Stephen King is known for writing novels which have redefined the horror style, from Carrie to The Shining and dozens extra, however he's additionally broadly often known as a faithful cinephile.
The horror novelist loves films of every kind, and he's fast to tweet his newest musings about present movies, like Weapons.
On Monday, September 8, he did one thing he's by no means finished earlier than — he revealed his 10 favorite movies of all time via X.
His publish went viral and have become a supply of good-natured debate. Why Imply Streets and never Taxi Driver? And why no films from the Nineteen Eighties?
Watch With Us has assembled King's checklist and included useful hyperlinks to the place you may watch all 10 films on Netflix, Prime Video and extra.
‘Sorcerer' (1977)
A unfastened remake of the French basic The Wages of Worry, Sorcerer chronicles 4 males's perilous journey as they transport extremely flamable dynamite throughout Central America. With their cargo delicate to any disturbance, the 4 strangers should work collectively to finish their mission and survive to gather their paycheck and flee the nation.
A infamous field workplace flop, Sorcerer has been reassessed in recent times as a cult basic. It's not simply King who loves it — Quentin Tarantino has called it one of the greatest movies ever made.
Rent or buy Sorcerer on Amazon Prime Video.
‘The Godfather Half II' (1974)
The Godfather is an excellent movie, so the truth that The Godfather Half II is someway even higher is nothing in need of a film miracle. Persevering with the saga of the Corleone household, the movie tells two tales: one set within the Nineteen Fifties as Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) turns into the brand new head of the household, and the opposite chronicling his deceased father, Vito (Robert De Niro), as he immigrates from Sicily to America on the flip of the twentieth century. It's an American epic like no different, tracing one household's evolution from scrappy immigrants to a strong mob group.
The Godfather Part Two is streaming on Pluto.
‘The Getaway' (1972)
An motion thriller based mostly on a novel by the good Jim Thompson, The Getaway might be probably the most abnormal film on King's checklist. Much less a basic and extra of a extremely well-made — if dated — style movie, The Getaway stars Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw as husband-and-wife criminals who're on the run after a profitable theft turns bloody. Can they outwit the criminals they double-crossed in addition to the regulation? And might they belief one another?
Rent or buy The Getaway on Amazon Prime Video.
‘Groundhog Day' (1993)
The film that made “I Received You Babe” an earworm track once more, Groundhog Day is likely one of the funniest comedies ever made. When cynical weatherman Phil (Invoice Murray) discovers he's reliving the identical day again and again, his preliminary pleasure at doing no matter he needs with no consequence quickly turns into existential despair. Does the important thing to escaping this everlasting time loop lie with Rita (Andie MacDowell), Phil's co-worker, who hates his guts?
Groundhog Day is streaming on Netflix.
‘Casablanca' (1942)
A timeless basic, Casablanca is a love story set earlier than and through World Battle II. Rick (Humphrey Bogart) is an American cafe proprietor working in Morocco. One evening, his former lover, Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), arrives and asks a favor — assist her Resistance fighter husband escape Casablanca so he can combat Nazis overseas. There's just one drawback — Rick nonetheless loves Ilsa, and he or she appears to have lingering emotions for him, too.
Casablanca is streaming on HBO Max.
‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (1948)
Greed isn't so good on this highly effective John Huston drama, which gained three Oscars in 1949. When three males uncover a gold deposit within the unforgiving Sierra Madre desert, their preliminary elation quickly transforms into mutual mistrust as every man believes the opposite needs to steal his share. As bandits encompass them the three males's paranoia grows, leading to a couple of demise. Will anybody be left alive to benefit from the treasure of the Sierra Madre?
Rent or buy The Treasure of the Sierra Madre on Prime Video.
Everybody loves a great thriller. From 1960's Psycho to 2024's Conclave, suspense films have been round for many years and can at all times discover an appreciative viewers. The style has been in a little bit of a droop these days, with fewer thrillers launched in theaters than in its heyday within the ‘90s. That decade was arguably a excessive […]
‘Jaws' (1975)
The film that made everybody afraid to enter the water nonetheless terrifies audiences, with a current re-release outgrossing the horror hit Weapons and Superman. When a large terrorizes the touristy city of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) groups up with two different males to cease the shark earlier than it strikes once more.
‘Imply Streets' (1973)
Imply Streets put Martin Scorsese on the map and helped launch a profession that's nonetheless going sturdy. Johnny Boy (Robert De Niro) is a reckless hoodlum in Little Italy whose solely redeeming high quality is that his finest good friend is the revered Charlie Cappa (Harvey Keitel). However even Charlie has his limits, and Johnny's legal conduct threatens not solely their friendship however their lives.
Buy or rent Mean Streets on Prime Video.
‘Shut Encounters of the Third Sort' (1977)
Steven Spielberg's sci-fi masterpiece got here out the identical yr as Star Wars, and it has arguably held up higher than George Lucas' house opera. In Muncie, Indiana, abnormal father and husband Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) sees a UFO within the sky. He quickly turns into obsessive about monitoring it down, which causes him to push his skeptical household away. He finally crosses paths with a number of scientists and the US Military, who're additionally satisfied humanity's first contact with sentient extra-terrestrial life is imminent.
Buy or rent Close Encounters of the Third Kind on Prime Video.
‘Double Indemnity' (1944)
Each the prototype and the apex of basic movie noir, this basic suspense film stars Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson, a wealthy Los Angeles housewife who's desperate to eliminate her husband — completely. She enlists gullible insurance coverage salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) to kill her husband, make it appear like an accident and accumulate the double indemnity insurance coverage payout, however Neff's boss, Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson), suspects foul play.
