The Shawshank Redemption (1994) is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made, currently holding the #1 spot on IMDb

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Directed by Frank Darabont and based on a Stephen King novella, the film tells the story of Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), a banker wrongly convicted of murder, and his decades-long friendship with fellow inmate Red (Morgan Freeman) in Shawshank State Penitentiary.