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Stephen King reveals his 10 favourite films of all time

Stephen King shared his top 10 favorite films, notably excluding adaptations of his works, highlighting mostly '40s and '70s classics across multiple genres.

  • On Monday , horror author Stephen King took to X to share his 10 all-time favorite films, writing `Here are my 10 favorite films `.
  • Amid a year of screen adaptations, King noted his stories have been adapted well over 100 times, with The Long Walk scheduled to premiere on September 12.
  • King's list includes Sorcerer, The Godfather Part II, Groundhog Day , Jaws , Close Encounters of the Third Kind , and others spanning classics, noir, and comedies with almost no contemporary horror titles.
  • Online reactions ranged from praise to disagreement over the list, with the comment section filling with varied responses and users debating whether The Godfather 1 surpasses its sequel.
  • Taken together, the selections underscore that Stephen King, 77, values character-first storytelling and cinematic influences, reflecting his long ties to Hollywood.
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Prolific horror author Stephen King revealed his 10 favorite movies of all time — and, of course, he excluded adaptations of his works from the list.

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For someone like Stephen King, who has written more than 65 novels—seven of them under the pseudonym Richard Bachman—and more than 200 stories, it is remarkable that there are more than 50 films based on his work. Many people...

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