Ryan Rodney Reynolds, the youngest of four children, was born on October 23, 1976, in the Canadian city of Vancouver, in the province of British Columbia. His mother, Tamara Lee, was a salesperson at a retail store, and his father, James Chester Reynolds, was a food wholesaler.
Both of his parents were employed in the retail sector. Both Scotland and Ireland may be found in his ancestry. Actor and businessman Ryan Reynolds holds dual citizenship of both the adjoined nations of Canada and the United States.
He began his career as a star in the Canadian teen serial opera Hillside prior to being cast in the leading role of the television series Two Guys and a Girl from 1998 to 2001. He had played a lot of supporting parts before that. Since he was thirteen years old, Reynolds has worked in the entertainment industry.
In 1994, he received his diploma from Kitsilano Secondary School. Reynolds had a few cameo appearances in various television programs, but at 19, Ryan decided to give up acting and enroll at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. After a few months, he moved to Los Angeles with Chris William Martin, another actor, who persuaded him to try acting again.
Ryan Reynolds has starred in almost 63 movies, with many more to come, and has had a spectacular career in the entertainment biz so far filled with a huge fan following. Below is a list of 45 of Ryan Reynold’s best movies, though not ranked in a sense.
45 Best Movies Of Ryan Reynolds
1. The Adam Project (2022)
Time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed links up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to preserve the future after being injured by someone, urgently blowing up a wormhole and trying to flee, but accidentally crash-landing in 2022 instead of the future he was trying to get away from.
2. The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017)
The life of his sworn adversary, one of the most infamous assassins in the world, is in the hands of the world’s best security agent, who has been asked to watch over him. After spending years on opposite sides of the gun, the ruthless bodyguard and the deceitful assassin find themselves pushed together for a wild and crazy twenty-four hours. During their trip from England to the Hague, they are involved in high-speed automobile chases, bizarre boat adventures, and a confrontation with a ruthless Eastern European ruler who is out for blood.
3. The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (2022)
The most dangerous odd pair in the world, bodyguard Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) and hitman Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson), are back together again for another operation that might endanger their lives. Bryce, who lacks a license and is under investigation, is compelled to take action after being pressured to do so by Darius’s even more turbulent wife, the notorious worldwide con artist Sonia Kincaid (Salma Hayek).
As Bryce is pushed to his breaking point by his two most dangerous protectees, the trio finds themselves in over their heads in a worldwide scheme and quickly realizes that they are the only thing standing between Europe and a vindictive and powerful maniac (Antonio Banderas).
4. Detective Pikachu (2019)
Tim Goodman, age 21, takes it upon himself to investigate the circumstances behind his father’s disappearance as renowned investigator Harry Goodman. Detective Pikachu, Harry’s previous Pokémon partner and now a helpful member of the investigation team, is known for cracking wise and being an adorable super-sleuth. Tim being the only human who is able to communicate with Pikachu led them to the conclusion that they are best suited to work together, thus, they decided to join forces in order to solve the perplexing enigma.
5. Deadpool (2016)
The character Wade Wilson, played by Ryan Reynolds, is a former member of the Special Forces who is now employed as a mercenary. When the wicked scientist Ajax (Ed Skrein) turns him into Deadpool after torturing and disfiguring him, his entire life comes crumbling down around him.
Deadpool emerges from the rogue experiment with enhanced healing abilities and a warped sense of humor. Deadpool, with the assistance of his fellow mutant companions Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand), is currently on a quest for the one who came dangerously close to destroying his life.
6. Deadpool 2 (2018)
A mercenary who trades in secrets, Deadpool crosses paths with Russell, a hostile adolescent mutant who lives in a home for abandoned children. Deadpool knows that he is going to need some assistance in order to save Russell from Cable, a genetically modified soldier from the future when Russell becomes his target of Cable. Cable is a soldier from the future who is genetically enhanced. Soon after, he teams up with Bedlam, Shatterstar, Domino, and a few other formidable mutants in order to defend little Russell from Cable and his sophisticated weaponry.
