What Is Your Favorite Movie Based On A Stephen King Short Story or Novella? No Novels!
by dgranger | created - 01 Aug 2017 | updated - 02 Aug 2017 | PublicA novella is a work of fiction that is too long to be a short story but too short and not complex enough to be a novel. It is essentially a long short story or short novel. What is your favorite film based on a Stephen King Novella or Short Story? The list is in publication order of the story collections.
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1. Children of the Corn (1984)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believes that everyone over age 18 must be killed.
Director: Fritz Kiersch | Stars: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin
Votes: 57,319 | Gross: $14.57M
In the collection "Night Shift".
2. Cat's Eye (1985)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A stray cat is the linking element of three tales of suspense and horror.
Director: Lewis Teague | Stars: Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Kenneth McMillan
Votes: 28,159 | Gross: $13.09M
It contains two short stories that are in King's "Night Shift" collection: "Quitters Inc" and "The Ledge".
3. Maximum Overdrive (1986)
R | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.
Director: Stephen King | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 35,807 | Gross: $7.43M
The story "Trucks" in the collection "Night Shift".
4. Graveyard Shift (1990)
R | 86 min | Horror
In a very old textile mill with a serious rat infestation, deadly accidents start happening, but the corrupt foreman continues to put his workers in danger, until they discover a horrifying secret deep in the basement.
Director: Ralph S. Singleton | Stars: David Andrews, Kelly Wolf, Stephen Macht, Andrew Divoff
Votes: 12,640 | Gross: $11.58M
In the collection "Night Shift".
5. The Lawnmower Man (1992)
R | 108 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.
Director: Brett Leonard | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright, Mark Bringelson
Votes: 39,023 | Gross: $32.10M
In the collection "Night Shift".
6. The Mangler (1995)
R | 106 min | Horror, Mystery
A laundry-folding machine has been possessed by a demon, causing it to develop homicidal tendencies.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Robert Englund, Ted Levine, Daniel Matmor, Jeremy Crutchley
Votes: 9,963 | Gross: $1.78M
In the collection "Night Shift".
7. Sometimes They Come Back (1991 TV Movie)
R | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A man and his family return to his hometown, where he is then harassed by teenagers who died when he was a kid.
Director: Tom McLoughlin | Stars: Tim Matheson, Brooke Adams, Robert Rusler, Chris Demetral
Votes: 12,018
In the collection "Night Shift".
8. Trucks (1997 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Aliens arrive, parking in a geostationary orbit over Nevada. Using powers unknown to us, they declare war, and use unmanned trucks as weapons.
Director: Chris Thomson | Stars: Timothy Busfield, Brenda Bakke, Aidan Devine, Roman Podhora
Votes: 3,698
In the collection "Night Shift".
9. Children of the Corn (2009 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
While traveling, an unhappy married couple encounter a cult of murderous children who worship an entity called He Who Walks Behind the Rows.
Director: Donald P. Borchers | Stars: Robert Gerdisch, Jordan Schmidt, David Anders, Kandyse McClure
Votes: 6,444
In the collection "Night Shift".
10. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
R | 142 min | Drama
Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler
Votes: 2,887,854 | Gross: $28.34M
The story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" in the collection "Different Seasons".
11. Apt Pupil (1998)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A boy blackmails his neighbor after suspecting him to be a Nazi war criminal.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, Joshua Jackson, Mickey Cottrell
Votes: 41,609 | Gross: $8.84M
In the collection "Different Seasons".
12. Stand by Me (1986)
R | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell
Votes: 441,490 | Gross: $52.29M
in the collection "Different Seasons".
13. The Mist (2007)
R | 126 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher
Votes: 340,235 | Gross: $25.59M
in the collection "Skeleton Crew".
14. Creepshow 2 (1987)
R | 92 min | Fantasy, Horror
Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.
Director: Michael Gornick | Stars: George Kennedy, Lois Chiles, Domenick John, Tom Savini
Votes: 28,348 | Gross: $14.00M
"The Raft" in the collection "Skeleton Crew".
