Films set in Maine

1994 American drama film directed by Frank Darabont

2018 film directed by James Wan

It is a 2017 American supernatural horror film directed by Andy Muschietti and written by Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga, and Gary Dauberman. It is the first of a two-part adaptation of the 1986 novel of the same name by Stephen King, as well as the second adaptation following Tommy Lee Wallace's 1990 miniseries. Starring Jaeden Lieberher and Bill Skarsgård, the film was produced by New Line Cinema, KatzSmith Productions, Lin Pictures, and Vertigo Entertainment. Set in the fictional town of Derry, Maine, the film tells the story of The Losers' Club, a group of seven outcast children who are terrorized by the eponymous being which emerges from the sewer in the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown (Skarsgård), and face their own personal demons as the monster torments them.

1999 film by Brad Bird

2006 film directed by Gary Winick

It Chapter Two is a 2019 American supernatural horror film directed by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay by Gary Dauberman. It is the sequel to It (2017) and the second of a two-part adaptation of the 1986 novel It by Stephen King. The film stars James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean, and Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Set 27 years after the events of the first film, the story centers on the Losers Club and their relationships as they reunite to destroy It once and for all.

1990 film directed by John McTiernan

1976 film directed by Brian De Palma

1998 film directed by Nancy Meyers

1999 film directed by Lasse Hallström

2012 film by Tim Burton

2007 film by Frank Darabont

1995 American fantasy film directed by Brad Silberling

1953 film by Jean Negulesco

1990 psychological horror/drama series directed by Tommy Lee Wallace

2019 film directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer

1986 film by Randa Haines

2013 film directed by Kimberly Peirce

2012 American television family comedy film directed by Peter Hewitt

2022 film directed by Andrew Dominik

1983 film by David Cronenberg

1977 American live-action/animated musical fantasy comedy by Don Chaffey

1983 film by Lewis Teague

2001 film by Todd Field

2009 film directed by Charles Guard and Thomas Guard

1945 film by John M. Stahl

1989 film by Mary Lambert

1999 film by Steve Miner

1993 film by Joseph Ruben

2025 film directed by Oz Perkins

2003 film directed by Lawrence Kasdan

1995 film by Taylor Hackford

1953 horror film directed by Eugène Lourié, Ray Harryhausen

2012 film by David Frankel

1993 film by Mel Gibson

2024 film directed by Justin Baldoni

2024 film directed by Gary Dauberman

The Running Man is a 2025 science-fiction action film co-produced and directed by Edgar Wright, from a screenplay by Wright and Michael Bacall. It is the second adaptation of the 1982 novel by Stephen King, following the 1987 film. It stars Glen Powell as Ben Richards, a competitor on a lethal reality television show. The cast also features William H. Macy, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, Daniel Ezra, Jayme Lawson, Sean Hayes, Colman Domingo, and Josh Brolin.

1985 film by Dan Attias

1987 film directed by Michael Gornick

1976 film by Nicolas Gessner

1993 film by George A. Romero

1987 film by Lindsay Anderson

2004 film by Donald Petrie

1999 film directed by Katt Shea

2003 film directed by Jonathan Liebesman

1993 film by Fraser Clarke Heston

2017 film by Sergio G. Sánchez

1992 film by Mary Lambert

1995 miniseries by Tom Holland

2016 film by Farren Blackburn

2023 film by Grant Singer

2001 film by David Wain

2000 film directed by Kathryn Bigelow

2025 film directed by Eva Victor

2002 TV film directed by David Carson

1990 film directed by Ralph S. Singleton

1979 film directed by John Frankenheimer

2020 film directed by Floria Sigismondi

1959 film by Delmer Daves