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4. Annie Wilkes - Misery
Yes, it's another Stephen King adaptation - and the only one to date to earn one of its stars an Academy Award. Rob Reiner's Misery saw Kathy Bates take home the Best Actress Oscar in 1991, though it's perhaps best remembered for her taking away James Caan's ability to walk.
The film that made the phrase "I'm your number one fan" creepy forever, Misery casts Caan as Paul Sheldon, a popular romance novelist longing to break out in a new direction, who suffers a car accident and wakes to find himself in the care of Annie, a kindly nurse who found him, brought him home and tended to his wounds.
However, it transpires that Annie is a big Sheldon reader - and nowhere near as harmless as she initially seems. After reading the manuscript of his latest novel centred on romantic heroine Misery Chastain, Annie is less than pleased with Paul's change of direction, and demands the author make changes, under threat of dire consequences if he does not comply.
Bates is phenomenal, and the infamous hobbling scene was almost certainly the most wince-inducing moment of any King movie - until a similarly unpleasant sequence in the recent Gerald's Game, at least.