20 Movies Like The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

1 Papillon (2017) ★ 7.2
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2 The Help (2011) ★ 8.1
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3 Good Will Hunting (1997) ★ 8.3
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4 The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) ★ 8.0
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Chris Gardner is a single father. Raising a five-year-old son, Chris struggles to make sure the child grows up happy. Working as a salesman, he cannot pay his rent and they are evicted.
Finding himself on the street, but unwilling to give up, the father takes a job as an intern at a brokerage company, expecting to get a professional position. Only during the internship he will not receive any money, and the internship lasts 6 months...

5 The Color Purple (1985) ★ 7.7
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6 Sling Blade (1996) ★ 8.0
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7 Schindler's List (1993) ★ 9.0
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8 Inception (2010) ★ 8.8
Cobb is a talented thief, the best of the best in the dangerous art of extraction: he steals valuable secrets from the depths of the subconscious during sleep, when the human mind is most vulnerable. Cobb's rare abilities have made him a valuable player in the treacherous world of industrial espionage, but they have also turned him into an eternal fugitive and robbed him of everything he has ever loved.
And now Cobb gets a chance to right his wrongs. His latest case can bring it all back, but to do so, he needs to do the impossible: initiation. Instead of a perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists will have to pull off the opposite. Now their job is not to steal the idea, but to implement it. If they succeed, it will be the perfect crime.

9 The Truman Show (1998) ★ 8.2

10 The Irishman (2019) ★ 7.8

11 The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (2008) ★ 7.8

12 Catch Me If You Can (2002) ★ 8.1

13 A Beautiful Mind (2001) ★ 8.2
From world fame to sinful depths, John Forbes Nash, Jr. A mathematical genius, at the dawn of his career he did titanic work in game theory that turned that branch of mathematics upside down and practically brought him international fame.
However, literally at the same time, the arrogant and successful with women Nash receives a stroke of fate that turns his own life upside down.

14 Forrest Gump (1994) ★ 8.8

15 The Spitfire Grill (1996) ★ 7.0
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16 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) ★ 8.7
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17 American History X (1998) ★ 8.5
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18 Scent of a Woman (1992) ★ 8.0
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19 Into the Wild (2007) ★ 8.1
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20 The Green Mile (1999) ★ 8.6
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