Ranking: Stephen King adaptations

40 movies   5 TV shows  

I'm a huge Stephen King fan. I plan to rank every one of his adaptations. I'll get them all one day. Also, this is only for the works actually based on his books and such. So don't expect to see anything like the Children of the Corn sequels on here or anything like that. If it's not directly related to the source material then it won't be here.

Movie

Stand by Me (1986)
Stand by Me
★ 8.8 607 ratings
other title: 伴我同行 / 站在我这边(台) …
After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie, Vern, Chris and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.

Movie

Silver Bullet (1985)
Silver Bullet
★ 5.5 6 ratings
Daniel Attias actor: 加里·布塞 / 埃沃雷特·麦克吉尔 …
other title: 银色子弹 / 狼魔 …
The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside…

Movie

Graveyard Shift (1990)
Graveyard Shift WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
拉尔夫·S·辛格尔顿 actor: 大卫·安德鲁 / Kelly Wolf …
other title: 坟场禁区 / 괴물 …
John Hall is a drifter who wanders into a small town in Maine. He needs a job and decides to seek employment at the community's top business: a large textile mill. He is hired to work the "graveyard shift" -- from around midnight to dawn -- and, along with a few others, he is charged with cleaning out the basement. This task strikes the workers as simple enough, but then, as they proceed deeper underground, they encounter an unspeakable monstrosity intent on devouring them all.

TV

The Langoliers (Miniseries)
part of TV Series: The Langoliers TMDB
La mayoría de los pasajeros de un avión con destino a Boston desaparecen sin razón aparente durante el vuelo, dejando, únicamente, sus objetos personales. Sólo quedan 10, que estaban dormidos cuando todo sucedió. Pero no sólo los otros pasajeros han desaparecido, sino también el resto del mundo. Aeropuertos abandonados, ciudades vacías... ¿Dónde están los demás? Los supervivientes deben encontrar rápido una respuesta, antes de que la extraña fuerza que los persigue les de alcance.

Movie

Dreamcatcher (2003)
Dreamcatcher WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 6.1 31 ratings
other title: 드림캐쳐 / ドリームキャッチャー …
Four boyhood pals perform a heroic act and are changed by the powers they gain in return. Years later, on a hunting trip in the Maine woods, they're overtaken by a vicious blizzard that harbors an ominous presence. Challenged to stop an alien force, the friends must first prevent the slaughter of innocent civilians by a military vigilante ... and then overcome a threat to the bond that unites the four of them.

Movie

Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Maximum Overdrive
★ 4.6 8 ratings
The King of horror actor: Emilio Estevez / 帕特·亨格尔 …
other title: 火魔战车 / 惊心动魄撞死你 …
When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of homicidal 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines ... or be killed by them.

Movie

Firestarter (2022)
Firestarter
★ 4.2 14 ratings
other title: 凶火 / 파이어스타터 …
For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a mysterious operative is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans.
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