TOP 20 Best John Carpenter Movies Ranked

They called him a hack. Critics savaged him, studios abandoned him, and one masterpiece destroyed his career overnight. Then, one by one, the films they buried came back as classics. He directed them — and he scored almost all of them himself. This is every feature John Carpenter ever directed, ranked from worst to best. Fair warning: we did NOT put Halloween at #1. You're going to have opinions. Good — that's the point. 🎬 New series: DIRECTOR'S CHAIR — a legendary filmmaker ranked every Monday. 🔪 The full countdown: 0:00 Intro 0:44 #20 Ghosts of Mars (2001) 2:01 #19 Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) 3:22 #18 The Ward (2010) 4:39 #17 Village of the Damned (1995) 6:04 #16 Escape from L.A. (1996) 7:20 #15 Elvis (1979) 8:33 #14 Someone's Watching Me! (1978) 9:52 #13 Vampires (1998) 11:08 #12 Dark Star (1974) 12:23 #11 Starman (1984) 13:43 #10 Christine (1983) 14:54 #9 The Fog (1980) 16:03 #8 Prince of Darkness (1987) 17:21 #7 In the Mouth of Madness (1994) 18:35 #6 Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) 19:53 #5 Big Trouble in Little China (1986) 21:06 #4 They Live (1988) 22:25 #3 Escape from New York (1981) 23:42 #2 Halloween (1978) 25:04 #1 The Thing (1982) 26:28 Outro 💬 How wrong were we to rank The Thing above Halloween — and where does They Live really belong? 👍 Subscribe to Movie Blanket Club for a new countdown every week. #JohnCarpenter #HorrorMovies #MovieBlanketClub