As Good as It Gets (1997) poster
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FilmPG-131997

As Good as It Gets

DramaComedyRomance

Directed by James L. Brooks

A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery. From TMDB

125 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works

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As Good as It Gets is a 1997 drama comedy romance film, directed by James L. Brooks, starring Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear.

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  • Ashlie Weeks, Esq. @ashlieweeks.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 8, 2026

    I went for a walk today and a tiny dog like the one in As Good As It Gets let me pet her then she jumped into my lap while I was squatting down petting her noggin and she kissed my nose a lot. I just thought everyone should know animals dig me.

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  • Ron Sexsmith @ronsexsmith.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2025

    RIP the great Diane Keaton So many memorable performances from Annie Hall to Looking For Mr Goodbar, The Godfather, As Good As It Gets etc Sad news RS

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  • Edward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 9, 2026

    As Good As It Gets (1997) Director: James L. Brooks

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  • Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    JACK NICHOLSON and HELEN HUNT on their way to Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars for their tremendous performances in the wonderful 90’s Rom-Com AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1997)

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  • Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 10, 2025

    I suppose this is as good a place as any to note that I thought As Good As It Gets was a lousy movie

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  • Shannon @shanitoba.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 10, 2025

    And don’t get me started on As Good As It Gets 😅

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  • Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.comBluesky · May 14, 2025

    Andor, baby. "As Good As It Gets"

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  • Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2024

    Make a movie better by adding “in the ass” to it As Good As It Gets In The Ass

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 22, 2026

    My ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 review of AS GOOD AS IT GETS boxd.it/dfoyvz Pity poor Helen Hunt. Made to romance a manic obsessive asshole 26 years her elder. Oh...movie romance! Genuinely funny dialogue & snappy one-liners, but characters feel "written" & unconvincing in this elevated big screen sitcom. #filmsky 📽

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  • Chris @grizzly2020.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 6, 2025

    #MusicChallenge #ColloquialSongs 9/7 Gene - As Good As It Gets youtu.be/_zRoLH8LmIM?...

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 22, 2025

    Only one King... Happy Bday, Jack Nicholson 4/22/37 12 Oscar nods: 69 Easy Rider 70 Five Easy Pieces 73 Last Detail 74 Chinatown 75 One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest (w) 81 Reds 83 Terms of Endearment (w) 85 Prizzi's Honor 87 Ironweed 92 Few Good Men 97 As Good As It Gets (w) 02 About Schmidt #filmsky 📽

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 21, 2026

    #NowWatching AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1997). Director: James L. Brooks. Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt. In my world, Brooks' TERMS OF ENDEARMENT & BROADCAST NEWS are pitch perfect. This follow-up always felt more cartoonish to me. Let's see if my mind has changed. Nicholson & Hunt won Oscars. #filmsky 📽

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  • Medusa’s Wink @medusaswink.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    As Good As It Gets for Tax Purposes

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  • Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.comBluesky · Dec 25, 2024

    My VICE series on the films of the fall of 1997 came to an end with three of the big releases of Christmas Day: 'Jackie Brown,' 'As Good As It Gets,' and 'Wag the Dog." www.vice.com/en/article/d...

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  • Dear Robin ➡️ BLFC, ANE @dear-robin.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    “People of Bluesky!! Let’s get to know each other better! What’s your favorite movie?” Basically I’m not truly interested in a film if it doesn’t have potential to make me cry a lot As Good As It Gets Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Dragon Heart Being There

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  • Angelo Mondragon @solidtude.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2026

    "As Good As It Gets Between My Legs"

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  • Reem @rommana.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2026

    Add "Between My Legs" to a movie title. As Good As it Gets Between My Legs 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

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  • Spike Friedman @spikefriedman.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2026

    If I were still writing about sports, I think I’d start my gamer tonight with “Jack ‘Superstar‘ Nicholson may have gotten Oscar gold for being As Good As It Gets, but tonight another JSN was just that as the Seahawks put together a performance so good it made me want to be a better man.”

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  • BOBA PENGUIN @ ANIME PASADENA A20 @bobateapenguin.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 16, 2025

    I HOPE THIS ISN'T AS GOOD AS IT GETS I'll be in Arizona this weekend with my pals and Andor is gonna show this movie they've been working HARD on!! (Event details below) Characters by @andorgm.bsky.social #bobapenguinart

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  • Autumn Garden @autumngarden.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 16, 2024

    🎬Today's quote from my favorite movie "As Good As It Gets" (1997). "Melvin Udall: You make me want to be a better man." 💻AI-Portrait of Jack Nicholson as the role of Melvin Udall, generated by Stable Diffusion XL.

