13 Movies Like The Shawshank Redemption and How to Watch Them

Currently at the top of IMDb’s Top 250 Movies (as voted by users) The convicts, and it's easy to see why. Writer-director Frank Darabont's 1994 adaptation of Stephen King's novella, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, is the inspirational story of Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) and his struggle to maintain hope while serving his sentence in the titular penitentiary, with the help of a friend (played by Morgan Freeman).

Also at the top of our list of the 100 best films of the 90s is The Convicts is an emotionally gripping masterpiece that keeps audiences watching multiple times despite its long runtime of two hours and 22 minutes. But if you're curious and want to stream other great movies about prison (or at least movies with the same mood and themes as this classic Stephen King film), you've come to the right place.

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