# Donnie Darko (2001)

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**Runtime**: 114 min
**Genres**: Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
**Directed by**: Richard Kelly
**Written by**: Richard Kelly
**Starring**: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, James Duval, Drew Barrymore, Beth Grant, Maggie Gyllenhaal

> *28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds... that is when the world will end.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Suburban Virginia, Halloween season, a jet engine crashes. A troubled teenager sleepwalks, a giant bunny appears, the countdown begins. Richard Kelly's debut is a cult classic that still polarizes audiences.

**Mood tags**: comfort-cult, mindfuck, outsider, surreal

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 8.0/10 (906192 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 88% · Metacritic 88/100

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