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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.
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The Green Mile (1999)
It has a 58% affinity with The Shawshank Redemption, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and the same director.
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
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GoodFellas (1990)
It has a 48% affinity with The Shawshank Redemption, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
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Cool Hand Luke (1967)
It has a 46% affinity with The Shawshank Redemption, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
It has a 44% affinity with The Shawshank Redemption, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
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Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
It has a 43% affinity with The Shawshank Redemption, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.
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Sing Sing (2024)
It has a 42% affinity with The Shawshank Redemption, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.
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Papillon (1973)
It has a 42% affinity with The Shawshank Redemption, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
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McVicar (1980)
It has a 41% affinity with The Shawshank Redemption, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
John McVicar was a London Bad Boy. he graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain's "Public Enemy No. 1". He was captured and put into a high security prison. Will even the highest security prison be able to hold him? This is the true story of his life, his criminal exploits and his eventual rehabilitation.
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The Informer (2019)
It has a 41% affinity with The Shawshank Redemption, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones.
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Bronson (2009)
It has a 38% affinity with The Shawshank Redemption, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.
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The Town (2010)
It has a 38% affinity with The Shawshank Redemption, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and country of origin.
A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold the manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.
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The Godfather (1972)
It has a 36% affinity with The Shawshank Redemption, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and country of origin.
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
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Prison on Fire (1987)
It has a 32% affinity with The Shawshank Redemption, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and similar audience reach.
A veteran inmate takes a newcomer under his wing as the pair confront both other violent inmates and the prison's corrupt wardens.
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Werckmeister Harmonies (2001)
It has a 32% affinity with The Shawshank Redemption, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and TMDB relationship signals.
A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.
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Being 14 (2015)
It has a 31% affinity with The Shawshank Redemption, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and similar audience reach.
The lives and turbulent adventures of a bunch of fourteen-year-old teenagers, through the eyes of three young girls - Sarah, Jade and Louise - with one last year to go before high school.
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