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Maggie Gyllenhaal has 26 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Donnie Darko.
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Garden State
2004
Comedy · Drama

The Family Man
2000
Comedy · Drama

Chaos Theory
2008
Comedy · Drama

Love Aaj Kal
2009
Comedy · Drama

Adventureland
2009
Comedy · Drama

Shopgirl
2005
Comedy · Drama

Love & Basketball
2000
Comedy · Drama

In Her Shoes
2005
Comedy · Drama

The Dark Knight
2008 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Max · Included

Donnie Darko
2001 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Hulu · Included

Stranger Than Fiction
2006 · Movie · Actor
Top 18%Prime Video · Included

Frank
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 24%Netflix · Included

Secretary
2002 · Movie · Actor
Top 31%Prime Video · Included

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002 · Movie · Actor
Top 33%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Dir. Christopher Nolan · With Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Dir. Richard Kelly · With Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, James Duval

Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.
Dir. Marc Forster · With Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman

A young wannabe musician discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
Dir. Lenny Abrahamson · With Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal

A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
Dir. Steven Shainberg · With James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies

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

Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.
Dir. Tanya Wexler · With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce

Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal

When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend—they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son.
Dir. Scott Cooper · With Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall

Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.
Dir. Mike Newell · With Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles

The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence of the area.
Dir. David Simon, George Pelecanos · With James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chris Bauer

A young lunatic director and his devoted cult of cinema terrorists kidnap a Hollywood movie goddess and force her to star in their radical underground movie.
Dir. John Waters · With Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt

Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: selling a fake Silver Certificate to currency collector William Hannigan. Rodrigo distrusts his new associate, but needs money to help out his ill father. The situation becomes more complicated when Rodrigo falls for Gaddis' sister, Valerie, drawing another player into the game.
Dir. Gregory Jacobs · With John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to choose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.
Dir. Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Isabel Coixet, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Doyle, Richard LaGravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Alexander Payne, Walter Salles, Oliver Schmitz, Nobuhiro Suwa, Daniela Thomas, Tom Tykwer, Gus Van Sant, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Bruno Podalydès · With Steve Buscemi, Natalie Portman, Willem Dafoe

Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant, Nanny uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.
Dir. Susanna White · With Emma Thompson, Asa Butterfield, Lil Woods

A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride is born. But what ensues is beyond what either of them imagined.
Dir. Maggie Gyllenhaal · With Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard

Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.
Dir. Sam Mendes · With John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Carmen Ejogo

Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.
Dir. Sara Colangelo · With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Parker Sevak, Gael García Bernal

Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed his assassination. Now an adult, Nessa inherits her father's company and changes course from supplying arms to laying data cabling networks between Israel and the West Bank. Her efforts to reconcile the Israelis and Palestinians lands her an appointment to the House of Lords and creates an international political maelstrom.
Dir. Hugo Blick · With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Rea, Lubna Azabal

A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.
Dir. Maggie Gyllenhaal · With Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
Dir. Daniel Barnz · With Viola Davis, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ving Rhames

Filmmaker Nicky offers to track down the son that Mamie gave up for adoption nearly two decades before. Meanwhile, Mamie's stepbrother (and the father of her child), Charley, along with his boyfriend, Gil, try to find out what became of the sperm Gil donated to a lesbian couple. Finally, singer Jude becomes entangled in a love triangle with androgynous drummer Otis and his conservative father.
Dir. Don Roos · With Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Jesse Bradford

After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry's family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry's ability to be a good mother, and Sherry finds her resolve to stay clean slowly weakening.
Dir. Laurie Collyer · With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brad William Henke, Sam Bottoms

Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.
Dir. Gil Kenan · With Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke
Overachieving actress Rebecca must come to grips with her failing marriage to stay-at-home dad Tom. While Rebecca's slacker brother Tobey can't seem to commit to his aspiring-novelist girlfriend, Elaine. As both relationships spin out of control, the two couples embark on a quest to rediscover the magic and romance of falling in love in New York.
Dir. Bart Freundlich · With David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup
Matt Sullivan's last big relationship ended in disaster and ever since his heart's been aching and his commitment's been lacking. Then came Lent, that time of year when everybody gives something up. That's when Matt decides to go where no man's gone before and make a vow: No sex. Whatsoever. For 40 straight days. At first he has everything under control. That is until the woman of his dreams, Erica, walks into his life.
Dir. Michael Lehmann · With Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon, Paulo Costanzo