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Crew: Stephen King

11.22.63 (2016)

1 May 20168 August 2021

Rating: ★★★

Time Traveller Tries to Prevent the Assassination of JFK/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Kevin Macdonald, Frederick E.O. Toye, James Strong, James Franco, …
Actors: James Franco, Sarah Gadon, George MacKay, Chris Cooper, …
Category: Fantasy

1408 (2007)

3 November 20076 February 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Haunted Hotel Room/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Mikael Håfström
Actors: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub, …
Category: Horror

1922 (2017)

12 November 20178 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Stephen King Adaptation/Rural Murder Plot

Director: Zak Hilditch
Actors: Thomas Jane, Molly Parker, Dylan Schmid, Kaitlyn Bernard, …
Category: Horror

Apt Pupil (1998)

30 June 199912 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Nazi War Criminal Gives Lessons in Evil

Director: Bryan Singer
Actors: Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, David Schwimmer, Elias Koteas, …
Category: Horror

Bag of Bones (2011)

20 January 201225 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Stephen King Adaptation/Ghost Story

Director: Mick Garris
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Melissa George, Annabeth Gish, Anika Noni Rose, …
Category: Horror

Big Driver (2014)

11 April 201615 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Stephen King Adaptation/Rape and Revenge

Director: Mikael Salomon
Actors: Maria Bello, Ann Dowd, Will Harris, Olympia Dukakis, …
Category: Horror

The Boogeyman (2023)

29 September 20234 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Stephen King Adaptation/Boogeyman

Director: Rob Savage
Actors: Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, David Dastmalchian, Vivien Lyra Blair, …
Category: Horror

Carrie (1976)

6 June 20008 June 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Telekinetic Teen’s Revenge/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, John Travolta, Nancy Allen, …
Category: Horror

Carrie (2002)

22 November 200424 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Telekinetic Teen’s Revenge/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: David Carson
Actors: Angela Bettis, Patricia Clarkson, Kandyse McClure, Emilie de Ravin, …
Category: Horror

Carrie (2013)

26 October 20133 June 2020

Rating: ★

Telekinetic Teen’s Revenge/Stephen King Remake

Director: Kimberly Peirce
Actors: Chloe Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Portia Doubleday, Judy Greer, …
Category: Horror

Cat’s Eye (1985)

4 January 200029 June 2022

Rating: ★★

Stephen King Anthology

Director: Lewis Teague
Actors: Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Robert Hays, Alan King, …
Category: Horror

Cell (2016)

16 July 20169 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Stephen King Adaptation/Cellphone Zombies

Director: Tod Williams
Actors: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Owen Teague, …
Category: Horror

Children of the Corn (1984)

5 June 200018 July 2023

Rating: ★

Pagan Child Cult/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Fritz Kiersch
Actors: Linda Hamilton, Peter Horton, Courtney Gains, Robby Kiger, …
Category: Horror

Children of the Corn (2009)

21 March 201025 July 2023

Rating: ★★½

Pagan Child Cult/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Donald P. Borchers
Actors: David Anders, Kandyse McClure, Preston Bailey, Alexa Nikolas
Category: Horror

Christine (1983)

4 May 200119 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Evil Car/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, William Ostrander, …
Category: Horror

Creepshow (1982)

6 July 20002 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson, Stephen King, Fritz Weaver, …
Category: Horror

Creepshow II (1987)

7 March 200122 May 2020

Rating: ½

Horror Anthology

Director: Michael Gornick
Actors: Lois Chiles, George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Joe King, …
Category: Horror

Cujo (1983)

7 September 200031 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Killer Dog/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Lewis Teague
Actors: Dee Wallace, Daniel Hugh-Kelly, Danny Pintuaro, Christopher Stone, …
Category: Horror

The Dark Half (1993)

4 August 200111 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Writer’s Evil Doppelganger/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Michael Rooker, Julie Harris, …
Category: Horror

The Dark Tower (2017)

21 October 201719 May 2022

Rating: ★

Stephen King Adaptation/Portal to a Parallel World

Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Actors: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Abbey Lee, …
Category: Fantasy

The Dead Zone (1983)

7 June 200030 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Clairvoyance/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Brooke Adams, Herbert Lom, …
Category: Horror

Desperation (2006)

20 October 20096 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Stephen King Adaptation/Possessed Sheriff

Director: Mick Garris
Actors: Tom Skerritt, Ron Perlman, Steven Weber, Annabeth Gish, …
Category: Horror

Doctor Sleep (2019)

