Michael Shannon
51 titles
Filmography
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Take Shelter
(2011)Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, Curtis LaForche, a young husband and father, questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself. As he tries desperately to stay sane, his obsessive actions become ever more erratic, placing his livelihood, his marriage and eventually his health in jeopardy.

The Iceman
(2012)Based on a shocking true story, a family man goes to great lengths to keep his work as a ruthless assassin a secret from the people he loves.

Shotgun Stories
(2007)Two sets of half brothers start feuding after their father dies.

Midnight Special
(2016)A father (Michael Shannon) goes on the run to protect his young son Alton (Jaeden Lieberher), and uncover the truth behind the boyβs special powers.

Heart of Champions
(2021)When an army vet takes over as coach, the lives of a dysfunctional rowing team are changed forever.

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
(2010)A detective pieces together the story of a man who began to experience mystifying events that led him to slay his mother with a sword.

Frank & Lola
(2016)A seductive and intense noir romance for our times, FRANK & LOLA is the twisted yet irresistible story of two people locked in a battle of passion and obsession.

A Little White Lie
(2023)A small college, desperate to make a splash in the literary world, thinks they have found Shriver, a famous writer who has been in hiding for 20 years. Unfortunately, the person they have located is a different Shriver, a down-on-his-luck handyman who has never read a book in his life and has trouble telling the difference between his imagination and reality.

Pottersville
(2017)Maynard is a beloved local businessman who is mistaken for the legendary Bigfoot during an inebriated romp through town in a makeshift gorilla costume. The sightings set off an international Bigfoot media spectacle and a windfall of tourism dollars for a simple American town hit by hard times.

The Shape of Water
(2017)A lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature.

99 Homes
(2015)A newly laid-off construction worker and single dad is forced to take a job working for the real-estate broker who heartlessly evicted his family.

The Current War
(2018)Fuelled by the intense rivalry between electricity titans Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon), THE CURRENT WAR tells the dramatic story of the late 19th century race to light up America and power the world. Rounding out the cast are Nicholas Hoult as Nikola Tesla, Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland and Tuppence Middleton.

12 Strong
(2018)Set in the harrowing days following 9/11 when a U.S. Special Forces team, led by their new Captain, Mitch Nelson (Hemsworth), is chosen to be the first U.S. troops sent into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. There, in the rugged mountains, they must convince Northern Alliance General Dostum (Navid Negahban) to join forces with them to fight their common adversary.

Premium Rush
(2012)A Manhattan bike messenger's run turns into a life or death chase after a dirty cop becomes desperate to get his hands on the package he carries.

What They Had
(2018)After returning home to help her sick mother, a woman navigates a complicated family dynamic between her stubborn father and brother.

Elvis & Nixon
(2016)On the morning of December 21st 1970 the world's biggest star, Elvis Presley (Michael Shannon) arrived on the White House lawn to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, President Richard Nixon (Kevin Spacey). Elvis & Nixon tells the astounding true story of this meeting between two men at the height of their powers.

Bug
(2007)A paranoid, unhinged war veteran who sees insects everywhere holes up with a lonely woman in a spooky Oklahoma motel room.

The Harvest
(2015)A recently orphaned girl comes to discover the horrifying truth about her dying friend under the tight grip of his controlling physician mother.

Echo Boomers
(2020)Two-time Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon (Knives Out) stars in this gripping crime-thriller filled with pulse-pounding twists and turns. Recent graduate Lance (Patrick Schwarzenegger) leaves college disillusioned, jobless and in debt, realising everything he had worked towards was built on a lie.

The Quarry
(2020)In this searing thriller, a drifter kills a traveling preacher and takes his place at a small-town church, but the police chief suspects foul play.