20 More So-Called Happy Movie Endings That Absolutely Aren't

Widely regarded as one of the finest films of all time, and certainly one of the most popular, The Shawshank Redemption fittingly has an iconic and memorable ending. Andy and Red (Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman) reuniting outside of Shawshank is cinematic bliss, and a fantastic conclusion to the story.

Fantastic, but not necessarily as happy as it first seemed. The two grew close for the 19 years they shared the inside of the prison walls together after Andy Dufresne was wrongly incriminated for the murder of his wife. So yes, seeing them together on the outside is better than them being on the inside, but it's not quite that straightforward.

While Red was officially released from Shawshank, Andy escaped along with the means to blow the lid on Warden Norton's (Bob Gunton) illegal activity, as well as getting a pretty penny for himself. But after Red violated his parole to meet Andy in Zihuatanejo, the two would have been highly wanted men.

On the run from the law, they would always be looking over their shoulders, waiting to be caught, but even outside of that, there is the misleading title of the film. There was no redemption for Andy. He was never proven innocent, he was still believed to be a killer, and he lost 19 years of his life to the false accusations that he will never get back.