The Best Jamie Lee Curtis Movies

Updated September 20, 2019 5.3k votes 522 voters 36.9k views

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List of the best Jamie Lee Curtis movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Jamie Lee Curtis's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Jamie Lee Curtis movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Jamie Lee Curtis movies will be at the top of the list. Jamie Lee Curtis has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Jamie Lee Curtis movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Jamie Lee Curtis films to end the squabble once and for all.

If you think the best Jamie Lee Curtis role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Jamie Lee Curtis performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.

List below includes Halloween, Trading Places, True Lies, and more films from Jamie Lee Curtis' filmography.

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True Lies
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eliza Dushku
True Lies is a 1994 American action-comedy film written and directed by James Cameron, and... more
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Halloween
Jamie Lee Curtis, Kyle Richards
Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher horror film directed and scored by John... more
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A Fish Called Wanda
Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline
A Fish Called Wanda is a 1988 film written by John Cleese and Charles Crichton. It was... more
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Trading Places
Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis
Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis, starring Dan Aykroyd... more
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Drowning Mona
Jamie Lee Curtis, Will Ferrell
This film is a 2000 comedy-mystery film starring Danny DeVito as Wyatt Rash, a local police... more
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Halloween II
Jamie Lee Curtis, Dana Carvey
Halloween II is a 1981 slasher horror film directed by Rick Rosenthal, and written and... more
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Christmas with the Kranks
Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd
Christmas with the Kranks is a 2004 American Christmas comedy film based on the 2001 novel... more
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Perfect
John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis
Perfect is a 1985 American film drama, directed by James Bridges and starring John Travolta... more
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Freaky Friday
Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis
Freaky Friday is a 2003 comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Mary Rodgers. It... more
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My Girl
Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin
My Girl is a 1991 American comedy-drama film directed by Howard Zieff and written by Laurice... more
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Mother's Boys
Jamie Lee Curtis, Vanessa Redgrave
Mother's Boys is a 1994 thriller film starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Gallagher, Joanne... more
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys
Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Dreyfuss
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys is a 2001 computer-animated... more
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Grandview, U.S.A.
Jamie Lee Curtis, John Cusack
Grandview, U.S.A. is a 1984 American comedy-drama film directed by Randal Kleiser. It stars... more
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Molly & Roni's Dance Party
Jamie Lee Curtis, Adam Baldwin
Molly and Roni's Dance Party is a 2005 family film.... more
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Amazing Grace and Chuck
Jamie Lee Curtis, Gregory Peck
Amazing Grace and Chuck is a 1987 film starring Gregory Peck, Jamie Lee Curtis and William... more
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Blue Steel
Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Sizemore
Blue Steel is a 1989 American action thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and starring... more
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Roadgames
Jamie Lee Curtis, Stacy Keach
Road Games is a 1981 Australian thriller film directed by Richard Franklin. The film stars... more
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Terror in the Aisles
Clint Eastwood, Jane Fonda
Terror in the Aisles is a 1984 documentary film about horror films featuring clips from Friday... more
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Queens Logic
Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Bacon
Queens Logic is a 1991 comedy from Seven Arts Pictures starring Kevin Bacon, Linda Fiorentino,... more
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The Kid & I
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis
The Kid & I is a 2005 American comedy film starring Tom Arnold and Eric Gores.... more

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Daddy and Them
Ben Affleck, Jamie Lee Curtis
Daddy and Them is a 2001 American film written and directed by, as well as starring Billy Bob... more
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The Tailor of Panama
Pierce Brosnan, Jamie Lee Curtis
The Tailor of Panama is a 2001 Irish-American spy thriller film directed by John Boorman and... more
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Lloyd
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!, often shortened to Buckaroo... more
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My Girl 2
Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd
My Girl 2 is a 1994 comedy-drama film starring Anna Chlumsky, Dan Aykroyd, Christine Ebersole,... more
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Jamie Lee Curtis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, is a 1998 American slasher film and is the seventh installment... more
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