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The Best Stephen King Movies

by emilhagberg-84632 • Created 6 years ago • Modified 4 years ago
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  • Sissy Spacek in Carrie (1976)

    1. Carrie

    19761h 38mR86Metascore
    7.4 (218K)
    Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsSissy SpacekPiper LaurieAmy Irving
  • River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Wil Wheaton, and Jerry O'Connell in Stand by Me (1986)

    2. Stand by Me

    19861h 29mR75Metascore
    8.1 (465K)
    A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.
    DirectorRob ReinerStarsWil WheatonRiver PhoenixCorey Feldman
  • Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood in Gerald's Game (2017)

    3. Gerald's Game

    20171h 43mTV-MA77Metascore
    6.5 (136K)
    A couple tries to spice up their marriage in a remote lake house. After the husband dies unexpectedly, the wife is left handcuffed to their bed frame and must fight to survive and break free.
    DirectorMike FlanaganStarsCarla GuginoBruce GreenwoodChiara Aurelia
  • Thomas Jane and Molly Parker in 1922 (2017)

    4. 1922

    20171h 42mTV-MA70Metascore
    6.2 (75K)
    In the year 1922, a rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain and convinces his teenage son to participate.
    DirectorZak HilditchStarsThomas JaneMolly ParkerDylan Schmid
  • Brad Greenquist in Pet Sematary (1989)

    5. Pet Sematary

    19891h 43mR38Metascore
    6.5 (120K)
    After tragedy strikes, a grieving father discovers an ancient burial ground behind his home with the power to raise the dead.
    DirectorMary LambertStarsDale MidkiffDenise CrosbyFred Gwynne
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    6. The Green Mile

    19993h 9mR61Metascore
    8.6 (1.5M)
    A death row guard learns that a gentle giant in his charge possesses a mysterious gift.
    DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTom HanksMichael Clarke DuncanDavid Morse
  • Creepshow (1982)

    7. Creepshow

    19822hR59Metascore
    6.8 (56K)
    Five grisly tales from a kid's comic book about a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
    DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsHal HolbrookLeslie NielsenAdrienne Barbeau
  • Jeff Fahey in The Lawnmower Man (1992)

    8. The Lawnmower Man

    19921h 48mR42Metascore
    5.4 (41K)
    A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.
    DirectorBrett LeonardStarsJeff FaheyPierce BrosnanJenny Wright
  • Johnny Depp in Secret Window (2004)

    9. Secret Window

    20041h 36mPG-1346Metascore
    6.5 (216K)
    A successful writer in the midst of a painful divorce is stalked at his remote lake house by a would-be scribe who accuses him of plagiarism.
    DirectorDavid KoeppStarsJohnny DeppMaria BelloJohn Turturro
  • The Langoliers (1995)

    10. The Langoliers

    19952 epsPG-13TV Mini Series
    6.1 (33K)
    Most of the passengers on an airplane disappear, and the remainder land the plane in a mysteriously barren airport.
    StarsPatricia WettigDean StockwellTom Holland
  • Molly Ringwald, Rob Lowe, Laura San Giacomo, Gary Sinise, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Ruby Dee, Corin Nemec, and Bill Fagerbakke in The Stand (1994)

    11. The Stand

    19944 epsNot RatedTV Mini Series
    7.1 (40K)
    After a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a malevolent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.
    StarsGary SiniseMolly RingwaldJamey Sheridan
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh and Kathy Bates in Dolores Claiborne (1995)

    12. Dolores Claiborne

    19952h 12mR62Metascore
    7.4 (51K)
    A big city reporter travels to a small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman for whom she worked as a housekeeper.
    DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsKathy BatesJennifer Jason LeighChristopher Plummer
  • The Shining (1980)

    13. The Shining

    19802h 26mR68Metascore
    8.4 (1.2M)
    A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny Lloyd
  • The Dead Zone (1983)

    14. The Dead Zone

    19831h 43mR69Metascore
    7.2 (81K)
    A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsChristopher WalkenBrooke AdamsTom Skerritt
  • Tim Curry in It (1990)

    15. It

    19902 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    6.8 (146K)
    In 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
    StarsRichard ThomasTim ReidAnnette O'Toole
  • John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in 1408 (2007)

    16. 1408

    20071h 44mPG-1364Metascore
    6.8 (305K)
    Author Michael Enslin, who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences, checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel in New York City, settles in, and soon confronts genuine terror.
    DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsJohn CusackSamuel L. JacksonMary McCormack
  • Robert John Burke in Thinner (1996)

    17. Thinner

    19961h 33mR33Metascore
    5.8 (35K)
    An obese attorney is cursed by a gypsy to rapidly and uncontrollably lose weight.
    DirectorTom HollandStarsRobert John BurkeJoe MantegnaLucinda Jenney
  • Thomas Jane and Nathan Gamble in The Mist (2007)

    18. The Mist

    20072h 6mR58Metascore
    7.1 (359K)
    After a massive thunderstorm, an eerie, unwavering fog descends upon a Maine community. Locals seek refuge in a grocery store from the monstrous creatures now roaming the countryside killing everyone they encounter.
    DirectorFrank DarabontStarsThomas JaneMarcia Gay HardenLaurie Holden
  • Needful Things (1993)

    19. Needful Things

    19932h 1mR43Metascore
    6.3 (29K)
    A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
    DirectorFraser C. HestonStarsMax von SydowEd HarrisBonnie Bedelia
  • Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

    20. The Shawshank Redemption

    19942h 22mR82Metascore
    9.3 (3.1M)
    A banker convicted of uxoricide forms a friendship over a quarter century with a hardened convict, while maintaining his innocence and trying to remain hopeful through simple compassion.
    DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob Gunton
  • Brad Renfro in Apt Pupil (1998)

    21. Apt Pupil

    19981h 51mR53Metascore
    6.7 (43K)
    A boy blackmails his neighbor after suspecting him to be a Nazi war criminal.
    DirectorBryan SingerStarsIan McKellenBrad RenfroJoshua Jackson
  • Dolan's Cadillac (2009)

    22. Dolan's Cadillac

    20091h 29mR
    5.6 (7.8K)
    A young man attempts to seek to avenge his wife's death after she is murdered by a Las Vegas mobster.
    DirectorJeff BeesleyStarsChristian SlaterEmmanuelle VaugierWes Bentley
  • Dreamcatcher (2003)

    23. Dreamcatcher

    20032h 14mR35Metascore
    5.5 (99K)
    Friends on a camping trip discover that the town they're vacationing in is being plagued in an unusual fashion by parasitic aliens from outer space.
    DirectorLawrence KasdanStarsMorgan FreemanThomas JaneJason Lee
  • The Dark Half (1993)

    24. The Dark Half

    19932h 2mR53Metascore
    6.0 (21K)
    A writer's fictional alter ego wants to take over his life...at any price.
    DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsTimothy HuttonPatrick BrannanLarry John Meyers
  • Misery (1990)

    25. Misery

    19901h 47mR75Metascore
    7.8 (250K)
    After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
    DirectorRob ReinerStarsJames CaanKathy BatesRichard Farnsworth

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