The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - Rain-Soaked Escape

When the wrongfully-imprisoned Andy Dufresne emerges, sodden with excrement, from Shawshank penitentiary, you can't help but jubilantly share his liberation. The Shawshank Redemption is a great but long film, and during its 142 minutes, Andy endures a lot - vicious beatings, a brutal rape, the promise of an acquittal being cruelly snatched away from him - so when he finally emerges, showered in rain and illumined by lightning, it's an ecstatic rebirth. Apparently actor Tim Robbins originally refused to be immersed in the muddy water at the end of the pipe, after a chemist tested the water and described it as 'lethal'. But thankfully for the scene and our list, the actor tightly shut his mouth and dived into the toxic creek. Did You Know? In the novella, Red is an Irishman, and Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood and Paul Newman were considered for the role. The film was deemed a box office failure but eventually became one of the highest grossing home video releases of all time. Tom Hanks was originally offered the role of Andy Dufresne, but had to turn it down to focus on Forrest Gump.