Overview

• King posted the list on X, specifying the titles were presented in no particular order.
• He named 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 left out four adaptations of his own work—Misery, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and Stand By Me.
• Coverage notes the list skews to older cinema, with six films from the 1970s, three from the 1940s, and one from the 1990s.
• Outlets tied the post to the upcoming theatrical debut of The Long Walk on Sept. 12.