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.
Director David Cronenberg's "eerie," "affecting," "accomplished" 1983 take on the same-titled novel about a man (Christopher Walken) who emerges from a coma with clairvoyant ability was the critical capper on a year that featured back-to-back-to-back King releases.
“Arguably the best adaptation of a Stephen King novel.” —TV Guide
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