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Among those, 14 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Directed by Martin Scorsese, Damien Chazelle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, J. K. Simmons, Finn Wittrock, John Legend, Sonoya Mizuno
Roles Sebastian Wilder
Rating79%
Set in modern-day Los Angeles, La La Land portrays a romantic relationship between Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a jazz pianist, and Mia (Emma Stone), an actress.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films based on works by Philip K. Dick, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Anticipation
Actors Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, David Bautista, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks
Roles 'K'
Rating79%
En 2049, des humanoïdes issus du génie biologique, appelés réplicants, ont été intégrés dans la société pour assurer la survie de l'humanité. K, l'un des plus récents modèles conçus pour obéir, travaille comme blade runner au LAPD. Sa mission consiste surtout à pourchasser et éliminer les anciens modèles délinquants.
Directed by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, John Carroll Lynch, Marisa Tomei
Roles Jacob Palmer
Rating73%
Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is a middle-aged man who learns that his wife Emily (Julianne Moore) cheated on him with a co-worker, David Lindhagen (Kevin Bacon), and that she wants a divorce. After moving into his own apartment, Cal goes to a bar night after night, talking loudly about his divorce, until he attracts the attention of a young man named Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling), a womanizer who beds women each night, although a young woman named Hannah (Emma Stone) recently had rejected his advances. Jacob takes pity on Cal, and offers to teach him how to pick up women. Using Jacob's teachings, Cal seduces Kate (Marisa Tomei) at the bar. After this encounter, Cal manages to successfully seduce other women in the bar. He sees Emily again at their son Robbie's (Jonah Bobo) parent-teacher conference. The interaction goes well until they discover that Robbie's teacher is Kate, who reveals to Emily that she and Cal slept together. Cal then confesses to sleeping with many women. Emily leaves in disgust and begins actively dating David. Meanwhile, Hannah, a recent law school graduate, is expecting her boyfriend, Richard (Josh Groban) to propose marriage while they celebrate her passing the bar exam, but he does not, instead, offering her a position at his law firm. Offended and hurt, Hannah returns to the bar where she originally rejected Jacob's advances and kisses Jacob passionately. The two return to Jacob's home to hook up, but end up talking to each other all night and making a connection. Jacob starts a relationship with Hannah, and he becomes distant from Cal.
Directed by Adam McKay
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Melissa Leo, Karen Gillan
Roles Jared Vennett
Rating77%
En 2005, à Wall Street, au milieu des grandes banques, des médias et du gouvernement aveugles, quatre outsiders découvrent la bulle immobilière et l'opacité de son financement. Par l'analyse et l'enquête sur le terrain ils rejettent l'idéologie et l'optimisme écrasants de leur milieu. Ils sont les seuls à se positionner dans le sens de la débâcle qui leur apparaît certaine.
Directed by Damien Chazelle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Biography, Historical
Themes Space adventure films, Transport films, Films about the Apollo program, Sur la Lune, Aviation films
Actors Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Corey Stoll, Kyle Chandler, Jason Clarke, Shea Whigham
Roles Neil Armstrong
Rating72%
Originaire de l'Ohio, Neil Armstrong est un ingénieur aérospatial de l'Université Purdue, officier pilote d'essai d'élite de l'aéronavale et de l'US Air Force américaine (notamment sur avion à réaction et avion fusée Grumman F9F Panther, McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, Boeing B-47 Stratojet, Douglas F5D Skylancer, Bell X-1, Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, North American X-15...) lorsqu'il intègre le deuxième groupe d'astronautes de la NASA en 1962, alors âgé de trente-deux ans. En 1966, il commande la mission Gemini 8, au cours de laquelle il effectue le premier amarrage dans l'espace, avec un satellite-cible. Suite à un dysfonctionnement, il assure alors un retour sur Terre en catastrophe.
