Film record

As Good as It Gets

1997Feature film133 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States
Languages
English
Genres
comedy film · drama film · romantic comedy film · romance film · comedy drama · LGBTQ-related film

Credits

Music

Hans Zimmer — Music composition

Direction

James L. Brooks — Directing

Cinematography

John Bailey — Cinematography

Writing

Mark Andrus — Screenwriting
James L. Brooks — Screenwriting

Cast

Jack Nicholson — Acting
Helen Hunt — Acting
Greg Kinnear — Acting
Cuba Gooding Jr. — Acting
Skeet Ulrich — Acting
Shirley Knight — Acting
Yeardley Smith — Acting
Missi Pyle — Acting
Shane Black — Acting
Jesse James — Acting
Jamie Kennedy — Acting
Lawrence Kasdan — Acting
Julie Benz — Acting
Brian Doyle-Murray — Acting
Harold Ramis — Acting
Jimmy Workman — Acting
Todd Solondz — Acting
Peter Jacobson — Acting
Lisa Edelstein — Acting
Lupe Ontiveros — Acting
Kristi Zea — Acting
Tom McGowan — Acting
Kaitlin Hopkins — Acting
Rebekah Johnson — Acting
Randall Batinkoff — Acting
Leslie Stefanson — Acting
Maya Rudolph — Acting
John F. O'Donohue — Acting
Danielle Spencer — Acting
Kathryn Morris — Acting
Patricia Childress — Acting
Matt Malloy — Acting
Bibi Osterwald — Acting
Danielle Brisebois — Acting
Tara Subkoff — Acting
Wood Harris — Acting
Justin Herwick — Acting
Ross Bleckner — Acting
Maurice LaMarche — Acting
Frank Slaten — Acting

Editing

Richard Marks — Editing

Production

Bridget Johnson — Production
Richard Sakai — Executive production
James L. Brooks — Production
Laura Ziskin — Executive production
Kristi Zea — Production
Laurence Mark — Executive production

Versions and cuts

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Releases by territory

United States · Original release
23 Dec 1997Checked 11 Sep 2026
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