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 ...

From his breakthrough in October Sky to his Oscar-nominated turn in Brokeback Mountain, these films are essential viewing for any Jake Gyllenhaal fan.

Gyllenhaal made his acting debut with a small role in 1991’s City Slickers and logged several more films throughout the decade, but it was his role in a 1999 biographical drama that launched him to ...