Good looking and hilarious? That is simply unfair. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the movie scenes in which Ryan Gosling made us laugh… almost as much as he made us swoon.
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00:00His face is starting to boil. He looks like the bad guy from Doom.
00:03Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the movie scenes in which
00:08Ryan Gosling made us laugh almost as much as he made us swoon. Gosh, he's dreamy.
00:13I think I'm invincible. It's the only thing that makes sense. I don't think I can die.
00:18Number 10. Bringing the 80s back. La La Land.
00:21You hypnotized me through, and I ran.
00:28After a botched first encounter, aspiring Angeleno creatives Mia and Sebastian turn
00:32a chance meeting at a party into the start of something wonderful.
00:36It's immediately clear that Gosling and Emma Stone, in respective Oscar-nominated
00:40and winning performances, are a screen couple for the ages any time they work together.
00:45Their fiery yet playful back-and-forth proof of their palpable chemistry.
00:49And I'll admit I was a little Kurt that night.
00:52Kurt?
00:53Okay, I was an asshole. I can admit that.
00:55Okay.
00:56But requesting I ran from a serious musician is just, it's too far.
00:59My lord, did you just say a serious musician?
01:03I don't think so.
01:04Sumptuously filmed by Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle, Gosling and Stone make us
01:08laugh with relatable banter, which honestly is the least they can do considering how
01:13La La Land is a genuine tearjerker.
01:15Oh, I see.
01:16Yeah.
01:16You're a barista.
01:17And I can see how you could then look down on me from all the way up there.
01:20I'm deaf.
01:21Next set.
01:24He doesn't, I don't, he doesn't tell me what to do.
01:27Number 9.
01:28Acting naturally.
01:29Remember the Titans.
01:38London, Ontario native Gosling started his career as a Mouseketeer, but this inspirational
01:42high school football biopic captures him on the verge of superstardom.
01:47In only his second feature film performance, Gosling shines and manages to steal the show
01:52in a relatively small role as Alan Bosley, T.C. Williams High's local cornerback.
01:57Sir, I could play with Roosevelt, but I cannot play with these guys.
02:02No, I'll tell you what, I didn't warm the bench all year so I could watch this go down
02:05on my account.
02:06Put Petey in, he's better.
02:08At a time when he was attempting to shed the stigma of having worked in children's
02:12television, we catch early glimpses of exactly what makes Gosling's screen presence so
02:17compelling.
02:18Alan's goofy, earnest charm is brought to life by a pitch-perfect Gosling, who makes
02:22the most of his screen time by attempting to turn his teammates onto country music.
02:27It goes as well as you would expect.
02:29Huh?
02:31Yes!
02:32This one.
02:33I mean, I don't even have to ask, but I will.
02:36What do you think of this one?
02:38Does the term cruel and unusual punishment mean anything to you?
02:46You know, Bianca's, um, a missionary.
02:50Well, was a missionary, right, sorry.
02:52Because she was raised by nuns.
02:53But now she's on a sabbatical so she can experience the world, isn't that neat?
02:57This offbeat, character-focused dramedy takes what could easily be the premise of an absurdist
03:02Will Ferrell movie and mines it for something far deeper and richer.
03:06The unconventional love story at its center finds Gosling playing Lars, an awkward,
03:10withdrawn small-towner who has difficulty making connections with other people,
03:14so much so that his first real relationship turns out to be with a life-sized,
03:18anatomically correct doll.
03:20Are you hungry?
03:22We're starving.
03:22Gosling, will you give me a hand in the kitchen?
03:28The scene in which Lars' brother and sister-in-law meet Bianca,
03:32as Gosling's character names her, is a masterclass in cringe comedy.
03:36Gosling keeps the scene grounded in humanity, never giving in to caricature,
03:41and goes above and beyond in making Lars a real guy,
03:44and still manages to elicit laughs along the way.
03:47How was that?
03:50I know.
03:52Self-defense.
03:53The nice guys.
03:55Don't get upset, I'm not here to hurt you.
03:57I just want to ask you a question.
04:00Hey, sit down.
04:01How stupid do you think I am?
04:03I got a license to carry-
04:05Take our word for it that Holland March, a widowed private investigator,
04:08was not expecting or looking forward to a visit from Russell Crowe's Jackson Healy,
04:13a gruff private enforcer with a soft side.
04:15Especially because their previous encounter left March with, as Healy helpfully explains,
04:20a spiral fracture of the left radius.
04:23Look away.
04:28You know there's a merit here, right?
04:30Close your eyes.
04:31Healy, needing help with a puzzling case,
04:34finds a now-paranoid March in, well, let's just say a compromising position,
04:39which leaves Gosling open to play out a bit of beautifully awkward physical comedy
04:43that would make Charlie Chaplin proud.
04:45And probably Larry David, too.
04:47Would you believe these two end up friends?
04:49Okay, well, we shall see.
05:05While we don't usually come to a comedy expecting a sixth-sense level plot twist,
05:10we're definitely not complaining.
05:12While this won't be the last Crazy Stupid Love scene on our list,
05:15it's definitely one of the movie's, and therefore Gosling's, most hilarious moments.
05:24The climactic scene features the movie's main plot lines intersecting and culminating
05:29with a legendary all-out suburban melee between Gosling, Steve Carell,
05:33Kevin Bacon, and beloved character actor John Carroll Lynch.
