Stephen King is one of the most prolific horror writers of our times. In the hands of different filmmakers, his work has been turned into some brilliant work. Other times, it has been downright dreadful. 
In order, here are my favourite movies and television programs based on the work of Stephen King:
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- The Green Mile (1999)
- Stand by Me (1986)
- Carrie (1976)
- The Shining (1980)
- Misery (1990)
- The Dead Zone (1983)
- Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
- Salem’s Lot (1979) – TV movie
- The Stand (1994) – TV mini-series
- Dolores Claiborne (1995)
- Storm of the Century (1999) – TV mini-series
- The Mist (2007)
- Haven (2010-2011) – TV series
- Apt Pupil (1998)
- 1408 (2007)
- Secret Window (2004)
- It (1990) – TV movie
- Silver Bullet (1985)
- Needful Things (1993)
- Sometimes They Come Back (1991) – TV movie
- Cujo (1983)
- The Dark Half (1993)
- Christine (1983)
- Firestarter (1984)
- Rose Red (2002) – TV mini-series
- The Shining (1997) – TV mini-series
- Dreamcatcher (2003)
- Pet Sematary (1989)
- Kingdom Hospital (2004) – TV series
- Riding the Bullet (2004)
- The Langoliers (1995) – TV movie
Favourite Stephen King quotes:
- It’s better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.
- People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy… and I keep it in a jar on my desk.
- The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings – words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
- We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.
- You can’t deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.
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