Ahead of indisputable classics of the seventh art, this drama sits at the top of the best films in the world’s largest cinema database.
Some films enjoy fleeting success, some only critically, while others manage to establish themselves as classics for spectators for a certain time. According to the ranking of the Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB), the world’s largest database specializing in cinema and television, the best movie of all time was released 30 years ago years and still remains in first place in the ranking today. In front of cult feature films, like The Godfather, The Dark Knight or 12 angry men.
Directed by screenwriter Frank Darabont, this drama is the adaptation of a short novel by Stephen King. We follow banker Andy Dufresne, sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover, although he proclaims his innocence. If the beginnings in the cell are difficult, he will try to improve the conditions of the other prisoners and give them hope in their daily lives.
You may have recognized the scenario of Escapees, ranked #1 Best Movie of All Time on IMDB with user rating of 9.3/0. It is in 6th place among the best films of all time according to Allociné users. When it was released in 1994, Télérama hailed an “ingenious and captivating thriller” carried by “amazing” actors, while Le Figaro praised “an ambitious work”. The specialist media Positif and Les Cahiers du cinéma were more measured.
More sAlthough it is now a cult film, this prison drama starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman was a failure at the box office upon its release, suffering in particular from competition from Pulp fiction or Forrest Gump released the same year. But over time and through multiple television rebroadcasts and its DVD release, it has built a solid reputation, also appearing in the list of 100 best films from the American Film Institute.
Besides, The Escapees was nominated for seven Oscars in 1995, notably in the Best Film and Best Actor categories, without winning any American awards. However, it was qualified as the best foreign film several times that same year, at several award ceremonies in Japan and elsewhere.
If you haven’t seen yet The escapees, it’s not too late to catch up: this prison drama is available on the subscription streaming platform Max, also accessible via myCanal or the Warner Pass on Amazon Prime Video.
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