Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck is based on a Stephen King story, but it’s a far cry from the horror genre that most people associate with the storied author; there are no monsters, no terrors, and only the horrors of everyday life. In many ways, it’s very much not what people might expect from Stephen King — except that King has always been telling more varied stories than his reputation might suggest, and they’ve made some amazing movies in the process. For your consideration, readers: the cinematic non-scary stories of Stephen King.

This is For Your Consideration, in which we try to come to terms with the inescapable fact that, honestly, there’s too much out there to have time to watch, read, or hear everything — by making some suggestions about things that you might have overlooked but would enjoy, anyway. Think of it as