Adaptations of Stephen King Books and Stories

Finally, an answer to the age-old question: how many Stephen King movies are god-awful? And WHY? I can't answer the latter, but if we assume that god-awful means <7 on IMDB, all but 16 are probably not worth watching. There might be a few exceptions: people appear to enjoy watching Salem's Lot (the miniseries), Firestarter, and 1408 even though they're not actually great movies.

That said, only 6 adaptations on this list are above an 8 and probably qualify as must-see movies, which is indeed a pretty bad percentage when you consider that there are more than 40 listed on this page. You can go ahead and sort by any of the columns below to learn other interesting trends.

If you're interested in all the Stephen King books that have been optioned for movies but haven't yet been released, Den of Geek keeps a great ongoing list.