Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. He is widely known for his horror novels and has been crowned the "King of Horror". He has also explored other genres: suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections. His debut, Carrie (1974), established him in horror. Different Seasons (1982), a collection of four novellas, was his first major departure from the genre. Among the films adapted from King's fiction are Carrie (1976), The Shining (1980), The Dead Zone and Christine (both 1983), Stand by Me(1986), Misery (1990), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Green Mile (1999), The Mist (2007), and It (2017). He has also published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman and has co-written works with other authors, notably his friend Peter Straub and sons Joe Hill and Owen King. He has also written nonfiction, notably Danse Macabre (1981) and On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000). Among other awards, he has won the O. Henry Award for "The Man in the Black Suit" (1994) and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller for 11/22/63 (2011). He has also won honours for his overall contributions to literature, including the 2003 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2014 National Medal of Arts. Joyce Carol Oates called King "a brilliantly rooted, psychologically 'realistic' writer for whom the American scene has been a continuous source of inspiration, and American popular culture a vast cornucopia of possibilities." Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 21, 1947 (79)
- Portland, Maine, USA
- Writer, also actor, producer and director
- 121 on MovieCove · 583 credits in all
What are Stephen King's films like?
Across their 93 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 4 · Wry 5 · Earnest 71
Light 9 · Serious 21 · Dark 53
A split, not a type: Grounded 39 · Stylized 35 · Heightened 9
Gentle 3 · Charged 21 · Intense 59
Steady 13 · Shifting 53 · Whiplash 17
Straight-faced 65 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 5
Slow burn 17 · Even-paced 61 · Relentless 5
Casual 18 · Engaged 54 · Full focus 11
A split, not a type: Easy watch 14 · Affecting 30 · Heavy 39
Resolved 55 · Open-ended 22 · Ambiguous 6
Roles they play
Usually the Trickster: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.
- Tricksteras Jordy Verrill (segment: The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill) in Creepshow (1982)
- Shadowas Nathan Grantham (segment: Father's Day) in Creepshow (1982)
- Tricksteras Stephen King in Stuck in Love. (2012)
Moods and endings
- Happy8
- Bittersweet47
- Tragic15
- Ambiguous23
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Stephen King's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 100 of their 121 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (36).
- The Green Mile (1999) · writer · free
- Misery (1990) · writer · free
- Hearts in Atlantis (2001) · writer · free
- Christine (1983) · writer · free
- 1408 (2007) · writer · free
- The Dead Zone (2002) · writer · free
- Apt Pupil (1998) · writer · free
- Monsters (1988) · writer · free
- Knightriders (1981) · actor · free
- Secret Window (2004) · writer · free
- Pet Sematary (1989) · actor, writer · free
- Silver Bullet (1985) · writer · free
- All their movies on Tubi
- The X-Files (1993) · writer · free
- Frasier (1993) · actor · free
- The Dead Zone (1983) · writer · free
- The Dead Zone (2002) · writer · free
- Knightriders (1981) · actor · free
- Secret Window (2004) · writer · free
- Silver Bullet (1985) · writer · free
- Cujo (1983) · writer · free
- Creepshow 2 (1987) · actor, writer · free
- The Dark Half (1993) · writer · free
- Sometimes They Come Back (1991) · writer · free
- Thinner (1996) · actor, writer · free
- All their movies on Pluto TV
- Carrie (2026) · writer
- The Mist (2007) · writer
- The Outer Limits (1995) · writer
- Haven (2010) · writer
- The Dead Zone (2002) · writer
- Chapelwaite (2021) · writer
- Monsters (1988) · writer
- Knightriders (1981) · actor
- The Running Man (2025) · writer, producer
- Fever Pitch (2005) · actor
- Creepshow 2 (1987) · actor, writer
- Carrie (2013) · writer
- All their movies on Prime Video
- Frasier (1993) · actor
- Doctor Sleep (2019) · writer, producer
- The Dead Zone (1983) · writer
- The Running Man (1987) · writer
- Pet Sematary (1989) · actor, writer
- Silver Bullet (1985) · writer
- The Running Man (2025) · writer, producer
- Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) · writer
- Firestarter (1984) · writer
- Under the Dome (2013) · actor, writer
- Thinner (1996) · actor, writer
- Pet Sematary (2019) · writer
- +5 more
- The Dead Zone (1983) · writer
- The Mist (2007) · writer
- Creepshow (1982) · actor, writer
- 1408 (2007) · writer
- Pet Sematary (1989) · actor, writer
- Silver Bullet (1985) · writer
- Cujo (1983) · writer
- Carrie (2013) · writer
- Thinner (1996) · actor, writer
- Children of the Corn (1984) · writer
- Graveyard Shift (1990) · writer
- Pet Sematary II (1992) · writer
- +1 more
- Frasier (1993) · actor · free
- The Outer Limits (1995) · writer · free
- Haven (2010) · writer · free
- The Dead Zone (2002) · writer · free
- Monsters (1988) · writer · free
- Knightriders (1981) · actor · free
- Dreamcatcher (2003) · writer · free
- Children of the Corn (1984) · writer · free
- A Good Marriage (2014) · writer · free
- Cell (2016) · writer · free
- Creepshow 3 (2006) · writer · free
- Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1995) · writer · free
- The X-Files (1993) · writer
- Sons of Anarchy (2008) · actor
- The Simpsons (1989) · actor
- Frasier (1993) · actor
- The Life of Chuck (2024) · writer, producer
- Castle Rock (2018) · writer, producer
- Storm of the Century (1999) · actor, writer, producer
- Rose Red (2002) · actor, writer, producer
- The Monkey (2025) · writer
- Duncanville (2020) · actor
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Subscription and free streaming for Stephen King's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
583 credits, 121 with a MovieCove page; 32 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Carrie(2026)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Willa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Alfie: All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
The Running Man(2025)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
It: Welcome to Derry(2025)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
The Long Walk(2025)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Institute(2025)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
LT's Theory of Pets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Lily (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Life of Chuck(2024)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Reach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Reach (Animated) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Dedication (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Monkey(2025)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
One for the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
E is for Expiation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
The Last King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Salem's Lot(2024)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is In French (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
One for the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
One for the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
The Milkman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Fletcher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Eve Was Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Votum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Godsend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
The Last Rung on the Ladder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Give Me an Answer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
One for the Road (David Jester) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
The Woman in the Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Umbrella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
I Know What You Need (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
October Roses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
The Spot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Dedication (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
One for the Road(2023)
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines(2023)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Stationary Bike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Rainy Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
All That You Love Will Be Destroyed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Nona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
The Boogeyman(2023)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
The Monkey(2023)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
She Burns in Hell: Chapter 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
All That You Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
The Woman in the Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
The Woman in the Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
The Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
The Stationary Bike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
She Burns in Hell: Chapter 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Mr. Harrigan's Phone(2022)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
In the Deathroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Restare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
The Woman in the Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
The Woman In The Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Firestarter(2022)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Beachworld (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Here Comes The Milkman! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Cain Rose Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
That Feeling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Nona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Stationary Bike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is In French (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Chapelwaite(2021)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
