Movies starring Ryan Gosling

Remember the Titans (2000)

113 mins     Drama, Sport      

On face value "Remember the Titans" is another entry into the feel good sporting movie genre which follows a somewhat formula driven approach in delivering an inspirational story on top of a crowd pleasing climax. It never st...

Murder by Numbers (2002)

115 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

So "Murder by Numbers" is a pretty decent thriller, I say pretty decent because unfortunately it does have a couple of flaws. The actual concept of two young men executing the perfect, untraceable murder just too see if they ...

The Notebook (2004)

123 mins     Romance      

As with many modern movies I had heard far too much hype about "The Notebook" before watching it. I'd heard reports of it being a great romance, a modern love story and as is normal when a movie gets so much hype I was scepti...

Stay (2005)

99 mins     Drama, Mystery, Thriller      

Ryan Gosling sitting on a road in front of a burning vehicle, a queue of traffic sits behind whilst sirens can be heard in the distance, he gets up and walks towards camera and as he reaches the camera it switches to Ewan McG...

Half Nelson (2006)

106 mins     Drama      

I will stop the synopsis there as for a movie about a popular teacher "Half Nelson" is very different to most teacher student movies even if in the classroom the character of Dan Dunne is inspirational through throwing out th...

Fracture (2007)

113 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller      

There is a sort of irony to Ryan Gosling starring alongside Anthony Hopkins in the clever thriller "Fracture" because back in 2002 he played the cocky teenager Richard Haywood who tries to commit the perfect murder in "Murder...

Blue Valentine (2010)

112 mins     Drama, Romance      

First thing which you should know, if you watch a movie because you want some simple entertainment with an actor you like then don't be fooled into watching "Blue Valentine" because it stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams...

All Good Things (2010)

101 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery      

I watch a lot of made for TV movies and to be honest I am surprised that "All Good Things", which is inspired by the story of Robert Durst, was not made in to a TV movie as movies inspired by real crimes seem to work better o...

Drive (2011)

100 mins     Action , Crime, Drama      

What happens when you take a popular Hollywood actor, place him in what on paper looks like a typical Hollywood action movie but then have it made in an almost art house style. What you get is a movie which divides audiences,...

The Ides of March (2011)

101 mins     Drama      

I reckon if "The Ides of March" had been set in the world of British politics it may have grabbed my attention and kept it. You see I am a Brit who has little knowledge of how politics and campaigning works in America and to ...

Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)

118 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) Steve Carell stars as a middle aged man who is thrown back in to the dating pool when his wife suddenly decides she wanta a divorce...

The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)

140 mins     Crime, Drama, Romance      

Now I have been known to watch Danielle Steel movies and you may be wondering where I am going with this but quite often a Danielle Steel movie will start at a certain point and end up decades later involving the children of ...

Gangster Squad (2013)

110 mins     Action , Crime, Drama      

Movie Review - Gangster Squad (2013) 1949 Los Angeles and vicious mobster, Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) is running the place, that is why Sgt. John O'Mara (Josh Brolin) is putting together a special force to take Cohen down and s...