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Jake Gyllenhaal (1980-) is an Oscar®-nominated American actor. Five years ago it seemed Gyllenhaal was headed for super stardom. Lackluster box office results might have derailed his ascent but almost every body will agree the man can act. His IMDb page shows over 50 acting credits since 1991. This page ranks Jake Gyllenhaal movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, video games, documentaries and movies not released in North America theaters were not included in the rankings.
Drivel part: I think Jake Gyllenhaal and Matthew McConaughey have the two hardest last names to remember how to spell correctly. No matter how many times I have typed their last names I always think (and many times I’m right) that I spelled wrong. Anyway this request comes from OU812, who I assume is a Van Halen fan? Sorry it took so long to knock this one out.
Jake Gyllenhaal Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
2005
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Supp Actor Nom
2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
1991
City Slickers (1991)
2004
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
2013
Prisoners (2013)
2011
Source Code (2011)
1999
October Sky (1999)
2007
Zodiac (2007)
2014
Nightcrawler (2014)
2005
Jarhead (2005)
2012
End of Watch (2012)
2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
2015
Everest (2015)
2015
Southpaw (2015)
2023
Guy Ritchie's the Covenant (2023)
2001
Donnie Darko (2001)
2017
Stronger (2017)
2002
The Good Girl (2002)
2001
Lovely & Amazing (2001)
2016
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
2009
Brothers (2009)
2022
Ambulance (2022)
2017
Life (2017)
2018
Wildlife (2018)
2018
The Sisters Brothers (2018)
2010
Love & Other Drugs (2010)
2022
Strange World (2022)
2005
Proof (2005)
2013
Enemy (2013)
2002
Moonlight Mile (2002)
2017
Okja (2017)
Netflix
2021
Spirit Untamed (2021)
Voice Only
1993
A Dangerous Woman (1993)
2007
Rendition (2007)
2021
The Guilty (2021)
Netflix
2015
Demolition (2015)
2024
Road House (2024)
Amazon 
1998
Homegrown (1998)
2019
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
Netflix
2001
Bubble Boy (2001)
2002
Highway (2002)
1993
Josh and S.A.M. (1993)
2015
Accidental Love (2015)
Jake Gyllenhaal Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | Brokeback Mountain (2005) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Heath Ledger & Anne Hathaway |
83.00 | 139.9 | 299.9 | 22 | 87 | 08 / 03 | 98.1 | |
| 2 | Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) | Tom Holland & Samuel L. Jackson |
390.50 | 459.6 | 1,332.0 | 7 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 98.0 | |
| 3 | City Slickers (1991) | Billy Crystal & Jack Palance |
124.00 | 317.6 | 458.4 | 5 | 69 | 01 / 01 | 95.4 | |
| 4 | The Day After Tomorrow (2004) | Dennis Quaid | 186.70 | 324.2 | 944.8 | 7 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 89.8 | |
| 5 | Prisoners (2013) | Hugh Jackman | 61.00 | 80.9 | 161.9 | 58 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 6 | Source Code (2011) | Michelle Monaghan | 54.70 | 74.4 | 200.3 | 62 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 87.1 | |
| 8 | October Sky (1999) | Chris Cooper & Laura Dern |
32.50 | 69.3 | 73.9 | 63 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 85.0 | |
| 7 | Zodiac (2007) | Robert Downey Jr. & Mark Ruffalo |
33.10 | 51.8 | 132.8 | 80 | 85 | 00 / 00 | 84.6 | |
| 9 | Nightcrawler (2014) | Rene Russo & Bill Paxton |
32.40 | 42.7 | 51.1 | 94 | 86 | 01 / 00 | 84.0 | |
| 11 | Jarhead (2005) | Jamie Foxx | 62.70 | 105.5 | 163.2 | 42 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 84.0 | |
| 10 | End of Watch (2012) | Anna Kendrick & Michael Pena |
41.00 | 55.5 | 65.2 | 80 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 83.4 | |
| 14 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) | Ben Kingsley | 90.80 | 124.0 | 459.6 | 37 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 78.8 | |
| 12 | Everest (2015) | Josh Brolin & Jason Clarke |
43.50 | 55.6 | 260.1 | 62 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 77.6 | |
| 16 | Southpaw (2015) | Rachael McAdams | 52.40 | 67.0 | 117.6 | 53 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 75.6 | |
| 14 | Guy Ritchie's the Covenant (2023) | Directed by Guy Ritchie | 16.90 | 16.9 | 19.0 | 81 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 75.6 | |
| 16 | Donnie Darko (2001) | Drew Barrymore | 1.50 | 2.8 | 14.3 | 182 | 85 | 00 / 00 | 74.4 | |
