Writer

Stephen King

Stephen King is credited on 37 titles across Stephen King Universe, Stanley Kubrick, and Mike Flanagan on OrderToWatch, writing 4 and with 33 more based on their original work. In release order they run from Carrie (1976) to The Running Man (2025).

Titles

37

Wrote

4

Based on their work

33

Franchises

3

In release order

1. Carrie1976 · Film · 1h 38m · Stephen King · Source materialA bullied telekinetic girl takes revenge on her school at the prom.
2. The Shining1980 · Film · 2h 24m · Stephen King · Source materialA writer wintering at the empty Overlook Hotel turns on his wife and psychic son.
3. The Shining1980 · Film · 2h 24m · Kubrick · Source materialA writer wintering at the empty Overlook Hotel turns on his wife and psychic son.
4. Creepshow1982 · Film · 2h · Stephen King · WriterFive comic-book horror tales written by King and directed by George A. Romero.
5. Christine1983 · Film · 1h 50m · Stephen King · Source materialA lonely teenager falls under the spell of a murderous 1958 Plymouth Fury.
6. The Dead Zone1983 · Film · 1h 43m · Stephen King · Source materialA man wakes from a coma able to see the future and foresees a politician's nuclear war.
7. Cujo1983 · Film · 1h 33m · Stephen King · Source materialA mother and son are trapped in their car by a rabid St. Bernard outside Castle Rock.
8. Children of the Corn1984 · Film · 1h 32m · Stephen King · Source materialA couple stumble into a Nebraska town where the children killed every adult for a corn god.
9. Firestarter1984 · Film · 1h 54m · Stephen King · Source materialA girl who starts fires with her mind flees a secret agency with her father.
10. Stand by Me1986 · Film · 1h 29m · Stephen King · Source materialFour boys from Castle Rock hike the railway tracks in 1959 to see a dead body.
11. The Running Man1987 · Film · 1h 41m · Stephen King · Source materialSchwarzenegger fights costumed stalkers on a deadly TV game show; loosely based on the novel.
12. Pet Sematary1989 · Film · 1h 43m · Stephen King · WriterA doctor buries his dead son in a burial ground that brings the dead back wrong.
13. It1990 · Series · 3h 7m · Stephen King · WriterThe two-part miniseries: seven friends fight Pennywise in 1960 and again as adults.
14. Misery1990 · Film · 1h 47m · Stephen King · Source materialA novelist is held captive by his number one fan after a car crash.
15. Needful Things1993 · Film · 2h 1m · Stephen King · Source materialA shopkeeper in Castle Rock sells people their dreams in exchange for pranks that tear the town apart.
16. The Stand1994 · Series · 6h 7m · Stephen King · WriterThe ABC miniseries: plague survivors split between Mother Abagail and Randall Flagg.
17. The Shawshank Redemption1994 · Film · 2h 22m · Stephen King · Source materialA banker serving life for murder in Shawshank prison befriends a fellow inmate over two decades.
18. Dolores Claiborne1995 · Film · 2h 12m · Stephen King · Source materialA housekeeper suspected of two deaths faces her estranged daughter and her past.
19. The Green Mile1999 · Film · 3h 9m · Stephen King · Source materialDeath row guards in 1935 meet a condemned man with the power to heal.
20. Dreamcatcher2003 · Film · 2h 14m · Stephen King · Source materialFour telepathic friends from Derry are caught up in an alien invasion on a hunting trip.
21. 14082007 · Film · 1h 44m · Stephen King · Source materialA skeptical writer spends a night in a hotel room that has killed everyone who stayed.
22. The Mist2007 · Film · 2h 6m · Stephen King · Source materialShoppers trapped in a supermarket by a monster-filled mist turn on each other.
23. The Dark Tower2017 · Film · 1h 35m · Stephen King · Source materialA New York boy joins the last Gunslinger against the Man in Black in Mid-World.
24. Gerald's Game2017 · Film · 1h 44m · Stephen King · Source materialA woman is left handcuffed to a bed when her husband dies during a sex game.
25. It2017 · Film · 2h 15m · Stephen King · Source materialThe Losers Club fight Pennywise as kids in 1989; the first half of the remake.
26. Gerald's Game2017 · Film · 1h 44m · Mike Flanagan · Source materialCarla Gugino handcuffed to a bed; Stephen King's "unfilmable" novel.
27. It Chapter Two2019 · Film · 2h 49m · Stephen King · Source materialThe Losers return to Derry as adults in 2016 to finish Pennywise for good.
28. Doctor Sleep2019 · Film · 2h 32m · Stephen King · Source materialGrown-up Danny Torrance protects a psychic girl from a cult that feeds on the shine.
29. Pet Sematary2019 · Film · 1h 41m · Stephen King · Source materialThe remake: the daughter, not the son, dies and comes back from the burial ground.
30. Doctor Sleep2019 · Film · 2h 32m · Mike Flanagan · Source materialEwan McGregor as grown-up Danny Torrance; a sequel to The Shining.
31. Pet Sematary: Bloodlines2023 · Film · 1h 27m · Stephen King · Source materialPrequel set in 1969: a young Jud Crandall learns the burial ground's secret.
32. Salem's Lot2024 · Film · 1h 53m · Stephen King · Source materialThe remake: a tighter feature film version, set in 1975 with a drive-in climax.
33. The Life of Chuck2024 · Film · 1h 51m · Mike Flanagan · Source materialA Stephen King story told backwards, with Tom Hiddleston.
34. The Monkey2025 · Film · 1h 37m · Stephen King · Source materialTwin brothers are haunted by a toy monkey that kills someone each time it drums.
35. The Life of Chuck2025 · Film · 1h 51m · Stephen King · Source materialAn ordinary man's life told backwards, starting with the end of the world.
36. The Long Walk2025 · Film · 1h 48m · Stephen King · Source materialFifty teenage boys walk until all but one are shot in a dystopian contest.
37. The Running Man2025 · Film · 2h 13m · Stephen King · Source materialThe remake: closer to the novel, with Glen Powell hunted across the real country.