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Writing

Stephen King

Career: Active from 1976 to 2026, busiest in 2019 with 41 main titles.

Leading roles: 2
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: The Shawshank Redemption
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 132 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Stephen King Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wholesome
1.5, average 3.4
Situational Comedy
0.9, average 2.7
Physical Comedy
0.9, average 2.4
Romance
2.4, average 3.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Stephen King Adaptation 44
Psychological Thriller 15
Psychological Horror 14
Supernatural Thriller 13
Existential Dread 9
Emotional Catharsis 8
Supernatural Horror 8
Slow-Burn Dread 8
Atmospheric Dread 7
Mystery 6
Psychological Dread 5
Supernatural Mystery 5

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

557

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

12 titles

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

Novel

The Mist

Novel

Mute

Story

Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream

Short Story

Autopsy Room Four

Story

Short Story

Novel

The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands

Story

Novel

Novel

Suffer the Little Children

Short Story

Short Story

2020s

126 titles · average score 57

A Story of Derry

67

Novel

The Running Man

61

Executive Producer, Novel

The Long Walk

74

Executive Producer, Novel

The Monkey

59

Short Story

Lily

Writer

The Life of Chuck

74

Executive Producer, Short Story

Salem's Lot

47

Novel, Executive Producer

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

35

Novel

The Boogeyman

59

Short Story

Firestarter

30

Novel

The Timekeepers of Eternity

70

as Tom Holby (archive footage)

Mute

Story

2010s

270 titles · average score 52

It Chapter Two

62

as Shopkeeper

Doctor Sleep

71

Novel, Executive Producer

Pet Sematary

53

Novel

In the Tall Grass

44

Novel

76

Novel

The Dark Tower

37

Novel

Gerald's Game

74

Novel

1922

70

Novel

Cell

30

Screenplay, Novel

A Good Marriage

40

Novel, Writer

Under the Dome

63

TV show · as Diner Patron

Carrie

53

Novel

2000s

74 titles · average score 52

Children of the Corn

16

Short Story, Screenplay

The Mist

67

Novel, Thanks

1408

69

Short Story

Tyger

Story

Desperation

47

Novel, Executive Producer

Secret Window

55

Novel

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital

58

TV show · Creator, Writer

Kingdom Hospital

65

Writer

The Road Virus Heads North

Story

Rose Red

55

TV show · as Pizza Guy

Carrie

55

Novel

Night Surf

Story

1990s

48 titles · average score 51

The Green Mile

78

Thanks, Novel

Storm of the Century

75

TV show · as Lawyer in Ad (uncredited)

The Shining

59

TV show · as Gage Creed

Thinner

38

as Pharmacist

The Langoliers

59

TV show · as Tom Holby

Dolores Claiborne

75

Novel

The Shawshank Redemption

88

Novel, Thanks

The Stand

66

TV show · as Teddy Weizak

Needful Things

48

Novel

Sleepwalkers

43

as Cemetery Caretaker

Golden Years

52

TV show · as Bus Driver

Misery

81

Novel

1980s

25 titles · average score 58

Pet Sematary

54

as Minister

The Running Man

58

Novel

Stand by Me

83

Novel

Maximum Overdrive

36

as ATM Asshole (uncredited)

Silver Bullet

50

Screenplay, Novel

Cat's Eye

66

Screenplay, Short Story

Firestarter

52

Novel

Christine

65

Novel

The Dead Zone

70

Novel

Cujo

58

Novel

Creepshow

65

as Jordy Verrill (segment "The Lonesome Death Of Jordy Verrill")

The Shining

78

Novel

1970s

1 title · average score 80

Carrie

80

Novel

1960s

1 title · average score 72

Omnibus

72

TV show