| 15 | Stronger (2017) | Miranda Richardson | 4.20 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 139 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 73.6 | |
| 17 | The Good Girl (2002) | Jennifer Aniston | 14.00 | 26.1 | 31.3 | 130 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 72.3 | |
| 18 | Lovely & Amazing (2001) | Catherine Keener | 4.20 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 161 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 70.1 | |
| 19 | Nocturnal Animals (2016) | Amy Adams & Michael Shannon |
10.70 | 13.3 | 37.5 | 139 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 67.8 | |
| 21 | Brothers (2009) | Natalie Portman & Tobey Maguire |
28.50 | 41.0 | 62.3 | 93 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 66.4 | |
| 20 | Ambulance (2022) | Directed by Michael Bay | 21.30 | 21.8 | 51.1 | 49 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 65.9 | |
| 23 | Life (2017) | Ryan Reynolds | 30.20 | 36.3 | 120.8 | 80 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 62.4 | |
| 22 | Wildlife (2018) | Directed by Paul Dano | 1.10 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 201 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 60.9 | |
| 24 | The Sisters Brothers (2018) | Joaquin Phoenix | 3.10 | 3.7 | 12.1 | 176 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 58.2 | |
| 27 | Love & Other Drugs (2010) | Anne Hathaway | 32.40 | 44.2 | 140.5 | 90 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 55.8 | |
| 27 | Strange World (2022) | Dennis Quaid | 38.00 | 38.9 | 71.2 | 40 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 55.6 | |
| 28 | Proof (2005) | Anthony Hopkins & Gwyneth Paltrow |
7.50 | 12.7 | 23.9 | 157 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 54.2 | |
| 29 | Enemy (2013) | Mélanie Laurent | 1.00 | 1.3 | 4.5 | 184 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 53.3 | |
| 29 | Moonlight Mile (2002) | Dustin Hoffman & Susan Sarandon |
6.80 | 12.7 | 18.6 | 152 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 49.2 | |
| 31 | Okja (2017) Netflix |
Tilda Swinton & Giancarlo Esposito |
0.10 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 353 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 48.4 | |
| 32 | Spirit Untamed (2021) Voice Only |
Walton Goggins | 15.90 | 16.8 | 22.9 | 51 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 47.9 | |
| 32 | A Dangerous Woman (1993) | Debra Winger | 1.50 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 177 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 38.3 | |
| 33 | Rendition (2007) | Meryl Streep & Reese Witherspoon |
9.70 | 15.3 | 42.4 | 140 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 37.2 | |
| 34 | The Guilty (2021) Netflix |
Ethan Hawke | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 329 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 33.9 | |
| 35 | Demolition (2015) | Naomi Watts & Chris Cooper |
2.00 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 166 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 33.8 | |
| 37 | Road House (2024) Amazon |
Billy Magnussen | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 182 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 28.2 | |
| 36 | Homegrown (1998) | Billy Bob Thornton | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 249 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 17.6 | |
| 38 | Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) Netflix |
Rene Russo & John Malkovich |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 387 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 16.4 | |
| 39 | Bubble Boy (2001) | Swoosie Kurtz | 5.00 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 152 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 15.5 | |
| 41 | Highway (2002) | Jared Leto | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 372 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.2 | |
| 40 | Josh and S.A.M. (1993) | Chris Penn | 1.60 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 173 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 11.8 | |
| 41 | Accidental Love (2015) | Bill Hader | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 316 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 5.9 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Jake Gyllenhaal
1. Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal was born in Los Angeles, California in 1980.
