The Shawshank Redemption
1994Directed by: Frank Darabont
Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton
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.
Crime
Drama
Humanity and the world around us
Moving relationship stories
Brutal, violent prison drama
Powerful stories of heartbreak and suffering
Touching and sentimental family stories
Surreal and thought-provoking visions of life and death