Being John Malkovich (1999) poster
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Being John Malkovich

ComedyDramaFantasy

Directed by Spike Jonze

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. From TMDB

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Being John Malkovich is a 1999 comedy drama fantasy film, directed by Spike Jonze, starring John Cusack, Cameron Diaz and John Malkovich.

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  • Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 17, 2024

    A couple weeks ago, I jokingly said Poor Things was "egg cinema." Then I started to wonder what I meant by that. When I rewatched Being John Malkovich, I knew I had been put on this Earth to do one thing: define the term "egg cinema." So I did! With lots of examples! episodes.ghost.io/egg-cinema/

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  • x0x7 @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 25, 2026

    Movie night is starting in minutes. We are watching Memento (2000) and Being John Malkovich (1999).. The announcement: https://submatrix.net/c/MatrixEvents/52fXe41bGL The player: https://player.submatrix.net/r/matrixhub

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  • japanfilmtitles @japanfilmtitles.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 28, 2024

    The Film: Being John Malkovich Japanese Title: “Malkovich’s Hole” - マルコヴィッチの穴 #filmsky

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  • Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtfBluesky · May 24, 2026

    A movie like Being John Malkovich or JCVD about Fisher Stevens where the white people in his life are slowly replaced by Indian actors.

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  • Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 1, 2026

    Something I think about sometimes is how Being John Malkovich starts by revealing the existence of a celebrity puppeteer named Derek Mantini, a setup for the rest of the movie beyond compare in the annals of cinema

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  • Clare Pollard @poetclare.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 2, 2026

    I think when i was 20 my favourite film was Being John Malkovich. I’m probably due a rewatch (with my children?) Charlie Kauffman remains one of my favourite writers.

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  • Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2025

    On this day in movie history: Being John Malkovich directed by Spike Jonze released October 29, 1999. Cast: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Ned Bellamy, Eric Weinstein, Madison Lanc, Octavia Spencer, Mary Kay Place, Orson Bean, Catherine Keener, K.K. Dodds, Reginald C. Hayes. #Comedy #Fantasy

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  • AngryishHumanoid @[email protected]Lemmy · Mar 10, 2025

    I would 1000% percent watch a sequel to Being John Malkovich called Being Matt Damon, and they keep going deeper into him Inception style, and each layer is another increasingly more convoluted scenario of everyone having to save him.

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  • The B-Movie Vault @thebmovievault.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 27, 2024

    #ACenturyOfCinema, movie 14: 1999 BEING JOHN MALKOVICH

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  • Sari Setiogi @setiogi.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 22, 2024

    📹 Vimeo incl. #BTS Namjoon’s “LOST!” MV in their “Vimeo Staff Pick” “Think ‘Being John Malkovich’ meets ‘Severance’ in a surreal fever dream,” they wrote, referring to the 1999 award-winning movie & the 2022 TV series. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 ▶️ www.instagram.com/reel/C9nU9RR... #RM #RightPlaceWrongPerson

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  • My Bloody Valentine @chekhovsgundam.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2023

    Being John Malkovich is a Mecha movie

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  • Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2026

    American Movie, Being John Malkovich, Synechdoche New York, Boogie Nights (kinda) and the Lester Bangs scenes from Almost Famous

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  • Raddagher @raddagher.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 12, 2025

    being an onsite SCP fan among offsite SCP fans is like trying to explain Being John Malkovich to someone who thinks every movie is a Buster Keaton silent film

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  • SqueakyFoo @squeakyfoo.bsky.socialBluesky · May 28, 2024

    One of my few treasured memories of my teenage years was spending a Sunday at the dollar theatre, handing the ticket person $4 then watching every movie they were showing on all 4 screens. It was an incredible lineup of films too: Existenz, The Matrix, 13th Floor, and Being John Malkovich.

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  • Rob Weldon @robweldon.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 19, 2024

    Introduce yourself with… One book: House of Leaves, Mark Z Danielewski One movie: Being John Malkovich One album: The Crow soundtrack One TV show: What We Do in the Shadows #writer

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  • SmoothOperator @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 31, 2024

    It's for sure a product of its time, but it really doesn't feel like a 1999 movie. Around that time we had - Sixth sense - American beauty - Eyes wide shut - Being John Malkovich - Fight Club Matrix has such a stark level of visual and thematic modernity compared to those. Maybe Fight Club comes near, but the other movies look like they're from a different decade.

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  • DeLaine ✨NSFW 6’1 Giantess @delaineinla.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    The first time I ever got really and truly stoned was the weekend that Being John Malkovich came out in theaters, and naturally I was kicking it next to a major movie theater that was giving John Malkovich masks away to everyone Utterly terrifying experience

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  • Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    Pick a movie, keep one actor. The rest are Muppets. Being John Malkovich. Keep John Malkovich. Now who is the puppet?

