The best movie ever made

Rating: 10/10 (4 December 1998)

This survey proves that the American Film Institute's "Top 100" and Hollywood's "Academy Awards" are nothing but a fraud. Like many others, I did not go see this movie in the theater because Forrest Gump was out at the same time, hogging all the publicity. What a shame. This movie should have swept the Oscars for best picture, best acting (lead and supporting), best directing, best screenplay....etc.
I simply could not believe it when I saw that the AFI Top 100 did not include this picture at all. It is simply the best film ever made. Given the highly different tastes of individuals, it is rare that you can ask friends and acquaintances what the best movie that they have ever seen is and consistently hear the response: "The Shawshank Redemption." Everything, every scene, in this movie works. With the exception of special effects (this film does not need them), this is the movie all others should be measured against.