The highest rated movie deserves its position

Rating: 10/10 (7 September 2016)

This highest rated movie deserves its position. There is no doubt that the Shawshank Redemption is the best in its own era, as a 1994 American drama film, and it marks the career top of Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. As it is adapted from the Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, the film tells the story of Andy Dufresne, the banker who was sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murder of his wife and her lover. It tells the story of who claims of his innocence works his way out from scratch by a non-innocent way. During his time at the prison, he made friend with a fellow inmate, Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, and got himself protected by the guards after the warden begins using him in the money-laundering operation. Surprisingly enough, the film was a box office disappointment, despite the fact that it received multiple award nominations (including seven Oscar nominations) and highly positive reviews from critics for its acting, story, and realism. There is no doubt that today it is considered to be one of the greatest films of all time. In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, due to its culturally, historically, or aesthetically significance.