Best Stephen King Movie adaptation?

[Black Roman]

I judge the best by meaning most faithful to the original context.

I'd say as much as I love Shawshank, I'd pick The Green Mile.

[Shwicaz]

Carrie

[Dark Sasha]

Shining

[Black Roman]

Note I added the Shining even though Stephen King himself was appalled at how much Stanley Kubrick changed in the movie form. but still while not totally faithful to the book The Shining was still a good movie.

[GelfXIII]

It's alomst a toss up between Green Mile and Shawshank. I'll go with Shawshank because I just like it more..

[Black Roman]

Carrie

Didn't put carrie. Good movie but almost completly different from the book.

[Thommy Melanson]

Misery.

Not only one of the best Stephen King films, but one of the best films ever, period.

The Night Flier was also pretty faithful to that short story. For a cheap horror flick it actually had some good scary moments.

[ScotiaNova]

Even though I haven't read the Novella I have to go with Shawshank as best movie based on Stephen King's work, but I have no idea how good of an adaptation it is.
Sometimes the best movie based on a Novel isn't neccesarily the best adaptation of the original work.
The Shining - great novel
The Shining - great movie
The Shining - not really a great representation of the authors intent from page to screen.

[Black Roman]

Even though I haven't read the Novella I have to go with Shawshank as best movie based on Stephen King's work, but I have no idea how good of an adaptation it is.
Sometimes the best movie based on a Novel isn't neccesarily the best adaptation of the original work.
The Shining - great novel
The Shining - great movie
The Shining - not really a great representation of the authors intent from page to screen.

True. I haven't read Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank redemption either. But i have read The Green Mile and it was EXTREMELY faithful to the book. So Great movie, Great Book.

[Brian Boru]

none of the above.

addenda: Well, yeah... Shawshank was good, but I was thinking horror. (Was that a Bachman?)

all the horror adaptations are bad... including The Shining. (And the televersion of The Shining was ten times worse.)

His stuff seems to defy adaptation.