7. Once Upon A Deadpool (2018)
An unadulterated version made especially in PG13 format with a massive amount of editing, toning down the slurs and strong language, Deadpool narrated the events of the movie Deadpool 2 released earlier in the same year in a “Disney Princess” theme, to the director Fred Savage [director: Deadpool 2 (2018)] while holding him hostage.
8. Dick (1999)
Betsy, played by Kirsten Dunst, and Arlene, played by Michelle Williams, are both 15 years old when the film’s events take place in the year 1976. Betsy and Arlene had no idea that they would become unknowing participants in the notorious Watergate robbery that took place while they were sleeping at the Watergate Motel. Nixon (Dan Hedaya) comes up with the idea to enlist them in the role of honorary dog walkers as a means of silencing them. Their seemingly insignificant activities, which took place both within and outside the White House, set in motion a series of circumstances that might finally result in the resignation of Richard Nixon as president of the United States.
9. Mississippi Grind (2015)
Gerry, who is having difficulties with both his luck and his finances, decides to form a partnership with Curtis, a younger and more appealing poker player, in the hopes of reversing his bad luck and improving his financial situation. Gerry (Ben Mendelsohn), a gambling addict, is persuaded that his new buddy Curtis (Ryan Reynolds), a lucky charm, and the two of them set off on a road trip across the South with the purpose of retrieving what has been lost due to gambling.
10. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Logan, better known as Wolverine, was portrayed by Hugh Jackman, and it appeared as though he had found the love and fulfillment he sought in Kayla Silverfox, despite the problems in his background (Lynn Collins). The vicious murder of Logan’s sister Kayla Creed, committed by Logan’s brother Victor Creed, threw Logan’s life, which had previously been calm, into disarray (played by Liev Schreiber). Logan participates in the Weapon X program in order to get revenge on his enemies. He submits himself to a grueling process in order to get adamantium implanted in his bones, which renders him invincible and more than capable of taking on Victor.
11. The Croods (2013)
The Croods, a family that lived in the distant past, now reside in a period fraught with peril. During the day, the patriarch Grug (played by Nick Cage), his wife Ugga (played by Catherine Keener), their teenage daughter Eep (played by Emma Stone), and their son Thunk (played by Clark Duke), along with Gran (played by Cloris Leachman), go out to gather food. At night, they sleep in a cave together. When Guy (Ryan Reynolds), a highly evolved caveman, arrives on the scene, he first causes Grug to have some doubts about him. Nevertheless, it will soon be clear that Guy is correct about the imminent destruction of their civilization.
12. The Croods: A New Age (2020)
The ancient Crood family discovers a perfect, walled-in paradise that meets all of their needs while looking for a more secure setting. Unluckily, they will also need to learn how to get along with the Betterman’s, a family that is a few steps ahead of the Croods on the evolutionary scale. A new threat soon appears as tensions between the new neighbors start to rise, forcing both clans to embark on an epic adventure where they must accept their differences, draw strength amongst themselves as a whole, and persevere as a unit. In order to survive, they must eventually learn to cohabit.
13. Life (2017)
Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, and Ryan Reynolds, who are all members of the crew of the International Space Station, are at the forefront of one of the most important scientific breakthroughs that occurred in the history of humanity. This discovery is the finding of the first sign of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As the crew members continue their investigation, the fast-developing life-form reveals itself to be far more intelligent and frightening than anybody could have ever anticipated.
14. The Nines (2007)
A collection of three separate narratives is brought together through the performances of three actors: Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, and Melissa McCarthy, taking on the lead parts. Throughout the length of “The Prisoner,” an actor serving a sentence of house imprisonment has just two interactions with the outside world: one with his neighbor and the other with his publicist. The documentary titled “Reality Television” focuses on the production of a television comedy as its primary topic. The plot of the drama “Knowing” follows a family who is left stranded in the middle of the woods when their car breaks down. The protagonist of the story is a video game designer.
