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The Shawshank Redemption rating

The Shawshank Redemption (1994) holds an 8.7 audience rating from 31.6K votes, 1st among 1994 films.

TMDB
8.7
31.6K votes
Rank in 1994
1st
of 138 films with 250+ votes
Metascore
82
as of September 10, 2025
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
critics
Frank Darabont's films by TMDB rating
  1. The Shawshank Redemption posterThe Shawshank Redemption (this film)19948.7
  2. The Green Mile posterThe Green Mile19998.5
  3. The Mist posterThe Mist20077.0
  4. The Majestic posterThe Majestic20016.8

TMDB rating and votes; the year rank counts 1994 films with 250+ votes. Critic scores are Wikidata snapshots, dated. Runtime is TMDB's listed runtime.

Sources: TMDB (as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (as of 2026-10-28).

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