# What is the best Ryan Gosling movie?

> From brooding neo-noir loners to a song-and-dance dreamer and a scene-stealing Ken, this lineup spans an actor who glides between arthouse gems and popcorn blockbusters. Which performance wins? Cast your vote!

*By YPB Team · Published August 15, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-ryan-gosling-movie*

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## Current results (3 votes)

1. **La La Land** — 66.67% (2 votes · score 1000/1000)
   A 2016 romantic musical where Gosling plays a jazz pianist opposite Emma Stone in Los Angeles.
2. **Barbie** — 33.33% (1 votes · score 813/1000)
   The 2023 blockbuster comedy in which Gosling plays a scene-stealing, existential Ken.
3. **Blue Valentine** — 0% (0 votes · score 776/1000)
   A 2010 romantic drama charting the rise and collapse of a marriage, opposite Michelle Williams.
4. **The Place Beyond the Pines** — 0% (0 votes · score 517/1000)
   A 2012 crime drama with Gosling as a motorcycle stunt rider turned bank robber.
5. **The Gray Man** — 0% (0 votes · score 517/1000)
   A 2022 Netflix action thriller with Gosling as a lethal CIA operative on the run.
6. **Drive** — 0% (0 votes · score 517/1000)
   A 2011 neo-noir crime thriller in which Gosling plays a stunt driver moonlighting as a getaway driver.
7. **The Notebook** — 0% (0 votes · score 517/1000)
   A 2004 romantic drama in which Gosling plays a young man in an enduring love story across decades.
8. **Gangster Squad** — 0% (0 votes · score 517/1000)
   A 2013 crime drama with Gosling as an LAPD detective battling 1940s mob boss Mickey Cohen.
9. **Crazy, Stupid, Love** — 0% (0 votes · score 423/1000)
   A 2011 romantic comedy with Gosling as a slick ladies' man mentoring a newly single dad.
10. **First Man** — 0% (0 votes · score 423/1000)
   A 2018 biopic starring Gosling as astronaut Neil Armstrong on the road to the Moon.
11. **Only God Forgives** — 0% (0 votes · score 423/1000)
   A 2013 stylized crime thriller reuniting Gosling with director Nicolas Winding Refn in Bangkok.
12. **Blade Runner 2049** — 0% (0 votes · score 310/1000)
   A 2017 sci-fi sequel with Gosling as a replicant blade runner uncovering a buried secret.
13. **Half Nelson** — 0% (0 votes · score 310/1000)
   A 2006 indie drama earning Gosling an Oscar nomination as a drug-addicted inner-city teacher.
14. **The Nice Guys** — 0% (0 votes · score 310/1000)
   A 2016 buddy action comedy pairing Gosling with Russell Crowe as bumbling 1970s LA private eyes.
15. **The Big Short** — 0% (0 votes · score 172/1000)
   A 2015 ensemble dramedy about the 2008 crash with Gosling as a smug bond salesman narrator.
16. **Lars and the Real Girl** — 0% (0 votes · score 172/1000)
   A 2007 comedy-drama in which Gosling's lonely man forms a relationship with a lifelike doll.

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