Films The Shining Film • 1980 • Drama, Horror Watch trailer 82% 84% 84.6% 86% 93%Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.Where to watch Streaming information by Cast & CrewStanley KubrickDirector & ScreenplayDiane JohnsonScreenplayStephen KingNovelJack NicholsonJack TorranceShelley DuvallWendy TorranceDanny LloydDannyScatman CrothersHallorannBarry NelsonUllmanPhilip StoneGradyJoe TurkelLloydAnne JacksonDoctorTony BurtonDurkinLia BeldamYoung Woman in BathSee all cast & crew on IMDbDetailsStatusReleasedReleaseMay 23, 1980OriginsUnited States of AmericaGenresDramaHorrorTagsPsychological DramaPsychological HorrorSupernatural HorrorExternal linksLinks AllMovie American Film Institute Apple TV Britannica Facebook FilmAffinity Google Knowledge Graph Google Play Horror Archive IMDb Letterboxd Metacritic Netflix Official site Plex Rotten Tomatoes TCM TMDB TV Tropes The Numbers Trakt Wikidata Wikipedia iTunes Reviews The Shining Empire • empireonline.com The 10 Best Stephen King Movie Adaptations theringer.com • theringer.com Isolated madness movie review (1980) Roger Ebert • rogerebert.com Great Scott! : the best of Jay Scott's movie reviews : Scott, Jay : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Internet Archive • archive.org Movies to watch this week at the cinema: The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Murder on the Orient Express, and more GamesRadar+ • gamesradar.com Review: The Shining - Slant Magazine Eric Henderson • slantmagazine.com "The Shining" is woke: Experts on race, Jewishness and toxic masculinity Matthew Rozsa • salon.com RemakesTitleYearAvg.The Shining199756.3%The Shining198085.9%CollectionTitleYearAvg.Doctor Sleep201972.7%The Shining198085.9%EvolutionPositions in the top 50 for The Shining in the past 30 days