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MMike Flanagan 8 月 22, 2026
Rang in the new year rewatching this with my 15 year-old son (his first time seeing it), and my father, who is visiting for the holidays. A perfect film, and a perfect evening, with three generations of my family appreciating this timeless story of friendship, endurance, and hope. My father was 45 when it came out, two years younger than I am now. I was 16 when it came out, only a year older than my son is now. I wonder who he’ll be the next time he revisits it.
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Brooks was here. There’s something truly devastating about that particular scene. The one where we find something that’s been completely lost, the soul of a man no longer recognizing his own body, his way of living. Hope no longer visible to the eye, the freedom that a cloistered human so long dreams of never materializes into anything that is of any true meaning to him due to the inability to adjust to new times, to a new life, after spending so many years living in a certain way. It’s heart shattering. For all its hopeful and hopeless moments and the dialogue that makes us think about life and how we perceive it and other people as well, this is an incredibly touching and emotional piece of cinema, one I should’ve watched ages ago.
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“Everybody in here’s innocent, didn’t you know that?” Watched this for the first time in ages as the latest guest on Fangoria’s THE KINGCAST. I say as much on the podcast, but one thing I kept thinking this time around is how little the film’s ideas about the inhumanity of prison have been adopted by the predominant white male college-aged demographic that made this movie the top film on IMDb. I fully believe the depiction of police in media heavily contributes to America’s lionization of the police, and our wrongheaded belief that they’re an organization of heroes that keep the darkness at bay– and yet we have a reverse dynamic with prisons (a near-unanimous media depiction of prison as an…
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You can “film student” me all you want, but I’d seriously question the sanity of anyone who doesn’t think this is an excellent movie.
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You know that feeling when you watch a movie so much it gets boring? I don’t have that 🙂
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If you ever feel down, If you ever feel like giving up, If you ever feel like nothing is gonna workout, If you ever feel hopeless, If you ever feel like dying, Watch this film. It is a miraculous medicine. It is a wonderful movie.
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Incroyable
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بتضحك وبتحزن وكل ذا بيصير في فيلم واحد واحسن شي الممثلين الي فيه
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i mean meehh.. another “life is beautiful” “never give up” “theres hope” “the power of friendship” etc. of this bulshi, i enjoyed it at that tho. i mean it’s a popcorn film it’s watchable for once only yk
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a way out en mieux
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Aklıma geldikçe ağlayasım geliyor
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The first movie I ever truly considered to be my “favorite movie of all time”. 9.9/10
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perfect movie
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I wish for more movies in this type of genre with a female centred cast.
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Such a good, entertaining interesting film. It raised a really interesting topic of how prisoners integrating back into society after long sentences can be really difficult, which isn’t often portrayed in media. I also liked that Red and Brooks’ perspective provided insight into repeat offenders, because the adjustment into society after being in prison for so long can be so challenging due to the prejudice against criminals, and lack of acceptance and compassion.
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“It truly was a Shawshank Redemption”- Tandy Miller
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“Brook was here.”
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Had to watch it for English but actually enjoyed it. There is also lots of unexpected parts which I enjoy
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ben bu filmi yorumlayacak kadar hadsiz değilim. masterpiece brooks ve tommy williams’a saygılar. oç norton
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creo que esta wea es de las mejores películas que he visto en mi puta vida
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bagus bgt anjir sumpah
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I Really loved this movie…i have not much to say about this but its a beautiful story
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HOPE
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one thing I relate from this movie is about the danger of becoming so accustomed to your cage that freedom starts to feel irresponsible it’s like getting so used to being alone and just stay at home 24/7 not caring about what’s happening outside, i’m well aware and it’s such a dangerous habit but this movie was lowkey eye opening in my perspective.
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Eh Tommy and brooks deserved better
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plot twist ny gila banget jir. rip tommy
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Wow
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einfach nur crazy die ganzen messages🤩
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Que enojo con la infiel de su esposa, todo se pudo evitar sí simplemente su esposa no fuera tan estupida. Película tan más bella vas en un carrusel de emociones
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Is this where he got his last name
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hope is a good thing
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beautiful masterpiece
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It was perfect, perfect in every minute detail.
