With a new Stephen King movie arriving in theaters this week – director Francis Lawrence’s The Long Walk – King has taken to social media to share his 10 favorites movies of all time.

Stephen King makes sure to note that the list is in no particular order, and he’s also removed adaptations of his own work from the list. King writes, however, that Misery, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and Stand by Me would otherwise make the cut.

King’s all-time favorite movies mostly aren’t horror movies, you might be surprised to discover, though Steven Spielberg’s JAWS did make the list. Spielberg’s sci-fi classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind is also on King’s list, while The Exorcist director William Friedkin’s other 1970s masterpiece, Sorcerer starring Jaws actor Roy Scheider, made the cut as well.

Other films on Stephen King’s list of his personal favorite movies include The Godfather Part II, The Getaway, Casablanca, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and Double Indemnity, along with Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets. The most surprising movie on the list might be the 1993 Bill Murray comedy Groundhog Day, which is also the most recent movie on the list.

Here’s the full list…

SORCERER
GODFATHER 2
THE GETAWAY
GROUNDHOG DAY
CASABLANCA
TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
JAWS
MEAN STREETS
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE 3rd KIND
DOUBLE INDEMNITY

If you’re looking for a list of horror movies that Stephen King has personally recommend over the years, we’ve got you covered. Movies on that random list of titles that King has gone on record recommending include The Blair Witch Project, Crimson Peak, Dawn of the Dead (2004), The Descent, Event Horizon, Final Destination, Stir of Echoes, and The Witch.

My 10 favorite movies (excluding MISERY, SHAWSHANK, GREEN MILE, STAND BY ME). In no particular order:
SORCERER
GODFATHER 2
THE GETAWAY
GROUNDHOG DAY
CASABLANCA
TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
JAWS
MEAN STREETS
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE 3rd KIND
DOUBLE INDEMNITY

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) September 8, 2025