2. Jake Gyllenhaal’s sister is actress Maggie “The Dark Knight” Gyllenhaal. They have both received Oscar® nominations for their acting.
3. Jake Gyllenhaal’s godmother is actress Jamie Lee Curtis. His brother-in-law is actor Peter Sarsgaard.
4. Jake Gyllenhaal is godfather of Matilda Ledger (daughter of actor Heath Ledger and actress Michelle Williams).
5. Jake Gyllenhaal has one Oscar® nomination (2005’s Brokeback Mountain) and two Golden Globe® nominations (2010’s Love and Other Drugs and 2014’s Nightcrawler) for movie acting roles.
6. Jake Gyllenhaal was set to play Spider-Man in 2004’s Spider-Man 2 due to Tobey Maguire having injured his back while filming Seabiscuit. While Gyllenhaal was preparing for the role, Maguire recovered to reprise his role as Spider-Man.
7. Jake Gyllenhaal was one of the top contenders for the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in 2005’s Batman Begins. That would have made The Dark Knight even more interesting…though not thinking Maggie would have still gotten her role in that movie.
8. Jake Gyllenhaal has never been married.
9. Jake Gyllenhaal fans call themselves “Gyllenhaalics“.
10. Check out Jake Gyllenhaal’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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Aloha Bruce, Paulette Goddard’s page has gotten more views than Justin Timberlake’s page, makes you wonder about the average age of your readership. 😉
I can’t say I’m the biggest Gyllenhaal fan but I have seen a bunch of his films, let me see… 14 out of 27, not bad.
I liked the first film I saw him in, Donnie Darko, which was pretty weird. I also liked The Day After Tomorrow, Source Code, Nightcrawler, Zodiac and City Slickers.
I haven’t seen – Brokeback Mountain, Southpaw or Rendition.
I’ll recommend Nightcrawler, I thought he was pretty good in that.
Good work Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve….thanks for checking out our latest page. Yes the classic pages have out performed the current pages for sure. Luckily a Jake Facebook page finally started checking this one out.
My tally is at 21…..which is way more than I thought it would be. Of the ones you have not seen….I have to say they were all “one and done” for me. I agree Nightcrawler was good…but very weird…Jake does creepy very very well.
Thanks for the vote up. I actually found a vote up widget but it broke….maybe I will find one that will work more than one day.
He is one of the best actors working today. He should have gotten an Academy Award for Nightcrawler. One of the worst snubs in the last 10 years. Fingers crossed that Nocturnal Animals gets his second nomination. As for your rankings? It kind of lost me when I saw City Slickers sitting in third place.
Hey Duncan. I thought Nightcrawler was a good movie….but probably too disturbing for many of the Oscar voters. I agree he is one of the best actors working today…but he needs some box office success or he might not get as many opportunities to make as many movies as he has in the past.
never been a fan of his but I’m surprised he has been making movies so long. don’t remember him in City Slickers. Did he appear in City Slickers 2 as well?
Hey Anonymous…..I think he has made some really good movies that have gotten no box office glory….while his box office successes have been some really bad movies….like Day After Tomorrow and Prince of Persia….not a good combo…..he needs more Brokeback Mountains….liked by critics and audiences.
He did not appear in City Slickers2….so is this Soren? Thanks for the visit and the comment.
I did not know he got started as a child actor. Twenty five years already, I am impressed. I think he has an excellent chance of having a 50 year career. Just saw a trailer for one of his new movies, Life with Ryan Reynolds. Looks like an Alien rip off but I am a sucker for science fiction. Nice page on a good actor.
Hey Stein….I think I am in the same boat…it was not until a few months ago when I saw a picture of him in City Slickers that I realized that Jake was a very young child actor. I knew him from Bubble Boy and Donnie Darko….so he was always an older teen in my eyes.
Hmmmmm…..never heard of Life…I will have to check out the trailer for Life…..hmmmm…..looking for it……found it….might as well post it here…http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/781307-life-movie-trailer You are right….looks like a Alien copycat movie…but the cast looks interesting.
Thanks for the nice words about my Jake Gyllenhaal movie page.
Wow no love for Jake…..this page is off to a horrible start. Only 14 views in 6 hours?