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.
Though not a box-office smash, Frank Darabont's "remarkable" 1994 adaptation of the prison-life novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, was hardly ignored in 1994: The break-even movie earned critical acclaim and seven Oscar nominations, and has been a staple on cable television ever since.
“[A]n altogether brilliant movie.” —Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle
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