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Ho sempre saputo che Andy Dufresne fosse innocente, da quando ubriaco scende dalla macchina con la pistola in mano, e inaspettatamente non calpesta la piccola piantina proprio sotto di lui. Andy Dufresne è un personaggio d’ispirazione ha sempre cercato di rimanere fedele a sé stesso sensa perdersi nella rabbia, è un uomo con tale autocontrollo che mi è d’ispirazione, per quanto la vicenda sia stata inventata sembra così vera. A parer mio questo film ha tutto: buon attori, trama commovente,…
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Tara was here
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Classic!
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El brooks estuvo aquí me mato 💔💔
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C’était Amazing, un duo d’acteurs assez incroyable Coup de cœur pour la scène du milieu
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Andys hella smart
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bro spent decades in prison and still had better character development than most people i know
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so good
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brooks was here so was red
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I find all the actions surrounding hope so beautiful. Andy just wants to remind them they can’t take hope away from you. But the film doesn’t let hope off that easily: Red and his “hope can drive a man insane.” I think both are right, and I think the movie needs both. What saves it is Red. He spends forty years calling hope dangerous, and the last thing he does is walk to Buxton anyway. Hope saves a man if…
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que buena
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efsane
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Doing a rewatch of my top 4 and after watching this again I think I harshly put it at number 3 because it’s perfect from start to finish
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Def worth the hype
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First, I cry for Brooks, how his “reintegration” into society ends in suicide. Then, I end up crying because I’m watching one of the best movies of my life.
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Хорошее кино о свободе человека, заточенного в тюрьме
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The pinnacle of cinema. One of the greatest movies ever
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Has to be one of my favourite movies. Watch it. That’s all I’ll say. Amazing acting and amazing story line
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Still a 10 out 10 movie. This movie feels like a rollercoaster there is never a dull moment!
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Overrated “art” that doesn’t understand what it means to live or die by the films.
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cried btw also i think i fell in love w tommy
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wow. ive never felt more speechless yet emotional in my life while watching a movie. this is my favourite movie ever and its the only movie that ive cried to during watching it and after watching it. andy being locked up for a crime he hasnt committed for this long seems like the worst thing to ever happen but god sends a man named red to him to remind andy that gods plan always works. andy, heartbroken, his wife who…
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Changed my life.
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orang pinter emg ada aja idenya trs friendshipnya jg keren si
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adoro a parte em que o morgan se torna freeman
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Good film. Stephen King tells a great yarn. Morgan Freeman is special.
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hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever die. and just choose get busy living or get busy dying
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A beautiful ending, full of happiness and emotion.
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No notes honestly. Emotional, entertaining. Just all around a great movie, and to lock Iris of all people in, that’s saying something.
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Müthiş bir son efsane bir film kimilerine göre dünyanın en iyi filmi,bana göre en iyi 6 filminden biri ama tartışmasız gerçekten efsane
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Trip to Mexico finally made it out the group chat
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Peak
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10/10 masterpiece plus points cuz morgan freeman was there
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You gonna eat that? #freeprotein
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Unfortunately one of the most disappointing watches ever Maybe the hype ruined it for me but this movie is one of the most overrated things I’ve ever seen, Really dont understand why it deserves five stars.
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?? wow ??
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Hope
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Eu sendo estatístico, imaginaria a mesma situação
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Todo re obvio (el actor, el cuuatro, el final)(valen esta enojada)(siempre la cago)
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Top 2 Best movies i’ve ever seen in my life, Morgan Freeman goat in this movie. “Brooks Was Here” hurt me.
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Perfect…..
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HHalfwateredroot 8 月 22, 2026
Get busy living or get busy dying.
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فيلم عن الصداقه والامل ، بس يعتبر فيلم عادي ما بستاهل يكون اول فيلم تقييم على imdb
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las vibras que da está película es emocionante
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فيلم إنساني عميق يجسّد معنى الأمل والصبر والحرية بأسلوب ناضج ومؤثر. يتميز بسيناريو متماسك، أداء استثنائي، وإخراج هادئ لكنه بالغ التأثير. أنصح به بشدة؛ تجربة سينمائية خالدة تستحق المشاهدة والله انصح فيه و بقوههههه.
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A história perfeita, contada de uma forma, perfeita!
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Morgan Freeman can read me a bedtime story anytime, and I wouldn’t sleep until I’ve heard the whole thing.
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respect. kesabaran, ketenangan, konsisten, niat, dan harapan adalah hal penting dalam diri seseorang jika menginginkan kebebasan.
