Movies starring Mark Ruffalo
Collateral is a classic example of how casting against type can sometimes result in a remarkable success. Here we have Tom Cruise, who has spent the majority of his career playing the good-looking, likeable, action/romantic lead, placed into the r...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-08-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, ...
A unique romantic comedy, unfettered by the normal expectations of the genre, is a rare and wondrous thing. That's precisely what director Michel Gondry, working from a screenplay by Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adapatation), delivers. ...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-03-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drugs)
Genre: ROMANCE/FANTASY
Director: Michel Gondry
Cast: Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, ...
Like Raging Bull, Foxcatcher is a dark drama masquerading as a sports movie. Also like Raging Bull, Foxcatcher is based on a true story. Although such comparisons risk overselling Bennett Miller's new movie, Foxcatcher isn't afraid of venturing int...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-11-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Bennett Miller
Cast: Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, ...
With Just Like Heaven, director Mark Waters (Mean Girls) wants to have his cake and eat it to. That's not necessarily a bad thing, until you consider that the recipe used for this confection is missing a few ingredients and the final product is ha...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-09-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Mark Waters
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue, ...
The kids may be all right, but the adults aren't. That's the underlying premise of Lisa Cholodenko's unconventional family drama - a motion picture that uses wry humor and uncommon sensitivity to underscore some of the difficulties inherent in any...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-07-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Cast: Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo, ...
With Now You See Me, director Louis Leterrier has taken a page out of the book of his characters: use sleight-of-hand so viewers are distracted from some rather obvious screenplay deficiencies. By employing a fast-moving, high-energy approach that...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-05-31
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Louis Leterrier
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, ...
2013’s Now You See Me wasn’t just about showmanship and misdirection, it was showmanship and misdirection. Brought to the screen by the sure hand of director Louis Leterrier, this was a triumph of style over substance - a flashy, fast-pac...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-06-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Jon M. Chu
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo, ...
Is Poor Things a fantasy with comedic elements? Or perhaps, considering its Frankenstein underpinnings, a horror movie? Or maybe a drama that promotes feminist ideals and libertine philosophies? In reality, it may be all of those things…and more...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, ...
It would be interesting to get a psychologist's perspective about why revenge/vigilante (two sides of the same coin) motion pictures are suddenly so popular. From The Brave One to Death Sentence to Before the Devil Knows You're Dead to Reservation ...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-10-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Terry George
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly, ...
Rumor has it that Rumor Has It… experienced a rocky production history. First-time director Ted Griffin was removed from his position just as production was beginning, necessitating an eleventh-hour change. The cinematographer was replaced, all...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine, ...