| Release Date | 19 January 2001 |
| Budget | $4,000,000 |
| Tagline | Life is one long insane trip. Some people just have better directions. |
| Genre | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Fantasy |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Dolby Digital |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Psychological Drama, Coming-of-Age |
| Niche Genre | Comedy Drama |
| Mood | Spellbinders, Fantastic Reality |
| Themes | Fantasy Life, Time Travel, High School Life, First Love |
| Tones | Quirky, Hallucinatory, Stylized, Ominous, Dreamlike, Enigmatic, Biting |
| Tags | Doomsayer, End Of The World, Hallucination, Motivational Speaker, Plane Crash, Prep School, Psychiatrist, Rabbit, Schizophrenia, Suburbs, Time Travel, Vision [mystical] |
Donnie Darko is a 2001 surrealist psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell. The film depicts the reality-bending adventures of the title character as he seeks the meaning and significance behind his troubling Doomsday-related visions.