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Good flashbacks, inspiring, idk how realistic it is but I cringed quite a bit at a few scenes.
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Gran final
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Está começando a ficar claro o porque os cem melhores filmes da história são os cem melhores filmes da história. PQP! Que filme bom. Que coisa linda a maneira como você deixa o filme no fim. Como o filme deixa você.
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Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.
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Chiant que (en français) le nom du film spoil un chouïa
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No comment. Peak
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Wow What a Wonder full movie Is all that i can say It s Just a perfect movie But maybe I Will like a soundtrack
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not bad, but overrated
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Peak
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get busy living or get busy dying
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Something about mob of the dead and Brutus.
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lowkey gowniana sprawa ucieczka z wiezienia
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“Hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” 10/10. Love this movie. Best movie I’ve ever watched. imo, everything about this movie is perfect.
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yo creo que es la única película que trae a colación el tema de la perfección. realmente no se me ocurre nada que baje de los 10 puntos. las actuaciones, la dirección, la fotografía, la banda sonora, el guión, etc siento un debate interno cada vez que tengo que hablar de perfección. por un lado (el predominante) siento que no existe, que el ser humano jamás va a poder engendrar algo, en este caso alguna obra de arte, sin errores,…
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시간상 중간중간 끊어보느라 영화를 완벽하게 집중해서 보지 못했다. 그래서 시간이 흐른 뒤 다시 한 번 집중해서 보고 싶다. 그치만 결국 주인공이 쇼생크 감옥을 탈출하면서 레드를 만나는 것을 보며 마음이 따뜻해졌다. ‘희망’은 가끔 내 삶 속에서 후순위로 밀려날 때도 있는 가치였는데 ‘희망’이 주는 기쁨, 그리고 ‘자유’가 주는 감사함에 대해 다시 한 번 생각해볼 수 있는 영화였다.
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“hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”
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Is this my favourite movie based on a Stephen King book? No, it’s not. Is it the best movie based on a Stephen King book? Definitely!
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this movie is genuinely one of the most meanfull movies ive ever seen and one of the gayest aswell
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filme pikaaaa! será que alguém pegou a ref do “red”? fica a dúvida
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que manera de llorar con brooks, me rompió el corazón
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like a good dream beinng record
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fdw que hermosa película. ya llevaba dms sin repetirla
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INI PURE BAGUS BANGET SIH, FILM NYA YANG GA BEGITU HEBOH TAPI SETIAP DETIK SETIAP MENIT ALUR CERITA NYA BAGUS, MAKIN LAMA MAKIN KUAT EMOSINYA, WHORT THE WATCH
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Absolute cinema, definition of perfection, holy top 1
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Es un camino de ida del que después no querés volver, querés que la vida de los personajes continúe y dure otra hora más. Por mí la hacían de 3 horas y la miraba igual. Bien ahí que le incluyeron el reencuentro, la película no se sentiría igual sino. Ahora está dentro de mis favoritas sin dudas.
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guess it comes down to a simple choice really. get busy living or get busy dying.
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de repente tudo da vida faz sentido
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gw mo ikut ke pasifik jg bang
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Top 1
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red saying “i hope” after spending his whole life believing he couldn’t is genuinely such a beautiful ending.
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Banyak Yang Bilang Film Ini overrated, Buat Gw enggak, malah masterpiece, Gak heran sih nih film bisa masuk peringkat 1 film terbaik sepanjang masa di IMDB, Filmnya bener bener gila banget, Storytellingnya Bagus Banget, Apalagi Dari Ini film mengambil sudut pandang dari karakter Red yang bercerita dengan hidup di penjara dan bertemu dengan Si Andy Dufresne yang dimasukin di penjara Shawshank Karena diduga membunuh istrinya, Banyak Banget Momen Ikoniknya di film ini, Chemistry Persahabatan Si Andy sama Red Bener bener dapat banget, Heart warming nya juga kerasa. “Get busy living, or get busy dying” Ahh Damn
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Eu não tenho nem palavras pra escrever sobre o qual esse filme é bom. oq quebraram em mim na cena do Brooks fora da prisão , consertaram nesse final lindo.
