Michael Shannon

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

Dir. Rian Johnson · With Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas

Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe—all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives—on the world's fastest train.

Dir. David Leitch · With Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson

In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and ethics with Hermann Göring, Hitler's right-hand man.

Dir. James Vanderbilt · With Rami Malek, Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon

Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

Dir. Jeff Nichols · With Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham

Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.

Dir. Terence Winter · With Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

Dir. Tom Ford · With Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon

New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Dir. Peter Sollett · With Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, Steve Carell

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

Dir. Guillermo del Toro · With Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins

A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

Dir. Zack Snyder · With Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon

Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force are tasked with stopping the flow of the drug Ecstasy into Miami. They track the drugs to the whacked-out Cuban drug lord Johnny Tapia, who is also involved in a bloody war with Russian and Haitian mobsters. If that isn't bad enough, there's tension between the two detectives when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly romancing Marcus’ sister, Syd.

Dir. Michael Bay · With Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jordi Mollà

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney

The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.

Dir. Marc Forster · With Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Kathy Baker

When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. In order to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry's only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?

Dir. Andy Muschietti · With Ezra Miller, Sasha Calle, Michael Keaton

The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.

Dir. Ariel Vromen · With Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Ray Liotta

Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family and their armed posse.

Dir. Jeff Nichols · With Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Tye Sheridan

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

Dir. Sam Mendes · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates

David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.

Dir. Cameron Crowe · With Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz

Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their family.

Dir. Jeff Nichols · With Michael Shannon, Douglas Ligon, Barlow Jacobs

After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's a sex offender and pedophile. Walter finds an apartment and is regularly visited by his parole officer. He gets a job at a lumber mill and starts seeing a coworker. Then his new world begins to unravel; as his past becomes known, he strikes up a high-risk friendship with a young girl and realizes that a man loitering near a schoolyard is a child molester prowling for his next victim.

Dir. Nicole Kassell · With Kevin Bacon, David Alan Grier, Kyra Sedgwick

After becoming orphaned, a lonely girl moves in with her grandparents and tries to befriend a sick, bed-ridden boy next door, despite his mother’s strong objections. Her persistence leads to a friendship, but during secret visits, she uncovers dark secrets in the boy's home.

Dir. John McNaughton · With Samantha Morton, Michael Shannon, Natasha Calis

A young lunatic director and his devoted cult of cinema terrorists kidnap a Hollywood movie goddess and force her to star in their radical underground movie.

Dir. John Waters · With Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt

After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with the devil and working for Rick Carver, the corrupt real estate broker who evicted him.

Dir. Ramin Bahrani · With Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern

After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.

Dir. Jeff Nichols · With Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy

The harrowing true story of the 1993 standoff between the FBI, ATF and the Branch Davidians, a spiritual sect led by David Koresh in Waco, TX that resulted in a deadly shootout and fire.

Dir. John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle · With Michael Shannon, Taylor Kitsch, Rory Culkin

In 1958, in the state of Virginia, the idea of interracial marriage was not only considered to be immoral to many, it was also illegal. When Richard and Mildred fall in love, they are aware of the eyes staring at them and the words said behind their backs. It's when they get married, however, that words and looks become actions, and the two are arrested. The couple decide to take their case all of the way to the Supreme Court in order to fight for their love. Based on a true story.

Dir. Jeff Nichols · With Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Michael Shannon

Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.

Dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon · With Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult

After a young couple moves into a remote farmhouse with their infant son, the woman's struggles with postpartum psychosis begin to intensify... as the house reveals secrets of its own.

Dir. Spencer Squire · With Emma Roberts, John Gallagher Jr., Michael Shannon

Towards the end of the Civil War, a group of Confederate soldiers hole up on an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces.

Dir. Alex Turner · With Henry Thomas, Patrick Fugit, Michael Shannon

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins Jr.

A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past.

Dir. Elizabeth Chomko · With Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forster