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5 Global Ranking
Wins 77% of its Matchups
87713 Total UsersWho've Ranked It
1017262 Total Times Ranked
3130 Have It At #1
25848 Have It In Their Top 20
Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
Directed By Frank Darabont Frank Darabont Starring Tim Robbins Tim Robbins • Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman • Bob Gunton Bob Gunton • William Sadler William Sadler • Clancy Brown Clancy Brown Genres Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Buddy Film • Drama • Escape Film • Prison Film Studios &Franchises Stephen King • Academy Award Nominated • National Film Registry • AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers • Academy Award Best Picture Nominated • They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? • 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die • Roger Ebert's Great Movies • Castle Rock Entertainment • AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies 10th Anniversary Edition • Academy Award Best Cinematography Nominated • Writers Guild of America's 101 Greatest Screenplays Release Info 1994-09-23T00:00:00Z September 23, 1994 Color • 142 minutes R see more films from 1994 ► see more about this film on our blog ►
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The Shawshank Redemption vs. Star Wars
Mdimmock63 said on Friday
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Captain America: Civil War vs. The Shawshank Redemption
Eagleskywalker87 said on Jun 3
"Civil War is only a good movie that's a few changes away from being a great movie. Shawshank is..." more ►
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smachado22 on 12/30/2010 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
One of my favorite movies growing up.
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ofdisking on 8/27/2011 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
shawshank redemption is without doubt the best movie ever made.i ve watched it at least 10 times without yawning or getting bored and every time i see this movie i fell into a big emotional situation
TommyRobb11 on 9/22/2011 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I nearly cry every time i watch this movie !
Seb on 12/12/2011 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
this IS a great movie. beautifully made, beautifully directed and acted and is endlessly rewatchable.
gmovielover on 12/20/2011 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Oh Man Shawshank is incredible. It is (in my opinion) the Greatest film of all time
deftononious on 12/21/2011 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
The best movie ever made, you Feel it every time you watch it
dermeister on 1/5/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
One of the only ones deserving it's place on the top 10 here.
casinoiscool on 1/16/2012 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
Glad to see this pass inception.
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FilmOdyssey on 5/30/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
#3 on my flickchart
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PiccoloKing on 7/12/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Good movie.
MrAwesome245 on 11/11/2012 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
Great movie but a little overated
deftononious on 12/24/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
No mercy for Batman
dkrichards16 on 3/5/2013 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I know there are other movies that I've been more excited about to see but everytime this movie ends up at number one beacuse its just awesome. I recently watched it for the first time and its perfect.
Caesar on 3/24/2013 Reply · Like · (5 likes)
An unforgettable movie...
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Jackhammer1989 on 4/11/2013 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
It sounds so cliche, but this film gets me every time. How it ever went unnoticed initially after release is a mystery that I will probably never understand.
GoodFather on 7/8/2013 Reply · Like · (4 likes)
This and Pulp Fiction, came out on the same day. That day may be one of the most important days in film history.
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Saltzman_Sees on 10/9/2013 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
The Greatest Film Ever Made
Danielod on 10/13/2013 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
#10 on my Flickchart
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Danielod on 1/6/2014 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
It's moved up a lot more now...
Blackmist on 10/30/2013 Reply · Like · (4 likes)
Nominated for 7 Oscars but no wins; not nominated for Best Director... these are crimes against cinema. This is one of the greatest films ever made.
ipham88 on 11/26/2013 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
In my opinion, this is a good movie, but not a great movie. Solid story line, lead acting, supporting cast, and overall atmosphere, but I believe it falls short of great movies in many ways.
Saltzman_Sees on 1/17/2014 Reply · Like · (1 like)
The greatest film I have ever seen
kanedryhurst on 2/7/2014 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
It was the greatest film I'd seen all those years ago. I've seen about 20+ better since
cheesydog1 on 4/18/2014 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
The best of 1994
Arthouse on 9/26/2014 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Definitely NOT the best film ever. Cinema is so diverse and stretches over the globe. This is a great film but not the best.
Danny237 on 2/22/2015 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
This film is extremely low on my Flickchart, but i think Shawshank is an absolutely overrated film. With 90% on RT, this is no an big film, i think 70% is the correct.
9spaceking on 3/31/2015 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
It's arguable, since IMDB holds it even higher than The Godfather. However, I do agree that Godfather is pretty much the only film able to consistently claim that it is at least one of the top three (or two) best movies of all time; holding a perfect score on both rotten tomatoes and Metacritic, and ranked second best on RT; as well as Third best on flickchart.
...not to mention even on IMDB it's second best. So at worst it's the second best movie ever.
TommyDoyle78 on 5/15/2015 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
A bit overrated, but fantastic!
Koroy on 12/15/2015 Reply · Like · (1 like)
SOLID MOVIE
TommyDoyle78 on 2/2/2016 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Take that back. Horrible movie.
9spaceking on 8/7/2016 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
LOL
LandMiller on 4/10/2017 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Amazing movie!
Eagleskywalker87 on 4/23/2018 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Best of all time? No. Still really good? You bet!
ChrisLasha on 2/28/2019 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
The Shawshank redemption Forrest gump whick mostly entertain us
ShawshankDog on Jun 16 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
This is one of my favourite movies alongside the godfather
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