Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Prisoners
2013 · Movie · 153 min. · United States
Direction Denis Villeneuve
Cast Hugh Jackman · Jake Gyllenhaal · Viola Davis · Maria Bello
Plot When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far...
7.6
57K votes
7.6
57K votes
Donnie Darko
2001 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
Direction Richard Kelly
Cast Jake Gyllenhaal · Maggie Gyllenhaal · Patrick Swayze · Jena Malone
Plot Writer-director Richard Kelly's bold debut film is a social satire, a dark comedy, a science fiction time-traveling fantasy, and a suburban nightmare about an extremely intelligent, depressive, self-destructive, narcoleptic, gun-toting,...
7.4
77K votes
7.4
77K votes
Nightcrawler
2014 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
Direction Dan Gilroy
Cast Jake Gyllenhaal · René Russo · Riz Ahmed · Bill Paxton
Plot A young man stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism. Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) is not having much luck with his job search. After witnessing an accident,...
7.3
40K votes
7.3
40K votes
Nocturnal Animals
2016 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Direction Tom Ford
Cast Amy Adams · Jake Gyllenhaal · Michael Shannon · Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Plot One day wealthy unhappy Susan receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion. The book is called "Nocturnal Animals,"...
7.1
34K votes
7.1
34K votes
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Movie · 134 min. · United States
Direction Ang Lee
Cast Heath Ledger · Jake Gyllenhaal · Anne Hathaway · Michelle Williams
Plot The story of two young men, Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, a Wyoming ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy, who meet in the summer of 1963 sheepherding in the...
7.0
77K votes
7.0
77K votes
October Sky
1999 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Joe Johnston
Cast Jake Gyllenhaal · Laura Dern · Chris Cooper · Natalie Canerday
Plot In a 1950's mining town called Coalwood, Homer Hickam is a kid with only one future in sight, to work in the local coal mine like his father. However in...
6.9
3K votes
6.9
3K votes
The Sisters Brothers
2018 · Movie · 121 min. · France
Direction Jacques Audiard
Cast Joaquin Phoenix · John C. Reilly · Jake Gyllenhaal · Riz Ahmed
Plot Year 1850. Charlie and Eli Sisters live in a wild and hostile world. They have blood on their hands: the blood of criminals and innocent people alike... They have no...
6.9
12K votes
6.9
12K votes
Zodiac
2007 · Movie · 158 min. · United States
Direction David Fincher
Cast Jake Gyllenhaal · Robert Downey Jr. · Mark Ruffalo · Anthony Edwards
Plot Based on the Robert Graysmith book of the same name, Zodiac is about the notorious serial killer who haunted San Francisco during the 1970's. Leaving a series of puzzling clues...
6.8
66K votes
6.8
66K votes
The Covenant
2023 · Movie · 123 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Guy Ritchie
Cast Jake Gyllenhaal · Dar Salim · Antony Starr · Alexander Ludwig
Plot Followed by Sergeant John, who on his last tour of duty in Afghanistan is teamed with local interpreter Ahmed, who risks his own life to carry an injured John across...
6.7
11K votes
6.7
11K votes
John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch
2019 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Rhys Thomas
Cast John Mulaney · David Byrne · Jake Gyllenhaal · Natasha Lyonne
Plot John Mulaney and his kid pals tackle existential topics for all ages with catchy songs, comedy sketches and special guests in a nostalgic variety special.
6.6
137 votes
6.6
137 votes
Okja
2017 · Movie · 118 min. · South Korea
Direction Bong Joon-ho
Cast Ahn Seo-Hyun · Tilda Swinton · Jake Gyllenhaal · Paul Dano
Plot A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.
6.6
17K votes
6.6
17K votes
Southpaw
2015 · Movie · 124 min. · United States
Direction Antoine Fuqua
Cast Jake Gyllenhaal · Forest Whitaker · Rachel McAdams · Oona Laurence
Plot As tragedy strikes him in his prime, famed boxer, Billy Hope, begins to fall into a great depression. Once the decision regarding the custody of his daughter is under question,...
6.5
10K votes
6.5
10K votes
Source Code
2011 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Duncan Jones
Cast Jake Gyllenhaal · Michelle Monaghan · Vera Farmiga · Jeffrey Wright
Plot A sci-fi story centered on a soldier who wakes up in the body of a commuter who witnesses a train explosion. When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes...
6.5
47K votes
6.5
47K votes
Brothers
2009 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Jim Sheridan
Cast Jake Gyllenhaal · Natalie Portman · Tobey Maguire · Mare Winningham
Plot Remake of Susanne Bier's "Brothers (Brødre)" (2004). A young man comforts his older brother's wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan. Brothers tells the powerful story of two...
6.4
12K votes
6.4
12K votes
Jarhead
2005 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Direction Sam Mendes
Cast Jake Gyllenhaal · Jamie Foxx · Peter Sarsgaard · Chris Cooper
Plot Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait. Marine Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford (Gyllenhaal) is...
6.4
27K votes
6.4
27K votes
Enemy
2013 · Movie · 91 min. · Canada
Direction Denis Villeneuve
Cast Jake Gyllenhaal · Mélanie Laurent · Sarah Gadon · Isabella Rossellini
Plot Mild-mannered history proffesor Adam leads a monotonous life until he discovers Anthony, a small-time actor physically identical to him. When Adam seeks out his exact look-alike after spotting him in...
6.4
24K votes
6.4
24K votes
End of Watch
2012 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction David Ayer
Cast Jake Gyllenhaal · Michael Peña · Anna Kendrick · Frank Grillo
Plot LAPD Officers Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Zavala (Michael Peña) are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel, during...
6.4
10K votes
6.4
10K votes
This Is Zodiac
2007 · Documentary · 27 min. · United States
Cast David Fincher · Jake Gyllenhaal · Chloë Sevigny · Mark Ruffalo
Plot This is a featurette on the DVD of Zodiac. It consists of behind-the-scenes footage inter-cut with interviews and some clips of the movie.
6.4
103 votes
6.4
103 votes
Demolition
2015 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Jean-Marc Vallée
Cast Jake Gyllenhaal · Naomi Watts · Chris Cooper · Judah Lewis
Plot Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal), a successful investment banker, struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. Despite pressure from his father in law Phil (Chris Cooper) to pull it...
6.4
8K votes
6.4
8K votes
Spider-Man: Far from Home
2019 · Movie · 129 min. · United States
Direction Jon Watts
Cast Tom Holland · Samuel L. Jackson · Jake Gyllenhaal · Marisa Tomei
Plot Peter Parker returns in Spider-Man: Far From Home, the next chapter of the Spider-Man: Homecoming series! Our friendly neighborhood Super Hero decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ, and...
6.3
21K votes
6.3
21K votes