1 February 202031 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

The Shining Sequel

Director: Mike Flanagan
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Kyliegh Curran, Rebecca Ferguson, Cliff Curtis, …
Category: Horror

Dreamcatcher (2003)

27 March 200327 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Alien Parasite Invasion/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Actors: Thomas Jane, Morgan Freeman, Jason Lee, Timothy Olyphant, …
Category: Science Fiction

Firestarter (1984)

29 July 200214 August 2023

Rating: ★★½

Pyrokinesis/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Mark L. Lester
Actors: Drew Barrymore, George C. Scott, David Keith, Martin Sheen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Firestarter (2022)

20 May 202210 June 2025

Rating: 0­

Pyrokinesis/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Keith Thomas
Actors: Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Zac Efron, Michael Greyeyes, Gloria Reuben, …
Category: Science Fiction

Gerald’s Game (2017)

15 October 201718 May 2022

Rating: ★★★

Woman Handuffed to a Bed/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Mike Flanagan
Actors: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Henry Thomas, Carel Struycken, …
Category: Horror

A Good Marriage (2014)

26 February 201910 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Wife Discovers Her Husband is a Serial Killer/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Peter Askin
Actors: Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Stephen Lang, Cara Buono, …
Category: Horror

Graveyard Shift (1990)

6 December 200220 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Giant Rat/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Ralph S. Singleton
Actors: David Andrews, Stephen Macht, Brad Dourif
Category: Horror

The Green Mile (1999)

24 December 199923 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Miracle-Healing Death Row Inmate/Stephen King Addaptation

Director: Frank Darabont
Actors: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, Doug Hutchinson, David Morse, …
Category: Fantasy

Hearts in Atlantis (2001)

29 September 20015 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Clairvoyance/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Scott Hicks
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis, Mika Boreem, …
Category: Fantasy

In the Tall Grass (2019)

18 October 201920 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Trapped in a Sea of Grass/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Vincenzo Natali
Actors: Patrick Wilson, Harrison Gilbertson, Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted, …
Category: Horror

It (1990)

10 June 201620 May 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Stephen King Adaptation/Killer Clown Monster

Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
Actors: Tim Curry, John Ritter, Richard Thomas, Annette O'Toole, …
Category: Horror

It (2017)

4 November 201717 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Stephen King Adaptation/Killer Clown Monster

Director: Andy Muschietti
Actors: Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, …
Category: Horror

It: Chapter Two (2019)

30 November 201919 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Stephen King Adaptation/Killer Clown Monster

Director: Andy Muschietti
Actors: James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, James Ransone, …
Category: Horror

The Lawnmower Man (1992)

3 December 200017 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Virtual Reality/Enhanced Intelligence

Director: Brett Leonard
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Jeff Fahey, Jenny Wright, Geoffrey Lewis, …
Category: Science Fiction

Lisey’s Story (2021)

8 August 20217 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

Stephen King Adaptation/Secret Parallel World

Director: Pablo Larrain
Actors: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Joan Allen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, …
Category: Fantasy

The Mangler (1995)

21 March 20105 January 2025

Rating: 0­

Possessed Laundry Press/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Tobe Hooper
Actors: Ted Levine, Robert Englund
Category: Horror

Mercy (2014)

30 August 20179 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Stephen King Adaptation/Sinister Grandmother

Director: Peter Cornwell
Actors: Chandler Riggs, Shirley Knight, Frances O'Connor, Joel Courtney, …
Category: Horror

The Mist (2007)

25 May 200920 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Creatures in the Fog/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Frank Darabont
Actors: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher, …
Category: Horror

The Monkey (2025)

5 April 20255 April 2025

Rating: ★★½

Cursed Toy Monkey/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Osgood Perkins
Actors: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O'Brien, …
Category: Horror

Mr. Harrigan’s Phone (2022)

8 July 202311 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Text Messages from Beyond the Grave/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: John Lee Hancock
Actors: Jaeden Martell, Donald Sutherland, Joe Tippett, Colin O'Brien, …
Category: Horror

Needful Things (1993)

8 August 20008 December 2020

Rating: ★★

The Devil Stirs up a Small Town/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Fraser C. Heston
Actors: Ed Harris, Max Von Sydow, Bonnie Bedelia, J.T. Walsh, …
Category: Horror

The Night Flier (1997)

25 January 200018 January 2025

Rating: ★★½

Tabloid Journalist Tracks Vampire/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Mark Pavia
Actors: Miguel Ferrer, Julie Entwisle
Category: Horror

