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From Carrie to Doctor Sleep and all the horror in-between, it's every Stephen King movie ranked!
A user-created list of the top 20 movies based on Stephen King's novels or stories, ranked by popularity and rating. The list includes classics like The Shawshank Redemption, The Shining, and Misery, as well as lesser-known adaptations like Dreamcatcher and Rose Red.
Oct 6, 2023 · A list of 46 Stephen King adaptations, from worst to best, based on the quality of the source material and the filmmaking. Find out which King movies are worth watching and which ones to avoid.
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- Silver Bullet (1985) Stream now on Max. Cycle of the Werewolf was a King novella that was turned into an illustrated novel and then the movie Silver Bullet.
- Sleepwalkers (1992) Rent now on Prime Video & Apple TV. Sleepwalkers was King’s first original screenplay not based on one of his novels or short stories.
- Riding The Bullet (2004) Stream now on Roku & Vudu. Riding The Bullet is one of the more obscure adaptations of King’s work, which is really more of a drama with some horror moments mixed in.
- Apt Pupil (1998) Stream now on Prime Video. Apt Pupil features great performances by Ian McKellen and the late Brad Renfro but its utterly unlikeable characters made this a movie that left most viewers cold.
- The Dead Zone
- Gerald's Game
- The Mist
- Creepshow
- The Green Mile
- Stand by Me
- It: Chapter One
- Doctor Sleep
- Carrie
- Misery
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Director: David Cronenberg Long before Stephen King's 1979 novel The Dead Zoneserved as fodder for a TV series, it inspired a 1983 film from director David Cronenberg. Cronenberg, who'd already made a name for himself with surreal horror films like Videodrome and Shivers, brought that signature touch to this gripping psychological drama. The Dead Z...
Director: Mike Flanagan For years it was thought King's 1992 outing Gerald's Game, which involves a woman handcuffed to a bed fighting to free herself after her husband has a heart attack, was un-adaptable. But then writer/director Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass) came along and knocked it out of the park. Starring Carla Gu...
Director: Frank Darabont The Mist is based on a King short story found in the 1985 collection Skeleton Crew. Ostensibly a monster movie, The Mist finds a group of people trapped in a remote grocery store after a strange fog envelops the region and terrifying, dinosaur-like creatures begin appearing. But the core of this horror/sci-fi fusion is surv...
Director: George A. Romero Horror legends Stephen King and George Romero teamed up for 1982's Creepshow, which was conceived as an homage to the Golden Age of horror comics in the 1950's, including E.C. Comics' infamous releases and DC books like House of Secrets and House of Mystery. That anthology legacy is reflected in the execution of Creepshow...
Director: Frank Darabont Because director Frank Darabont had crafted what many consider to be the definitive Stephen King movie with The Shawshank Redemption (more on that film later) some feared he was revisiting overly familiar territory when he returned to adapt another of King's prison dramas, The Green Mile. Like Shawshank, The Green Mile is a...
Director: Rob Reiner Frank Darabont isn't the only director with a real knack for bringing Stephen King tales to life on screen. Before Misery, Rob Reiner also directed this coming-of-age tale based on King's novella "The Body", collected in the 1982 book Different Seasons. Stand By Mefeatured narration by Richard Dreyfuss and a "who's who?" lineup...
Director: Andy Muschietti Fittingly, one of King's most iconic novels is also one of his most successful adaptations, shattering box office records. But more than just being a moneymaker, IT is a very effective horror film that pits a group of intrepid middle schoolers against the terrifying, inhuman killer lurking beneath the streets of an idyllic...
Director: Mike Flanagan Mike Flanagan's Doctor Sleep is a modern horror miracle. Adapting King's sequel novel to The Shining, about a grown-up Danny Torrence (Ewan McGregor), Flanagan had to merge the world of King's prose and Kubrick's cinematic vision. Since Kubrick's The Shining took many liberties with King's book -- so much so that King himsel...
Director: Brian De Palma "If you've got a taste for terror... invite Carrie to the prom!" That was the Grindhouse-worthy tagline for Carrie, and it said all that needed to be said about this teen horror drama. Carrie was King's big break as a writer in 1974, and a mere two years later, it also became fodder for one of the best films based on his wo...
Director: Rob Reiner Miseryoperates on a very simple formula. It features only two main characters who spend most of the film locked away in a remote cabin in winter. But both the 1987 novel and Rob Reiner's 1990 adaptation really made the most of this formula. As with so many of King's stories, Misery features a troubled writer as the lead protago...
IGN ranks the top Stephen King adaptations ever, from The Dead Zone to The Shawshank Redemption. Find out which films made the list and why, with reviews, trailers and where to watch them.
Aug 5, 2021 · So here’s a rundown of the 20 best Stephen King movies ever—as ranked by V.F., at least. As it is with a certain demonic 1958 Plymouth Fury, your own mileage may vary depending on your mood.
Oct 13, 2019 · In honor of 'The Dark Tower' and 'It' films, we rank the top 30 Stephen King movies, worst to best – from 'The Shining' to 'The Shawshank Redemption.'
