Movies starring Michael Shannon

Biography: 
Michael Shannon grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, and began his professional stage career in Chicago. His first acting role was in Winterset at the Illinois Theatre Center. Over the next several years, he continued working on the stage with such companies as Steppenwolf, The Next Lab and the Red Orchid Theatre. He subsequently relocated to London for a year, and performed on stage in London's West E ...  show all 

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman | Ethan Hawke | Albert Finney | Marisa Tomei | Rosemary Harris | Aleksa Palladino | Michael Shannon | Amy Ryan | Brian F. O'Byrne | Blaine Horton | Arija Bareikis | Leonardo Cimino | Lee Wilkof | Damon Gupton | Adrian Martinez
Directors: Sidney Lumet
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Needing extra cash, two brothers conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. But when an accomplice ignores the rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no one is left unscathed.

Bug (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ashley Judd | Michael Shannon | Lynn Collins | Brian F. O'Byrne | Harry Connick Jr.
Directors: William Friedkin
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Having escaped her abusive ex-husband Goss, recently released from state prison, Agnes, a lonely waitress with a tragic past moves into a sleazy, rundown motel and her lesbian co-worker R.C. introduces her to Peter, a peculiar, paranoiac drifter and they begin a tentative romance. However, things don’t always seem as they appear and Agnes is about to experience a claustrophobic nightmare reality as the bugs begin to arrive…

8 Mile (2002)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Eminem | Kim Basinger | Mekhi Phifer | Brittany Murphy | Evan Jones | Omar Benson Miller | De'Angelo Wilson | Eugene Byrd | Taryn Manning | Larry Hudson | Proof | Mike Bell | DJ Head | Michael Shannon | Chloe Greenfield
Directors: Curtis Hanson
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A rap version of “Saturday Night Fever.” B-Rabbit, a wannabe rapper from the wrong side of Detroit’s 8 Mile, has problems: he dumps his girlfriend when she tells him she’s pregnant; to save money to make a demo tape, he moves into his alcoholic mom’s trailer; his job’s a dead end, and he’s just choked at the local head-to-head rap contest. Things improve when he meets Alex - an aspiring model headed for New York - and a fast-talking pal promises to set up the demo. Then new setbacks: Alex isn’t faithful, mom rejects him, rifts surface with his friends, and he’s mugged by rivals. Everything hinges on the next rap showdown at the club. Can B-Rabbit pull truth out of his cap?

High Crimes (2002)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ashley Judd | Morgan Freeman | James Caviezel | Adam Scott | Amanda Peet | Bruce Davison | Tom Bower | Juan Carlos Hernández | Michael Gaston | Jude Ciccolella | Emilio Rivera | Michael Shannon | John Billingsley | Dendrie Taylor | Paula Jai Parker
Directors: Carl Franklin
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High powered lawyer Claire Kubik finds her world turned upside down when her husband, who she thought was Tom Kubik, is arrested and is revealed to be Ron Chapman. Chapman is on trial for a murder of Latin American villagers while he was in the Marines. Claire soon learns that to navigate the military justice system, she’ll need help from the somewhat unconventional Charlie Grimes; meanwhile, Claire’s sister, Jackie, is falling in love with wet-behind-the-ears Lieutenant Embry assigned as the official defense lawyer. And most of the eyewitnesses have rather too conveniently died.

The Woodsman (2004)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Eve | Kevin Bacon | David Alan Grier | Kyra Sedgwick | Benjamin Bratt | Carlos Leon | Michael Shannon | Kevin Rice | Mos Def | Hannah Pilkes | Jessica Nagle | Liam Daniels | Joey Hazinsky | Clara Infinity Daniels | Ashley C. Coombs
Directors: Nicole Kassell
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After twelve years in prison, Walter arrives in an unnamed city, moves into a small apartment across the street from an elementary school, gets a job at a lumberyard, and mostly keeps to himself. A quiet, guarded man, Walter finds unexpected solace from Vickie, a tough-talking woman who promises not to judge him for his history. But Walter cannot escape his past. A convicted sex offender, Walter is warily eyed by his brother-in-law, shunned by his sister, lives in fear of being discovered at work, and is hounded by a suspicious local police officer, Detective Lucas. After befriending a young girl in a neighborhood park, Walter must also grapple with the terrible prospect of his own reawakened demons.

Bad Boys II (2003)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Martin Lawrence | Will Smith | Jordi Mollà | Gabrielle Union | Peter Stormare | Theresa Randle | Joe Pantoliano | Michael Shannon | Jon Seda | Yolanda Vazquez | Jason Manuel Olazabal | Otto Sanchez | Henry Rollins | Antoni Corone | Gary Nickens
Directors: Michael Bay
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Narcotics cops Mike Lowrey (Smith) and Marcus Bennett (Lawrence) head up a task force investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. Their search leads to a dangerous kingpin, whose plan to control the city’s drug traffic has touched off an underground war. Meanwhile, things get sexy between Mike and Syd (Union), Marcus’s sister.

Pearl Harbor (2001)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Ben Affleck | Josh Hartnett | Kate Beckinsale | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Jon Voight | Alec Baldwin | Tom Sizemore | William Lee Scott | Greg Zola | Ewen Bremner | Jaime King | Catherine Kellner | Jennifer Garner | Sara Rue | Michael Shannon
Directors: Michael Bay
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The above summaries do a great job of describing the dynamics of the love triangle that develops between the two pilots that fall in love with the same nurse. The movie also does a credible job of displaying the war from the American side with FDR and our side. It also shows the strategy of Japan as they plan for and execute all facets of the attack on Pearl Harbor. While all details may not be historically correct, I believe that they do the job well - all things considered. Historic events that were altered were probably done so in an attempt to also make this movie the entertaining epic that it is.

Kangaroo Jack (2003)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Crime
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Jerry O'Connell | Anthony Anderson | Estella Warren | Christopher Walken | Marton Csokas | Dyan Cannon | Michael Shannon | Bill Hunter | David Ngoombujarra | Mark Sellito | Damien Fotiou | Christopher Baker | Ryan Gibson | Denise Roberts | Antonio Vitiello
Directors: David McNally
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A comedy that follows the misadventures of two friends from Brooklyn who are forced to deliver mob money to Australia. While taking pictures of a kangaroo, one of them places his red jacket on it. When the wild kangaroo bounces off, they realize the mob money is in the jacket and are forced to give chase through the Outback.

Vanilla Sky (2001)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Tom Cruise | Penélope Cruz | Cameron Diaz | Kurt Russell | Jason Lee | Noah Taylor | Timothy Spall | Tilda Swinton | Michael Shannon | Delaina Mitchell | Shalom Harlow | Oona Hart | Ivana Milicevic | Johnny Galecki | Jhaemi Willens
Directors: Cameron Crowe
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David Aames takes all he has for granted; his wealth, his inherited publishing company, his good looks - his relationships. Especially his relationships. It catches up to him when a friend/sometimes sex-partner can’t see their relationship the way he sees it. From that point, the movie takes a Lynchian twist that ultimately and literally pulls us into Aames’ tortured psyche.