IMDb Picks - 'Being John Malkovich' as ... - IMDb

by dan_dassow | last updated - 8 months ago

December 3, 2019 marks the twentieth anniversary of the debut of Spike Jonze’s Being John Malkovich (1999). In the film a puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.

If you could enter the portal to John Malkovich’s head, which film role would you most wish to experience while being in his head?

After voting, please discuss here.

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1

John Malkovich in Changeling (2008)

Rev. Gustav Briegleb in Changeling (2008)

2

John Malkovich in Unlocked (2017)

Bob Hunter in Unlocked (2017)

3

John Malkovich in Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Vicomte de Valmont in Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

4

John Malkovich in Of Mice and Men (1992)

Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men (1992)

5

John Malkovich in In the Line of Fire (1993)

Mitch Leary in In the Line of Fire (1993)

6

John Malkovich in Cut Bank (2014)

Sheriff Vogel in Cut Bank (2014)

7

John Malkovich in Dominion

Dr. Felton in Dominion

8

John Malkovich in Eleni (1985)

Nick in Eleni (1985)

9

John Malkovich in The Great Buck Howard (2008)

Buck Howard in The Great Buck Howard (2008)

10

John Malkovich in The Sheltering Sky (1990)

Port in The Sheltering Sky (1990)

11

John Malkovich in Mary Reilly (1996)

Dr. Henry Jekyll, Mr. Edward Hyde in Mary Reilly (1996)

12

John Malkovich in Burn After Reading (2008)

Osborne Cox in Burn After Reading (2008)

13

John Malkovich in Warm Bodies (2013)

Grigio in Warm Bodies (2013)

14

John Malkovich in Valley of the Gods (2019)

Wes Tauros in Valley of the Gods (2019)

15

John Malkovich in Making Mr. Right (1987)

Dr. Jeff Peters, Ulysses in Making Mr. Right (1987)

16

John Malkovich and Chiara Caselli in Ripley's Game (2002)

Tom Ripley in Ripley's Game (2002)

17

John Malkovich in The Killing Fields (1984)

Al Rockoff in The Killing Fields (1984)

18

John Malkovich stars as F.W. Murnau

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau in Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

19

John Malkovich in Rounders (1998)

Teddy KGB in Rounders (1998)

20

John Malkovich and BD Wong in Bird Box (2018)

Douglas in Bird Box (2018)

21

John Malkovich in Jonah Hex (2010)

Quentin Turnbull in Jonah Hex (2010)

22

John Malkovich and Joe Pantoliano in Empire of the Sun (1987)

Basie in Empire of the Sun (1987)

23

John Malkovich in Eragon (2006)

Galbatorix in Eragon (2006)

24

John Malkovich in Con Air (1997)

Cyrus The Virus in Con Air (1997)

25

Diane Lane and John Malkovich in Secretariat (2010)

Lucien Laurin in Secretariat (2010)

26

Aulon, Charles VII, de Chartres and Tremoille

Charles VII in Joan of Arc (1999)

27

John Malkovich, Pascal Greggory, and Pierre Mignard in Le temps retrouvé, d'après l'oeuvre de Marcel Proust (1999)

Le Baron de Charlus in Le temps retrouvé, d'après l'oeuvre de Marcel Proust (1999)

28

Gérard Depardieu, Jeremy Irons, and John Malkovich in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

Athos in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

29

John Malkovich and Vera Farmiga in In Tranzit (2008)

Pavlov in In Tranzit (2008)

30

John Malkovich in Art School Confidential (2006)

Professor Sandiford in Art School Confidential (2006)

31

John Malkovich in Klimt (2006)

Klimt in Klimt (2006)

32

John Malkovich in The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

Gilbert Osmond in The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

33

John Malkovich, Adrien Brody, and Rory Culkin in Bullet Head (2017)

Walker in Bullet Head (2017)

34

John Malkovich in Johnny English (2003)

Pascal Sauvage, the Greedy Frenchman in Johnny English (2003)

35

John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich (1999)

I prefer to inhabit John Malkovich's head as John Horatio Malkovich in Being John Malkovich (1999)