Best Stephen King Movies

[rightwinger]

1. Shawshank Redemption: Top ten movie ever made and the best prison picture

2. Stand By Me: Coming of age movie about kids walking down the railroad tracks to find a dead body

3. IT: Liked the TV version better than the movie, but Pennywise is damned scary

4. The Shining: Jack Nicholson’s best movie terrorizing his family

5. The Green Mile: Another prison movie with Tom Hanks and Mr Jingles

6. Dolores Claiborne: Psychological thriller with Kathy Bates

7. Carrie: Kings first and made Sissy Spaceck a star

8. Dead Zone: Christopher Walkens best role as a man who emerges from a coma with special powers

9. Misery: Kathy Bates captures her favorite writer

10. Christine: Haunted car

 

[Ridgerunner]

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Pretty good, though neither IT nor The Shining would make my list.

The Dead Zone was phenomenally atmospheric. I'd have the TV Salem's Lot on the list too, even though they made Mr. Barlow a large rat.

 

[blackhawk]

Agree with the list though I would have Misery higher and I liked the movie version of IT better than the TV one though both are good.

 

[rightwinger]

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Haven‘t seen it
Was it a movie or TV mini-series?

 

[rightwinger]

I've seen 2 of those. They were only average. Enough not to waste my time for 24 hrs of life with the rest.

did read half of one of his books. Worst thing I ever read on paper

You have missed a lot

 

[Ridgerunner]

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[shockedcanadian]

1. Shawshank Redemption: Top ten movie ever made and the best prison picture

2. Stand By Me: Coming of age movie about kids walking down the railroad tracks to find a dead body

3. IT: Liked the TV version better than the movie, but Pennywise is damned scary

4. The Shining: Jack Nicholson’s best movie terrorizing his family

5. The Green Mile: Another prison movie with Tom Hanks and Mr Jingles

6. Dolores Claiborne: Psychological thriller with Kathy Bates

7. Carrie: Kings first and made Sissy Spaceck a star

8. Dead Zone: Christopher Walkers best role as a man who emerges from a coma with special powers

9. Misery: Kathy Bates captures her favorite writer

10. Christine: Haunted car

I always enjoyed the Dead Zone. Some of the most memorable lines for me, that image of Walkens telling Martin Sheen "it's over, you're finished". Stuck with me as the ultimate in human sacrifice, and the way in which he convinced himself to that point was a reasonably well constructed and believable process.

The Mist was top notch, surprisingly suspenseful for what it was. In some ways a modern knock off of the classic "The Fog", the backdrop at least.

Salems Lot when I was a kid. I had nightmares that night, not sure how I was able to stay up late to watch it, we had company. The rocking chair scene scared me to hell.

Misery was definitely a great movie due to the acting. Kathy Bates was psychotic scary. The true kind of delusional that can and does exist in this world.

Ironically, I don't find him to be a superior writer, I just find he fragments the "hooks" well placed. He doesn't build movies as well as some, not as subtle or mysteriously, but, he always has well defined scenes taken from his books.

 

[pknopp]

Stand By Me. One of my favorites.

 

[Ridgerunner]

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Haven‘t seen it
Was it a movie or TV mini-series?

The Stand is an American post-apocalypse streaming television miniseries, based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Stephen King. The plot centers on a pandemic resulting from a mishap at a military biological research station which allows the escape of a lethal strain of influenza. After the pandemic kills almost the entire world population, the few survivors are drawn to one of two figures, one dark and one light, setting up a final good-vs-evil confrontation.

 

[Justin Richardson]

The Dark Tower was a good one! I have it on DVD.

 

[Dragonlady]

1. Shawshank Redemption: Top ten movie ever made and the best prison picture

2. Stand By Me: Coming of age movie about kids walking down the railroad tracks to find a dead body

3. IT: Liked the TV version better than the movie, but Pennywise is damned scary

4. The Shining: Jack Nicholson’s best movie terrorizing his family

5. The Green Mile: Another prison movie with Tom Hanks and Mr Jingles

6. Dolores Claiborne: Psychological thriller with Kathy Bates

7. Carrie: Kings first and made Sissy Spaceck a star

8. Dead Zone: Christopher Walkers best role as a man who emerges from a coma with special powers

9. Misery: Kathy Bates captures her favorite writer

10. Christine: Haunted car

I like Pet Cemetary, too, but not Christine. I loved the book but all the things I couldn't wait for in the movie, they cut out completely.

Also the new one. Dr. Sleep. May be my favourite, after the Shining.

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

I've seen 2 of those. They were only average. Enough not to waste my time for 24 hrs of life with the rest.

did read half of one of his books. Worst thing I ever read on paper

You have missed a lot

Sorry dude for my posts. I deleted them. I never knew we had a Review board......LOL I got to get in the habit of looking where the hell I'm at. Its these side posts that first come out

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

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Haven‘t seen it
Was it a movie or TV mini-series?

The Stand is an American post-apocalypse streaming television miniseries, based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Stephen King. The plot centers on a pandemic resulting from a mishap at a military biological research station which allows the escape of a lethal strain of influenza. After the pandemic kills almost the entire world population, the few survivors are drawn to one of two figures, one dark and one light, setting up a final good-vs-evil confrontation.

There are two versions. One a TV miniseries from the 90s with Gary Sinise, which was not terrible. The other a recent Showtime project, which I have not seen, nor do I know anyone who has.

 

[daveman]

The Dark Tower was a good one! I have it on DVD.

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The Dark Tower series is my all-time favorite King work.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

The Dark Tower was a good one! I have it on DVD.

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People who read the books had problems with it. I have not read the books, and rather enjoyed the film. Elba was great in the role as laid out, and the kid was pretty good too.

 

[Ridgerunner]

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[blackhawk]

In regards to The Shinning TV Miniseries yes movie version no.

 

[rightwinger]

Ironically, I don't find him to be a superior writer, I just find he fragments the "hooks" well placed. He doesn't build movies as well as some, not as subtle or mysteriously, but, he always has well defined scenes taken from his books.

I find he usually spins a good yarn. Most books are page turners.
His endings sometimes seem a bit of a letdown......let’s just blow everything up.

If you look at my list, most of my top ones were either non-horror or minimal horror.

 

[daveman]

The Dark Tower was a good one! I have it on DVD.

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People who read the books had problems with it. I have not read the books, and rather enjoyed the film. Elba was great in the role as laid out, and the kid was pretty good too.

I didn't really have any problems with it. The series is 4,250 pages. No way to compress all that into a 2-hour movie without leaving most of it out.

The movie did pretty good, for what it was. I liked Elba's portrayal of the gunslinger.