The Shawshank Redemption (1994) movie poster

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free."
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👍 95%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 86%
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Runtime
2h 22m
Rated
R
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
8.7/10 (29,923 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
82

Cast

Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne · 72% avg
Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding · 72% avg
Bob Gunton as Warden Norton · 75% avg
William Sadler as Heywood · 71% avg
Clancy Brown as Captain Byron T. Hadley · 70% avg
Gil Bellows as Tommy · 68% avg
James Whitmore as Brooks Hatlen · 74% avg
Mark Rolston as Bogs Diamond · 79% avg

Is The Shawshank Redemption good?

Yes. 95% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 86%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#6 / 3335 · Drama
Rank in its year
#1 / 84 · 1994

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American prison drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. The film stars Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne, a banker who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murders of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. Morgan Freeman co-stars as Ellis 'Red' Redding, a long-term inmate who becomes Andy's closest friend.

Over the course of nearly two decades, Andy maintains his hope and dignity while quietly working on an elaborate escape plan. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards but won none, losing to Forrest Gump in several categories. Despite a modest theatrical run of $58 million, The Shawshank Redemption found enormous success through home video and television broadcasts, eventually becoming one of the most beloved films of all time.

It has held the #1 position on IMDb's Top 250 list for most of the site's history.

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