10 Stephen King Stories That Haven't Been Adapted Yet (But Should)
6. From A Buick 8
Another underappreciated jewel in King's sprawling bibliography, From a Buick 8 proclaims to tell the story of a car that acts as a conduit to another world, but its main focus is on the aging men and women around it, their relationships and lives.
A thematically dense piece of work told from several perspectives across decades worth of memories, this 2002 novel is King at his most typical - spooky and fantastical, with cliffhangers and ambiguity galore - but also his most sensitive and character-driven.
In a way almost wistful in its assessment of memory and age and mourning and found family, From a Buick 8 still has plenty of scares, but its true power lies with its characters, who remain some of the author's most vividly drawn and memorably moving. Like The Green Mile and Shawshank, this is one movie-in-waiting not without its twisting flights of fantasy, but it works best as a touching character study that sneaks up on you with its feeling.