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10 Best Movies Like Take Shelter

If you loved Take Shelter, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Shotgun Stories

Shotgun Stories

2007★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Take Shelter for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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,...

#2
Mud

Mud

2013★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Take Shelter for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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....

#3
The Big Red One

The Big Red One

1980★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Take Shelter for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in...

#4
Bambi Meets Godzilla

Bambi Meets Godzilla

1969★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Take Shelter for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In this Epic Crossover between Godzilla and Bambi only one will come out on top? Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009....

#5
Avenue Montaigne

Avenue Montaigne

2006★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Take Shelter for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. ...

#6
Death of a Superhero

Death of a Superhero

2011★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Take Shelter for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality....