Jamie Lee Curtis: Her 10 Best Performances

10. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

As a film, Halloween H20 is a hit-and-miss affair.

On the one hand, you have wonderfully bonkers sequences like the third act, which features Laurie Strode driving Michael off of a cliff and beheading him. On the other hand, you've got the entire rest of the film, which spends too much of its runtime focusing on uninteresting teenagers and trying way too hard to be a Kevin Williamson joint.

Thankfully, Jamie Lee Curtis' performance falls distinctly into the former category. Returning to the franchise for the first time in nearly twenty years, Curtis brings a weariness to Laurie that gives way too flat-out rage in the third act.

This works really well, giving Curtis the chance to become the killer, and the moment that she finally cuts off Michael's head features an incredibly understated yet powerful reaction from Curtis, as she allows the peace and fallout of her actions to wash over her all in one shot.

Another highlight of her performance in this film is that she gets several moments with her mother, film legend Janet Leigh, the best of which is an open heart-to-heart in which Leigh gives Jamie Lee some 'maternal' advice. It's a tender moment between real-life mother and daughter that works incredibly well.