The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story vs The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 8.3/10 for The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story). The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2025). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story posterThe Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story2025 VS The Shawshank Redemption posterThe Shawshank Redemption1994
The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson StoryThe Shawshank Redemption
Audience score★ 8.3/10★ 8.7/10
Year20251994
Length1h 30m2h 22m
GenresCrime, Drama, TV MovieCrime, Drama
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorMichelle OuelletFrank Darabont
Main castSam Trammell, Steve Byers, Russell Yuen, Rachel Sellan, Christian PaulClancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno

Synopsis

The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story

15-year-old Alina Thompson, an aspiring model in 1980s Los Angeles, pulls a fast one on her parents and sneaks away to an amateur photo casting call, where she meets photographer William Bradford. Unbeknownst to Alina, William is a serial killer, and she may be next.

The Shawshank Redemption

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

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