The Shawshank Redemption
Sep 23, 1994 | IMDB 8.7
142 min Watch NowDrama, Crime
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 Godfather
A Clockwork Orange
The Name of the Rose
Braveheart
Mean Streets
The Wages of Fear
Dutch
The Adventures of Pollyanna
One Night in Oslo
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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IMDB 8.3 | Jun , 1989
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IMDB 5.4 | Nov , 2001
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IMDB 7.9 | Jun , 1982
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IMDB 7 | Mar , 2014
On the night of August 24, 1944, the fate of Paris rests with General von Choltitz, who plans to destroy the city on Hitler's orders. As the general prepares to detonate explosives throughout the capital, Swedish consul Raoul Nordling uses diplomacy in a desperate bid to convince him to defy the orders and save Paris.Absolute Power
IMDB 6.7 | Feb , 1997
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IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 2005
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IMDB 5.2 | May , 2019
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IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 2000
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IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 2005
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IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 1994
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IMDB 8.7 | Mar , 1972
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IMDB 8.2 | Oct , 1971
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IMDB 7.9 | May , 1995
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IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 1973
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IMDB 8 | Apr , 1953
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IMDB 7.4 | Jun , 2021
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IMDB 0 | Apr , 1982
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IMDB 4.6 | Apr , 2014
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IMDB 7.3 | Aug , 2000
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