
Do You Agree With This List of Maine’s Stephen King’s 13 Best Movies?
What do you think is the best Stephen King movie out there?
There are a lot of options, from "The Shining" to "It," and you might even stray away from the horror with something like "The Shawshank Redemption."
But does your No. 1 King movie match up with what the critics think?
Best Stephen King Movies
Thanks to the popular Rotten Tomatoes website, we can take a look at how the films based on his works are rated per the critics.
In fact, there are 50+ Stephen King movies out there, according to the author's own website, but, based on Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer scoring system, about 20 of them have the "Fresh" rating.
That means anything 60 percent and above. Anything below that number is considered "Rotten."
Let's look at the top 13 Stephen King movies based on the Rotten Tomatoes scores.
13 Best Stephen King Movies According to Rotten Tomatoes
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Are you surprised by the top movie list? Would you have "Carrie" at the very top?
Fun Facts About Stephen King Movies
The No. 1-rated Rotten Tomatoes Stephen King movie, "Carrie," is also the first Stephen King movie that came out. That would be November 3, 1976, according to stephenking.com.
Not all of Stephen King's best-reviewed movies are horror.
"Stand by Me," "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile" make the top 13 list, and you might not have even known those were King works.
There are many instances of King's stuff being adapted multiple times, like "The Shining," "It," "Firestarter," and "Pet Sematary" to name a few. That's not likely to stop anytime soon either.
How long before another iteration of "Carrie" comes out?
And how soon before there is a new No. 1-rated Stephen King movie, according to Rotten Tomatoes?
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Guess we'll have to keep watching to find out.
Do you have a favorite Stephen King movie?
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