Diablo Cody Movies
After trading in her given name of
Brook Busey-Hunt for the snappier pseudonym
Diablo Cody, this Illinois native raised eyebrows online in addition to dimly lit peep-show booths with her blog,
Pussy Ranch, as well as her 2006 memoir, Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper.
Cody, who graduated college with a degree in media studies and spent the early days of her career doing clerical work at a Chicago bankruptcy firm, found herself intrigued by the darker, raunchier elements of nightlife; eventually, her participation in a notoriously seedy Minneapolis strip club's amateur night led to the decision to leave her day job and become a full-time stripper. As luck would have it, anyone with an Internet connection and a penchant for living vicariously through others could check
Cody's goings-on via her blog, which, thanks to her trademark humor and keen insight into the mass psyche of the sex industry, paved the way to other, more traditional journalistic endeavors, including writing for the City Pages (a Minneapolis publication), The Village Voice, and Jane magazine.
After the completion and subsequent success of Candy Girl,
Cody was propositioned to write a screenplay; she accepted and wrote the coming-of-age comedy drama
Juno, a runner-up for the People's Choice Award at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival.
Juno also earned
Cody an award for Breakthrough Screenwriter at the Hollywood Film Festival, a Golden Globe nomination, a Writers Guild nomination, and an Oscar nomination. In addition to selling several of her other screenplays, most notably Girly Style and
Jennifer's Body,
Cody also wrote for the Showtime television series The United States of Tara, a comedy starring
Toni Collette as a mother with multiple personality disorder, created by
Steven Spielberg and produced by his DreamWorks production company. Over the coming years, Cody would continue to pen a variety of projects, like the dark comedy Young Adult. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

- 2013
-
Julianne Hough stars in this Diablo Cody-scripted comedy drama as a post-college twentysomething who reconnects with an old college fling while working a temp job in this Groundswell Productions picture. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
Read More

- 2013
- R
- Add Evil Dead to Queue
A trip into the woods turns into a terrifying battle against the forces of evil in this remake of Sam Raimi's ferocious 1981 horror classic. Mia (Jane Levy) is a heroin addict whose most recent overdose was nearly her last. Recognizing that she won't survive another, Mia's longtime friends Olivia (Jessica Lucas) and Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci) take the troubled girl to her family's old cabin in the woods to quit cold turkey. It isn't their first attempt, but this time they're hoping that with Mia's brother David (Shiloh Fernandez) around, she'll have the support she needs to weather the coming storm. The moment David arrives at the cabin with his girlfriend Natalie (Elizabeth Blackmore), strange things start to happen; Mia complains about a foul smell that none of her friends can sense, and upon descending into the fruit cellar David and Eric discover what appears to be the scene of a dark ritual. Scattered amongst the animal corpses and mysterious artifacts is an old book that's been sealed shut with heavy-duty plastic and barbed wire. Intrigued, Eric manages to cut the book free and makes a disturbing discovery -- the book has been bound in human flesh, and it comes with an incantation that will unleash a powerful force of evil. Ignoring the warnings not to speak or even hear the incantation, Eric reads the words aloud, sealing his own dark fate, as well as those of his closest friends. One by one they will be possessed until no soul has been left unclaimed. The lucky ones will die first, their souls condemned to suffer as their bodies are twisted into an obscene aberration of flesh. Will the last person standing have the courage to send these sadistic demons back to hell, even if it means killing their friends and loved ones in the worst way imaginable, or will the forces unleashed by this unholy book prove too powerful for any one mortal to defeat? ~ Rovi
Read More
- Starring:
- Jane Levy, Lou Taylor Pucci, (more)

- 2013
- PG13
Diablo Cody makes her directorial debut with this tale of a young woman (Julianne Hough) whose brush with death pushes her to turn her back on her strict religious upbringing and head to Las Vegas to find her true self. Russell Brand and Olivia Spencer co-star in the Lionsgate release. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
Read More

- 2011
- R
- Add Young Adult to Queue
Add Young Adult to top of Queue
Upon returning to her small Minnesota hometown to win back her high school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson), now a happily-married father, divorced young adult fiction author Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron) forges an unexpected bond with another former schoolmate (Patton Oswalt) who's had a particularly difficult life. Juno collaborators Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody re-team for this Paramount Pictures production. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Read More
- Starring:
- Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, (more)

- 2010
-
Academy Award-winning scribe Diablo Cody tackles the long-running teen high school romance book series Sweet Valley High with this Universal Pictures production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
Read More

- 2010
-
A recently deceased zombie finds love when he enters an anonymous help group in order to adjust to his new existence in this morbid romantic comedy from Fox Searchlight. Juno's Diablo Cody produces the feature, based on S.G. Browne's novel, with adaptation credit going to screenwriter Geoff Latulippe. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
Read More

- 2009
- R
- Add Jennifer's Body to Queue
Add Jennifer's Body to top of Queue
Demon possession, devilish cheerleaders, and Satanic rock stars are all on the chopping block with this horror comedy from the production team behind Juno. Screenwriter Diablo Cody provides the script, with producing duties handled by Jason Reitman and Dan Dubiecki. The story centers on an impish high-school student (Amanda Seyfried) who has to protect her town against her best friend, Jennifer (Megan Fox), who after being bedeviled by an evil rock band, develops a taste for human flesh. Girlfight's Karyn Kusama directs the Fox Atomic production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
Read More
- Starring:
- Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, (more)

- 2009
-
The single-camera comedy United States of Tara stars Toni Collette as Tara, a wife and mother who discovers that she has disassociative personality disorder - also known as multiple personalities. Penned by Oscar winning Juno writer Diablo Cody, the series follows the ups and downs of Tara's family life as she traverses personalities of various age and gender. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi
Read More

- 2007
- PG13
- Add Juno to Queue
Add Juno to top of Queue
When a teenage girl is faced with an unexpected pregnancy, she enlists the aid of her best friend in finding the unborn child a suitable home in this coming-of-age comedy drama from Thank You for Smoking director Jason Reitman. Juno (Ellen Page) may seem wise beyond her years, but after sleeping with classmate Bleeker (Michael Cera), the pregnant teen quickly realizes how little she really knows about life. Thankfully, Juno has been blessed with parents (J.K. Simmons and Allison Janney) who trust their daughter's judgment, and a best friend named Leah (Olivia Thirlby), who's always willing to help out in a pinch. With a little help from Leah, Juno soon comes into contact with Mark (Jason Bateman) and Vanessa (Jennifer Garner) -- an affluent suburban couple who have been unable to conceive a child of their own. Mark and Vanessa seem like they would make great parents, and are eager to adopt Juno's unborn child. Now, as adolescent Juno is faced with a series of very adult decisions, she will draw on the support of her family and friends in order to discover who she truly is, and discover that one bad choice can have a lifetime of consequences. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Read More
- Starring:
- Ellen Page, Michael Cera, (more)