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Mark Ruffalo has 45 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 6 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
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The Avengers
2012 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Disney+ · Included

Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Disney+ · Included

Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Disney+ · Included

Thor: Ragnarok
2017 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Disney+ · Included

Poor Things
2023 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Netflix · Included

Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Disney+ · Included

When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!
Dir. Joss Whedon · With Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo

As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.
Dir. Joe Russo, Anthony Russo · With Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth

After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
Dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo · With Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
Dir. Martin Scorsese · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley

Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his home-world and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of a powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.
Dir. Taika Waititi · With Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
Dir. Michel Gondry · With Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
Dir. Louis Leterrier · With Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher

Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos · With Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe

When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.
Dir. Joss Whedon · With Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Dir. Tom McCarthy · With Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams

Over the course of a decade, editors of the San Francisco Chronicle entice themselves in the murders of the Zodiac Killer. However, as time runs its course, interest in the case dwindles in the eyes of the professionals. The Killer stops interacting with the public. However, believing he has the answers, an amateur cartoonist from the initial sightings races against time to prevent what he believes is another murder.
Dir. David Fincher · With Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards

The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.
Dir. Ryan Murphy · With Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch

Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gains purpose when Dan, a record label executive, notices her talent.
Dir. John Carney · With Mark Ruffalo, Keira Knightley, Adam Levine

A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.
Dir. Rod Lurie · With Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo

A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.
Dir. Todd Haynes · With Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins
Discover what Thor was up to during the events of Captain America: Civil War.
Dir. Taika Waititi · With Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Daley Pearson

After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.
Dir. Shawn Levy · With Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Mark Ruffalo

Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.
Dir. Bong Joon Ho · With Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun

Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Masterson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.
Dir. Mark Waters · With Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Dir. Michael Mann · With Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith

After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. Thanks to some magic wishing dust, Jenna's prayer has been answered. With a knockout body, a fabulous wardrobe, an athlete boyfriend, a dream job, and superstar friends, this can't be a better life. But soon Jenna realizes that adult life isn’t as easy as she hoped for.
Dir. Gary Winick · With Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer

When an elusive thief whose high-stakes heists unfold along the iconic 101 freeway in Los Angeles eyes the score of a lifetime, with hopes of this being his final job, his path collides with a disillusioned insurance broker who is facing her own crossroads. Determined to crack the case, a relentless detective closes in on the operation, raising the stakes even higher.
Dir. Bart Layton · With Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Halle Berry

Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting when the father, two mothers and children start to become attached to each other.
Dir. Lisa Cholodenko · With Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo

One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.
Dir. Jon M. Chu · With Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson

The parallel lives of identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th century America.
Dir. Derek Cianfrance · With Mark Ruffalo, Melissa Leo, Rosie O'Donnell

The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
Dir. Rian Johnson · With Adrien Brody, Rachel Weisz, Mark Ruffalo

A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns to town.
Dir. Kenneth Lonergan · With Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick

A blind French girl and a young German soldier's paths collide during WWII.
Dir. Steven Knight · With Aria Mia Loberti, Louis Hofmann, Lars Eidinger

A look at the story behind Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, featuring interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from all of the Marvel films, the Marvel One-Shots and "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."!
With Robert Downey Jr., Clark Gregg, Scarlett Johansson

A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.
Dir. Maya Forbes · With Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldaña, Imogene Wolodarsky
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