I would second that, and it’s really rare for me to think a movie manages to improve on the book.
Also, I am really surprised that Delores Claiborne isn’t doing better in the poll. I think it’s the best movie adaptation of any Stephen King work. With Misery close behind.
Misery is the only Stephen King adaptation I’ve seen that I consider to be great rather than just good (or worse).
Misery was great. I guess Kathy Bates needs to do more Stephen King stories.
Yeah, I only voted for the 1980 The Shining. I’m not much of a King fan, but am a giant Kubrick fan.
Another write-in for The Dead Zone!
sighs in Spanish-speaker frustation
DOlores Claiborne.
“Dolores” means “Pains” in Spanish, “Delores” doesn’t mean anything and is not the first name of Mrs. Claiborne.
Updated list of write-ins: Maximum Overdrive doing unexpectedly well!
Though, to be honest, I’m going by mentions, and not all specifically say “my write-in vote is…”. I did try to determine whether it seems someone is actually intending a write-in vote, or just offhand mentioning an adaptation, but I probably made some errors on the side of inclusion:
Clearly it pains you to see the name spelled wrong 
It causes me not one Dolor but many Dolores.
My vote is for 1408.
I voted for The Green Mile. I love that movie, and always stop to watch it when I happen across it on TV. It was tough, though, because Carrie is excellent too. The thing that tipped my vote was that Carrie is so… Seventies. 
D’oh! Just realized we could pick up to five. That’ll teach me to read the directions! Okay, here are my other four:
Yeah, yeah, I know. The Langoliers was cheesy as hell, and had some truly tragic acting in it (seriously, somebody should have got that little blind girl some acting lessons, and apparently Dean Stockwell was very hungry, the way he was chewing the scenery). And don’t get me started on the “CGI.” But Mark Lindsay Chapman, Patricia Wettig, and David Morse were great, the rest of the cast was fine, and I loved the story.
The premise of the story was thin as hell. Which is ok for a short story. It doesn’t work so well as a movie. It’s ok if a short story is just a small slice of a world without much explanation. You need more in a movie.
I haven’t read many of his more recent work but there was a time when I read all of them. I couldn’t make it through Dolores Claiborne. The 1st person narration in her dialect made it impossible for me to get through. I agree the movie was much better.
I forgot about that! Excellent cast.
My question:
Has anyone voluntarily sat through Misery twice?
Absolutely!
But I’ve only watched the hobbling scene once.
I read it but I couldn’t tell you anything about what happened in it. Unless that was the one with the evil dust bunny scene, which I remember because c’mon, it’s Stephen King writing about evil dust bunnies.
I think the evil dust bunnies were in Bag of Bones
I’ve just checked and it was indeed Dolores Claiborne. From here:
Seconded, or whatever number it’s up to.
Updated write-in list:
Ah yes, I remember now.
And add another vote for Needful Things.