Directed by Ruben Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Action, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Emma Stone, Anthony Mackie
Roles Sgt. Jerry Wooters
Rating66%
In 1949 Los Angeles, gangster Mickey Cohen wants to control all organized crime and argues with local mobster Jack Dragna that they should not allow the East coast mafia to run the town. Meanwhile, LAPD Detective Sergeant John "Sarge" O'Mara raids a Cohen-owned brothel to save a woman from being raped, gaining the attention of Police Chief Bill Parker. Parker believes that more drastic measures need to be taken against men like Cohen, and tasks O'Mara to begin waging a guerrilla campaign against the mobsters. He tells O'Mara (a former OSS commando during World War II) to use his special operations training, learned at Camp X during World War II, and to select a small team that will work without badges or official support from the police.
Directed by Gregory Hoblit
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz, Billy Burke
Roles William Beachum
Rating72%
Theodore "Ted" Crawford (Anthony Hopkins), a wealthy and talented Irish aeronautical engineer in Los Angeles, discovers that his wife Jennifer (Embeth Davidtz) is having an affair with police detective Robert Nunally (Billy Burke). After confronting his wife, Crawford shoots her, seriously wounding her, and immediately confesses the crime to Nunally at the scene.
Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Oscar Isaac
Roles Driver
Rating77%
The unnamed driver (Ryan Gosling), who lives in an Echo Park, Los Angeles apartment, works repairing cars and as a part-time movie double. Managed in both jobs by auto shop owner Shannon (Bryan Cranston), the duo also provides a getaway driver service. With Shannon organizing the events, the driver gives criminals only five minutes to perpetrate robberies and reach his car. After meeting his new neighbor, Irene (Carey Mulligan), the driver soon becomes close to her and befriends her young son, Benicio (Kaden Leos), while Irene's husband, Standard Gabriel (Oscar Isaac), is in prison. After her husband is freed, Irene still asks the driver to visit them.
Directed by George Clooney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Politic
Themes Politique, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei
Roles Stephen Meyers
Rating70%
Stephen Meyers is the junior campaign manager for Mike Morris, Governor of Pennsylvania and a Democratic presidential candidate, competing against Arkansas Senator Ted Pullman in the Democratic primary. Both campaigns are attempting to secure the endorsement of North Carolina Democratic Senator Franklin Thompson, who controls 356 convention delegates, enough to clinch the nomination for either candidate. After a debate at Miami University, Meyers is asked by Pullman's campaign manager, Tom Duffy, to meet in secret. Meyers calls his boss, senior campaign manager Paul Zara, who doesn't answer. Meyers decides to meet Duffy, who offers Meyers a position in Pullman's campaign, an offer Meyers refuses. Zara calls Meyers back and asks what was important, but Meyers says it was nothing to worry about. Meanwhile, Meyers starts a sexual relationship with Molly Stearns, an attractive intern for Morris's campaign and daughter of Jack Stearns, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
Directed by Derek Cianfrance
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta, Ben Mendelsohn, Rose Byrne
Roles Luke Glanton
Rating72%
In 1997, Luke Glanton is a locally well-known motorcycle stuntman working in a traveling act for state fairs. During the fair in Altamont, New York, Luke visits his ex-lover, Romina, and learns he is the father of her infant son. Luke quits his job as a stuntman to stay in town and provide for the child, but Romina does not want him in the child's life, as she has become involved in a relationship with another man named Kofi.
Directed by Derek Cianfrance
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman, Ben Shenkman, Maryann Plunkett
Roles Dean
Rating72%
The film starts in the present and in flashbacks looks at how Cindy and Dean met each other. Dean is a young high school dropout, working for a New York City moving company. Cindy is a pre-med student living with her constantly fighting parents and also caring for her grandmother in Pennsylvania. Cindy and Dean meet at Cindy's grandmother's nursing home while Dean is delivering a new resident's furniture. They begin to date. Cindy discovers she is pregnant, and tells Dean that the baby is most likely not his, as her previous boyfriend Bobby ejaculated during intercourse without the use of protection. Dean asks Cindy whether or not she wants to keep the baby. At an abortion clinic, Cindy decides at the last moment to cancel the procedure, and on the bus ride home, Dean tells her he doesn't mind if the child is not his, and that he wants to begin a family with her.
