99 Homes (2014)
Drama
A father struggles to get back the home that his family was evicted from by working for the greedy real estate broker who's the source of his frustration/
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Laura Dern, Michael Shannon, Noah Lomax
Director: Ramin Bahrani
Freeheld (2015)
Biography | Drama | Romance
The true love story of Laurel Hester and Stacie Andree and their fight for justice. A decorated New Jersey police detective, Laurel is diagnosed with cancer and wants to leave her hard earned pension to her domestic partner, Stacie. However the county officials, Freeholders, conspire to prevent Laurel from doing this. Hard-nosed detective Dane Wells, and activist Steven Goldstein, unite in Laurel and Stacie's defense, rallying police officers and ordinary citizens to support their struggle for equality.
Starring: Ellen Page, Julianne Moore, Michael Shannon, Steve Carell
Director: Peter Sollett
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Jesus' Son (1999)
Drama
A gentle and usually mellow young man, who sometimes knows things before they happen and gets vibes of premonition, tell us his story: how he met Michelle in Iowa in 1971, how he got the name of FH, their falling in love and how she introduced him to heroin, his thieving, his hospital work and their time in Chicago when she gets pregnant, detox, going to Phoenix, AA meetings and a dance, working at a care center where he learns to touch the residents, and modifying his daily schedule so that he passes a neighboring Mennonite household at the right time to hear the wife sing Gospel songs in the shower. Slowly, very slowly, FH lets his gifts emerge.
Starring: Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Michael Shannon, Mark Webber, Jack Black, Denis Leary
Director: Alison Maclean
The Harvest (2013)
Horror | Thriller
A couple who keeps their sick son in a secluded environment find their controlled lives challenged by a young girl who moves in next door.
Starring: Samantha Morton, Michael Shannon, Natasha Calis, Charlie Tahan, Peter Fonda, Leslie Lyles, Meadow Williams, Journey Smith
Director: John McNaughton
Boardwalk Empire (TV Series 2010- )
Crime | Drama | History
Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazza, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Michael Kenneth Williams, Paul Sparks, Gretchen Mol, Michael Stuhlbarg, Anthony Laciura, Jack Huston, Anatol Yusef
Creator: Terence Winter
Young Ones (2014)
Action | Drama | Sci-Fi
Set in a near future when water has become the most precious and dwindling resource on the planet, one that dictates everything from the macro of political policy to the detailed micro of interpersonal family and romantic relationships. The land has withered into something wretched. The dust has settled on a lonely, barren planet. The hardened survivors of the loss of Earth's precious resources scrape and struggle.
Starring: Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Elle Fanning, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Director: Jake Paltrow
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Boardwalk Empire (TV Series 2010- )
Crime | Drama | History
Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazza, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Michael Kenneth Williams, Paul Sparks, Gretchen Mol, Michael Stuhlbarg, Anthony Laciura, Jack Huston, Anatol Yusef
Creator: Terence Winter
Kangaroo Jack (2003)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime
Two friends from Brooklyn are forced to deliver mob money to Australia. Their misadventures begin when a kangaroo hops off with the cash.
Starring: Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren, Michael Shannon, Christopher Walken, Dyan Cannon
Director: David McNally
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Man of Steel / Superman: Man of Steel (2013)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
In the pantheon of superheroes, Superman is the most recognized and revered character of all time. Clark Kent/Kal-El (Henry Cavill) is a young twenty-something journalist who feels alienated by powers beyond anyone's imagination. Transported to Earth years ago from Krypton, an advanced alien planet, Clark struggles with the ultimate question 'Why am I here?' Shaped by the values of his adoptive parents Martha (Lane) and Jonathan Kent (Costner), Clark soon discovers that having super abilities means making very difficult decisions. When the world needs stability the most, it comes under attack. Will his abilities be used to maintain peace or ultimately used to divide and conquer? Clark must become the hero known as Superman, not only to shine as the world's last beacon of hope but to protect the ones he loves.
Starring: Henry Cavill, Diane Lane, Amy Adams, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Michael Shannon, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Zack Snyder
Boardwalk Empire (TV Series 2010- )
Crime | Drama | History
Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazza, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Michael Kenneth Williams, Paul Sparks, Gretchen Mol, Michael Stuhlbarg, Anthony Laciura, Jack Huston, Anatol Yusef
Creator: Terence Winter
The Iceman (2012)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Ariel Vromen directs this gritty biopic tracing the career of New York contract killer Richard Kuklinski (Michael Shannon). After convincing his Catholic wife Deborah Pellicotti (Winona Ryder) that he works for Disney when he in fact produces porn videos, Polish-American Kuklinski soon finds himself on the payroll of local mobster Roy Demeo (Ray Liotta) as an 'enforcer'. As he warms to his new role amidst the New Jersey underworld, despatching 'contracts' with clinical precision, a striking contrast begins to build between that of the outwardly devoted family man and the ruthlessly efficient, emotionless killer.
Starring: Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Ray Liotta, Chris Evans, James Franco, David Schwimmer
Director: Ariel Vromen
Premium Rush (2012)
Action | Thriller
Dodging speeding cars, crazed cabbies, open doors, and eight million cranky pedestrians is all in a day's work for Wilee, the best of New York's agile and aggressive bicycle messengers. It takes a special breed to ride the fixie — super lightweight, single-gear bikes with no brakes and riders who are equal part skilled cyclists and suicidal nutcases who risk becoming a smear on the pavement every time they head into traffic.
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Jamie Chung, Dania Ramirez, Aasif Mandvi, Lauren Ashley Carter
Director: David Koepp
13 / Thirteeen (2010)
Drama | Thriller
A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
Starring: Jason Statham, Alexander Skarsgård, Mickey Rourke, Michael Shannon, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Ray Winstone, 50 Cent
Director: Géla Babluani
Boardwalk Empire (TV Series 2010- )
Crime | Drama | History
Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazza, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Michael Kenneth Williams, Paul Sparks, Gretchen Mol, Michael Stuhlbarg, Anthony Laciura, Jack Huston, Anatol Yusef
Creator: Terence Winter
Boardwalk Empire (TV Series 2010- )
Crime | Drama | History
Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazza, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Michael Kenneth Williams, Paul Sparks, Gretchen Mol, Michael Stuhlbarg, Anthony Laciura, Jack Huston, Anatol Yusef
Creator: Terence Winter
Take Shelter (2011)
Drama | Thriller
Curtis LaForche lives in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf. Curtis makes a modest living as a crew chief for a sand-mining company. Samantha is a stay-at-home mother and part-time seamstress who supplements their income by selling handmade wares at the flea market each weekend. Money is tight, and navigating Hannah's healthcare and special needs…
Starring: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham
Director: Jeff Nichols
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Action | Biography | Crime | Drama
Based on the true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who finds faith leading him on a path to East Africa. Shocked by the mayhem in Sudan, Childers becomes a crusader for hundreds of refugee children. Inspired to create a safe haven for the multitudes fleeing enslavement by the brutal Lord's Resistance Army, he restores peace to their lives and eventually his own.
Starring: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon
Director: Marc Forster
