Adaptation.
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bi
Cast
Nicolas Cage
Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Meryl Streep
Susan Orlean
Chris Cooper
John Laroche
Tilda Swinton
Valerie Thomas
Jay Tavare
Matthew Osceola
Litefoot
Russell
Roger Willie
Randy
Jim Beaver
Ranger Tony
Where to Watch
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Double Feature Pairings
Films that pair perfectly with Adaptation.
Being John Malkovich
1999
Charlie Kaufman's brain on film. Two movies about the absurdity of creating art and the art of being absurd.
Barton Fink
1991
Writers losing their minds. Two films about the creative process as a special kind of psychological torture.
Synecdoche, New York
2008
Kaufman's artistic spirals. Two films about creators who disappear into their own work and cannot find their way out.
Nocturnal Animals
2016
Fiction reflecting reality. Two films about the dangerous moment when the story you tell becomes more real than the life you live.