Ryan Reynolds has been a leading man for as long as he's been in Hollywood, having first broken out as a mega-star after starring in the title role of Van Wilder way back in the year 2002. Since then, he has gradually moved his way up the Hollywood ladder to gain a net worth of $150 million, as reported by Celebrity Net Worth.
However, most fans don't really care about the net worth of their favorite actors. Most fans care most about seeing their favorite actors in their favorite movies. While Reynolds has plenty of great movies under his belt, checking how fans rate those movies on his IMDB page is the best way to distinguish which of his films truly rank among the best of his filmography.
10 'Pokémon: Detective Pikachu' - 6.6
Ryan Reynolds does not do voice acting often, but when he does, he makes it count. He certainly made it count in Detective Pikachu as its title character.
In this role, he makes the character accessible to both kids and adult viewers by showing shades of his Deadpool character, showcasing his speedy motor mouth and as close to a potty mouth as Reynolds was allowed to get away with in a family movie.
9 'Life' - 6.6
Sporting shades of classic sci-fi movies like Alien, Life's promotional adverts seemed to do more to promote its lead cast than its concept.
This, in theory, makes sense because the star power behind this 2017 movie is something to be proud of, off of the strength of Ryan Reynolds alone. By his side is Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and rising star Rebecca Ferguson.
8 'The Proposal' - 6.7
The mid to late 2000s featured Ryan Reynolds as Hollywood's go-to romantic comedy leading man and one of his most memorable roles in that sub-genre was when he acted alongside Oscar winner Sandra Bullock.
In The Proposal, Reynolds plays an assistant at a New York publishing company while Bullock is his boss and editor in chief. As a Canadian, she risks being deported, and to keep both of their jobs, the two marry into an unlikely coupling.
7 'Safe House' - 6.7
Before he became a veteran actor in his own right and back when he was still on the rise, Reynolds had the pleasure of working and learning under prestigious veteran actors in movies like Safe House.
In this thriller, he acts alongside two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington. The movie is something of a cat and mouse game where Reynolds is a young CIA agent assigned his first low-level posting: guarding a safe house housing a traitor operative (Washington), which turns out to be easier said than done.
6 'Adventureland' - 6.8
Since the start of his career, Reynolds has been able to pull off a seemingly limitless charm that allowed him to prove himself as a show-stealer even when he was not the main star.
This was the case in the 2009 film, Adventureland, where despite the lead roles being filled by Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart, most audiences come out of this movie remembering Reynolds' snappy one-liners and smoldering glare.
5 'The Hitman's Bodyguard' - 6.9
Speaking of his charm, Ryan Reynolds has a charm that allows for him to have incredible on-screen chemistry with just about anybody placed beside him. This was especially the case in The Hitman's Bodyguard, which produced an odd coupling between Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson.
This is not a pairing most casual fans would ever imagine since both actors have completely different acting styles, but their chemistry together was so surprisingly great that it left fans begging for a sequel.
4 'Definitely Maybe' - 7.1
While How I Met Your Mother dominated television ratings, a similar premise conquered the box office in the form of Definitely, Maybe. In the movie, Ryan Reynolds plays the father of Abigail Breslin's character.
As his daughter struggles to understand why her parents are getting a divorce, her dad treats her to a story following his past romantic relationships. One by one, he talks about how each of his exes led him closer to meeting and marrying her mother.
3 'Woman In Gold' - 7.3
Woman in Gold is a movie that somewhat flew under the radar. On paper, it can be pegged as easy Oscar bait but didn't receive so much as a Golden Globe nomination; it only got a Screen Actors Guild nomination during award season.
However, clearly, it seems to have gained something of a cult following given how highly it has been rated on IMDB. It's not hard to see why when Ryan Reynolds delivers some of the best acting of his career alongside heavy hitter Helen Mirren, a legendary Oscar winner who delivers some of her own best work in recent memory.
2 'Deadpool 2' - 7.7
It is usually difficult for any universally, critically acclaimed movie to craft a sequel that manages to be even better, but Deadpool 2 comes dangerously close to dwarfing its own predecessor in terms of its IMDB rating.
Expectations were high when Deadpool 2 was released in theaters and many of those expectations were exceeded thanks to the addition of some unforgettable supporting actors, including Zazie Beetz and Josh Brolin, a cameo from the X-Men, and an even funnier script that manages to up the stakes from the last movie. Then, of course, Ryan Reynolds was just as good - if not better - in the title role as he was in the last movie.
1 'Deadpool' - 8.0
The first time Ryan Reynolds played Deadpool for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, his charm glistened enough to let him shine as a standout in a bad movie. However, the character, as he was written, also managed to anger diehard fans who wanted to see the Merc with a Mouth actually run his mouth, opposed to having it glued shut by the movie's end.
Thankfully, Reynolds was able to satisfy every fan's desire when he opted to take another crack at the character for Deadpool. This time pulling double duty as both star and producer, Reynolds was able to provide something that both old and new fans could enjoy.