Michael Shannon delivers a towering performance as Curtis, a working-class husband and father tormented by apocalyptic visions of a storm that threatens to destroy everything he loves. Convinced disaster is imminent, he begins building a tornado shelter in his backyard, alienating his wife (Jessica Chastain, luminous and heart-wrenching) and community as his obsession deepens. 

Shot with muted realism that erupts into nightmarish dream sequences, Take Shelter captures the creeping dread of environmental catastrophe and the fragility of family in the face of forces too large to control. The film refuses easy answers, leaving viewers suspended between delusion and revelation, personal crisis and planetary warning. 

Now widely regarded as one of the defining American films of the 2010s, Nichols’ modern classic lingers like thunder on the horizon—an unforgettable portrait of fear in an uncertain world.