Carpenter is certainly most known for Halloween, which became the standard by which all horror has been measured since, but there is so much more to his career. From the action-packed dystopian adventures in They Live and Escape from New York to the paranoia-inducing nightmares in The Thing and In the Mouth of Madness, Carpenter cranked out classics for decades with his own workmanlike yet innovative approach to directing. So, as a tribute to the perpetually forgotten great American filmmaker, I ranked every theatrical movie that Carpenter has directed up to this point (apologies to Elvis and Body Bags fans). This ranking is, of course, entirely definitive and will once and for all objectively settle the exact order of all of his films in terms of quality. So without further ado, here is the work of Carpenter, from worst to best. Rent it on YouTube. Watch it on Peacock. Watch it on Netflix. Rent it on Prime Video. Rent it on Prime Video. Watch in on Prime Video via Showtime. Watch it on Tubi. Watch it on Prime Video via AMC+. Watch it on Hulu. Watch it on Tubi. Watch it on Prime Video via MovieSphere. Rent it on Prime Video. Watch it on Peacock. Watch it on Peacock. Watch it on Prime Video via MovieSphere. Rent it on Prime Video. Watch it on Prime Video with AMC+. Watch it on Peacock.
