Stephen King reveals his 10 favourite movies of all time
Stephen King has revealed his ten favourite movies of all time on social media, picking out a series of Hollywood classics.
The classic horror writer took to X on September 8th to reveal his picks across a broad range of genres, spanning from drama to romance to science fiction.
King noted “in no particular order” that his favourite films were: Sorcerer, The Godfather Part II, The Getaway, Groundhog Day, Casablanca, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Jaws, Mean Streets, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Double Indemnity.
One particularly notable quality about the list is that King seems to have an affinity to certain decades and eras of films. Six of the picks were released in the 1970s, while three more – Casablanca, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and Double Indemnity – all came out during the 1940s.
Only one film stands separate to this trend, being Groundhog Day, having been released in 1993.
King also indulged in a little flattery of his own work, citing a further four movies that have been adapted from his novels or novellas as among some of his other favourites. These are Stand by Me from 1986, Misery from 1990, The Shawshank Redemption from 1994, and Green Mile from 1999.
It comes as King is facing a cinematic resurgence, with two of his works having been adapted for the big screen in quick succession over the past few months. The inspiring coming of age, The Life of Chuck, was adapted from his 2020 novella and released in cinemas on August 20th, starring Tom Hiddleston.
Meanwhile, his latest work for the film sphere, The Long Walk, is set to be released on September 12th, as a dystopian horror where teenagers compete in a survival of the fittest walk, with their lives and futures at stake. That movie has been adapted from the original 1979 novel of the same name, which King published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman.
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