The Stand (Season 1)

The Stand (1994) is a four-part mini-series blending sci-fi and post-apocalyptic drama — watch it online on iFILM. Director Mick Garris adapted Stephen King's 1978 novel: a weaponized plague sweeps across the country, leaving only scattered survivors who soon feel drawn toward one of two destinations.

Boulder, Colorado becomes a refuge built around a century-old seer named Mother Abagail. Las Vegas is something else entirely — ruled by the darkly charismatic Randall Flagg. Gary Sinise, Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald and Jamey Sheridan anchor an ensemble where every character must choose a side before the final confrontation arrives. Each episode runs roughly ninety minutes, and the pacing earns that length.

The adaptation holds up decades later as one of the most faithful and ambitious King miniseries ever made for television. Stream The Stand online on iFILM and follow the survivors from the wreckage of civilization to the last battle between two very different visions of what comes next.