The Top 5 Friday the 13th Movies Image Credit: New Line Cinema I don’t know about any of you, but every January I check to see how many Friday the 13ths we are going to get in the new calendar year. Part of that is just curiosity. I just want to know how many we’re going to get in the new year (it’s similar to how I check and see what day Halloween and Christmas are going to land on.
Easter, too). I also want to know how many Friday the 13ths we’re going to get so I can plan out my “official” Friday the 13th /Jason franchise nerd fandom celebrations. While it’s perfectly fine to watch and nerd out over a Friday the 13th /Jason movie at any point of the year, it just hits extra special when you watch a Friday the 13th /Jason movie on an actual Friday the 13th.
It just does. And since we’re about to celebrate the first of two 2024 Friday the 13ths (or maybe we are celebrating it right now, depending on when this piece actually goes up on the site), I thought I would put something together for that first Friday the 13th of the year. And what is that “something?” I decided to rank the Top 5 Friday the 13th movies.
Out of the twelve official movies in the franchise, which ones do I think are the best of the best? This ranking appeared as part of an old Top 5 article years and years ago, but that article is long gone (it basically succumbed to the ravages of the internets). I looked at what I originally did and, while the movies in the top 5 didn’t change, the.