Hey Bob
1. Thanks for checking out our latest page.
2. I liked True Lies as well……Perfect was destroyed by critics back in the day….pretty much derailed Travolta’s career until Pulp Fiction came…..but I do not remember it actually being a bad movie at all.
3. Surprised you did not like A Fish Called Wanda…..a movie in which the lead character is named Archie Leach….which is a tribute to Cary Grant.
4. I agree….she is not nearly as big a star as her father….but 40 years later and she is still a “known” actress.
5. You are right….the last few years have not been stellar Curtis years….maybe as you commented…Halloween 936 will put her back in the limelight.
Good feedback as always.
HI BRUCE
1 I think that you told me before that you found Perfect OK. Critics often expect to see great technical expertise in a movie like some of the “dry goods” they rave over such as Tokyo Story, Bicycle Thieves and the 7th Seal.
2 I am not arguing with their assessment of those films but I think there is also room for the likes of Perfect without everybody being down on such films which whilst not great I nevertheless regard at times as pieces of harmless, enjoyable fun.
3. You are right though about Perfect being one of the flicks that harmed Travolta’s career for a while and although the 1989 Look Who’s Talking was a considerable success at the box office I personally thought it was an awful film. IMDB gives it just a 58% rating and even you could scrape up just a 56% for it despite Mr Moore giving us the voice of the to me highly irritating Mikey. 1990’s Look Who’s Talking Too was even worse. That is why some historians see 1994’s Pulp Fiction as Travolta’s true or at least complete renaissance and credit Tarantino with the sense to see that John badly needed a change of screen persona.
4 In fact the Russian media used Travolta’s temporary eclipse as political capital in an effort to demonstrate how “The West” cruelly exploited a young man when he was a commercial asset {Grease/Sat Night Fever] and then turned on him when he was no longer seen as a top money maker.
Hey Bob……I really liked Look Who’s Talking when I saw it in the theater….but I acknowledge it has not aged well at all. Interesting viewpoint from the Russia media.
Love her she is so sexy. Especially in True Lies, Trading Places and A Fish Called Wanda.
Hey Kenneth C……I agree with your comment 100%……loved all three of those movies. Thanks for stopping by.