Welcome to
our list of the most recent Stephen King movie DVDs
More and more
theatrical movie adaptations of Stephen King books and short stories are coming
out every year, so we will do our best to keep this list of the latest Stephen
King DVD’s as up to date as possible for you.
This page covers
all theatrical movie releases from The Shawshank Redemption in 1994, to the present
day. Made for TV adaptations of Stephen King’s work will be published on a separate
page shortly.
If you were
looking for a Stephen King DVD that was originally released prior to 1994, all the classic Stephen King DVDs are here.
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A Good Marriage
Original
Release: October 3, 2014
Director: Peter
Askin
Starring: Joan
Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Kristen Connolly, Stephen Lang
Based on the
Stephen King short story of the same name that was published in Full Dark, No
Stars, A Good Marriage is a Physiological thriller about a wife who discovers
that her husband is a serial rapist and murderer and the complex dilemma that
she then faces.
Screenplay by Stephen King
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Mercy
Original
Release: October 7, 2014
Director: Peter
Cornwell
Starring: Chandler
Riggs, Joel Courtney, Shirley Knight, Dylan McDermott, Mark Duplass, Frances
O'Connor
Mercy is a
supernatural thriller loosely based on the Stephen King short story Gramma,
which was first published in the magazine Weirdbook in 1984 and then it appeared
again in Skeleton Crew in 1985.
Mercy is the tale of a mother and her two children who move in with their dying grandmother to take care of her. While there, they experience strange happenings that they believe can only be the work of an evil witch.
Mercy is the tale of a mother and her two children who move in with their dying grandmother to take care of her. While there, they experience strange happenings that they believe can only be the work of an evil witch.
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The Mist
Original
Release: November 21, 2007
Director: Frank
Darabont
Starring: Thomas
Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Andre Braugher, Samuel
Witwer, Toby Jones
Based on The
Mist that appeared in Skeleton Crew, this Stephen King movie is widely regarded
as one the best screen adaptations of the writer’s work.
Following a freak
storm, David Drayton, his son, and a neighbour, venture out to the local store
to stock up on supplies. While they are there, the town is enveloped in strange
mist that hides some strange and deadly creatures within it.
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1408
Original Release: June 22, 2007
Director: Mikael
Håfström
Starring: John
Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub, Len Cariou, Isiah
Whitlock, Jr., Jasmine Jessica Anthony
Mike Enslin writes
best-selling “real-life” ghost stories, but he is really a sceptic about the supernatural.
When he dares to spend a night in room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel, where fifty previous
guests have met their end, he finds out that some ghost stories really can be
true.
A genuinely
creepy thriller
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Riding The Bullet
Original
Release: October 15, 2004
Director: Mick
Garris
Starring: Jonathan
Jackson, David Arquette, Cliff Robertson
Adapted from
the Stephen King Novella of the same name, Riding the Bullet tells the story of
a student, Alan Parker, who is obsessed by death.
When he finds out that his
mother is dying, he can only get home to her by hitchhiking. Along the way, he encounters
George Staub, who makes him a deal he won’t forget.
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Secret Window
Original
Release: March 12, 2004
Director: David
Koepp
Starring: Johnny
Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello, Timothy Hutton
Based on the
Stephen King novella Secret Window, Secret Garden, which first appeared in the Four
Past Midnight collection, Secret Window is a psychological thriller starring Johnny
Depp.
When author
Mort Rainey is accused of plagiarism, he has to prove that he wrote the story
in question first. The problem is that the evidence to support his case seems
to be disappearing, along with the people that could have backed him up.
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Dreamcatcher
Original
Release: March 21, 2003
Director: Lawrence
Kasdan
Starring: Morgan
Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, Timothy Olyphant, Tom Sizemore, Donnie
Wahlberg
A normal
hunting trip turns decidedly dangerous for four friends when they come across a
disorientated stranger stumbling through the forest. They soon discover that
the stranger has been possessed by an alien and things get worse when the military
quarantine the whole area, with them still in it.
