Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including "Best Picture," The Shawshank Redemption is based on a Stephen King short story about a banker who is wrongly convicted of the murder of his wife and lover.

A prominent banker unjustly convicted of murder spends many years in the Shawshank prison. He is befriended by a convict who knows the ropes and helps him to cope with the frightening realities of prison life.