15. The Langoliers (1995)
PG-13 | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Most of the passengers on an airplane disappear, and the remainder land the plane in a mysteriously barren airport.
Stars: Patricia Wettig, Dean Stockwell, Tom Holland, Kate Maberly
Votes: 31,884
In the "Four Past Midnight" collection.
16. Secret Window (2004)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A successful writer in the midst of a painful divorce is stalked at his remote lake house by a would-be scribe who accuses him of plagiarism.
Director: David Koepp | Stars: Johnny Depp, Maria Bello, John Turturro, Timothy Hutton
Votes: 209,497 | Gross: $48.02M
In the "Four Past Midnight" collection.
17. The Night Flier (1997)
R | 97 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A reporter is on the trail of a vampiric murderer who travels by plane.
Director: Mark Pavia | Stars: Miguel Ferrer, Julie Entwisle, Dan Monahan, Michael H. Moss
Votes: 12,009 | Gross: $0.13M
In the "Nightmares And Dreamscapes" collection.
18. Dolan's Cadillac (2009)
R | 89 min | Crime, Thriller
A young man attempts to seek to avenge his wife's death after she is murdered by a Las Vegas mobster.
Director: Jeff Beesley | Stars: Christian Slater, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Wes Bentley, Greg Bryk
Votes: 7,607
In the "Nightmares And Dreamscapes" collection.
19. Quicksilver Highway (1997 TV Movie)
90 min | Horror, Thriller
Traveling showman Aaron Quicksilver tells horror tales: a psychotic hitchhiker falls prey to a relentless dangerously-sharp set of chattering teeth, and a human hand that comes alive.
Director: Mick Garris | Stars: Christopher Lloyd, Matt Frewer, Raphael Sbarge, Missy Crider
Votes: 2,806
A segment called "Chattery Teeth" is a short story in the "Nightmares And Dreamscapes" collection.
20. Home delivery: Servicio a domicilio (2005)
11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An animated horror zombie-comedy about domestic violence.
Director: Elio Quiroga | Stars: Jeff Espinoza, Francesca Nicoll, Laura Palacios, Laura Palacios
Votes: 97
In the "Nightmares And Dreamscapes" collection.
21. Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Mystery
Widowed Liz Garfield and her son Bobby change when mysterious stranger Ted Brautigan enters their lives.
Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis, Mika Boorem
Votes: 41,039 | Gross: $24.19M
The book "Hearts In Atlantis" is a collection of interconnected two novellas and three short stories that, when combined together, they form a loose novel in the same way that Ray Bradbury created his "The Martian Chronicles" out of interconnected short stories. The film only uses "Low Men in Yellow Coats and "Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling" from the collection.
22. Riding the Bullet (2004)
R | 98 min | Horror, Thriller
When a man finds out his mother is dying and tries to hitchhike his way to the hospital, he is picked up by a stranger with a deadly secret.
Director: Mick Garris | Stars: Jonathan Jackson, David Arquette, Barbara Hershey, Cliff Robertson
Votes: 10,767 | Gross: $0.10M
In the "Everything's Eventual" collection. A Dollar Baby movie.
23. 1408 (2007)
PG-13 | 104 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A man who specialises in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub
Votes: 294,077 | Gross: $71.99M
In the "Everything's Eventual" collection.
24. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
To stall a witch plotting to eat him, a boy reads her horror tales dealing with a collegian's resurrection of a mummy, a murderous cat, and an artist's pact with a gargoyle.
Director: John Harrison | Stars: Debbie Harry, Matthew Lawrence, Christian Slater, David Forrester
Votes: 19,357 | Gross: $16.32M
In includes the story "The Cat from Hell" that was included as a bonus story in the paperback edition of the "Just After Sunset" collection.
25. A Good Marriage (2014)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?
Director: Peter Askin | Stars: Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Stephen Lang, Cara Buono
Votes: 12,729
In the "Full Dark, No Stars" collection.
26. Big Driver (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A famous mystery writer sets out for revenge after a brutal attack.
Director: Mikael Salomon | Stars: Maria Bello, Ann Dowd, Will Harris, Joan Jett
Votes: 6,601
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