What is the best Mark Ruffalo movie of all time?

A master of understated intensity, his resume spans investigative journalism, superhero spectacle, and devastating domestic drama. Which performance sticks with you?

1

Spotlight

The 2015 Oscar-winning journalism drama in which Ruffalo plays reporter Michael Rezendes investigating clergy sexual abuse for The Boston Globe.

2

The Kids Are All Right

The 2010 dramedy in which Ruffalo plays the sperm donor who disrupts the lives of a lesbian couple and their teenage children.

3

You Can Count on Me

The 2000 Kenneth Lonergan debut drama in which Ruffalo plays a drifter who reconnects with his single-mother sister after years away.

4

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

The 2004 Michel Gondry sci-fi romance in which Ruffalo plays Stan, a memory-erasure technician who erases past relationships.

5

Zodiac

The 2007 David Fincher crime epic in which Ruffalo plays SF detective Dave Toschi hunting the elusive Zodiac Killer.

6

Shutter Island

The 2010 Martin Scorsese psychological thriller in which Ruffalo plays Chuck Aule, partner to a detective investigating a missing asylum patient.

7

The Avengers

The 2012 Marvel blockbuster in which Ruffalo first plays Bruce Banner, bringing a thoughtful, reluctant edge to the Hulk.

8

Dark Waters

The 2019 Todd Haynes environmental legal drama in which Ruffalo plays attorney Rob Bilott, who exposed DuPont's decades-long toxic contamination.

9

Foxcatcher

The 2014 true-crime drama in which Ruffalo plays Dave Schultz, an Olympic wrestling champion under the dangerous patronage of John du Pont.

10

Now You See Me

The 2013 heist thriller in which Ruffalo plays an FBI agent investigating a team of illusionist bank robbers.

11

Avengers: Infinity War

The 2018 MCU crossover in which Ruffalo's Bruce Banner struggles to control the Hulk against the greatest threat the universe has known.

12

Begin Again

The 2013 John Carney music drama in which Ruffalo plays a down-on-his-luck record producer who discovers a talented singer-songwriter.

13

13 Going on 30

The 2004 romantic comedy in which Ruffalo plays Matt, the childhood best friend of a woman who magically skips forward to age 30.

14

Collateral

The 2004 Michael Mann thriller in which Ruffalo plays Detective Ray Fanning, racing to stop Tom Cruise's hitman before dawn.

15

The Normal Heart

The 2014 HBO film in which Ruffalo plays AIDS activist Ned Weeks fighting for recognition of the epidemic in 1980s New York.