The Shawshank Redemption

Banker Andy Dufresne is sentenced to life at Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murder of his wife and her lover despite his claims of innocence. Over nearly two decades he forms a deep friendship with the prison’s informal supplier Ellis Boyd Red Redding and maintains an inner dignity that gradually transforms those around him. Frank Darabont’s film is cinema’s most beloved drama — a story about hope institutional cruelty and the unkillable human spirit anchored by two of the greatest performances in American cinema.