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Starting his acting career in the late 1980s, Mark Alan Ruffalo appeared in numerous minor roles in both films and television before earning recognition in 2000 with ‘You Can Count on Me.’ He went on to solidify his place in Hollywood, leading romantic comedies such as ’13 Going on 30′ and ‘Just Like Heaven‘ and thrillers like ‘In the Cut’ and ‘Zodiac.’ Simultaneously, he has had a thriving career on stage. In 2012, Mark was catapulted to global stardom after appearing as Dr. Bruce Banner, aka the Hulk, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He has earned critical acclaim for his works across genres, as in ‘The Kids Are All Right,’ ‘Foxcatcher,’ ‘Spotlight,’ and ‘Poor Things.’ If you wish to go through projects starring Mark Ruffalo on Netflix, the following list will guide you through.
4. The Adam Project (2022)
‘The Adam Project’ is set around Adam Reed (Ryan Reynolds), a fighter pilot in the near-dystopian 2050, who discovers a plot to assassinate his wife, Laura Shane (Zoe Saldaña), in the past. To prevent it from happening, he steals a time jet and makes it to 2018. However, on his way back, the ship crashes in 2022 and leaves him stranded with his own younger self (Walker Scobell). In an attempt to set things right, they team up to search for their father, Louis Reed (Mark Ruffalo), who wrote the algorithm that makes controlled time travel possible. Watch the science fiction action comedy here.
3. All the Light We Cannot See (2023)
Adapted by Steven Knight based on Anthony Doerr’s book of the same name, ‘All the Light We Cannot See’ tells the story of Marie-Laure LeBlanc (Aria Mia Loberti), a blind French teenager who is forced to flee Paris with her father, Daniel (Mark Ruffalo), in the face of German invasion. Within the German army is Werner Pfennig (Louis Hofmann), a teenager who loves radio and is forced by the nazis to detect and track radio frequencies to locate their enemies. Marie-Laure regularly broadcasts from her home radio setup, which Werner loves to listen to, but his superiors seem to detest. You can binge the historical war drama on Netflix.
2. Poor Things (2023)
‘Poor Things’ is directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and is set in an alternate modern-esque Victorian era (1880s). The film looks at society from the POV of a woman whose brain has been replaced with that of her fetus after she committed suicide while pregnant. Bella finds her surroundings and their pleasures very attractive. Joined by the lecherous lawyer Duncan Wedderburn (Ruffalo), Bella travels the world, observing and learning about society, socialism, and suffering, until Godwin (Willem Dafoe), the surgeon who performed the surgery, who is dying, sends his assistant Max (Ramy Youssef) to bring her back. Will Godwin’s ill health convince Bella to return? ‘Poor Things’ is based on the 1992 novel ‘Poor Things: Episodes from the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D., Scottish Public Health Officer’ by Alasdair Gray. Another stunning example of Lanthimos’s love for mind-bending storytelling, ‘Poor Things’ can be streamed right here.
1. 13 Going on 30 (2004)
Directed by Gary Winick, ‘13 Going on 30’ follows 13-year-old Jenna Rink, who wakes up one fine morning to find herself as a 30-year-old (Jennifer Garner). Jenna wishes to be 30 after being humiliated by her friends and goes to bed, only to wake up the following morning and realize she is 30. Moreover, she is also the editor of a fashion magazine that she loved as a child. Having no memory of the last 17 years, she reaches out to Matty Flamhaff (Ruffalo), her neighbor, who had a crush on her when they were kids. How these two try to take things back to the way they were, if that’s even possible, and fall for each other in the endeavor, forms the premise of the cult classic rom-com. ‘13 Going on 30’ can be streamed right here.
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