Top Five John Carpenter Movies

(in order of preference, from among his 18 feature films)

1. The Thing (1982)

2. Starman (1984)

3. In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

4. Escape from New York (1981)

5. They Live (1988)

—let’s keep going—

6. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

7. Prince of Darkness (1987)

8. Christine (1983)

9. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

10. Halloween (1978)

11. The Fog (1980)

12. Vampires (1998)

13. Village of the Damned (1995)

14. The Ward (2010)

15. Ghosts of Mars (2001)

16. Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)

17. Dark Star (1974)

18. Escape from L.A. (1996)

— January 24, 2026

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