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Hearts in Atlantis
Original
Release: September 28, 2001
Director: Scott
Hicks
Starring: Anthony
Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis, Mika Boorem, David Morse
The Hearts
In Atlantis movie is loosely based on the Stephen King novella "Low Men in
Yellow Coats", which appeared in the Hearts of Atlantis Stephen King
Collection. The story revolves around a young boy, Bobby Garfield, who
befriends an old man with physic powers, Ted Brautigan.
When Bobby fails to heed the old man's instructions, the consequences are dire.
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The Green Mile
Original Release: December 10, 1999
Director: Frank Darabont
Starring: Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Cromwell
This superb adaptation of Stephen King’s Green Mile stars Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb and Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey.
When the gentle giant John Coffey arrives at Cold Mountain Penitentiary’s death row, which they call the Green Mile, it soon becomes apparent that there is more to John Coffey than meets the eye when it is discovered that he has the power to heal.
When the gentle giant John Coffey arrives at Cold Mountain Penitentiary’s death row, which they call the Green Mile, it soon becomes apparent that there is more to John Coffey than meets the eye when it is discovered that he has the power to heal.
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Apt Pupil
Original
Release: October 23, 1998
Director: Bryan
Singer
Starring: Ian
McKellen, Brad Renfro
Based on the
Stephen King novella of the same name, Apt Pupil is a challenging film about a difficult
subject. Todd Bowden is a high school student who is obsessed by Nazi Germany,
so when he discovers that a Nazi war criminal, Kurt Dussander, is living in his
town; he blackmails him to make him tell stories of Nazi atrocities.
The retelling
of the horror of the death camps has a disturbing effect on both of them.
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The Night Flier
Original
Release: May 2, 1997
Director: Mark
Pavia
Starring: Miguel
Ferrer, Julie Entwisle, Dan Monahan
Adapted from
the Stephen King Short story of the same name, The Night Flyer follows a reporter,
Robert Dees, as he pursues a scoop about a so-called vampire, Dwight Renfield. When
Robert Dees does finally catch up with Renfield, he gets a lot more than just a
good story for the magazine he is working for.
A genuinely
creepy tale!
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Thinner
Original
Release: October 25, 1996
Director: Tom
Holland
Starring: Robert
John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney, Michael Constantine, Kari Wührer, Bethany
Joy Lenz
When lawyer Billy
Halleck gets nothing more than a slap on the wrist for running down an old
gypsy woman in his car and killing her, the woman’s husband places a curse on Halleck
by saying the word “Thinner”. Halleck starts to lose weight and there’s nothing
he can do about it, so he seeks help from an old gangster client of his to try
to scare the gypsy family into leaving him alone.
A Stephen
King DVD where even the victim is not a nice guy.
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Dolores Claiborne
Original
Release: March 24, 1995
Director: Taylor
Hackford
Starring: Kathy
Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Strathairn, Judy Parfitt, John C. Reilly,
Christopher Plummer
Dolores
Claiborne is a physiological thriller based on the Stephen King book of the
same name. It’s another storming performance by Kathy Bates, who also appeared
in Misery, in a tale of a woman accused of murder and her relationship with her
estranged daughter.
Ultimately, Selena
St. George, the daughter, must face the demons of her past and the truth about
her parents.
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The Mangler
Original
Release: 3 March 1995
Director: Tobe
Hooper
Starring: Robert
Englund, Ted Levine, Daniel Matmor, Jeremy Crutchley, Vanessa Pike
Starring
Robert Englund of Nightmare on Elm Street fame, The Mangler was adapted from the
short story of the same name first published in the Stephen King book Night
Shift.
When Police
Officer John Hunton investigates the large number of worker deaths at a laundry,
he discovers that the owner of the laundry, Bill Gartley, has been feeding
young virgins to a possessed piece of machinery known as the Mangler.
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The Shawshank Redemption
Original
Release: September 23, 1994
Director: Frank
Darabont
Starring: Tim
Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows,
James Whitmore
This Stephen
King DVD really needs little introduction. Critically acclaimed and Stephen
Kings own favourite movie adaption of his work, The Shawshank Redemption is a
brilliant story of hope and friendship against all the odds.
Stephen King
fan or not, everyone should watch The Shawshank redemption at least once.
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