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  • Ashley @inkedintrovert.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2026

    Enough news for me. Gotta unwind. I have a date with chocolate covered pretzels and a movie I have watched too many times to count. As Good As It Gets. 🎥 Have a blessed and beautiful Saturday night everyone! Be safe. Stay kind. 🫶🏽

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  • Ashley @inkedintrovert.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 14, 2026

    Enough news for this gal today. Thunderstorms are on the way so I am settling in with a movie. Possibly snacks. As Good As It Gets. 🎥

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2025

    #NowWatching THE SESSIONS (2012). Director: Ben Lewin. John Hawkes, Helen Hunt. Candid, adult film about man in iron lung who contracts sex surrogate to lose his virginity. Was dubious of Hunt's Oscar win for AS GOOD AS IT GETS, but she's absolutely fearless here & got another nod. #filmsky 📽

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  • Allison (she/her) @alliwhotrek.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2024

    As Good As It Gets

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  • Attend The Tale Of ElNarez @elnarez.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2026

    my all-time favorite 2000AD comic; intensely raw and yet deeply poetic, screaming stylish action paired with deep honesty, a war comic about war comics, the basis for every cool thing Milligan did since; THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS

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  • Dew @dewddrop.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 23, 2025

    August is a month where I'm in the mood to watch literally anything, and a lot of it. A true buffet from watching a movie every day this week. Micheal York as d'Artagnan is casting heaven, a true romp! 🤩⚔️ I couldn't believe As Good As It Gets won both lead acting Oscars against titanic, and yet

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  • Erica @briteeyedviolet.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    Gene at the Roundhouse. I’ve wanted to see this band for almost 30 years. Being in the room for As Good As It Gets was fantastic, Olympian will stick with me for a long time to come. My throat hurts from singing along all night.

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  • Sonia Mansfield @thesoniashow.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 3, 2025

    I didn't really like this movie in 1997, and it turns out I hate it even more now. @brooklynmargo.bsky.social and I have a lot to say about AS GOOD AS IT GETS on this week's @dorkingout.bsky.social www.spreaker.com/episode/as-g...

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  • Andor @andorgm.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2024

    Last month i screened a early version of my feature lenght animated movie I Hope This Isnt As Good As It Gets! Will come out offically everywhere sometime in Febuary but here is some shots from the movie. #animation

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  • Reddington @katarinarostovairl.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2026

    Add "Between My Legs" to a movie title. As Good As It Gets Between My Legs

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  • Endeavor_Madness @endeavormadness.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 7, 2026

    some AI somewhere is training on me, and Us, but I will share this anyway. In the movie As Good As It Gets Jack Nicholson's character when asked in an elevator how he writes a woman so well replies. "I think of a man, and take away accountability and reason."

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  • Aditya Sood @adityasood.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 14, 2024

    I don’t think even the screenwriters of either The Rainmaker or As Good As It Gets remember that there were health insurance subplots in either movie.

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  • Yeti knows what you read last summer @libraryyeti.bsky.socialBluesky · May 11, 2026

    I wasn't enraged by "As Good As It Gets," but I never got past the premise that Helen Hunt would be attracted to Jack Nicholson under ANY circumstances, much less the ones in the movie. Essentially, I was so confused I was on page 1 the whole time.

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  • Antman Is Annoyed @antmanisannoyed.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 20, 2025

    My father's Bakery catered on the movie set of "As Good As it Gets" When they filmed in Southampton. I got to visit the set. Jack Nicholason nodded at me. And one morning I delivered 12 Crossiants to Diane Keatons Trailer at like 5amm

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  • LisePyles @lisepyles.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 15, 2025

    Little Miss Sunshine and Midnight Run are both perfection, but I l also love the road trip in AS GOOD AS IT GETS. Key ingredients? Hm -- opposites, stakes, coming back changed.

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  • Galabriel Esq @galalefey.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2025

    Hey, remember the movie As Good As It Gets, whose main plot lines revolve around ppl whose lives are ruined because of medical bills and other insurance system shenanigans and it only has a semi-happy ending because there’s a wealthy misanthrope with a crush on the struggling woman character?

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  • MARC in a Cold Climate @marccold.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 26, 2025

    I'm still annoyed about the generic dramedy title trend of the late '90s/aughts (As Good As It Gets, Just Go With It, Something's Gotta Give, It's Complicated, How Do You Know). How Do You Know was definitely the nadir, I actually had to Google "Paul Rudd Jack Nicholson softball movie" to find it.

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  • Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness The Charlie Lama @teleskiguy.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    Jack Nicholson won an Oscar for his role in "As Good As It Gets," he delivers one of the most famous lines he's ever uttered on film, "You make me want to be a better man." Just an observation.

