T he best Jake Gyllenhaal movies showcase how impressive the actor's career has been. ... The mid-2000s saw Gyllenhaal star in a series of military-based dramas that had decidedly mixed impacts.

More specifically, Jake was born to film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, and got his early start in movies playing Billy Crystal's son in the 1991 hit City Slickers.

Jarhead is a 2005 biographical war drama film based on U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford's 2003 memoir of the same name, and stars ...

That said, even in that ranking, my all-time favorite Jake Gyllenhaal movie, 2016’s Nocturnal Animals, did get a single mention. Not only that, but I never hear anybody talking about this film.

The movies have always been in Jake Gyllenhaal's blood. Born to a film director father and screenwriter mother, Jake Gyllenhaal has enjoyed a prolific and consistent career in Hollywood. But for ...

More specifically, Jake was born to film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, and got his early start in movies playing Billy Crystal's son in the 1991 hit City Slickers.