I know it's not the actual best, but it's my favourite anyway. I like it best because it's so gay. Instead of a young girl, the fred-ster goes after a confused teenage boy, with hilarious consequences. It's also the one where Freddy goes from villain to fully fledged hero, although if you ask me he always was.
2: A Nightmare on Elm St
The best, and definitely the scariest, film of the series. This is largely due to the awesome and unexpected ending. All the N.o.E.S films have basically the same ending: Freddy is killed, Freddy comes back, with both events being of equal importance. I call this a “mass ending.”
3. A Nightmare on Elm St III: Dream Warriors
This is the one that everyone's seen. It has higher production values than the rest and features one of the more rousing tie-in songs of the series with Dokken's "Dream Warriors" (video here), although the Fat Boys song for number 4 is also very good. Dream Warriors is the first film to introduce the ridiculous back story about Freddy being the son of a nun who was raped by a 100 maniacs, making you either less or more sympathetic to his cause - depending on how you see it.
4. A Nightmare On Elm St VI: Freddy's Dead
Freddy's “death” (he always dies, mind you) is most memorable because of the 3D bit. I've never actually seen it with 3D glasses, but I'm assured it's a sublime experience. The credits list the music as being by Brian May, but in reality it's only for about 20 seconds. 20 good seconds though, and you get to hear Brian May singing. You can only imagine. Alice Cooper and Roseanne have cameos.
5. Wes Craven's New Nightmare
I know it's not a real N.o.E.S film, but it is Wes Craven, which is more than most of them. It's predictably brilliant, ruined only slightly by the bizarre decision to put Freddy in clean clothes.
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