Directed by Craig Gillespie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Jeu, Films about toys
Actors Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner, Patricia Clarkson, Lauren Ash
Roles Lars Lindstrom
Rating72%
Lars Lindstrom (Gosling) lives in the converted garage behind the house he and his brother Gus (Schneider) inherited from their late father. Karin (Mortimer) is Lars's pregnant sister-in-law. Her persistent attempts to lure him into the house for a family meal are usually rebuffed, and on the rare occasions he accepts, their conversation is stilted and he seems eager to leave as soon as he can. The young man avoids social contact, finding it difficult to interact with or relate to his family, co-workers or fellow parishioners in the church he regularly attends. Margo (Garner), Lars' co-worker, is clearly interested in him, but Lars avoids anything more than brief encounters with her.
Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Burke, Rhatha Phongam
Roles Julian
Rating57%
Julian is an American expatriate who runs a muay thai club in Bangkok, Thailand, that is a front for a drug smuggling operation. His older brother Billy rapes and kills an under-age sex worker and is caught by the Thai police. Lieutenant Chang allows the girl's father, Choi Yan Lee, to beat Billy, but Choi kills him. However, Chang does not care about Billy's death; instead, Chang cuts off the father's forearm for allowing his daughter to be a sex worker.
Directed by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie, Tina Holmes, Monique Curnen, Denis O'Hare
Roles Dan Dunne
Rating70%
Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling) is a young middle-school history teacher at a Brooklyn school, with a teaching style that rejects the standard curriculum in favor of an approach based upon dialectics (specifically Engels' three laws of dialectics, though this is never referred to by name).
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Add to a movie listLa La Land (2016)
, 2h8Directed by Martin Scorsese, Damien Chazelle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, J. K. Simmons, Finn Wittrock, John Legend, Sonoya Mizuno
Roles Sebastian Wilder
Rating79%
Set in modern-day Los Angeles, La La Land portrays a romantic relationship between Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a jazz pianist, and Mia (Emma Stone), an actress.
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
, 2h43Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films based on works by Philip K. Dick, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Anticipation
Actors Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, David Bautista, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks
Roles 'K'
Rating79%
En 2049, des humanoïdes issus du génie biologique, appelés réplicants, ont été intégrés dans la société pour assurer la survie de l'humanité. K, l'un des plus récents modèles conçus pour obéir, travaille comme blade runner au LAPD. Sa mission consiste surtout à pourchasser et éliminer les anciens modèles délinquants.
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
, 1h58Directed by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, John Carroll Lynch, Marisa Tomei
Roles Jacob Palmer
Rating73%
Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is a middle-aged man who learns that his wife Emily (Julianne Moore) cheated on him with a co-worker, David Lindhagen (Kevin Bacon), and that she wants a divorce. After moving into his own apartment, Cal goes to a bar night after night, talking loudly about his divorce, until he attracts the attention of a young man named Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling), a womanizer who beds women each night, although a young woman named Hannah (Emma Stone) recently had rejected his advances. Jacob takes pity on Cal, and offers to teach him how to pick up women. Using Jacob's teachings, Cal seduces Kate (Marisa Tomei) at the bar. After this encounter, Cal manages to successfully seduce other women in the bar. He sees Emily again at their son Robbie's (Jonah Bobo) parent-teacher conference. The interaction goes well until they discover that Robbie's teacher is Kate, who reveals to Emily that she and Cal slept together. Cal then confesses to sleeping with many women. Emily leaves in disgust and begins actively dating David. Meanwhile, Hannah, a recent law school graduate, is expecting her boyfriend, Richard (Josh Groban) to propose marriage while they celebrate her passing the bar exam, but he does not, instead, offering her a position at his law firm. Offended and hurt, Hannah returns to the bar where she originally rejected Jacob's advances and kisses Jacob passionately. The two return to Jacob's home to hook up, but end up talking to each other all night and making a connection. Jacob starts a relationship with Hannah, and he becomes distant from Cal.
