The Double

About The Double

An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.

The Double (2014) is a thriller film directed by Richard Ayoade. It runs 93 minutes and was released in April 2014.

Its themes are paranoia, depression, co-workers relationship, and cemetery. It is adapted from a novel.

Jesse Eisenberg stars as Simon James, Mia Wasikowska as Hannah, Wallace Shawn as Mr. Papadopoulos, and Yasmin Paige as Melanie. The screenplay is by Avi Korine and Richard Ayoade. Produced by Protagonist Pictures. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel.

Enemy, Videodrome, and The Thirteenth Floor make useful companions to The Double, all filed under doppelgänger and surrealism. TMDB voters put it at 6.5 out of 10 across 1,123 votes and it carries a R rating.