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Ça m’a un peu moins emporté que la Ligne Verte, à cause de son absence de magie, mais ça reste du lourd, on se sent enfermés avec les prisonniers. Le plot twist est tristement prévisible, le personnel est si débile et cruel, on aime les détester, mais la complicité entre Red et Andy, qui gardent leur calme face à la loi de la prison, est belle à voir. On ressent que les prisonniers, une fois entrés, et même une fois…
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من اروع الافلام الي ممكن تشوفها بحياتك والنهاية جبارة😔
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i need to shawshank redeem my mental health after this
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Babama göre hala dünya tarihinin en iyisi
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Incrível, meu Deus que Incrível, sempre me falaram que ele é bom, nunca tinha assistido e tinha bastante espectativa, e cumpriu todas meu Deus, simplesmente cinema, adorei adorei, e brook esteve aqui
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Brooks was here, get busy living or get busy dying. This one had me stares at the screen and okay I was too stunned to speak. Brooks is probably the character that hit me the hardest because after spending so many years inside, freedom became more frightening than prison. And I can relate.
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92/100
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brooks…
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Whatever you put in my mouth you’re going to lose
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No puedo ni describir lo perfecta que es esta película por dios
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o filme mais bem avaliado de todos os tempos
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Que pelicula mas hermosa
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An award winning classic that upon watching I completely understand. There’s a lot to be celebrated in this film on many fronts, but what’s sticks out the most to me after the first viewing is the acting. The story and setting being what it is, the characters take center stage, specifically their motivations. Every actor played their characters with expressions and mannerisms that felt natural, conflicted, and worth considering. The ambiguity of an expression, but the immediate ability to see…
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life and death and death and life again
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Don’t need me to tell you it’s really good. The ending had me pretty emotional and I got SO invested in the characters. Sing sing is still the better prison movie though…
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What’s that? What’s rehabilitated?
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writing this as i am holding some cry in me. Wow i just feel so good about the way it turned out ; i feel conforted just knowing that he managed to get out and change the course of his life, which, along the duration of almost his entire life, he was certain that was condemned to be suppressed and held back by imprisonment. What i am saying is that he once thought that there was no possible way of…
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LO BUENO: – El uso magistral de la perspectiva y la voz en off. – La exploración del concepto de “Institucionalización”. – La dualidad y evolución de los protagonistas. – La arquitectura del guión y la recompensa emocional (Payoff).
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STILL AMAZING
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Moral of the story… Never screw the guy laundering your money.
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despite having known the part of “guy crawls through shitpipe” beforehand it was still super good. i liked the parts about how much prison sucks and mentally destroys people and how they flounder getting out after years/decades and the changes in society with the parole board and the scenery and cars changing in the nearby town too
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BROOKS WAS HERE, SO WAS RED
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Muy bonita
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Si hay una película q creo q todo el mundo tiene q mirar, es esta Hope Is a good thing
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 parabéns estou sem palavras esse filme me fez acreditar que ainda existe bondade no mundo
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andy handled the wardens taxes and stole the his entire fortune just to escape to zihuatanejo with a retirement plan 🔥
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brooks was here just broke my heart. Never lose hope and the met up in Mexico at that lonely beach those to good friends.
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senangnya skrg rewatch shawshank udh ama pacar @z
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Hope. It’s what makes you getting busy living.
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must watch movie
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Debí estudiar finanzas
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Loved the last scene. Love these kind of movies but prefer dead poets society or good will hunting. Not my favorite but still solid
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I almost soiled myself
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Tremendo
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Que peli hermosa. lloré un mar entero; en parte por el sr brooks y en parte porque en los últimos 40 minutos del largometraje me di cuenta que en toda la película no hubo mas de una mujer. 2 h y media de película y la única escena en la que aparece una mujer es teniendo relaciones sexuales con su amante? Hablamos de una mujer, un ser vivo al igual que cualquier hombre. A ninguna mujer la representa la infidelidad…
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Some movies are great because of the performances. Some because of the writing, direction, or emotional impact. The Shawshank Redemption is one of those rare films where you look at the whole thing and struggle to find a single piece that isn’t working. And for me, the idea that really sits at the center of everything is hope versus institutionalization. You genuinely could build an entire college thesis around that conflict alone. Shawshank doesn’t treat institutionalization as simply becoming comfortable…
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– No sé que esperaba pero fui gratamente sorpredida. Apreció que se ponga sobre la mesa aunque no de forma tan explícita la violación masculina, es un tema del que pocas veces se habla en el cine y mucho menos en protagonistas heterosexuales. – No soy fan de esas películas donde todo sale bien o el guión se sostiene en el poder la fe y la amistad, pero creo que esta cinta lo lleva bien si exagerar. A veces todos necesitamos un poco de esperanza.