In the Deathroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Cain Rose Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Dedication (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Lisey's Story(2021)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
Stationary Bike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Garrish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Woman in the Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Graduation Afternoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Grey Matter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Cain Rose Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
One for the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Cain Rose Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
A Chant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Stand(2020)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
Morning Deliveries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Monsters Hunt at Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Popsy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
A Creepshow Animated Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Children of the Corn(2020)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Blind Willie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Beached (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Hammer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Under the Weather (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Passenger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Paranoid: A Chant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Rest Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Rest Area (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Graduation Afternoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Dark Tower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Duncanville(2020)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Do the Dead Sing? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
A Tale of the Laundry Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
In the Deathrom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Outsider(2020)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Into the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
In the Deathroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Rest Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Uncle Otto's Truck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Morning Deliveries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Vinton's Lot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Popsy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Here There Be Tygers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Doctor Sleep(2019)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
L.T.'s Theory of Pets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Stationary Bike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Rest Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Uncle Otto's Truck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Rainy Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Here There Be Tygers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
All That You Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
In the Tall Grass(2019)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Gray Matters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
It: Chapter Two(2019)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Beachworld (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Willa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Cain Rose Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The House on Maple Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Cuticule (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
A Very Tight Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
In the Radio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Rest Stop. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Pet Sematary(2019)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Georgie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Man in the Black Suit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
One For The Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
One for the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Russian Short. Vol. 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Cain Rose Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Sorry, Right Number (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Last Rung on the Ladder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Woman in the Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Rest Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
She Burns in Hell: Accounts from Chamberlain, Maine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
I Am the Doorway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Rest Area (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Woman in the Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
For the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
In the Deathroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Castle Rock(2018)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Rest Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Popsy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Reach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Doctor's Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Grey Matter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
The Long Walk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Norma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
My Pretty Pony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Stephen King's: Strawberry Spring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Bike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Here There Be Tygers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
In the Deathroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Gray Matter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
In the Deathroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
1922(2017)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Rainy Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
I Am the Doorway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Things They Left Behind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Gerald's Game(2017)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
One for the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
It(2017)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Cain Rose Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Mr. Mercedes(2017)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
The Dark Tower(2017)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Rest Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Mist(2017)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
Dedication (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
My Pretty Pony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Suffer the Little Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Survivor Type (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Escape Plan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Stationary Bike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Pearls of Wisdom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Suffer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Grey Matter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Nona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
One for the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Long Walk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Charusheela (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
All That You Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Popsy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Otto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Nona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Cell(2016)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
The Words of the Prophets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Strawberry Spring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
In the Deathroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Sweet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Nona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Graduation Afternoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Popsy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
11.22.63(2016)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Harvey's Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Grey Matter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
My Pretty Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Harvey's Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Stationary Bike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Rest Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Big Driver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Beachworld (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Derailed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
All That You Love Will Be Taken Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Suffer the Little Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Rest Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Harvey's Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Night Surf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Nona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Harvey’s Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Willa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Rest Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Susannah's Lesson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
I Am the Doorway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Chão de Vidro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Times At Special Bargain Rates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Night Surf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Popsy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Paranoid: A Chant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Willa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Graduation Afternoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Big Driver(2014)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Mercy(2014)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
