Direction: Jeff Nichols

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Jeff Nichols. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Shotgun Stories

2007 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Nichols

Cast Michael Shannon · Douglas Ligon · Barlow Jacobs · Natalie Canerday

Synopsis 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...

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

Mud

2012 · Movie · 130 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Nichols

Cast Matthew McConaughey · Tye Sheridan · Jacob Lofland · Reese Witherspoon

Synopsis Mud is an adventure about two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, who find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios - he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty...

6.8

23K votes

6.8

23K votes

Take Shelter

2011 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Nichols

Cast Michael Shannon · Jessica Chastain · Shea Whigham · Katy Mixon

Synopsis Curtis LaForche lives in a small town in Ohio with his wife, Samantha, and daughter, Hannah, a six-year-old deaf girl. When Curtis begins to have terrifying dreams, he keeps the visions to himself, channeling his anxiety into obsessively building a...

6.7

18K votes

6.7

18K votes

Loving

2016 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Nichols

Cast Joel Edgerton · Ruth Negga · Michael Shannon · Marton Csokas

Synopsis The film centers on Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple who married in June 1958. They were arrested, thrown into jail, and exiled from the state. For the next nine years, the couple fought for their marriage and the...

6.5

5K votes

6.5

5K votes

The Bikeriders

2023 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Nichols

Cast Austin Butler · Jodie Comer · Tom Hardy · Michael Shannon

Synopsis In the 60s, the rise of a Midwestern motorcycle club called the Vandals through the lives of its members.

6.3

4K votes

6.3

4K votes

Midnight Special

2016 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Nichols

Cast Michael Shannon · Jaeden Martell · Joel Edgerton · Kirsten Dunst

Synopsis A father and his 8-year-old go on the run when dad realizes the boy has some kind of special powers. Roy (Michael Shannon) is a father desperate to protect his uniquely gifted, eight-year-old son Alton (Jaeden Lieberher). Joined by his...

5.8

7K votes

5.8

7K votes