Fight Club is a 1999 American film directed by David Fincher, based on the 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. The movie stars Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter. It follows the story of an insomniac office worker, played by Norton, who forms an underground fight club with soap salesman Tyler Durden, played by Pitt, as a radical form of psychotherapy. The film explores themes of identity, consumerism, and chaos, and it has become known for its critique of modern society.