19 Movies Starring Ryan Gosling

The Believer

The Believer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-08-23

Languages:

English, Hebrew

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (28532 Reviews)

Director:

Henry Bean

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Henry Bean (screenplay)

Henry Bean (story)

Mark Jacobson (story)

Fullplot:

"The Believer" explores a Jewish student's private journey to understand the meaning of Judaism in his life. Set in New York City, the Plot follows a morally confused young adult struggling with the conflict between his beliefs and his heritage. "The Believer" examines themes of religion, family, and self-loathing. It is a psychological examination into the forces of intolerance, both on the individual and society as a whole.

Murder by Numbers

Murder by Numbers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-04-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (41031 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Richard Haywood, a Californian high school's coolest kid, secretly teams up with another rich kid in his class, brilliant nerd Justin 'Bonaparte' Pendleton, whose erudition, specially in forensic matters, allows them to plan elaborately perfect murders, just for the kick, for which they set up Richard's marijuana supplier, their school's janitor Ray Feathers, as a psychotic serial killer. The case is assigned to detectives Cassie 'the hyena' Mayweather, who carries a sequoia-size chip on the shoulder from her previous life, and her brilliant new partner, Sam Kennedy, who just transferred from the vice squad; they can work together very well, and even fit romantically, but fall out over different professional attitudes towards the investigation, which Captain Rod Cody and her understandably vindictive abused ex, Assistant D.A. Al Swanson, soon ban her from when she disobeys instructions and hand to him. When the plotting boys both dig class-mate Lisa Mills, their unnatural bond comes under stress- will it break, allowing the hard-pressed police to bring them down?

The Slaughter Rule

The Slaughter Rule

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-01-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (1951 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaSport

Cast:

Writer:

Alex Smith

Andrew J. Smith

Fullplot:

In Blue Springs, Montana, high school student Roy Chutney is beginning to lose his way in life largely the result of two simultaneous events. The first is that his father, Nelson Chutney, dies. Roy hadn't seen his father much since his parents divorced and his father remarried. Nelson was run over by a train, but Roy's mother, Evangeline Chutney, with who Roy has a somewhat emotionally distant relationship, believes he committed suicide. The second is that because funding to the school has reduced the football program to just a varsity team with no junior varsity, Roy, along with half the other players, is cut from the football squad, as his coach doesn't believe he is mentally tough enough despite he being a skilled player. The two incidents combined make the situation even worse for Roy as football was his primary connection to his father. Into Roy's life enters Gideon Ferguson, the local newspaper seller, who asks Roy to be part of his newly formed football team, which will play in a six-man back field league. Gid ends up being that father figure that is missing in Roy's life. That guidance is especially important as Roy begins his first sexual relationship, with Skyla Sisco, a local barmaid. However, Roy and Gid's relationship begins to change when rumors abound that Gid is gay and is romantically interested in Roy. Roy has to wade through the rumors and his own feelings both for Gid and Skyla in figuring out what to do regarding his relationships with them.

Murder by Numbers

Murder by Numbers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-04-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (41181 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Richard Haywood, a Californian high school's coolest kid, secretly teams up with another rich kid in his class, brilliant nerd Justin 'Bonaparte' Pendleton, whose erudition, specially in forensic matters, allows them to plan elaborately perfect murders, just for the kick, for which they set up Richard's marijuana supplier, their school's janitor Ray Feathers, as a psychotic serial killer. The case is assigned to detectives Cassie 'the hyena' Mayweather, who carries a sequoia-size chip on the shoulder from her previous life, and her brilliant new partner, Sam Kennedy, who just transferred from the vice squad; they can work together very well, and even fit romantically, but fall out over different professional attitudes towards the investigation, which Captain Rod Cody and her understandably vindictive abused ex, Assistant D.A. Al Swanson, soon ban her from when she disobeys instructions and hand to him. When the plotting boys both dig class-mate Lisa Mills, their unnatural bond comes under stress- will it break, allowing the hard-pressed police to bring them down?

Murder by Numbers

Murder by Numbers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-04-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (41181 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Richard Haywood, a Californian high school's coolest kid, secretly teams up with another rich kid in his class, brilliant nerd Justin 'Bonaparte' Pendleton, whose erudition, specially in forensic matters, allows them to plan elaborately perfect murders, just for the kick, for which they set up Richard's marijuana supplier, their school's janitor Ray Feathers, as a psychotic serial killer. The case is assigned to detectives Cassie 'the hyena' Mayweather, who carries a sequoia-size chip on the shoulder from her previous life, and her brilliant new partner, Sam Kennedy, who just transferred from the vice squad; they can work together very well, and even fit romantically, but fall out over different professional attitudes towards the investigation, which Captain Rod Cody and her understandably vindictive abused ex, Assistant D.A. Al Swanson, soon ban her from when she disobeys instructions and hand to him. When the plotting boys both dig class-mate Lisa Mills, their unnatural bond comes under stress- will it break, allowing the hard-pressed police to bring them down?

