Overview

• King shared the list "in no particular order" on September 8, naming Sorcerer, The Godfather Part II, The Getaway, Groundhog Day, Casablanca, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Jaws, Mean Streets, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Double Indemnity.
• He explicitly kept four adaptations of his work off the list: Misery, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and Stand by Me.
• Observers highlighted the retro tilt, with most selections from the 1970s and several from the 1940s, plus only one title from the 1990s.
• Coverage noted the absence of Kubrick’s The Shining, consistent with King’s long‑standing criticism of that adaptation.
• The post circulated widely as Lionsgate’s The Long Walk heads to U.S. theaters on September 12, drawing brisk discussion over the choices and omissions.