Misery is the film based on a novel with the same name by Stephen King. It is a 1990 American psychological horror film. Fans often regard the film as one of the best Stephen King adaption, praising the acting of Kathy Bates and James Caan. For her performance as Annie Wilkes, Kathy Bates won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama. In 2003, the American Film Institute named Annie Wilkes the seventeenth greatest villain in motion picture history in their "100 Years...100 Heroes and Villians" list.