Stephen King named the best films of the outgoing year

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The king of the literary genre "horror" Stephen King traditionally compiled his own rating of the best films of the outgoing year. The day before, the list was published in Entertainment Weekly magazine. In the first place, the writer has just released "Let Me In: The Saga" - a remake of a horror film by Swedish director Thomas Alfredson, based on the book and script by Jon Lindqvist.

According to King, the film, which tells the story of the outcast boy Owen, who converges with the vampire girl Abby, can be considered not only the picture of the year, but "the best horror film of the decade." As the tabloids remind, the transfer of the Swedish vampire story to the American soil was started by the creator of "Monstro" Matt Reeves, and the main role was played by Chloe Moritz.

Stephen King publishes his ranking annually. You can agree or disagree with him, but, for example, last year the winner was Katherine Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" - later it was he who won the "Oscar" as the best film of the year, Gazeta.ru notes.

In second place is the thriller City of Thieves starring Ben Affleck and Rebecca Hall. According to Stephen King, this film has a very bad title, but the tape itself is "just great and quite deep." In Russia, this picture was released in September 2010, earning about $ 2 million in the domestic box office. With a $ 37 million budget, the film grossed nearly $ 140 million.

Closing the top three is the film "Inception" by Christopher Nolan, where the main role was played by Leonardo DiCaprio. The picture was positively received by both critics and spectators. With a budget of $ 160 million, the film's worldwide gross is $ 823 million.

In fourth place is the Social Network and in fifth - Raider Boys.

Keeping in mind his writing specialization, Stephen King has not forgotten Gareth Edwards' Monsters (8th) and Vincenzo Natalie's Chimera with Adrian Brody (7th). Comedies also hit the top 10: unobtrusive 3D Freaks (9th) and Kick-Ass (6th). In tenth place, the writer placed "Don't Take Alive" by Paul Greengrass with Matt Damon.