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List of Stephen King films

Films based on work by Stephen King (includes the Richard Bachman titles):

1976 Carrie
1980 The Shining
1982 Creepshow (consists of five short films: "Father's Day," "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill," "Something to Tide You Over," "The Crate," and "They're Creeping Up On You")
1983 Cujo
1983 The Dead Zone
1983 Christine
1984 Children of the Corn
1984 Firestarter
1985 Cat's Eye (consists of three short films: "Quitters, Inc.," "The Ledge," and "The General")
1985 Silver Bullet (based on Cycle of the Werewolf)
1985 Stephen King's Nightshift Collection (consists of two short films: "The Woman in the Room" and "The Boogeyman" (and, in some editions, "Strangehold," that has nothing to do with King; only released on video))
1986 Maximum Overdrive (based on "Trucks"; directed by King)
1986 Stand by Me (based on "The Body")
1987 Creepshow 2 (consists of three short films: "Old Chief Wood'n'head," "The Raft," and "The Hitchhiker")
1987 The Running Man
1989 Pet Sematary
1990 The Cat From Hell (short film that is part of Tales From The Darkside - The Movie)
1990 Graveyard Shift
1990 Misery
1990 Paranoid (based on a poem)
1992 The Lawnmower Man (King sued the makers of this film for misusing his name and won - the film may not be shown with his name on it)
1992 Sleepwalkers (written directly for the movie, not based on anything)
1993 The Dark Half
1993 Needful Things (also released in a three-hour "Director's Cut"-version)
1994 The Shawshank Redemption (based on "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption")
1995 The Mangler
1995 Dolores Claiborne
1995 Stephen King's Nightshift Collection (consists of three short films, only the first of which has anything to do with King: "Disciples of the Crow" (based on Children of the Corn), "The Night Waiter," and "Killing Time;" some versions only contain two films)
1996 Thinner
1998 Apt Pupil
1999 The Green Mile
2002 The Dead Zone (TV series based on the 1983 movie)
2003 Dreamcatcher
2052 the day the world stood still

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