Movie where children are assigned life role at birth

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I'm looking for the name of a movie I saw at least 5 years ago. I believe it had been released relatively recently. The movie is set in a futuristic utopian society.
Children are given a bracelet or code in their forearm with a daily schedule. There is a gatekeeper who lives in a library at the edge of town on a cliff, who is the only person who knows the truth that humans have free will. A new baby is born and assigned the role of the gatekeeper. The story follows the new child as he is mentored by the existing gatekeeper.
The new gatekeeper is outraged that human free will has been kept a secret from society. The reason given for keeping this secret by the existing gatekeeper is to maintain order.
I remember a scene from the start of the movie with babies being sorted on a conveyor belt.
The movie ended with the new gatekeeper escaping from the society.

FuzzyBoots · Answer

This is likely the 2014 film adaptation of The Giver

In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

For a more complete plot summary, the Wikipedia article is pretty decent. The older man who teaches Jonas is the "Receiver of Memory", also known as the "Giver" (they are also the only people who can see color). And yes, Jonas escapes in the end with a baby, Gabriel, who also has the markers for being a potential "Giver".
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