Stand By Me

Rob Reiner's evocative rites-of-passager is still memorable for the performances of its four young stars. And even the fact that half of the cast now reside deep in the Where Are They Now? File (Wil Wheaton? Corey Feldman?) can't diminish the emotional power at its core. Shawshank aside, this is the best non-horror Stephen King adaptation of the bunch.

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