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Charlie Kaufman has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
Dir. Michel Gondry · With Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
Dir. Spike Jonze · With John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, John Malkovich
Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman and Orlean's book become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the other's.
Dir. Spike Jonze · With Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Dir. Charlie Kaufman · With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
Dir. George Clooney · With Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.
Dir. Charlie Kaufman · With Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley, Toni Collette
An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.
Dir. Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman · With David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan
A boy with an active imagination faces his fears on an unforgettable journey through the night with his new friend: a giant, smiling creature named Dark.
Dir. Sean Charmatz · With Jacob Tremblay, Paul Walter Hauser, Angela Bassett
Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the civilized ways of the world, Lila fights to preserve the man’s natural state. In the power struggle that ensues, an unusual love triangle emerges.
Dir. Michel Gondry · With Tim Robbins, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans
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