# The best Stephen King film adaptations

From The Shawshank Redemption to It: the films based on Stephen King's novels and stories rated highest by critics and audiences (Infobae, 35mm, Sectorcine).

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- Sep 9, 2025 · Gastón Ruiz Medina
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## Top 14

1. **The Shawshank Redemption (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Based on 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption'; number one on IMDb's top list.
2. **The Shining (1980)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kubrick and the Overlook Hotel, though King never liked it.
3. **Stand by Me (1986)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Four boys go looking for a body; from 'The Body'.
4. **The Green Mile (1999)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tom Hanks and John Coffey on death row.
5. **Misery (1990)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kathy Bates won Best Actress as the number one fan.
6. **Carrie (1976)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Brian De Palma and horror's most famous prom.
7. **It (2017)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pennywise and the Losers' Club.
8. **The Dead Zone (1983)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Christopher Walken sees the future; David Cronenberg.
9. **The Mist (2007)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A supermarket surrounded by fog, and that ending.
10. **Doctor Sleep (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A grown-up Danny Torrance returns to the Overlook.
11. **Dolores Claiborne (1995)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kathy Bates accused of killing her employer.
12. **Gerald's Game (2017)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Handcuffed to a bed in an isolated house; Mike Flanagan.
13. **Pet Sematary (1989)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sometimes dead is better.
14. **Christine (1983)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Plymouth Fury with a mind of its own; John Carpenter.
15. **It (1990)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The miniseries with Tim Curry as Pennywise.

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