The Big Short (2015)
, 2h10Directed by Adam McKay
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Melissa Leo, Karen Gillan
Roles Jared Vennett
Rating77%
En 2005, à Wall Street, au milieu des grandes banques, des médias et du gouvernement aveugles, quatre outsiders découvrent la bulle immobilière et l'opacité de son financement. Par l'analyse et l'enquête sur le terrain ils rejettent l'idéologie et l'optimisme écrasants de leur milieu. Ils sont les seuls à se positionner dans le sens de la débâcle qui leur apparaît certaine.
First Man (2018)
, 2h21Directed by Damien Chazelle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Biography, Historical
Themes Space adventure films, Transport films, Films about the Apollo program, Sur la Lune, Aviation films
Actors Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Corey Stoll, Kyle Chandler, Jason Clarke, Shea Whigham
Roles Neil Armstrong
Rating72%
Originaire de l'Ohio, Neil Armstrong est un ingénieur aérospatial de l'Université Purdue, officier pilote d'essai d'élite de l'aéronavale et de l'US Air Force américaine (notamment sur avion à réaction et avion fusée Grumman F9F Panther, McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, Boeing B-47 Stratojet, Douglas F5D Skylancer, Bell X-1, Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, North American X-15...) lorsqu'il intègre le deuxième groupe d'astronautes de la NASA en 1962, alors âgé de trente-deux ans. En 1966, il commande la mission Gemini 8, au cours de laquelle il effectue le premier amarrage dans l'espace, avec un satellite-cible. Suite à un dysfonctionnement, il assure alors un retour sur Terre en catastrophe.
Gangster Squad (2013)
, 1h53Directed by Ruben Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Action, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Emma Stone, Anthony Mackie
Roles Sgt. Jerry Wooters
Rating66%
In 1949 Los Angeles, gangster Mickey Cohen wants to control all organized crime and argues with local mobster Jack Dragna that they should not allow the East coast mafia to run the town. Meanwhile, LAPD Detective Sergeant John "Sarge" O'Mara raids a Cohen-owned brothel to save a woman from being raped, gaining the attention of Police Chief Bill Parker. Parker believes that more drastic measures need to be taken against men like Cohen, and tasks O'Mara to begin waging a guerrilla campaign against the mobsters. He tells O'Mara (a former OSS commando during World War II) to use his special operations training, learned at Camp X during World War II, and to select a small team that will work without badges or official support from the police.
Fracture (2007)
, 1h52Directed by Gregory Hoblit
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz, Billy Burke
Roles William Beachum
Rating72%
Theodore "Ted" Crawford (Anthony Hopkins), a wealthy and talented Irish aeronautical engineer in Los Angeles, discovers that his wife Jennifer (Embeth Davidtz) is having an affair with police detective Robert Nunally (Billy Burke). After confronting his wife, Crawford shoots her, seriously wounding her, and immediately confesses the crime to Nunally at the scene.
Drive (2011)
, 1h43Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Oscar Isaac
Roles Driver
Rating77%
The unnamed driver (Ryan Gosling), who lives in an Echo Park, Los Angeles apartment, works repairing cars and as a part-time movie double. Managed in both jobs by auto shop owner Shannon (Bryan Cranston), the duo also provides a getaway driver service. With Shannon organizing the events, the driver gives criminals only five minutes to perpetrate robberies and reach his car. After meeting his new neighbor, Irene (Carey Mulligan), the driver soon becomes close to her and befriends her young son, Benicio (Kaden Leos), while Irene's husband, Standard Gabriel (Oscar Isaac), is in prison. After her husband is freed, Irene still asks the driver to visit them.
