What's the best Stephen King film adaptation?

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Stephen King has written so many great and scary stories throughout his career and many were turned into movies, some better than others.

The likes of "The Langoliers" or "Nightflyer" were crap, while "The Shining" or "The Green Mile" are masterpieces. What is your favourite one/are your favourite ones?

Mine are:
The Shining
The Green Mile
Dreamcatcher
It
Shawshank Redemption
Stark
Firestarter
Dolores
Cujo
Carrie

While among the worst would be:
Christine
Salem

There are too many but I tried to put the best known into the poll

dangerman

It's been years since I read any of his books, but the one that still stands out is The Shining. I remember really enjoying The Stand, but that could have just been relief at finishing it cause it was so bloody long.

Tusky

Is the Stand worth reading ?

peterk19

has to be The Running man

garred

Stand by me, Shawshank, Salems Lot, Pet Semetary and definately IT.

Fysh

I'd go for "The Dead Zone" personally (the film with Christopher Walken, not the tv miniseries), closely followed by "The Shining".

meditraitor

Not horrors as such but shawshank,green mile and stand by me float my boat..

djkeogh

The Dead Zone is an absolute cracker. Saw it there again a few months back and loved it all over again. great film. Loved the Book Needful Things but the film with Ed Harris was crap. I'd say the Stand is worth a read if you can get through it. I did like the TV movie too. First half is much better than the 2nd

lodgepole

Shawshank, Stand by Me and The Shining are the three best in my opinion.

Very worthy are... Carrie, The Stand, Misery, It and Pet Cemetary.

Most under-rated King related film is his Emilio Estevez starring horror epic Maximum Overdrive with soundtrack by AC/DC.

captain P

pet semetary is great. I liked christine too. and Cujo and The Shining... it goes on..

hamster

I voted for the Shining.. but Cujo was a good natural horror if you know what I mean.

Hugh Hefner

Hey, Christine was good!

Carrie, apart from certain scenes, was bad/boring overall.

I voted for The Shining.

Pigman II

I've never read a Stephen King book and I can safely say I don't like any of the 'horror' adaptations I've seen (including the wildly overrated The Shining and Carrie) but that said I think Stand By Me, Dolores Claibourne and the Shawshank Redemption are classic movies.

hamster

Hugh Hefner wrote:

Hey, Christine was good!

"Possession became an obsession!" Yeah good movie! The book was great too!

Necronomicon

Well, I haven't read many King books, only The Shining in fact so I couldn't really talk about how good an adaption they are....but a couple of great movies there.

pauldeehan

Shining isn't really a good adaption of the book although it is a great film. My fave film would have to be Dead Zone but since it wasn't there I went for Shawshank.

Christine was disappointing, its probably my favourite Stephen King book, the film didn't really capture what I loved about the book.

Dude111

This was a hard poll for me....

I picked THE SHINING but i love the Shawshank Redemption also!! (And now on the poll I see those 2 have the most votes -- I think it says it all!!)