A Good Marriage(2014)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Big Driver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Harvey's Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Premium Harmony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Boogeyman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Popsy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Stand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Morality (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Man in the Black Suit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
In the Deathroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Cain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Sneakers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Survivor Type (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
A Very Tight Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Harvey’s Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Dead Man's Hand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Tookey's Bar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Cain Rose Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Roland and Flagg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Wishmaster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Reaper's Image (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Doctor’s Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Carrie(2013)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Flower Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Boogeyman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Beachworld (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Strawberry Spring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Ayana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Harvey's Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Cain Rose Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Under the Dome(2013)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Willa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Maxwell Edison (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
One For The Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Here There May Be Tygers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Lunch at the Gotham Café (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Delver Glass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Reaper's Image (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Popsy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Ayana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Boogeyman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Deathroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Jaunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Rest Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Love Never Dies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
You Missed Sonja (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Harvey's Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Survivor Type (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Things They Left Behind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Harvey's Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Things They Left Behind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Willa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Strawberry Spring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
If You Tell Your Dreams They Won't Come True (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Buka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Last Rung on the Ladder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Last Rung on the Ladder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
I Am the Doorway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Role Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Boogeyman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Harvey's Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Boogeyman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Willa(2012)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Grey Matter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Bag of Bones(2011)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
In the Deathroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Survivor Type (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
A Very Tight Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Dark Tower - The Gunslinger and the Man in Black (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
One for the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Tussenstop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Autopsy Room 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Things They Left Behind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Things They Left Behind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Everything’s Eventual (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Mute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Beachworld (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Message from Jerusalem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Cain Rose Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Flowers for Norma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Dark Shepherd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Here Comes Buka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
I Am the Doorway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
It: The House on Neybolt Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Jerusalem's Lot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Mysterious Call (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Nona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Rainy Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Sorry, Right Number (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Teeth on a Shelf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
The Mystery of a Guy From Valche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Two Wolves of the Blood Princess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Cain Rose Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
One for the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Haven(2010)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Dolan's Cadillac(2009)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Children of the Corn(2009)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Sons of Anarchy(2008)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
The Mist(2007)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
No Smoking(2007)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
1408(2007)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Diary of the Dead(2007)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Desperation(2006)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Creepshow 3(2006)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
The Mangler Reborn(2005)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Fever Pitch(2005)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Riding the Bullet(2004)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Secret Window(2004)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Dreamcatcher(2003)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Carrie(2002)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
The Dead Zone(2002)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Rose Red(2002)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Hearts in Atlantis(2001)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
The Green Mile(1999)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
The Rage: Carrie 2(1999)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Storm of the Century(1999)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Apt Pupil(1998)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Trucks(1997)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Quicksilver Highway(1997)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
The Night Flier(1997)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
The Shining(1997)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
Thinner(1996)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
The Outer Limits(1995)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Dolores Claiborne(1995)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Mangler(1995)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
The Shawshank Redemption(1994)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Baseball(1994)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
The Stand(1994)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Frasier(1993)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
The X-Files(1993)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Needful Things(1993)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Dark Half(1993)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Pet Sematary II(1992)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Sleepwalkers(1992)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Lawnmower Man(1992)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Sometimes They Come Back(1991)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Misery(1990)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
IT(1990)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
Graveyard Shift(1990)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Pet Sematary(1989)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Monsters(1988)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
The Running Man(1987)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
A Return to Salem's Lot(1987)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Creepshow 2(1987)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Stand by Me(1986)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Maximum Overdrive(1986)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Silver Bullet(1985)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Cat's Eye(1985)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Firestarter(1984)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Children of the Corn(1984)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Christine(1983)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The Dead Zone(1983)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Cujo(1983)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Creepshow(1982)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Knightriders(1981)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Shining(1980)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Salem's Lot(1979)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Carrie(1976)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 583 titles, 568 of them dated from 1967 to 2026.
