6 Movies Starring Shea Whigham

All the Real Girls

All the Real Girls

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-08-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (8957 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

David Gordon Green (story)

Paul Schneider (story)

David Gordon Green

Fullplot:

In a small Southern American town, Paul, who is known for having sexual relations with every girl in town, falls in love with his best friend's younger sister who is a virgin. Paul must try to prove to everyone that this time he is in love rather than in lust.

Wristcutters: A Love Story

Wristcutters: A Love Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-11-02

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (43767 Reviews)

Director:

Goran Dukic

Cast:

Writer:

Goran Dukic (screenplay)

Etgar Keret (short story "Kneller's Happy Campers")

Fullplot:

Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope.

Splinter

Splinter

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-04-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

82 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (24736 Reviews)

Director:

Toby Wilkins

Fullplot:

While camping in the woods, Polly Watt and her clumsy boyfriend Seth Belzer damage their tent. They decide to spend the night in a low-budget motel. Meanwhile the criminals, Lacey Belisle and Dennis Farell, have trouble with their runaway car while heading to Platt and they walk on the lonely road. When Polly passes by Lacey, she stops the car and the couple is rendered by Dennis. However, Polly hits something in the road and while replacing the tire, they are attacked by a weird splinter. The car overheats and they stop in a gas station, where they are trapped by zombies, victims of the splinter parasite.

Spooner

Spooner

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-01-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

83 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (488 Reviews)

Director:

Drake Doremus

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Drake Doremus (story)

Jonathan Schwartz (story)

Lindsay Stidham (screenplay)

Lindsay Stidham (story)

Fullplot:

Herman Spooner still lives with his parents in Monrovia on the eve of his 30th birthday; He sells used cars (badly), fantasizes about his own apartment, is socially isolated, and tries to talk a good game. When he helps Rose, a young woman with car trouble who's driving home to Oceanside before flying to a teaching job in the Philippines, he's smitten. He inflates his resume, gets her a tow to the car lot, puts her at the head of the queue for repairs, and recommends a local hotel for her overnight stay. He visits her there that night and later contrives to get her to stay. Is there any hope for Spooner in this relationship, or is it another case of his letting fantasy take over?

Take Shelter

Take Shelter

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-11-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (60006 Reviews)

Director:

Jeff Nichols

Fullplot:

Curtis, a father and husband, is starting to experience bad dreams and hallucinations. Assuming mental illness, he seeks medical help and counseling. However, fearing the worst, he starts building an elaborate and expensive storm shelter in their backyard. This storm shelter threatens to tear apart his family, threatens his sanity and his standing in the community, but he builds it to save his family's life.

The Life and Mind of Mark DeFriest

The Life and Mind of Mark DeFriest

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-06-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada, USA

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (99 Reviews)

Director:

Gabriel London

Cast:

Writer:

Gabriel London

Fullplot:

Once known as Houdini for his multiple and improbable jailbreaks, Mark DeFriest was condemned to Florida's toughest prison after a lone psychiatrist declared he was faking mental illness. When that doctor reaches out 30 years later, DeFriest finds an unlikely ally willing to examine his infamous past and offer new insights to the Parole Commission.

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