Top 15 Movies Based on Stephen King Stories?

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[JoeProBono]

15 Pet Sematary

14 Storm of the Century

13 1408

12 Children of the Corn

11 It

10 Rose Red

9 Secret Window

8 Hearts in Atlantis

7 The Green Mile

6 The Shining

5 The Mist

4 The Stand

3 Stand by Me

2 Misery

1 The Shawshank Redemption

[Age of Reason]

I had the unfortunate experience of watching Shawshank with some friends.

What a boring waste of time.

[goat granny]

Only book of his I could read was The Dead Zone. the tv show stinks..

[Perdogg]

What about “The Running Man” ?

[JoeProBono]

[Perdogg]

The running man, sounds like 0bamacare

The story's protagonist, Ben Richards, is a citizen of Co-Op City in the year 2025. The world's economy is in a shambles and America has become a totalitarian dystopia. Richards is unable to find work, having been blackballed, and needs money to get medicine for his gravely ill daughter Cathy. As a last resort, Richards turns to the Games Federation, a government-mandated television station that runs violent game shows. In one game, Treadmill to Bucks, a contestant with a heart or respiratory condition runs on a treadmill earning prize money for the duration of their run, often dying in the process. After rigorous physical and mental testing, Richards meets with Dan Killian, a producer with the Games Network, and Bobby Thompson, host of The Running Man, the network's most popular, lucrative, and dangerous game. Richards has been selected to appear on this show

[CaptainK]

The last minute of Carrie was the scariest moment ever put to film of any of King novel. So yes it's a stupid list.

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

Most of the stories are childish, predictable, and few if any are very original.

And too often stereotyped (Shawshank Redemption). Never a real hero, just grateful survivors. And devoid of any humor. King's take on human nature is decidedly negative. And he takes himself way too seriously.

[Fiji Hill]

I thought Dolores Claiborne was the best film based on a Stephen King novel.

[JoeProBono]

[Poe White Trash]

The Harold Robbins of horror fiction.

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

I thought Dolores Claiborne was the best film based on a Stephen King novel.

I haven't seen the movie, but did read the short story (not a novel). The part about her cleaning the bed sheet with her mouth was over the top for me.

One story made into a TV movie that I greatly enjoyed was Gershwin's Trunk. First, I am a great Gershwin fan, and the story had more than a touch of humor, at least the televised version. I haven't read the original.

[I still care]

I love 1408, the theatrical version. It’s more like an old Twilight Zone episode than a horror movie.

[JoeProBono]

[death2tyrants]

[chris37]

Negative, the Mist is excellent, and I must assume that you have not seen The Shawshank Redemption. However, Christine was absolutely awesome.

[chris37]

Agreed, 1408 was quite good.

[Age of Reason]

It's easy to write a story when you can can make things happen any way you want, by simply disregarding reality and calling on the supernatural.

His stories are like the stories a child makes up.

And the only explanation for Stephen King's popularity, is that we live in an increasingly childlike society.

[JoeProBono]

[BenKenobi]

Shawshank is the only one I’ve seen.

[Allegra]

Post #49. :)