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006)

16 December 200828 July 2021

Rating: ★★★

Stephen King Anthology

Director: Brian Henson, Mark Haber, Rob Bowman, Mikael Salomon, …
Actors: William Hurt, Bruce Spence, Mia Sara, Claire Forlani, …
Category: Horror

Pet Sematary (1989)

15 December 200518 October 2023

Rating: ★★½

Resurrection of the Dead/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Mary Lambert
Actors: Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Fred Gwynne, Brad Greenquist, …
Category: Horror

Pet Sematary (2019)

5 July 20198 November 2024

Rating: ★

Resurrection of the Dead/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Kevin Kolsch, Dennis Widmyer
Actors: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, Jete Laurence, …
Category: Horror

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023)

20 October 202320 October 2023

Rating: ★

Resurrection of the Dead

Director: Lindsey Anderson Beer
Actors: Jackson White, Henry Thomas, David Duchovny, Natalie Alyn Lind, …
Category: Horror

Quicksilver Highway (1997)

14 July 201020 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Mick Garris
Actors: Christopher Lloyd, Matt Frewer, Missy Crider, Raphael Sbarge, …
Category: Horror

Rose Red (2002)

18 March 200520 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Haunted House

Director: Craig R. Baxley
Actors: Nancy Travis, Julian Sands, Melanie Lynskey, Matt Keeslar, …
Category: Horror

The Running Man (1987)

1 April 20033 March 2021

Rating: ★★

Action/Future Televised Gladiatorial Combat

Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, …
Category: Science Fiction

Salem’s Lot (1979)

2 December 200016 October 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Town of Vampires/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Tobe Hooper
Actors: David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia, …
Category: Horror

‘Salem’s Lot (2004)

11 July 20078 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Town of Vampires/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Mikael Salomon
Actors: Rob Lowe, Samantha Mathis, Donald Sutherland, Robert Mammone, …
Category: Horror

Salem’s Lot (2024)

11 October 202410 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Town of Vampires

Director: Gary Dauberman
Actors: Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh, Alfre Woodard, Pilou Asbæk, …
Category: Horror

Secret Window (2004)

19 April 200423 June 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Sinister Stranger/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: David Koepp
Actors: Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello, Charles S. Dutton, …
Category: Horror

The Shining (1980)

18 March 20011 July 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Haunted Hotel/Cabin Fever/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, …
Category: Horror

The Shining (1997)

26 March 20073 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Haunted Hotel/Cabin Fever/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Mick Garris
Actors: Steven Weber, Rebecca De Mornay, Courtland Mead, Melvin Van Peebles, …
Category: Horror

Silver Bullet (1985)

10 June 200220 May 2022

Rating: ★★★

Werewolf/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Daniel Attias
Actors: Corey Haim, Gary Busey, Everett McGill
Category: Horror

Sometimes They Come Back (1991)

21 April 200820 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Supernatural Retribution/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Tom McLoughlin
Actors: Tim Matheson, Brooke Adams, Robert Rusler, Nicholas Sadler, …
Category: Horror

The Stand (1994)

1 July 20193 March 2021

Rating: ★

Showdown Between the Forces of Good and Evil After the Collapse of Civilisation/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Mick Garris
Actors: Gary Sinise, Jamey Sheridan, Adam Storke, Rob Lowe, …
Category: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction

The Stand (2020-2021)

5 March 202128 March 2022

Rating: ★

Showdown Between the Forces of Good and Evil After the Collapse of Civilisation/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Josh Boone, Tucker Gates, Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy, …
Actors: James Marsden, Alexander Skarsgård, Amber Heard, Whoopi Goldberg, …
Category: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction

Storm of the Century (1999)

22 November 200828 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Stranger Manipulates a Small Town/Stephen King Mini-Series

Director: Craig R. Baxley
Actors: Tim Daly, Colm Feore, Debrah Farentino, Jeffrey DeMunn, …
Category: Horror

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)

21 March 200116 March 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: John Harrison
Actors: Christian Slater, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, Deborah Harry, …
Category: Horror

Thinner (1996)

7 March 200911 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Weight Loss Curse/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Tom Holland
Actors: Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Kari Wuhrer, Michael Constantine, …
Category: Horror

Trucks (1997)

16 December 19993 June 2025

Rating: ★★½

Vehicles Amok/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Chris Thomson
Actors: Timothy Busfield, Brenda Bakke, Brendan Fletcher, Jay Brazeau, …
Category: Science Fiction

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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