The United States of Leland

The United States of Leland

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-03-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (19017 Reviews)

Fullplot:

After stabbing an autistic boy, the sixteen year old troubled and pessimist Leland P. Fitzgerald is sent to a juvenile detention. His teacher and aspirant writer Pearl Madison gets close and tries to understand him, first with intention of writing a book, and later becoming his friend. Leland slowly discloses his sad vision of world.

Stay

Stay

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-10-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (56493 Reviews)

Director:

Marc Forster

Fullplot:

A thought-provoking and haunting exploration of how reality and dream-states may combine to form complex interactions. The line between the imagination and reality blurs when an accomplished Psychiatrist takes on a patient that appears to be suicidal.

Half Nelson

Half Nelson

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-09-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (67259 Reviews)

Director:

Ryan Fleck

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Young Caucasian Dan Dunne teaches history and coaches the girls basketball team at a Brooklyn high school populated primarily by black and Hispanic students. To the chagrin of his superiors, Dan bucks the outlined curriculum of historical facts in favor of the philosophy of historical events, generally discussing the concept of dialectics. As such, he captures the imagination of his students, at least in the classroom. Outside of the classroom, Dan's life is in shambles. He has a distant but cordial relationship with his family. He uses illicit drugs rampantly. Although his former girlfriend Rachel was able to clean up her drug habit, Dan believes that rehab will not work for him. Due to a combination of these issues, he treats women poorly. Thirteen year old Drey is a student in his class and a player on his basketball team. Drey has her own problems. Her parents are divorced, with her father a virtually non-existent figure in her life and her EMT mother generally absent as she is always working to provide for Drey. Her older brother Mike is incarcerated for selling drugs for a local dealer named Frank. Mike took the fall for Frank, who in turn protects Drey whether she wants to be associated with him or not. Dan and Drey's relationship changes when Drey catches Dan, believing he is alone, smoking crack in the girl's locker room bathroom. He is totally stoned. Their resulting friendship, which is seen as inappropriate by the few who know, is based on each being unable to deal with their own life, but feeling like they can be at least a minor salvation in the other's life.

Fracture

Fracture

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-04-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (129763 Reviews)

Director:

Gregory Hoblit

Cast:

Writer:

Daniel Pyne (screenplay)

Glenn Gers (screenplay)

Daniel Pyne (story)

Fullplot:

Wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous Ted Crawford, a structural engineer in Los Angeles, shoots his wife and entraps her lover. He signs a confession; at the arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hotshot who's soon to join a fancy civil-law firm, told by everyone it's an open and shut case. Crawford sees Beachum's weakness, the hairline fracture of his character: Willy's a winner. The engineer sets in motion a clockwork crime with all the objects moving in ways he predicts.

Drive

Drive

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-09-16

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (397368 Reviews)

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Hossein Amini (screenplay)

James Sallis (book)

Fullplot:

A mysterious man who has multiple jobs as a garage mechanic, a Hollywood stuntman and a getaway driver seems to be trying to escape his shady past as he falls for his neighbor - whose husband is in prison and who's looking after her child alone. Meanwhile, his garage mechanic boss is trying to set up a race team using gangland money, which implicates our driver as he is to be used as the race team's main driver. Our hero gets more than he bargained for when he meets the man who is married to the woman he loves.

Lars and the Real Girl

Lars and the Real Girl

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-11-02

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (108574 Reviews)

Director:

Craig Gillespie

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

In this comedy, Lars Lindstrom is an awkwardly shy young man in a small northern town who finally brings home the girl of his dreams to his brother and sister-in-law's home. The only problem is that she's not real - she's a sex doll Lars ordered off the Internet. But sex is not what Lars has in mind, but rather a deep, meaningful relationship. His sister-in-law is worried for him, his brother thinks he's nuts, but eventually the entire town goes along with his delusion in support of this sweet natured boy that they've always loved.

Blue Valentine

Blue Valentine

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-01-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

NC-17

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (130620 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Derek Cianfrance

Joey Curtis

Cami Delavigne

Fullplot:

Dean Pereira and Cindy Heller Pereira are a young, working class married couple - Dean currently working as a painter, and Cindy working as a nurse in a medical clinic - with a young daughter named Frankie. Despite their relatively tender ages, they are both ravaged by the life they've eked out together and by the experiences they've had leading into their marriage. Dean, a high school drop out, comes from a broken home, where he never really had a mother figure. He never saw himself getting married or having a family despite falling in love at first sight with Cindy. He doesn't have any professional ambition beyond his current work - which he enjoys since he feels he can knock off a beer at 8 o'clock in the morning without it affecting his work - although Cindy believes he has so much more potential in life. Cindy also comes from a dysfunctional family, with her own mother and father not setting an example of a harmonious married or family life. One of her previous serious relationships was with Bobby Ontario, that relationship which has a profound affect on many aspects of her marriage to Dean. Dean and Cindy head off on an overnight getaway together without Frankie, the getaway which may provide a clearer picture if their marriage can survive its many issues.

