Tim Robbins

Mystic River

(2003)
84
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15 Oct 2003
? R
138 min
Brian Helgeland (screenplay), Dennis Lehane (novel)
Won 2 Oscars. Another 52 wins & 116 nominations.
In the summer of 1975 in a neighborhood in Boston, 3 kids, Dave Boyle and two of his friends, Jimmy and Sean, are playing on the sidewalk when Dave gets abducted by two men and endures several days of sexual abuse. Eventually, Dave escapes traumatized throughout adulthood. Jimmy is an ex-con and a father of three, whose daughter Katie, is found dead and Dave becomes the number one suspect. Sean is a homicide detective, investigating Katie's murder, ends up finding himself faced with past and present demons as more is uncovered about Katie's murder. Learning Katie had a boyfriend, ballistics later turn up a gun belonging to the father, which then puts her boyfriend as the suspect. Will Sean find out who killed Katie? Will Jimmy make it through the investigation? And will Dave ever find out what really happened when he was abducted?

The Shawshank Redemption

(1994)
80
14 Oct 1994
? R
142 min
Stephen King (short story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption"), Frank Darabont (screenplay)
Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 20 nominations.
Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.