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...

Max

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