Movie List for "stephen king based on the novel it by"

Doctor Sleep (2019) Drama Fantasy Horror Thriller Movie

Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Director: Mike Flanagan
Writer: Mike Flanagan (screenplay by), Stephen King (based upon the novel by)
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis

Doctor Sleep (2019)

Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Director: Mike Flanagan
Writer: Stephen King (based on the novel by), Mike Flanagan (screenplay)
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis

It Chapter Two (2019)

Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director: Andy Muschietti
Writer: Stephen King (based on the novel “It” by), Gary Dauberman (screenplay by)
Actors: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa

In the Tall Grass (2019)

After hearing a young boy’s cry for help, a sister and brother venture into a vast field of tall grass in Kansas but soon discover there may be no way out…and that something evil lurks within. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Vincenzo Natali
Writer: Vincenzo Natali, Stephen King (based on the novella by), Joe Hill (based on the novella by)
Actors: Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted, Patrick Wilson, Will Buie Jr.

It (2017)

In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town. Year 2017.

Generes: Horror
Director: Andy Muschietti
Writer: Chase Palmer (screenplay by), Cary Joji Fukunaga (screenplay by), Gary Dauberman (screenplay by), Stephen King (based on the novel by)
Actors: Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard

Pet Sematary (2019)

Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, relocate from Boston to rural Maine with their two young children. The couple soon discover a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near their new home. Year 2019.

Generes: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer
Writer: Stephen King (based on the novel by), Matt Greenberg (screen story by), Jeff Buhler (screenplay by)
Actors: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, Jeté Laurence

Gerald’s Game (2017)

A couple tries to spice up their marriage in a remote lake house; after the husband dies unexpectedly, the wife is left handcuffed to their bed frame and must fight to survive and break free. Year 2017.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Director: Mike Flanagan
Writer: Mike Flanagan (screenplay by), Jeff Howard (screenplay by), Stephen King (based on the novel by)
Actors: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Chiara Aurelia, Carel Struycken

Cell (2016)

When a mysterious cell phone signal causes apocalyptic chaos, an artist is determined to reunite with his young son in New England. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Tod Williams
Writer: Stephen King (based on the novel by), Stephen King (screenplay by), Adam Alleca (screenplay by)
Actors: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Clark Sarullo

Doctor Sleep (2019)

Years following the events of “The Shining,” a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Director: Mike Flanagan
Writer: Stephen King (based on the novel by), Mike Flanagan (screenplay)
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis

It Chapter Two (2019)

Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director: Andy Muschietti
Writer: Stephen King (based on the novel “It” by), Gary Dauberman (screenplay by)
Actors: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa

The Dark Tower (2017)

A boy haunted by visions of a dark tower from a parallel reality teams up with the tower’s disillusioned guardian to stop an evil warlock known as the Man in Black who plans to use the boy to destroy the tower and open the gates of Hell. Year 2017.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Western
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Writer: Akiva Goldsman (screenplay by), Jeff Pinkner (screenplay by), Anders Thomas Jensen (screenplay by), Nikolaj Arcel (screenplay by), Stephen King (based on “The Dark Tower” novels by)
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Idris Elba, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert

In the Tall Grass (2019)

After hearing a young boy’s cry for help, a sister and brother venture into a vast field of tall grass in Kansas but soon discover there may be no way out…and that something evil lurks within. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Vincenzo Natali
Writer: Vincenzo Natali, Stephen King (based on the novella by), Joe Hill (based on the novella by)
Actors: Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted, Patrick Wilson, Will Buie Jr.

Doctor Sleep (2019)

Years following the events of The Shining, a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Director: Mike Flanagan
Writer: Stephen King (based on the novel by), Mike Flanagan (screenplay)
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis

Pet Sematary (2019)

Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, relocate from Boston to rural Maine with their two young children. The couple soon discover a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near their new home. Year 2019.

Generes: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer
Writer: Stephen King (based on the novel by), Matt Greenberg (screen story by), Jeff Buhler (screenplay by)
Actors: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, Jeté Laurence

It Chapter Two (2019)

Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director: Andy Muschietti
Writer: Gary Dauberman (screenplay by), Stephen King (based on the novel by)
Actors: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa

It Chapter Two (2019)

Twenty-seven years later, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back. Year 2019.

Generes: Horror, Thriller
Director: Andy Muschietti
Writer: Gary Dauberman (screenplay by), Stephen King (based on the novel by)
Actors: Jessica Chastain, Bill Skarsgård, James McAvoy, Sophia Lillis