There is known as "The Shawshank Redemption Index Portable."

As of 2026, the term is evolving. With the advent of 8K and AV1 codecs, the "Index" may shrink or grow. Some users now demand "The Extended Index" (including The Mist on a second drive for the Darabont double feature). Others have moved to microSD cards (the SanDisk Extreme Pro 1TB now passes the Shawshank test easily).

is almost universally used as the "gold standard" or first test case for developers building these portable indexing tools. 2. Portable "Study Guide" Index A specific "index" format for The Shawshank Redemption exists in educational circles, typically distributed as a portable PDF