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What Is the Best Stephen King Movie Adaptation Ever?

What Is the Best Stephen King Movie Adaptation Ever?

If you’ve finished binging Carrie and want more, what’s worth watching next? To get you started we’ve put together a countdown of our top 10 Stephen King movie adaptations.

(from left) Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrence in 'The Shining', Christopher Walken as Johnny Smith in 'The Dead Zone', Matthew Lillard as Gus in 'The Life of Chuck', Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, River Phoenix, and Will Wheaton in 'Stand By Me'.

What is the best Stephen King adaptation ever made? There are well over 100 film and TV adaptations of the horror author’s stories out there, with more being made each year. This October saw the release of Mike Flanagan’s Carrie, a story that by itself has been adapted multiple times for film, TV and even stage.

So with so much out there, where should you begin? If you’ve finished binging Carrie and want more, what’s worth watching next? To get you started we’ve put together a countdown of our top 10 Stephen King movie adaptations.

Clearly there are many incredible Stephen King adaptations that didn’t make this list. Out of over 100, there are bound to be. Which adaptations do you think should have been on this list? What other top 10 lists would you like to see? Let us know in the comments. And we’ll see you next time, on How it Hits.