Being John Malkovich (1999)

#2184 worldwide · charting in 5 countries

Movie · 113 min · R · cmy, drm, fnt

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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.

  • 7.7 IMDb
  • 7.4 TMDB
  • 94% Rotten Tomatoes
  • 90 JustWatch

Where to watch Being John Malkovich

Available on 7 platforms across 5 countries.

Chart positions today

Currently charting in 5 countries, best placed at #176 in Slovakia.

Available languages

Audio: Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish

Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, MK, Malay, NB, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese

Chart history

Being John Malkovich has spent 0 days in a top 3, 1 days in a top 10 and 46 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #8.

Cast

John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, John Malkovich, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, W. Earl Brown, Carlos Jacott, Willie Garson, Byrne Piven, Gregory Sporleder, Charlie Sheen, Reggie Hayes, K.K. Dodds, Judith Wetzell, Octavia Spencer, Ned Bellamy, Eric Weinstein

Crew

Sandy Stern (producer), Spike Jonze (director), Michael Stipe (producer), Vincent Landay (producer), Steve Golin (producer), Charlie Kaufman (writer)

Awards

5 wins from 10 nominations.

  • Grand prix du Festival de Deauville 1999 — won
  • BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay — won
  • National Board of Review: Top Ten Films — won
  • BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay — won
  • National Board of Review: Top Ten Films — won
  • Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 2000 — nominated
  • Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay 2000 — nominated
  • Academy Award for Best Director 2000 — nominated
  • National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film — nominated
  • National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film — nominated