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Really good movie. Took me a while to finally watch it but yeah, I get why everyone loves this shit. The ending hit.
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A ver… cómo empezar a describir lo increíble que es esta película. Lo que te hace sentir andy no tiene nombre: cómo es él cómo persona, que le pasa de todo y sigue con su vida porque tiene esperanza; el impacto que tiene sobre TODOS los que lo rodean, ya sea el warden, tommy, brooks y obviamente red. Definitivamente lo mejor d la película son los últimos 30 minutos, posta debe ser el mejor desenlace de una película en la…
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“sou o único culpado em shawshank.” “fico contente q esteja lendo a bíblia, alguma passagem preferida?” puta filme bom, uma narrativa muito boa de acompanhar, conta bem como as coisas naquela cadeia funcionam, um filme incrível demais, assistam e apreciem
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Wow that was so beautiful omg
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I can’t write a witty or funny review bc I can’t see through the tears. Brooks just wanted to be loved and remembered. Rob a man of his soul and expect him to greet tomorrow
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Jake says thank you
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Just wow…Timeless movie about the hope that things can be better, and the resilience to see that hope through. I got to get busy living…
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Got the rock hammer tattooed on my body after watching this film
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que filme maravilhoso da porra mano, simplesmente incrível, queria que esse tipo de filme nunca tivesse parado de existir… 11/10
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Cried like a baby over brooks
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EEstelleM 8 月 21, 2026
Yeah its great
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“Just two days that matter, the one you go in and the one you get out” -Avon Barsdale
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Así se siente terminar bachillerato
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One of those films that seem impossible to dislike.
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they send u here for life , that’s exactly what they take
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bem decente, a história se fecha mto bem, o filme não é desinteresante em praticamente nenhum momento, mas ele pra mim é meio datado, tipo ele não faz nada super grandioso, só faz o basico mto bem
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I’m so late to thisss?! Goddamnnn, this was PEAK. You guys weren’t joking 😭 Watched this bcs literally all my mutuals on LB were hyping it up, and yappp… they were NOT lying. Absolute cinema ✋🏻☺️🤚🏻 I think its just flat prison life, The storytelling, the emotions, the ending… everything just so puurrrrfectttt !! So beautiful and genuinely satisfying. IMDb, I owe you an apology , u were right darling #chefkiss
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Doesn’t get better than this. Crack open a bottle of suds.
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Довел до слез
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Somehow, you’ll cry by the end of the movie (Again, you can trust a friend who gives you this recommendation)
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Don’t give up
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A beautiful movie, packed with a bunch of beautiful quotes. Gonna rewatch this.
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This will always be my top 1 The plot ,how it begins ,how it ends ,the cinematography ,the acting ,the details ,the music ,and that perfect ending This movie just gets everything right
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brook was here:(
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i was not that much into movies I have never watched a proper movie before and this is the first movie i watched when I was new in hostel and one of my friends recommended this And demnn , i am posting this review like after 3 years butt and i can say i have watvhed a lot of movies and every famous movie you can think of butt still today this is on the top in my list You…
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masterpiece right here!
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Now I know why it’s #1 IMDb. INo words could ever do this masterpiece justice.
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Director
- Frank Darabont
- Writer
- Frank Darabont
- Studio
- Castle Rock Entertainment
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 142 mins
- Canada10 Sep 1994
- USA13 Sep 1994
- USA22 Sep 1994
- Germany01 Feb 1995
- USA23 Sep 1994
- USA01 Nov 1995
- USA24 Sep 2004
- South Korea18 Mar 2026
- Mexico23 Sep 1994
- USA14 Oct 1994
- Antigua and Barbuda24 Nov 1994
- Democratic Republic of Congo24 Dec 1994
- Falkland Islands24 Dec 1994
- Gambia24 Dec 1994
- Haiti31 Dec 1994
- Martinique01 Jan 1995
- Norway06 Jan 1995
- South Korea28 Jan 1995
- Italy10 Feb 1995
- Australia16 Feb 1995
- UK17 Feb 1995
- Finland24 Feb 1995
- France01 Mar 1995
- Netherlands02 Mar 1995
- Ireland03 Mar 1995
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