15. Blade: Trinity (2004)
The battle between humans and vampires rages on. Still, the human race’s best chance is the human-vampire hybrid fighter Blade (played by Wesley Snipes), whose reputation has been damaged by being wrongly accused of a series of murders. The vampire boss Danica Talos, played by Parker Posey, is in charge of Blade’s bad image. Danica is eager to succeed and lead her vengeful coworkers to victory. She is to blame for the negative exposure that Blade has received. Now, Blade will have to work with a crew of rogue vampire hunters, including Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biel, in order to save humanity.
16. The Amityville Horror (2005)
In the little town of Amityville, New York, George Lutz and his wife Kathy (Melissa George) discover a gorgeous new mansion, but they are skeptical that the setting is genuine because it looks too perfect to be true. After settling in with their kids, they discover that the property’s questionable background accounts for its cheap asking price: According to the allegations, the former tenant slaughtered his family after being possessed by the devil and committing the killings. The couple, who believe their home to be haunted, seek the help of a priest, played by Philip Baker Hall, to exorcise the building of any evil spirits.
17. Buried (2010)
Ryan Reynolds portrays Paul Conroy, a civilian truck driver employed in Iraq who is attacked and killed by a squad of militants. Paul ultimately awakens while lying in a coffin with nothing except a lighter, a phone, and his mounting anxiety. It’s not apparent how much time has gone by. As Paul awaits a rescue that may or may not come in time, he must fight against feelings of terror, despair, and lunacy. He has a battery that is dying, and his oxygen supply is running low.
18. Red Notice (2021)
An agent with Interpol is making an effort to track down and apprehend the person who holds the record for the most art thefts that have been reported worldwide. Even though the Interpol agent is successful in tracking down the world’s most wanted art thief, with the assistance of a rival art thief, everything is not as it appears as a series of double-crosses occur. Despite all of the cat-and-mouse pursuit, nothing is as it seems.
19. Spirited (2022)
A contemporary musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’s timeless holiday narrative “A Christmas Carol,” which tells the tale of a grumpy misanthrope who is transformed via a series of enchanted events.
20. Free Guy (2021)
A bank teller in “Free Guy” comes to the realization that he is actually a supporting character in an open-world computer game. He then makes the decision to become the protagonist of his own tale, which he then goes on to rewrite. Now that he is in a universe where there are no restrictions, he is resolved to be the hero who rescues his planet in the way that he sees fit before it’s too late.
21. 6 Underground (2019)
Magnet S. Johnson, an American billionaire, and philanthropist who made his fortune through inventions fakes his own death to form an anonymous vigilante squad to take down criminals and terrorists that the world as a whole either cannot or will not pursue. Johnson’s inventions helped him amass his fortune. It has been determined that six people, including him, from all over the world, each of whom is the absolute best at what they do, have been picked not only for their competence but also for a unique desire to obliterate their pasts in order to transform their futures.
22. R.I.P.D (2013)
Jeff Bridges portrays Roy Pulsifer, a seasoned police officer who works for the R.I.P.D., a storied police department entrusted with tracking down terrible ghosts who are attempting to avoid their ultimate judgment by blending in with the living. Finding these terrible spirits, who are dressed as regular humans, is the responsibility of the R.I.P.D. They are compelled to discover a method to restore the cosmic balance or face the risk that the tunnel to the hereafter may start delivering enraged souls back to the realm of the living when Roy and his new sidekick,
Nick Walker (Ryan Reynolds), uncover a conspiracy that might kill all life. They will have to watch as the tunnel starts to send vengeful spirits back to the living world if they cannot do so.
23. The Change-Up (2011)
Dave (Jason Bateman) and Mitch (Ryan Reynolds), who were once best friends, have grown apart over the course of their lives. To this point, Mitch has sidestepped most of the typical obligations that come along with maturity, in contrast to Dave, an overworked lawyer, and family guy. Both men are envious of the other’s existence, and after a particularly heavy drinking session, they come to the realization that they have somehow exchanged bodies. Dave and Mitch quickly realize that things are not as perfect as they appear to be, so they search for a means to restore their lives to the way they were before the crisis occurred.
24. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Brixton Lorr is a soldier who has been subjected to cybernetic alteration. As a result of this modification, he possesses superhuman strength, acute intelligence, and a disease that has the potential to wipe off half of the human race. Deckard Shaw, a renegade agent, and Luke Hobbs, a muscular lawman, must now put aside their previous disagreements and work together in order to prevent the supposedly indestructible Lorr from wiping out mankind.
25. Safe House (2012)
While waiting it out in an inactive station in South Africa for the past year, keen in order to establish a name for himself, the young CIA agent Matt Weston, played by Ryan Reynolds, has been ready to demonstrate his worth. He is afforded the opportunity when Tobin Frost, a double agent played by Denzel Washington, is taken to Weston’s safe house for the purpose of being debriefed. However, not long after Frost’s arrival, mercenaries launched an assault, and Weston and Frost very just avoided death as a result. The two men have little choice but to work together in order to increase their chances of surviving long enough to discover who is out to have them killed.
26. Waiting… (2005)
Both when they are working, and while they are off the clock, the employees at the restaurant Shenaniganz participate in a variety of pranks and games. However, within the span of a single day, waiter Dean (Justin Long) is forced to decide whether he should accept a promotion to manager or leave the restaurant in search of better opportunities elsewhere. While this is going on, his roommate and coworker Monty, played by Ryan Reynolds, is fending off temptation in the shape of an underage coworker while also giving a new employee, played by John Francis Daley, the worst first day of his life.
27. Definitely, Maybe (2008)
Will Hayes (Ryan Reynolds), a Manhattanite in his thirties, is in the midst of the divorce procedures, his little daughter, played by Abigail Breslin, questions him about his life before marriage, including the story of how he first encountered and fell in love with his first wife, who is her mother. Will tells his daughter that he met and fell in love with her mother while he was in the military. Will has a flashback to the year 1992 and tells his daughter about his relationships with three different women, but he changes their names so that she has to figure out which one of them ended up becoming his wife.
28. Turbo (2013)
Turbo, played by Ryan Reynolds, is a snail that is fascinated with racing and has an unorthodox goal of being the best racer in the world. This peculiar snail is given the ability to travel at breakneck speeds after being involved in a bizarre accident that endows him with extraordinary abilities. Turbo, who has recently been revved up, sets off on an epic journey with the goal of competing and winning the Indianapolis 500, a Formula Car race. Turbo, who is accompanied by a devoted pit crew consisting of trash-talking adrenaline addicts, becomes the ultimate underdog because he refuses to allow his restrictions to prevent him from achieving his ambitions.
29. Fireflies In The Garden (2008)
Michael (Ryan Reynolds), a successful author, travels to the Midwest to see his family and is shocked to find that his mother, Lisa (Julia Roberts), has passed away as a result of a terrible accident. Michael tries to come to grips with his loss with the help of his sister, Ryne (Shannon Lucio), and his college professor’s father, Charles (Willem Dafoe). Together, they are portrayed by the actors. However, the absence of Lisa reopens many old scars, and the growing tensions threaten to tear the family apart just as they are making an attempt to come closer together and grieve the loss of Lisa.
30. School of Life (2005)
Matt, a new teacher, is competing for a teacher of the year award against his crusty competitor, Mr. D, who was given this moniker by everyone at the school. However, some information that Matt learns about Mr. D may lead Matt on the path to truly becoming the inspiration to the students that he wants to be, regardless of whether or not he wins the award.
31. Criminal (2016)
Ryan Reynolds portrays CIA agent Bill Pope who was shot and died when he was traveling to a top-secret meeting with a hacker who has the ability to fire missiles at command. Officials are at their wits’ end trying to identify him, so they consult an experimental neurosurgeon who has the ability to copy memories from one person’s brain into another. Jerico Stewart (Kevin Costner), a belligerent and dangerous death-row convict, will serve as the procedure’s test subject and serve as the guinea pig. Stewart, who is now endowed with the abilities and knowledge of Pope, is in a race against the clock to put an end to a nefarious multinational scheme.
