7 Oscar Nominees You Never Knew Were Based on Books

This cinematic classic was adapted from a novella titled “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” in Stephen King’s 1982 collection Different Seasons. When Andy Dufresne, a banker from Maine convicted of a double murder, is sent to the Shawshank State Penitentiary to serve a life sentence, he meets Red, a fellow prisoner who has learned to smuggle things into the jail from the outside. Morgan Freeman, who earned a best actor nomination for his portrayal of Red, considers Shawshank one of his favorite books.