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  • D.N. Schmidt, SF author🪐📚 @dnschmidt.comBluesky · Oct 19, 2026

    The best movie casting in Hollywood history was probably John Malkovich as John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich. It's like he was born to play the role.

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  • Maiq @[email protected]Lemmy · May 27, 2026

    Your comment gave me an idea for a movie/dock/rockumentry, which follows the life of Al Yankovic through a parody of Being John Malkovich.

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  • Sierk @sierkulator.monsterBluesky · Jul 18, 2026

    Name a bald film character. John Malkovich as John Malkovich in the 1999 film "Being John Malkovich".

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  • Andrew Ihla @andrewihla.bsky.socialBluesky · May 10, 2024

    Oh man, our beloved neighborhood arthouse just announced a summer series of the films of 1999: The Matrix Being John Malkovich The Virgin Suicides Summer of Sam (35mm) Fight Club American Movie Election Ghost Dog (35mm) Eyes Wide Shut So you should be jealous.

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  • John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.socialBluesky · May 31, 2026

    I really appreciated the movie. Didn’t follow the same formula nearly every movie does, didn’t explain everything (a big plus), excellent acting. Reminded me a bit of Being John Malkovich in a “Your old rules don’t apply! No time to explain! Strap in!” kind of way.

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  • NIAMH @falldogs.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 3, 2026

    Just watched Being John Malkovich for the first time and its a trans masc movie?? I had no idea

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  • Avri @nycavri.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2026

    #YouAreNotHere is a surreal story of self, set against the backdrop of every SciFi book and movie you ever loved, gatecrashed by the voices in your head. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH x READY PLAYER ONE #WSPit #Q #A #SF

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  • Henry Gilbert (Beloved Podcast Personality) @talkinghenry.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 11, 2026

    Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) A Goofy Movie (1995) Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) Chasing Amy (1997) Rushmore (1998) Being John Malkovich/Fight Club/Galaxy Quest (1999) Memento (2001) The Host (2007 US release)

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  • Clover Arizona @phenokage.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 10, 2025

    takeaway from watching Being John Malkovich with @pixelatedpenny.bsky.social + @cynosurae.bsky.social: transgender text comes up short in the film itself but in the hands of a Jane Schoenbrun or Vera Drew type the same premise could go in a very different direction

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  • Ganser @ganserband.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    currently sick, give me a good “fever dream” movie for tonight. examples include Playtime, Being John Malkovich, etc.

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  • ren faire @lathrys.atBluesky · Jul 14, 2026

    BoTNS film adaptation but it’s ‘Being John Malkovich’ but it’s ‘Being Timothée Chalamet as Severian in BoTNS’

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  • E C M @ecmajor.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 20, 2026

    Stuck at work when all I want to be doing right now is watching Being John Malkovich because the craving for that weird film is hitting particularly strong

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  • Tom [ghostly voice] Coooooooooooombe @calmtomb.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2026

    "He plays a ping pong player" sounds like a running gag in a movie about movies, akin to the "jewel thief" joke in Being John Malkovich.

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  • vampire girlfriend 💀🎃 @mourningdoves.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2025

    tonight's film is Being John Malkovich. in my advanced age i think all of us have had a weird office job like he has in this movie

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  • Alex Graudins @toonyballoony.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 14, 2024

    Today’s older-movie-I’ve-never-watched viewing was Being John Malkovich and damn was that up my alley—puppets? psychological inquiry? lesbians? John Malkovich? Checking all the Alex boxes!

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  • 🔞BAND1T_NSFW @band1t.artBluesky · May 11, 2026

    BEING JOHN MALKOVICH - REVIEW 👨‍🦲👨‍🦲👨‍🦲½ A mindfuck, this movie is fucking wild omg. It's just such a weird plot for a movie, I didn't expect that to be the direction it was about at all before going in. It's aged a little bit with some language, but it's an interesting time. #review #moviereview

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  • Shellraiser B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 3, 2025

    Insert a movie into another movie: The Unbearable Lightness of Being John Malkovich

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  • Mutual I'm Sure @mutualimsure.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 25, 2025

    Tonight's late movie is Being John Malkovich (1999) 🍿

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  • Bear Months Initiated (Countdown to Howloween) @bresnanteddy.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    Add "for Tax Purposes" to a movie: Being John Malkovich for tax purposes.