The Ides of March

The Ides of March

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-10-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (178906 Reviews)

Director:

George Clooney

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

George Clooney (screenplay)

Grant Heslov (screenplay)

Beau Willimon (screenplay)

Beau Willimon (play)

Fullplot:

Stephen Meyers is a young idealist who's brilliant at communications, is second in command of Governor Mike Morris's presidential campaign, and is a true believer. In the middle of the Ohio primary, the campaign manager of Morris's opponent asks Meyers to meet; he offers him a job. At the same time, Morris's negotiations for the endorsement of the man in third place, a North Carolina Senator, hit a snag. A young campaign intern, Molly Stearns, gets Stephen's romantic attention. Republicans have a trick up their sleeve; Stephen may be too trusting, and Molly has a secret. What's most important, career, victory, or virtue?

All Good Things

All Good Things

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-12-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (37241 Reviews)

Director:

Andrew Jarecki

Cast:

Writer:

Marcus Hinchey

Marc Smerling

Fullplot:

A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-07-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (347819 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Cal (Steve Carell) and Emily (Julianne Moore) have the perfect life together living the American dream... until Emily asks for a divorce. Now Cal, Mr Husband, has to navigate the single scene with a little help from his professional bachelor friend Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). Make that a lot of help...

ReGeneration

ReGeneration

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-05-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

81 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (189 Reviews)

Fullplot:

ReGENERATION explores the inherent cynicism found in many of today's youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our culture's apathetic approach to social and political causes. The film features three intersecting stories of students, parents, and artists all looking for their place in society. Together they capture the thoughts and feelings of today's struggling generation as some of the worlds leading scholars, activists, and media personalities provide their insight into the ideas and movements that can inspire change.

Only God Forgives

Only God Forgives

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-05-22

Languages:

English, Thai

Countries:

Denmark, Sweden, Thailand, USA, France

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (74860 Reviews)

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

Bangkok. Ten years ago Julian killed a man and went on the run. Now he manages a Thai boxing club as a front for a drugs operation. Respected in the criminal underworld, deep inside, he feels empty. When Julian's brother murders an underage prostitute, the police call on retired cop Chang - the Angel of Vengeance. Chang allows the father to kill his daughter's murderer, then 'restores order' by chopping off the man's right hand. Julian's mother Crystal - the head of a powerful criminal organization - arrives in Bangkok to collect her son's body. She dispatches Julian to find his killers and 'raise hell'.

The Ides of March

The Ides of March

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-10-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (179108 Reviews)

Director:

George Clooney

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

George Clooney (screenplay)

Grant Heslov (screenplay)

Beau Willimon (screenplay)

Beau Willimon (play)

Fullplot:

Stephen Meyers is a young idealist who's brilliant at communications, is second in command of Governor Mike Morris's presidential campaign, and is a true believer. In the middle of the Ohio primary, the campaign manager of Morris's opponent asks Meyers to meet; he offers him a job. At the same time, Morris's negotiations for the endorsement of the man in third place, a North Carolina Senator, hit a snag. A young campaign intern, Molly Stearns, gets Stephen's romantic attention. Republicans have a trick up their sleeve; Stephen may be too trusting, and Molly has a secret. What's most important, career, victory, or virtue?

The Place Beyond the Pines

The Place Beyond the Pines

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-04-19

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

140 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (170989 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Derek Cianfrance (story)

Ben Coccio (story)

Derek Cianfrance (screenplay)

Ben Coccio (screenplay)

Darius Marder (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A mysterious and mythical motorcycle racer, Luke, (Ryan Gosling) drives out of a traveling carnival globe of death and whizzes through the backstreets of Schenectady, New York, desperately trying to connect with a former lover, Romina, (Eva Mendes) who recently and secretly gave birth to the stunt rider's son. In an attempt to provide for his new family, Luke quits the carnival life and commits a series of bank robberies aided by his superior riding ability. The stakes rise as Luke is put on a collision course with an ambitious police officer, Avery Cross, (Bradley Cooper) looking to quickly move up the ranks in a police department riddled with corruption. The sweeping drama unfolds over fifteen years as the sins of the past haunt the present days lives of two high school boys wrestling with the legacy they've inherited. The only refuge is found in the place beyond the pines.

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