Stephen King Movies, Ranked from Worst to Best
Last updated May 2023 to add The Boogeyman
Recent releases It and The Dark Tower have been erected on the most fertile, if haunted, of Hollywood grounds: Stephen King territory.
While conventional wisdom says King's horror tales "don't translate well to film," a Metacritic look at his theatrical releases shows that the vast majority of them received, at worst, mixed-to-average critical notices. Nine films, or about one-quarter of the titles, are in the green.
This nearly three-hour 2019 sequel to the 2017 hit IT returns director Andres Muschietti and star Bill Skarsgård (as Pennywise). But a major time jump—the kids are all grown up—necessitates a mostly new cast, led by James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, and Bill Hader. Critics like it less than the first film, finding it too long and uneven and less scary.
“The dragging pace diminishes the film’s ability to hold us in its grip.” —Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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