32. The Captive (2014)
Cassandra, a teenage girl, is being held against her will at a place where she cannot communicate with her family or let them know that she is still alive. Flashback to eight years ago, when Cass, then nine years old, was kidnapped from her father’s vehicle. He went directly to the authorities, and they quickly pegged him as the primary suspect in the case.
Eight years later, Matthew, her father, is still the subject of an investigation by the police, who are also attempting to solve the more significant issue of crimes committed against children. Meanwhile, Matthew’s marriage has fallen apart, and it isn’t easy to find new leads in the case. The passage of so much time has resulted in so few changes, and it will be up to Matthew and Cassandra to mend the fractures in the family’s relationship.
33. Self/Less (2015)
Damian Hale, a billionaire businessman played by Ben Kingsley, is the ruler of his universe — that is until he faces an adversary that he is unable to vanquish: cancer. His last chance of survival lies in a revolutionary medical procedure known as “shedding,” in which his consciousness is transplanted into the body of a healthy person. After the operation, Damian, who is now going by the name Edward and is played by Ryan Reynolds, begins a new life in New Orleans, but he is troubled by strange images. As he investigates Edward’s murky past, he discovers that some people are willing to risk their lives to conceal the truth.
34. The Voices (2014)
Jerry (Ryan Reynolds), a cheery guy who clocks the 9 to 5 at a bathtub factory and has the eccentric appeal of anybody who could use a few pals, is the protagonist of the film. He pursues his workplace infatuation, Gemma Arterton, with the assistance of his court-appointed psychiatrist; nevertheless, their relationship takes a shocking and violent turn after she cancels on a date they had planned together. Jerry is forced to make a choice between continuing his pursuit of normalcy and giving in to his inclination toward the ominous by his beneficent talking dog and his demonic talking cat.
35. Woman In Gold (2015)
Maria Altmann, played by Helen Mirren, portrays an elderly Jewish woman who strives to regain family valuables that were taken by the Nazis sixty years after she and her family fled Vienna to escape the Nazi occupation. Among them is Gustave Klimt’s well-known “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I,” which depicts Maria’s adored Aunt Adele. Maria embarks on a protracted legal battle to recover this painting and several others, and she enlists the assistance of a young attorney named Randy Schoenberg, who is played by Ryan Reynolds. However, the battle will not be an easy one because Austria considers the paintings to be national treasures.
36. The Proposal (2009)
Margaret Tate, a high-powered book editor played by Sandra Bullock, tells her helpless assistant Andrew Paxton, played by Ryan Reynolds, that she is engaged to marry him in order to avoid being deported back to her home country of Canada. Andrew gives his assent to the ruse but not before imposing a few conditions of his own, one of which is that he must first travel to Alaska to meet his peculiar family. Margaret and Andrew are going to have to keep to their original wedding plan despite the fact that there have been countless hiccups along the road. A suspicious immigration agent is always lurking close.
37. National Lampoon’s Van Wilder (2002)
He towers above everyone else on campus. He rules when it comes to the condiment. He’s the kind of person every female dream of having and every guy aspires to be like. Because in the competitive environment of higher education, there can be only one monarch, and at Coolidge College, that king is Van Wilder. You will be charmed, moved, and grossed out all at the same time by “National Lampoon’s Van Wilder,” which follows in the rich tradition of comedic masterpieces such as “National Lampoon’s Animal House” and “National Lampoon’s Vacation.”
38. Adventureland (2009)
James Brennan, who recently graduated from college and is played by Jesse Eisenberg, is counting down the days before he can go on his long-awaited dream vacation to Europe during the summer of 1987. Unfortunately for James, his preparations are brought to a crashing end when his parents let him know that they will not be able to provide financial support for his trip. James, who has no choice but to accept a job at the local amusement park, braces himself for the worst summer of his life, but then he falls in love with one of his beguiling coworkers named Em (Kristen Stewart).
