Last Updated on 16 September 2023
Movies and mini-series based on Stephen King’s novels, novellas, short stories, and screenplays
| Year | Title of Movie | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Carrie | Novel |
| 1979 | Salem’s Lot | Novel |
| 1980 | Shining, The | Based on the Novel |
| 1982 | Creepshow | Original Screenplay |
| 1983 | Cujo | Novel |
| 1983 | Dead Zone, The | Novel |
| 1983 | Christine | Based on the Novel |
| 1984 | Children of the Corn | Based on the Short Story |
| 1984 | Firestarter | Novel |
| 1984 | Devil’s Gift, The | Short Story “The Monkey” |
| 1985 | Cat’s Eye | Screenplay |
| 1985 | Silver Bullet | Novella “Cycle of the Werewolf” |
| 1986 | Maximum Overdrive | Written for the Screen |
| 1986 | Stand By Me | Novella “The Body” |
| 1987 | Creepshow 2 | Stories |
| 1987 | Return to Salem’s Lot, A | Characters |
| 1987 | Running Man, The | Novel |
| 1989 | Pet Sematary | Novel |
| 1990 | Tales from the Darkside | Short Story – segment “Cat From Hell” |
| 1990 | Graveyard Shift | Short Story |
| 1990 | Misery | Novel |
| 1990 | It | Novel |
| 1991 | Sometimes They Come Back | Based on the Short Story |
| 1992 | Sleepwalkers | Written by |
| 1992 | Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice | Based on the Short Story |
| 1993 | Dark Half, The | Novel |
| 1993 | Needful Things | Novel |
| 1993 | Tommyknockers, The | Novel |
| 1994 | Shawshank Redemption, The | Short Story |
| 1994 | Stand, The | Novel |
| 1995 | Mangler, The | Short Story |
| 1995 | Dolores Claiborne | Novel |
| 1995 | Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest | Based on the Short Story |
| 1995 | Langoliers, The | Novella “Four Past Midnight” |
| 1996 | Thinner | Novel |
| 1997 | Night Flier, The | Short Story |
| 1997 | Quicksilver Highway | Short Story “Chattery Teeth” |
| 1997 | Shining, The | Novel |
| 1997 | Trucks | Short Story |
| 1998 | Apt Pupil | Novella |
| 1999 | Rage: Carrie 2, The | Characters |
| 1999 | Green Mile, The | Novel |
| 1999 | Storm of the Century | Written by |
| 2001 | Hearts in Atlantis | Novel |
| 2002 | Rose Red | Written by |
| 2002 | Carrie | Novel |
| 2002 | Firestarter 2: Rekindled | Novel “Firestarter” |
| 2003 | Dreamcatcher | Novel |
| 2003 | Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, The | Characters |
| 2004 | Secret Window | Novella “Four Past Midnight: Secret Window, Secret Garden” |
| 2004 | Salem’s Lot | Novel |
| 2004 | Riding the Bullet | Novella |
| 2006 | Desperation | Novel |
| 2006 | Nightmares & Dreamscapes | Short Stories |
| 2007 | 1408 | Short Story |
| 2007 | Mist, The | Novella |
| 2009 | Dolan’s Cadillac | Short Story |
| 2009 | Everything’s Eventual | Short Story |
| 2009 | Children of the Corn | Based on the Short Story |
| 2011 | Children of the Corn: Genesis | Based on the Short Story |
| 2011 | Bag of Bones | Based on the Novel |
| 2012 | Willa | Short Story |
| 2013 | Carrie | Novel |
| 2014 | Boogeyman, The | Short Story |
| 2014 | Mercy | Short Story “Gramma” |
| 2014 | Big Driver | Novella |
| 2016 | Cell | Based on the Novel |
| 2016 | 11.22.63 | Based on the Novel |
| 2017 | Dark Tower, The | Based on the Novels |
| 2017 | It | Based on the Novel |
| 2017 | Gerald’s Game | Based on the Novel |
| 2017 | 1922 | Novella |
| 2017 | Milkman, The | Short Story |
| 2018 | Doctor’s Case, The | Based on the Short Story |
| 2018 | Mute | Short Story |
| 2019 | Pet Sematary | Based on the Novel |
| 2019 | It Chapter Two | Based on the Novel |
| 2019 | In the Tall Grass | Based on the Novella |
| 2019 | Doctor’s Case, The | Based on the Short Story |
| 2019 | Doctor Sleep | Based on the Novel |
| 2020 | Dark Tower, The | Based on the Novel |
| 2023 | Boogeyman, The | Based on the Short Story |
