The 20 Best Stephen King Movie Adaptations of All Time

From gut-wrenching prison drama to supernatural nightmares and pulpy creature features, these adaptations prove no genre is off-limits when King's imagination hits the screen. Cast your vote!

1

The Shawshank Redemption

A 1994 drama about a wrongly convicted banker's friendship and hope during decades in prison, based on King's novella.

1000pts

2

The Mist

A 2007 horror film about townspeople trapped in a supermarket by a mysterious, creature-filled fog.

772pts

3

The Shining

Stanley Kubrick's 1980 psychological horror film about a writer descending into madness at an isolated hotel.

695pts

4

Carrie

Brian De Palma's 1976 horror classic about a bullied teenager with telekinetic powers who unleashes vengeance at prom.

534pts

5

The Green Mile

A 1999 drama set on death row where a guard discovers a condemned man possesses miraculous healing powers.

463pts

6

Stand By Me

A 1986 coming-of-age drama following four boys on a journey to find a body in rural Oregon.

463pts

7

Cujo

A 1983 horror film about a family terrorized by a once-friendly St. Bernard turned rabid killer.

463pts

8

Christine

John Carpenter's 1983 horror film about a haunted, murderous 1958 Plymouth Fury.

379pts

9

Pet Sematary

The 1989 horror film about a burial ground that brings the dead back wrong.

379pts

10

Dolores Claiborne

A 1995 mystery drama about a housekeeper accused of murder, unraveling decades of family secrets.

379pts

11

Gerald's Game

A 2017 Netflix thriller about a woman handcuffed to a bed after her husband dies during a game gone wrong.

379pts

12

1408

A 2007 supernatural horror film about a skeptic who checks into a hotel room with a deadly reputation.

379pts

13

Misery

A 1990 thriller about a novelist held captive by his obsessive, deranged number-one fan.

379pts

14

Needful Things

A 1993 horror film about a sinister new shop owner who turns a small town against itself.

379pts

15

Apt Pupil

A 1998 thriller about a teenager who discovers his neighbor is a hidden Nazi war criminal.

278pts

16

Doctor Sleep

A 2019 sequel to The Shining following an adult Danny Torrance confronting a cult that feeds on psychic children.

278pts

17

Creepshow

George A. Romero's 1982 horror anthology film styled after classic EC horror comics.

278pts

18

Secret Window

A 2004 psychological thriller about a writer haunted by a mysterious stranger accusing him of plagiarism.

278pts

19

It

The 2017 horror film about a shape-shifting entity terrorizing children in the town of Derry, Maine.

154pts

20

The Dead Zone

David Cronenberg's 1983 film about a man who gains psychic visions after waking from a long coma.

154pts