39. Green Lantern (2011)
The Green Lantern Corps has been around for generations and has a solemn obligation to uphold cosmic law and order. The first ever human to join the team, Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds), is the organization’s newest member and newest recruit. Humans are held in low esteem by the Green Lanterns because they have not been able to master the abilities required to control the power ring that each member wears. However, Jordan, a talented and arrogant test pilot, maybe the last chance for the corps when a new foe known as Parallax threatens the worldwide balance of power.
40. Chaos Theory (2007)
Frank Allen, a renowned book and efficiency guru, played by Ryan Reynolds, has always kept his life in step with a well-prepared system of checklists and schedules. Emily Mortimer, who is his wife, decides to pull a prank on him by setting his clock back 10 minutes, but the trick has much more severe repercussions than she anticipated. Frank’s previously well-ordered existence is falling apart, and as a result, he is becoming more receptive to the unpredictability of life.
41. Smokin’ Aces (2007)
When sleazy performer Buddy “Aces” Israel (Jeremy Piven), who is a witness against the Las Vegas mafia, decides to testify against them, he earns the fury of crime leader Primo Sparazza (also Jeremy Piven). Two FBI agents, played by Ray Liotta and Ryan Reynolds, who is tasked with the challenging responsibility of guarding him against a diverse group of bounty hunters, assassins, and nefarious vixens who are converging on his Lake Tahoe encampment with the intention of eliminating him and collecting a sizeable reward for their efforts. They are attempting to kill him.
42. Paper Man (2009)
A coming-of-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between a failed author and a Long Island youngster who teaches him a few things about growing up, all while his long-suffering wife and his imaginary Superhero buddy look on with disapproval. As the story progresses, the failed author, Richard Dunne, befriends a Long Island teen. After developing a special connection with a young person from Long Island, the dissatisfied author finds that he depends on his made-up companion less and less.
43. The In-Laws (2003)
Melissa Peyser, played by Lindsay Sloane, and the daughter of Dr. Jerry Peyser, played by Albert Brooks, is ready to wed Mark Tobias (Ryan Reynolds). Everything is running smoothly up until the point that Jerry discovers some confidential information: Steve, Mark’s father, played by Michael Douglas, is an agent with the Central Intelligence Agency. Steve coerces Jerry into aiding him with an international operation that includes a dangerous criminal named Jean-Pierre Thibodoux. Steve does this out of fear that Jerry may start leaking information to the authorities, which would put Jerry’s present job in jeopardy (David Suchet).
44. Finder’s Fee (2001)
Tepper, played by Erik Palladino, is a young man who stumbles upon a wallet while walking down the street in this suspenseful crime drama directed by Jeff Probst. Tepper finds out that the wallet he is looking for has a winning lottery ticket that is worth millions of dollars when he makes contact with Avery Phillips, the owner of the wallet, who is played by James Earl Jones. The arrival of Tepper’s poker-playing group, which includes Quigley (played by Ryan Reynolds) and Fishman (played by Matthew Lillard), for their usual game, which involves betting with lottery tickets, further complicates Tepper’s already difficult moral predicament.
45. Bullet Train (2022)
Brad Pitt plays the role of Ladybug, an unfortunate assassin who, after one too many jobs going off the rails, is determined to accomplish his job quietly in the film Bullet Train. On the other hand, it’s not out of the question that Fate has other intentions for Ladybug since his most recent assignment puts him on a collision course with dangerous foes from around the world who are travelling on the world’s fastest train.
These adversaries all have related but opposing goals. David Leitch, the filmmaker of Deadpool 2, presents a wild and non-stop thrill journey across modern-day Japan in which the destination of the train line is just the beginning of the adventure.
If you have seen every movie on this list, then you can consider yourself a true Ryan Reynolds enthusiast and fan.