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  • Tom Northenscold @tomnorthfilm.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2026

    Reminds me of the movie, “As Good As It Gets.”

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  • Richard Bellavance @richardbellavance.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 3, 2025

    Insert a movie into another movie: A Few As Good As It Gets Men

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  • Halaylah Mekoides Trecorum Satis Dee @halaylah.comBluesky · Oct 3, 2025

    Spell your name with movie titles Heathers As Good As It Gets Love! Valour! Compassion! Almost Famous Young Guns Ladyhawke Amadeus Heavenly Creatures

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  • Kelvira 🎃 @ohhellkell.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2025

    Oh. From the movie As Good As it Gets.

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  • allfrightner @allflicker.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 15, 2025

    Every movie should just decide to be The Hitcher in the last five minutes. As Good As It Gets would finally click for me too #NextOfKin #FrightClub

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  • Ginger624 AKA FuckingBitch @gingers624.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 2, 2025

    Remember this movie? “As Good As It Gets” Take the dog, keep bacon in pocket at all times

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  • Lidia @lidiasromance.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 28, 2024

    #MovieChallenge #20films 20/20: As Good As It Gets #filmsky 🎬🎥

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  • The Wayward Ghost of Katie Jercov @kate678.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 31, 2023

    He was in a movie calked As Good As it Gets with Jack Nicholson and (most 90s actress ever) Helen Hunt Anyway, grandma's up past her bedtime babbling about dip and spandex

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  • Sophie Kilburn @sophiekilburnmusic.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    I am buzzing to announce that my new single 'As Good As It Gets' will be yours on Wednesday 18th November! About time, right? Pre-save now ffm.to/sk-agaig x #newmusic #presave #indierock

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  • John Pontoon, dissident revenant @johnpontoon.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2026

    You still haven’t forgiven him for being mean in As Good As It Gets.

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  • Summer Sandiego @summerasana.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    As Good As It Gets For Tax Purposes

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  • Jam2 @jam2.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2026

    Name A Favorite Movie (doesn't have to be THE favorite) from this actor/actress (Add GIF, movie scene, etc) Greg Kinnear 😍😍📽 Mine: As Good As It Gets (1997) as Simon Bishop Yours? (Add to Post) youtu.be/e_jt10_GReQ?...

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  • Jay Garmon @jaygarmon.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 15, 2026

    This is not only correct, but Titanic was the *worst* of the '97-'98 Best Picture nominees. LAC, Good Will Hunting, The Full Monty and As Good As It Gets, in that order, are all superior films. Since 97, Cameron hasn't made an actual good movie, just proofs of concept for advances in film techology

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  • K @ynotask.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 2, 2026

    Just watched As Good As it Gets. Damn that’s a good movie.

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  • 🇺🇸Jackie S.🇺🇦🙏4️⃣☮️ @kaysgramma.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 10, 2025

    No, that was AS GOOD AS IT GETS with Helen Hunt They both won best actor/actress for that movie beating out Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet for Titanic

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  • SimonRead @simonread.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 22, 2025

    Happy birthday to Jack Nicholson who is 88 today. He made some brilliant films worth seeking out. What are your faves? My top 5 are: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Chinatown (1974) A Few Good Men (1992) As Good As It Gets (1997) Easy Rider (1969) youtu.be/9FnO3igOkOk?...

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  • cmhorg.bsky.social @cmhorg.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 22, 2025

    How on earth do the Dems think they are going to win? They have no message, plan, or leadership. They are cowering under their desks, whining, wringing their hands and clutching their pearls. Reminds me of the movie, As Good As It Gets, “we are drowning and the Democrats are describing the water.”

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  • Bill McGuire aka Will Trent @willtrent369.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 29, 2025

    My movie recommendation for today stars Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Greg Kinnear in As Good As It Gets. It's a movie about our quirks.

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  • STEELROSE @pghynzr.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 15, 2024

    10 films I've seen most in my life Remember the Titans As Good As it Gets The Matrix Batman (1989) The Blues Brothers MST3K the Movie Good Will Hunting Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Return of the Jedi

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  • Jen Coco @jennyzukes.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 7, 2024

    You said As Good As It Gets and I remembered Something’s Gotta Give and it made NO sense. 😂 Yes, now I remember the right movie and the right scene.

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  • Andrew S. Kelly @askellyphd.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 30, 2024

    After making multiple movie references talking about the backlash against HMOs (The Rainmaker, As Good As It Gets), I’m realizing I should one day create a Health at the Movies course.

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  • Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 12, 2024

    He also gets stuck with Jack Nicholson in As Good As it Gets after a hate crime. I'm still not sure why that movie is a comedy.

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