05:37The image of the four actors sat beside each other like punished school children
05:41is enough to make you laugh,
05:42but it's beautifully topped off with Gosling's juvenile reaction to an unintentional entendre,
05:48which has since become a meme in itself.
06:04Left to fend for himself while Margot Robbie's Barbie carries out her mission,
06:07unwelcome stowaway Ken discovers a world quite unlike the Barbie land he knows.
06:13There, he feels that he's second best to his unrequited love,
06:17a mere accessory to her glamorousness.
06:20In the real world, Ken learns about the patriarchy,
06:23in which dudes totally rule.
06:25Gosling perfectly sells Ken's brand of ignorant self-confidence and unfailing naivete.
06:43You totally believe that his character, in a few short minutes,
06:46would somehow misunderstand self-empowerment as being about horses and the Rocky movies.
06:51No wonder Gosling was nominated for an Oscar for his performance.
07:02Number four, the sales pitch, the big short.
07:13In Adam McKay's Financial World satire,
07:15Gosling's Jared Vennett is a banking executive,
07:18a savvy, charismatic, perennial underdog.
07:21Vennett attempts to sell a hedge fund manager and his team on risky credit swaps
07:25that will supposedly lead to a significant profit margin.
07:28The results speak for themselves.
07:30Gosling's established comedic chops are bolstered by his palpable chemistry
07:34with an all-star supporting cast,
07:36including Steve Carell and future Succession star Jeremy Strong.
07:43Anchorman and Step Brothers director McKay later explained
07:55that he encouraged his actors to improvise, and it definitely shows.
07:59The cast's naturalistic rhythm, as well as the film's Oscar-nominated editing,
08:04make for an organically funny scene.
08:06It's all anchored by Gosling, who hooks us in despite his character's unscrupulousness.
08:12I work for the bank. I don't think like a bank.
08:15Big bank, small bank, I like to make money, all right?
08:19Let me put it this way, I'm standing in front of a burning house,
08:22and I'm offering you fire insurance on it.
08:25Number three, Holland March gets a visitor, the nice guys.
08:29Mr. March, we're gonna play a game.
08:31I think you're in the wrong house.
08:34It's called shut up unless you're me.
08:36Didn't we tell you that these two end up becoming reluctant friends soon after this scene?
08:40As the first scene in which March and Healy interact,
08:43the audience gets the sense that this might not be your average buddy movie.
08:47Director Shane Black's witty, genre-bending,
08:49cult classic action comedy clearly makes a point of subverting your expectations.
08:53Fine, I'm done. Put a fork in me.
08:57As Gosling's beleaguered private eye quickly learns,
09:00Russell Crowe's old-school enforcer for hire tells it like it is.
09:03As with the last nice guy scene on our list, Black's film is a perfect vehicle
09:08for showcasing Gosling's previously untapped knack for physical comedy.
09:12Specifically, that fabled scream at the end.
09:15You'd think Crowe actually broke Gosling's arm to pull it off.
09:18Right, look, when you're talking to your doctor,
09:20just tell him you have a spiral fracture of the left radius.
09:24No! No!
09:25Deep breath.
09:31Number two, Mall Makeover, Crazy Stupid Love.
09:35Are you Steve Jobs?
09:36What?
09:37Hold on a second.
09:38You're the billionaire owner of Apple computers?
09:40No.
09:40Oh, okay.
09:42Well, in that case, you've got no right to wear new-bound sneakers ever.
09:45In his fourth Golden Globe-nominated performance,
09:47Gosling plays suave womanizing Jacob, who takes on a unique personal project,
09:52to turn Steve Carell's Cal from dorky corporate drone into a bona fide ladies' man.
09:57And how does any good makeover truly get off the ground?
10:01With a shopping spree, of course.
10:02I think I'm set for jeans.
10:04No, you're not set for jeans, Cal.
10:05These are fine.
10:06They're not fine.
10:07You have a mom butt.
10:08Is that what you want?
10:09Why don't we just go to the Gap?
10:12Jacob takes Cal to the Westfield Century City shopping complex in Los Angeles' West Side
10:17and shows him some tough love regarding his appearance.
10:19You see, the problem is that your head has, like,
10:21like, the proportions of, like, a styrofoam peanut.
10:24While Gosling's character's animosity for new-balance sneakers has not aged well,
10:28his odd couple chemistry with Steve Carell
10:30makes us long for another collaboration between the two beyond the big short.
10:34I'm better than the Gap.
10:38Come on.
10:39God.
10:40Stop slapping me.
10:41Really.
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10:57Number 1.
10:58I'm Just Ken – Barbie
11:08Dare we say that Greta Gerwig's Oscar-nominated smash hit
11:12arguably finds an even better use of Gosling's musical talents than La La Land?
11:16While that is up for debate,
11:17there's no denying that I'm Just Ken reminds us
11:20precisely why Gosling is a modern-day capital-M movie star.
11:29Barbie made us expect the unexpected,
11:31and yet we were still totally floored by its out-of-the-blue climactic musical number.
11:36Produced by frequent collaborators Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt,
11:40I'm Just Ken speaks to Barbie's greater themes,
11:42particularly that of loving yourself just the way you are.
11:45Throw in a Grease and Singin' in the Rain-inspired dance break,
11:48and this moment goes to show that no matter what, Gosling is definitely not Just Ken.
12:00Which Ryan Gosling movie moment made you laugh the hardest?
12:03Are there any that we forgot?
12:05Don't hesitate to let us know in the comments.
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