As the world's most prolific horror writer, Stephen King has inspired a countless number of screen adaptations. See how IMDb fans rank the movies based on his work. [Last updated June 5, 2025]

Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

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.

A death row guard learns that a gentle giant in his charge possesses a mysterious gift.

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.

A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.

River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Wil Wheaton, and Jerry O'Connell in Stand by Me (1986)

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.

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.

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.

Jennifer Jason Leigh and Kathy Bates in Dolores Claiborne (1995)

In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.

Bill Skarsgård and Jackson Robert Scott in It (2017)

Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.

Ewan McGregor and Roger Dale Floyd in Doctor Sleep (2019)

A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.

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.

Thomas Jane and Nathan Gamble in The Mist (2007)

A young boy's life changes for the better when a mysterious man with psychic powers moves into the family home that he shares with his widowed mother.

Anthony Hopkins in Hearts in Atlantis (2001)

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.

John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in 1408 (2007)

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.

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.

A boy blackmails his neigr after suspecting him to be a Nazi war criminal.

A novelist and a young horror fan attempt to save a small New England town which has been invaded by vampires.

In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom.

Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Running Man (1987)

Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back.

Bill Skarsgård in It: Chapter Two (2019)

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.

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.

Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood in Gerald's Game (2017)

After tragedy strikes, a grieving father discovers an ancient burial ground behind his home with the power to raise the dead.

In a small town, brutal killings start to plague the close-knit community. Marty Coslaw, a paraplegic boy, is convinced the murders are the doings of a werewolf.

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.

A stray cat guides us through each tale in this Stephen King-based anthology horror film.

In the year 1922, a rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain and convinces his teenage son to participate.

Thomas Jane and Molly Parker in 1922 (2017)

Cujo, a friendly St. Bernard, contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.

A couple who participated in a potent medical experiment gain telepathic ability and then have a child who is pyrokinetic.

When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father's old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths start. The siblings decide to throw the toy away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years.

When Mr. Harrigan dies, Craig, the teen who befriended and did odd jobs for him, puts his smart phone in his pocket before burial. When the lonely youth sends his dead friend a message, he is shocked to get a return text.

Jaeden Martell in Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022)

Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.

A writer's fictional alter ego wants to take over his life...at any price.

A reporter is on the trail of a vampiric murderer who travels by plane.

Two sisters grieving the recent death of their mother without receiving much support from their father, a therapist who is dealing with his own grief, must face a supernatural entity that feeds on the suffering of its victims.

A shy girl, outcast by her peers and sheltered by her religious mother, unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.

An obese attorney is cursed by a gypsy to rapidly and uncontrollably lose weight.

Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, relocate from Boston to rural Maine with their two young children. The couple soon discover a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near their new home.

John Lithgow, Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, and Jeté Laurence in Pet Sematary (2019)

A boy haunted by visions of a dark tower from a parallel reality teams up with the tower's disillusioned guardian to stop an evil warlock known as the Man in Black who plans to use the boy to destroy the tower and open the gates of Hell.

Matthew McConaughey, Idris Elba, and Tom Taylor in The Dark Tower (2017)

A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believes that everyone over age 18 must be killed.

An author returns to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot in search of inspiration for his next book, only to discover that the townspeople are being attacked by a bloodthirsty vampire.

A young man attempts to seek to avenge his wife's death after she is murdered by a Las Vegas mobster.

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.

After hearing a young boy's cry for help, a sister and brother venture into a vast field of tall grass in Oklahoma but soon discover there may be no way out...and that something evil lurks within.

Laysla De Oliveira in In the Tall Grass (2019)

A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.

Stephen King, Emilio Estevez, and Laura Harrington in Maximum Overdrive (1986)

After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?

When a man finds out his mother is dying and tries to hitchhike his way to the hospital, he is picked up by a stranger with a deadly secret.

The owner of an ancient mill hires a drifter to rid the basement of rats.

A single mom and her two boys help take care of their grandmother with mystical powers.

A young girl tries to understand how she mysteriously gained the power to set things on fire with her mind.

Ryan Kiera Armstrong in Firestarter (2022)

When a mysterious cell phone signal causes apocalyptic chaos, an artist is determined to reunite with his young son in New England.

John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in Cell (2016)

A laundry-folding machine has been possessed by a demon, causing it to develop homicidal tendencies.

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