A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
![Backdrop of American Fiction](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1000_and_h450_multi_faces/3mpgltEMgPf8zFtPnAWdDVN8ZT1.jpg)
![American Fiction](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/57MFWGHarg9jid7yfDTka4RmcMU.jpg)
Overview
Director, Writer
Top Billed Cast
View all![Jeffrey Wright](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/yGcuHGW4glqRpOPxgiCvjcren7F.jpg)
Jeffrey Wright
Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
![John Ortiz](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/tMDPYhpc9nqIJAK3vtMroEH9qho.jpg)
John Ortiz
Arthur
![Erika Alexander](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/8o9KbXYoRi9v1u94nbjrslOzE0n.jpg)
Erika Alexander
Coraline
![Leslie Uggams](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/peLaqLcs3y2WY4TbrLOXQGt9I8S.jpg)
Leslie Uggams
Agnes Ellison
![Sterling K. Brown](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/vjFATaJfAyBie56J4Qv2DQ9Dyem.jpg)
Sterling K. Brown
Clifford Ellison
![Skyler Wright](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/lgBS5LLjSqIuXVpv8sy9LxgeMbE.jpg)
Skyler Wright
Brittany
![John Ales](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/rASQsyvYk1VD8hvo2Pi1Tq3Wwlm.jpg)
John Ales
Leo
![Patrick Fischler](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/z5et9sdI57E9VRYbCbivqbDt523.jpg)
Patrick Fischler
Mandel
![Carmen Cusack](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/gi3xzBBTIob750G3JmNHWRQVavV.jpg)
Carmen Cusack
Gilda
Media
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![Meet Mr. Leigh... The Wanted Fugitive](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rr6T_gtOFKI/hqdefault.jpg)
![Bookstore - Official Clip](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TWkjO2g4UfY/hqdefault.jpg)
![Oscar Winner Cord Jefferson discusses his film AMERICAN FICTION](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YwswTdHEbuY/hqdefault.jpg)
![Best Adapted Screenplay | 'American Fiction' | Cord Jefferson | Oscars 2024 Press Room Speech](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Adhm6yc9dmQ/hqdefault.jpg)
![JEFFREY WRIGHT wins BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SZOAhkdXPnk/hqdefault.jpg)
![AMERICAN FICTION wins BEST SCREENPLAY at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_LXjk9iVWjU/hqdefault.jpg)
![Cord Jefferson wins the Adapted Screenplay award for American Fiction | EE BAFTA Film Awards 2024](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YQOtyElc8zA/hqdefault.jpg)