Film career
- 1982Screen debut· Creepshow
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
3 major nominations and no wins, 1994–2017.
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Long Form - Adaptation
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Miniseries
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Miniseries
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Stephen King's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 30th percentile, the median of the 91 of 92 with a score; across their 83 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up28
- 50th to 74th24
- 25th to 49th27
- Below 25th41
Shape of the crowd
38 of their 120 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved12
- Universally Panned10
- Divisive3
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser38
- Broadly Agreed19
- Mixed37
Reviewers score the dialogue 46/100 and the plot and story 41/100 in their films, across 77 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Stephen King's work okay for kids?
Across up to 74 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Stephen King work with?
People who share at least 2 of Stephen King's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mick Garris shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Mick GarrisShared titles: Bag of Bones (2011), Desperation (2006), Riding the Bullet (2004), Quicksilver Highway (1997), The Shining (1997), Sleepwalkers (1992)See all 6 shared titles with Mick Garris
- Frank DarabontShared titles: Walking the Mile (Director's Cut) (2014), The Mist (2007), The Green Mile (1999), The Shawshank Redemption (1994)See all 4 shared titles with Frank Darabont
- Mike FlanaganShared titles: The Life of Chuck (2024), Doctor Sleep (2019), Gerald's Game (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Mike Flanagan
- Craig R. BaxleyShared titles: The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003), Rose Red (2002), Storm of the Century (1999)See all 3 shared titles with Craig R. Baxley
Writers
- Matt GreenbergShared titles: Pet Sematary (2019), Mercy (2014), 1408 (2007), Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)See all 4 shared titles with Matt Greenberg
- Lawrence D. CohenShared titles: Carrie (2013), IT (1990), Carrie (1976)See all 3 shared titles with Lawrence D. Cohen
- William GoldmanShared titles: Dreamcatcher (2003), Hearts in Atlantis (2001), Misery (1990)See all 3 shared titles with William Goldman
- Michael McDowellShared titles: Thinner (1996), Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990), Stephen King's Golden Tales (1985)See all 3 shared titles with Michael McDowell
Actors
- David MorseShared titles: The Timekeepers of Eternity (2021), Walking the Mile (Director's Cut) (2014), Hearts in Atlantis (2001), The Green Mile (1999)See all 4 shared titles with David Morse
- Matt FrewerShared titles: Bag of Bones (2011), Desperation (2006), Riding the Bullet (2004), Quicksilver Highway (1997)See all 4 shared titles with Matt Frewer
- Henry ThomasShared titles: Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023), Gerald's Game (2017), Desperation (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Henry Thomas
- Julianne MooreShared titles: Lisey's Story (2021), Carrie (2013), Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)See all 3 shared titles with Julianne Moore
Composers and editors
- Nicholas PikeShared titles: Bag of Bones (2011), Desperation (2006), Riding the Bullet (2004), The Shining (1997), Sleepwalkers (1992)See all 5 shared titles with Nicholas Pike
- Mark KorvenShared titles: The Institute (2025), Chapelwaite (2021), In the Tall Grass (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Mark Korven
- The Newton BrothersShared titles: The Life of Chuck (2024), Doctor Sleep (2019), Gerald's Game (2017)See all 3 shared titles with The Newton Brothers
- Patrick McMahonShared titles: Bag of Bones (2011), Desperation (2006), The Shining (1997)See all 3 shared titles with Patrick McMahon
Producers
- Richard P. RubinsteinShared titles: The Night Flier (1997), Thinner (1996), Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990), Pet Sematary (1989), Creepshow 2 (1987), Creepshow (1982)See all 6 shared titles with Richard P. Rubinstein
- Dino De LaurentiisShared titles: Sometimes They Come Back (1991), Maximum Overdrive (1986), Cat's Eye (1985), Silver Bullet (1985), Firestarter (1984), The Dead Zone (1983)See all 6 shared titles with Dino De Laurentiis
- Martha De LaurentiisShared titles: Firestarter (2022), Maximum Overdrive (1986), Cat's Eye (1985), Silver Bullet (1985), Firestarter (1984)See all 5 shared titles with Martha De Laurentiis
- Mitchell GalinShared titles: The Night Flier (1997), Thinner (1996), Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990), Pet Sematary (1989), Creepshow 2 (1987)See all 5 shared titles with Mitchell Galin