# The best Jake Gyllenhaal movies

From Donnie Darko and Brokeback Mountain to Nightcrawler and Prisoners: the Gyllenhaal films at the top on Moviepilot and Sigma-Mann.

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- Jul 22, 2025 · popcorn_frankfurt
- https://even.best/en/l/4265/the-best-jake-gyllenhaal-movies

## Top 15

1. **Nightcrawler (2014)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A ruthless freelance cameraman chases crashes and crimes at night in L.A.
2. **Donnie Darko (2001)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A teenager, a rabbit called Frank and the end of the world in 28 days.
3. **Prisoners (2013)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Denis Villeneuve: a detective searches for two kidnapped girls.
4. **Brokeback Mountain (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ang Lee: two cowboys and a love that lasts decades, with Heath Ledger.
5. **Nocturnal Animals (2016)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tom Ford: a gallery owner reads her ex-husband's brutal novel manuscript.
6. **Source Code (2011)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Duncan Jones: eight minutes on a train, again and again.
7. **Enemy (2013)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Villeneuve: a man spots his double in a film.
8. **Brothers (2009)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jim Sheridan: a brother looks after the missing soldier's family.
9. **Jarhead (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sam Mendes: Marines in the Gulf War waiting for a war that never comes.
10. **End of Watch (2012)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — David Ayer: two patrol cops in South Central, shot as if on a handheld camera.
11. **The Sisters Brothers (2018)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jacques Audiard: a western with John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix.
12. **Southpaw (2015)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A boxer loses everything and fights his way back.
13. **Everest (2015)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The 1996 climbing disaster on Mount Everest.
14. **The Day After Tomorrow (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Roland Emmerich freezes New York in a new ice age.
15. **The Guilty (2021)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A 911 dispatcher and a single call, almost in real time.
16. **Zodiac (2007)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — David Fincher: a cartoonist becomes obsessed with the Zodiac killer.

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