<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $20 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $61.3 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Misery is a 1990 American thriller film directed by Rob Reiner based on Stephen King's 1987 novel of the same name, starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth, and Frances Sternhagen about a psychotic fan who holds an author captive and forces him to write her stories . </P> <P> It was released on November 30, 1990 in the United States . The film received critical acclaim and Bates's performance as the psychopathic Annie Wilkes won the 1990 Academy Award for Best Actress . As of 2018, Misery is the only Stephen King adaptation to be an Oscar - winning film . The "hobbling" scene in the film was ranked #12 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments . </P>

Movie about a woman who kidnaps a writer