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Stephen King

Highest Rated: 94% Carrie (1976)

Lowest Rated: 11% Cell (2016)

Birthday: Sep 21, 1947

Birthplace: Portland, Maine, USA

With sales of over 300 million copies of more than 70 books, plus dozens of stories adapted for film and television, Stephen King has been the dominant American storyteller for over 25 years. While King wrote in a wide variety of genres, from the coming-of-age short story The Body (1982) to the psychological thriller Misery (1987), King was most closely associated with horror and fantasy stories with supernatural elements. A great storyteller with an eye for detail and an accessible narrative tone, King always grounded his fantastic elements in recognizable environments, while his demons often highlighted the rocky emotional dynamics of families and the ravages of dysfunction and addiction. Cultural critic Robin Wood once concluded that "The horrors of the King world are the horrors of our culture writ large, made visible and inescapable." With this curious but huge appeal, the name Stephen King became a powerful brand that sold books and film tickets, even though his name attachment to a film was hardly a guarantee of a good movie. Among the best King-based feature films were Brian De Palma's "Carrie" (1976), David Cronenberg's "The Dead Zone" (1983), Rob Reiner's "Stand by Me" (1986), Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" (1980), which took more liberties than King was happy with, and Frank Darabont's "The Shawshank Redemption" (1995). The prolific writer's output diminished somewhat following serious injuries he sustained in a 1999 roadside accident, but just as throughout his career, new novels like Under the Dome (2009), speculative alt-history 11/22/63 (2011) and End of Watch (2016) were highly anticipated, topped the bestseller lists, and usually found its way to the screen as a feature film or television miniseries that drew consistently strong audiences.

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Highest-Rated Movies

94% 77% Carrie Watchlist 92% 94% Stand by Me Watchlist
89% 77% The Dead Zone
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86% 82% Dolores Claiborne
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83% 93% The Shining Watchlist
79% 94% The Green Mile
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68% 54% Cat's Eye
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67% 64% It
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65% 69% Creepshow
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62% 78% It: Chapter Two Watchlist

Filmography

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Salem's Lot 46% 38% 2024 Executive Producer Chain Reactions 2024 Self It: Chapter Two 62% 78% 2019 Shopkeeper Actor 101 Seconds 2018 Actor I Am the Doorway 2018 Writer The Dark Tower 16% 44% 2017 Producer Cell 11% 17% 2016 Screenwriter A Good Marriage 32% 20% 2014 Screenwriter Stuck in Love 57% 69% 2012 Stephen King Voice Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero 2008 Actor Stephen King's Desperation 33% 2006 Writer, Executive Producer Riding the Bullet 23% 34% 2004 Writer, Executive Producer Secret Window 46% 65% 2004 Writer The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer 17% 50% 2003 Executive Producer Dreamcatcher 28% 36% 2003 Writer Rose Red 71% 2002 Writer, Executive Producer My Bounty Hunter 2001 Special Agent Freeze Actor Hearts in Atlantis 49% 64% 2001 Writer The Green Mile 79% 94% 1999 Writer Apt Pupil 54% 56% 1998 Writer Stephen King's Thinner 19% 31% 1996 Dr. Bangor Actor Dolores Claiborne 86% 82% 1995 Writer The Dark Half 59% 42% 1993 Writer Sleepwalkers 29% 32% 1992 Cemetery Caretaker Actor, Writer It 67% 64% 1990 Writer
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