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  • Pen Dragon @thependrake.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    Combine 2 Film Titles 2 make a New Film. The Unbearable Lightness of Being John Malkovich

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  • x0x7 @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 25, 2026

    Saturday movie night is starting in minutes. We are watching Memento (2000) and Being John Malkovich (1999).. The announcement: https://submatrix.net/article/MatrixEvents/52fXe41bGL The player: https://player.submatrix.net/r/matrixhub

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  • commander @[email protected]Lemmy · Mar 26, 2025

    Over the years I always hear people in real life tell me how much they loved Parasite, Fight Club, Being John Malkovich, Harold and Maude, Everything Everywhere at Once. They never seem to be able to find movies they like. They never put much effort finding things they'd like They're all movies that are from indie filmmakers that managed to get mainstream recognition. Movies like O Brother Where Art Thou, There Will Be Blood, Pulp Fiction, etc. Auteur led movies making original movies. There…

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  • Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.comBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    pick a movie, keep one actor, rest are Muppets: Being John Malkovich keep John Malkovich

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  • tmyakal @[email protected]Lemmy · May 29, 2026

    This reminds me of my own thoughts on the peak year of cinema: 1999. We got: - the Matrix - American Beauty - Office Space - Fight Club - Being John Malkovich The inciting incident to all of these movies is basically, "I'm a bored white guy feeling existential dread." They're all great films, but if late-90s cinema is any indication, a huge swathe of Americans had virtually no problems back then. Or to put it another way: as of 2000, [Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is…

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  • MizfitMathew @mizfitmathew.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 23, 2026

    Works done, and just finished playing some Mario Kart on Switch2 with my wife, so it's time for a movie! Tonight's randomly selected movie is... Ooh, never seen this, but have always heard about it! Being John Malkovich, 1999

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  • Deramin @deramin.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 5, 2026

    Being John Malkovich (1999) Such a bizarre (literal) mindfuck of a film about the inherent horror of acting.

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  • Martin "Do not feed after Midnight" Nutbeem @martinnutbeem.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    Add "for tax purposes" to a movie. Being John Malkovich for Tax Purposes

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  • Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 5, 2026

    Like, they must LOVE rampage, and be fully aware of its characters and content, because it is the only arcade cabinet in their office. AND YET when the characters from the game are running amok outside, they do not notice. Why is this? A 'Being John Malkovich' style movie would explain all.

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  • Matt Bledsoe @mattbled87.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2025

    Finally watched Being John Malkovich tonight (it was excellent) and like everyone in the movie, I too was super into Catherine Keener

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  • Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 8, 2025

    The premise of Being John Malkovich is about people who temporarily become John Malkovich ... with an aspect of the film also being about a group of people collectively transitioning from their own bodies to become a collective in another (if I recall correctly) youtu.be/LEtlqumjXLw?...

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  • Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 15, 2024

    I second Rosemary’s Baby, which has great stuff about both epistemology and feminism. Lots of people suggesting Being John Malkovich, though not quite fully a popcorn movie. bsky.app/profile/yoss...

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  • /\__/\__/\__/ @cardiograms.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2023

    I did another 10 random movies because I remembered that I’m supposed to be a film bro. Being John Malkovich La Strada Daughters of Darkness Heavenly Creatures Passion of Joan of Arc Saddest Music in the World Anything by Kurosawa (can’t decide, cheating I don’t care) Pulp Fiction Amores Perros

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  • Hundreds of Kristas (it/its) 🦋🌙✨ @oneirohazard.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 24, 2026

    HOW HAVE I NEVER SEEN BEING JOHN MALKOVICH BEFORE THIS IS SUCH A KRISTAS THEMED MOVIE

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  • Premillennial Decompensationalist @smollusk.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 3, 2025

    insert a movie into anther movie: Final Fantasy: The Being John Malkovich Spirit Within

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  • LORDSMEGMA @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 13, 2025

    I disagree. Could you imagine another actor playing John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich

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  • Sierk @sierkulator.monsterBluesky · Sep 17, 2025

    Smash 2 movies together to make a new movie #filmsky The Unbearable Lightness of Being John Malkovich

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  • Schlockluster Video @schlocklustervideo.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 2, 2025

    On September 2, 1999, Being John Malkovich was screened at the Venice Film Festival. Here’s some John Malkovich art!

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  • Arseny @elstersen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2024

    Yeah Being John Malkovich somehow feels like a great movie that is somehow poisoned and I can’t put my finger on which exactly part to forget or retcon…

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  • Auntie Social @auntiesocial.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    Add "between my legs" to a movie title Being John Malkovich Between My Legs

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  • Heathcliff plus Helmets @heathcliffhelms.heathcliff.catBluesky · Jul 23, 2026

    My cousin says that Cameron Diaz's wig from Being John Malkovich (1999) has been in solitary lock up at a supermax prison since they wrapped the movie

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  • DeeEm @deeemceeem.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 18, 2026

    #FavoriteMovie #MovieChallenge #Moviesky 19 : favorite sTraNge movie How crazy is this plot? Being John Malkovich (1999)

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  • x0x7 @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 25, 2026

    Saturday movie night is starting in minutes. We are watching Memento (2000) and Being John Malkovich (1999).. The announcement: https://submatrix.net/c/MatrixEvents/52fXe41bGL The player: https://player.submatrix.net/r/matrixhub

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