10 Greatest Prison Dramas Since 'The Shawshank Redemption'

Frank Darabont's The Shawshank Redemption, a rousing adaptation of Stephen King's 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, has been the highest-rated film on IMDb for years. It is, by all accounts, one of the most acclaimed motion pictures in history, beloved by critics and audiences around the world alike, setting a new gold standard for how filmmakers approached the prison drama genre going forward.