The Ides of March (2011)
, 1h40Directed by George Clooney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Politic
Themes Politique, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei
Roles Stephen Meyers
Rating70%
Stephen Meyers is the junior campaign manager for Mike Morris, Governor of Pennsylvania and a Democratic presidential candidate, competing against Arkansas Senator Ted Pullman in the Democratic primary. Both campaigns are attempting to secure the endorsement of North Carolina Democratic Senator Franklin Thompson, who controls 356 convention delegates, enough to clinch the nomination for either candidate. After a debate at Miami University, Meyers is asked by Pullman's campaign manager, Tom Duffy, to meet in secret. Meyers calls his boss, senior campaign manager Paul Zara, who doesn't answer. Meyers decides to meet Duffy, who offers Meyers a position in Pullman's campaign, an offer Meyers refuses. Zara calls Meyers back and asks what was important, but Meyers says it was nothing to worry about. Meanwhile, Meyers starts a sexual relationship with Molly Stearns, an attractive intern for Morris's campaign and daughter of Jack Stearns, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
, 2h20Directed by Derek Cianfrance
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta, Ben Mendelsohn, Rose Byrne
Roles Luke Glanton
Rating72%
In 1997, Luke Glanton is a locally well-known motorcycle stuntman working in a traveling act for state fairs. During the fair in Altamont, New York, Luke visits his ex-lover, Romina, and learns he is the father of her infant son. Luke quits his job as a stuntman to stay in town and provide for the child, but Romina does not want him in the child's life, as she has become involved in a relationship with another man named Kofi.
Blue Valentine (2010)
, 1h52Directed by Derek Cianfrance
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman, Ben Shenkman, Maryann Plunkett
Roles Dean
Rating72%
The film starts in the present and in flashbacks looks at how Cindy and Dean met each other. Dean is a young high school dropout, working for a New York City moving company. Cindy is a pre-med student living with her constantly fighting parents and also caring for her grandmother in Pennsylvania. Cindy and Dean meet at Cindy's grandmother's nursing home while Dean is delivering a new resident's furniture. They begin to date. Cindy discovers she is pregnant, and tells Dean that the baby is most likely not his, as her previous boyfriend Bobby ejaculated during intercourse without the use of protection. Dean asks Cindy whether or not she wants to keep the baby. At an abortion clinic, Cindy decides at the last moment to cancel the procedure, and on the bus ride home, Dean tells her he doesn't mind if the child is not his, and that he wants to begin a family with her.
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
, 1h46Directed by Craig Gillespie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Jeu, Films about toys
Actors Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner, Patricia Clarkson, Lauren Ash
Roles Lars Lindstrom
Rating72%
Lars Lindstrom (Gosling) lives in the converted garage behind the house he and his brother Gus (Schneider) inherited from their late father. Karin (Mortimer) is Lars's pregnant sister-in-law. Her persistent attempts to lure him into the house for a family meal are usually rebuffed, and on the rare occasions he accepts, their conversation is stilted and he seems eager to leave as soon as he can. The young man avoids social contact, finding it difficult to interact with or relate to his family, co-workers or fellow parishioners in the church he regularly attends. Margo (Garner), Lars' co-worker, is clearly interested in him, but Lars avoids anything more than brief encounters with her.
Only God Forgives (2013)
, 1h30Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Burke, Rhatha Phongam
Roles Julian
Rating57%
Julian is an American expatriate who runs a muay thai club in Bangkok, Thailand, that is a front for a drug smuggling operation. His older brother Billy rapes and kills an under-age sex worker and is caught by the Thai police. Lieutenant Chang allows the girl's father, Choi Yan Lee, to beat Billy, but Choi kills him. However, Chang does not care about Billy's death; instead, Chang cuts off the father's forearm for allowing his daughter to be a sex worker.
Half Nelson (2007)
, 1h46Directed by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie, Tina Holmes, Monique Curnen, Denis O'Hare
Roles Dan Dunne
Rating70%
Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling) is a young middle-school history teacher at a Brooklyn school, with a teaching style that rejects the standard curriculum in favor of an approach based upon dialectics (specifically Engels' three laws of dialectics, though this is never referred to by name).