Top three favorite Stephen King based movies

[4NDR01D]

Shawshank
Stand by Me
The Shining

[toys2cool]

Where's my cake!!! ??? it's FATHER'S DAY!!! YOU **tch!!!

[wolfie]

1. Shawshank Redemption
2. The Green Mile
3. Misery

I think those are the best 3 films. I don't know which are the best 3 books as i have never read one.

[Donkey Hoatie]

1. Stand by Me
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. Carrie

[HumanWolfman]

Silver Bullet
Salem's Lot

[jwyblejr]

The IT miniseries was good with the clown...until that stupid spider showed up at the end...and messed up everything...lol.

I bet anyone who saw Tim Curry dressed as a clown would scared silly.

[megoapesnut]

Most definitely Salem's Lot and the Stand, and they are too close for me to pick a number 1. Heck, I think the recent version of Salem's Lot would be my number 3. Those are my two favorite books also.

[RickD]

The IT miniseries was good with the clown...until that stupid spider showed up at the end...and messed up everything...lol.

agreed! I just fast forward through that part!

the book was fantastic!

[Hector]

The IT miniseries was good with the clown...until that stupid spider showed up at the end...and messed up everything...lol.

[Adam West]

1. Shawshank Redemption
2. Stand By Me
3. A near tie between Misery and The Shining but have to go with The Shining

Now, if you asked me what book I think is the scariest; "IT" hands down. The made of TV miniseries just could not convey the horror on film that was written on the pages of the book...IMO. The miniseries was good and I still think would scare a lot of people, but darn if that book didn't give me the heebie jeebies which is pretty unusual.

[RickD]

Misery
IT (TV Mini series)
Shawshank Redemption

Very close second: Stand By Me, Salems Lot, The Running Man, Silver Bullet, Cats Eye(That little troll was awesome!)

[Bill]

Stand By Me
The Shining
Children of the Corn

[warlock664]

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. The Stand (TV miniseries with Gary Sinise/Rob Lowe)
3. The Dead Zone (Christopher Walken - 'nuff said!)

[MIB41]

1) Salem's Lot
2) Christine
3) The Shining

I have to call those my favorites because I watch them numerous time every year. Classics! They may not artistically be the "best" in the King translations to film, but they are certainly the most popular with me.

[Brazoo]

1) Stand By Me
2) The Shining
3) The Dead Zone

I think "Misery" and "Shawshank Redemption" were also really good - and "The Running Man" is a fun movie.

I know people love "Carrie", but aside from Spacek's performance I was never nuts about it. Then again, I just usually don't like De Palma movies much.