Overview

• King shared the list on X on September 9, noting it was presented in no particular order.
• His selections span genres and eras, citing titles such as Casablanca, The Godfather Part II, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Dog Day Afternoon, Sorcerer, Getaway, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Double Indemnity, and Groundhog Day.
• He also named preferred screen versions of his own work outside the top ten, including Misery, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and Stand By Me.
• The new film adaptation The Long Walk is not on the list and is reported to open in German theaters on September 11.
• The Long Walk was first published in 1979 under King's Richard Bachman pseudonym, and the author’s broader career now tops 400 million books sold as he approaches his 78th birthday on September 21.