The Dark Tower

Stephen King is an surprisingly fertile author , in the musical genre of horror , science - fabrication , fantasy , suspense , and crime fiction . Many of his novels , novellas , and short stories have been accommodate for the CRT screen , both as film and TV shows . The late , critically - clap 10 - episode dramaThe Outsideron HBO is based on his novel of the same name .

However , since King writes across so many unlike genre , it can be difficult to keep up with what work of his has been conform and what has n’t been . There have also been a few cinema made base on his story , where it might be surprising to find that he was the writer .

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

The Shawshank Redemptionis an award - put forward   prison film star Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins . Considering it ’s a fairly straightforward historical fabrication film , it ’s surprising that it ’s adapted from a Stephen King novella .

Featuring a man , Andy ( Robbins ) , who is convict of vote down his married woman and her lover , despite his objection of pureness , the film muses on the nature of criminality and friendly relationship . Jerome Robbins ' reference becomes supporter with Red ( Freeman ) since he knows how to pander things from the world outside the prison house . Over the course of decades , their friendship grows , and Andy ’s plans number to fruition .

Stand By Me (1986)

base on King ’s little story " The Body,“Stand By Mefeatures four male child on a journeying out to the Wood to reckon at a dead body . Along the path , the teller muses on the nature of friendship at the age of 12 .

With River Phoenix in a support role , the film is reminiscent of distinctive adventures tyke might have had in the late 50s , and the storyteller tells the story in a means that feels like something a new boy would write .

The Dark Tower (2017)

The Dark Toweris a 2018 movie based on the first of King ’s novel in thelong - running series of the same name . Idris Elba portrays Roland Deschain , a gunslinger on a seeking to protect The Dark Tower , which is a fabled complex body part that carry all realness . Matthew   McConaughey plays his nemesis , Walter Padick , also known as The Man in Black .

The film is an adaptation   but also serves as a sequel to the eight - book series . It is set in both New York and Roland ’s Wild West - inspired world . As a skill - fabrication Western , it is unlike most of Stephen King ’s horror , which he is most sleep with for .

The Lawnmower Man (1992)

This film is very loosely base on Stephen King ’s short tale of the same name . However , apart from minor elements , the celluloid has no congress to the story .

The film sport a scientist using virtual reality to retrain chimpanzees as disposable soldiers , while the short tarradiddle mention to a lawn keeping religious service visit that go improper . King sued to get his name taken off the marketing , and won , the first successful opinion of its kind since James Oliver Curwood’sI Am The Law , in 1922 .

Gerald’s Game (2017)

conceive unfilmable after the novel was published , Gerald ’s Gamewas ultimately   released in 2017 . Directed by Mike Flanagan , the film stars a woman named Jessie , who is married to the titular Gerald .

The dyad go away for a romanticist getaway , but after handcuffing Jessie to the bottom for roleplay , Gerald and Jessie get into an argument and he dies presently afterward from a heart attack . in the end , Jessie must reckon out how to liberate herself , in an empty sign of the zodiac with no one around to   hear her .

Julie Ganapathi (2003)

Julie Ganapathiis a 2003 Tamil - language thriller film , inspired by King ’s 1987 novel , Misery . Julie Ganapathi is a staunch fan of a popular television show and is increasingly obsessed with the lead character . The lead writer , Tankasi Balakumaran , plan to go aside for a few days to finish writing the last few episodes . On the path , he   is in a massive car stroke , and Julie takes him in so he can heal .

Meanwhile , she reads what he has written and is unhappy with the direction he has take with the characters . Keeping him in her house by force , she has him rewrite the last instalment of the show .

In the Tall Grass (2019)

Adapted from the 2012 novella of the same name by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill , In the Tall Grassfeatures a distich of siblings , Becky and Cal , who go to rescue a son , Tobin , after hearing him calling for help in the tall eatage .

They soon understand something evil lurks in the skunk , specially after Becky cash in one’s chips and then is miraculously alive later on . Eventually , the siblings pick up they are in a prison term loop topology ,   and a rock in the field holds prophetic messages for Becky .

Dreamcatcher (2003)

Dreamcatcheris establish on King ’s 2001 novel of the same name . Four friends , who have had   telepathic powers since saving a boy as tike , reunite for an annual hunting trip . However , plans rapidly go haywire when alien worms land in the timber nearby and begin to kill or possess the group .

A military unit specializing in extraterrestrials is also interested in stopping the foreign invasion , and are on the scene .   Writing this novel helped King recuperate from his 1999 gondola accident .

The Green Mile (1999)

The Green Miletells the floor of a man on last row who seems able to perform miracles . King seems affectionate of the figure of speech of quiet deception , also see inNeedful affair . Tom Hanks plays a prison officer in charge of the handful of manpower on end row , or the ' Green Mile , ' in 1935 .

One man , John Coffey ( Michael Clarke Duncan ) , is mentally challenged , but finally , is able to cure a few infections among the prison staff . He is also able to psychically transfer his king to others . finally , The Green Mileis much more drama than horror , and therefore unexpected for King .

1922 (2017)

1922is base on Stephen King ’s novella of the same name . Wilf James is a farmer subsist with his wife and son . His married woman expresses the desire to deal the farm and move to Omaha , which Wilf powerfully pit . With his Word ’s aid , Wilf murders his wife .

at long last , he end up alone as his son panics and leaves with his girlfriend.1922is both a horror and play film .

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Stephen King Films Featured

Andy and Red in the yard in The Shawshank Redemption

Stand by Me

An image of the Gunslinger and The Dark Tower from the book

A man crying in The Lawnmower Man

Geralds Game Handcuff Scene Carla Gugino

Julie Ganapathi and Tenkasi Balakumaran in Jule Ganapathi

In The Tall Grass

Morgan Freeman’s Abraham frowns in Dreamcatcher

Mister Jingles the mouse standing in The Green Mile

1922 Thomas Jane 2

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