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The Nice Guys

ComedyCrimeAction

Directed by Shane Black

A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy. From TMDB

251 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works

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The Nice Guys is a 2016 comedy crime action film, directed by Shane Black, starring Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling and Angourie Rice.

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  • jamelle @jamellebouie.netBluesky · Dec 20, 2025

    worth watching a movie set in the 1970s, like THE NICE GUYS, and comparing to a movie made in the 1970s, like DIRTY HARRY

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  • Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2026

    For me, the Goslingnaissance began last year, when a friend showed me The Nice Guys. I dunno how I missed that film, because it is perfect and feels like it was made in a lab for just me. I'm just now finally seeing Lars And The Real Girl. Excellent performance. This guy has so much range!

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  • Annie Wu @anniewu.bsky.socialBluesky · May 25, 2026

    More THE NICE GUYS doodles. It came out 10 years ago this week. It was the first movie I saw in theatres after moving to Chicago, which means I moved to Chicago 10 years ago, and I feel very normal about that. Anyway if we can't get a sequel can I have money to draw their further adventures.

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  • Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2025

    also if Hollywood had real balls they'd greenlight a movie about Himmler and Goering's turf wars in the early 1930s starring Crowe and Ryan Gosling (as Himmler). basically The Nice Guys become The Nazi Guys

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  • Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2025

    You’ve inherited a movie theater, what’s your first double feature? HOT FUZZ (2007) and THE NICE GUYS (2016)

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  • Lobsteritus 🦞 OPEN! @lobsteritus.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 28, 2025

    That's right- it's movie thread time! Let's hear what ol' Lobster's shoved down his eyeballs in 2025: Kick things off with The Nice Guys. Really fun movie, Ryan Gosling's character is just rolling Nat 1s and 20s the entire time and it's great. Uses its sleazy '70s setting well.

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  • John C @badsocialism.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 24, 2025

    Watched the Nice Guys again and it's still wild that No One has seen that film

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 19, 2026

    They really need more movies that are just “a good time”. Is The Nice Guys a great movie? It was never trying to be. It was trying to be “a good time”. Movies starts and you watch it and you say, hey, pretty good time

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  • Robert Brookes 🌿 @sphynxian.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 2, 2025

    Underrated gem of a movie, "The Nice Guys" is on Netflix now. It's an absurd 70's-set detective story with Ryan Gosling as the comedic lead detective and Russel Crowe as the straight-man muscle. It's charming, ridiculous, and fun and you really should give it a shot

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  • MagicFishHook @magicfishhook.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 16, 2026

    Old 🌶️ art from the movie The Nice Guys, have you seen it?! I love this ship 😈 #TheNiceGuys #NSFW

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  • Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 3, 2026

    ZOE TUNNELL'S 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND MOVIE MARATHON Jaws Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping The Nice Guys Thief The Bob's Burgers Movie Jackass Forever All of these are, to me, sweaty summer movies that are also America in one way or another

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  • Big Papa Nito @bigpapanito.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 27, 2026

    #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Vertigo - MichaelFassbenderPerfection.gif Lethal Weapon - A Classic Shane Black Patented Buddy Buddy Banter Movie™ Excalibur - Glorious. 2nd watch in as many weeks. Must be alright. The Nice Guys - A Classic Shane Black Patented Buddy Buddy Banter Movie™

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  • priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 1, 2026

    The Culver Theater in LA is doing a 10th anniversary screening of The Nice Guys followed by a Q&A with Shane Black & Anthony Bagarozzi on July 22nd, and somehow it isn't sold out yet 👀 web.theculvertheater.com/films/The-Ni...

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  • The “check engine” light on your dashboard @aklingus.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 24, 2025

    Now watching: THE NICE GUYS (2016, dir. S. Black), which I haven’t seen in the theaters but genuinely loved. Ah, the days when I actually went to the movie theater

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  • Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2026

    Criminally underrated movie. This and "The Nice Guys" should each be on a third installment by now.

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  • Horror & Coffee @foundfootagefan.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 1, 2026

    Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Nice Guys (2016) By Rye Coleman

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  • Big Papa Nito @bigpapanito.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 3, 2026

    #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched The Nice Guys - Shane Black Patented Buddy Buddy Banter Movie™ Mercy - Short review Crap. Long review Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap White of the Eye - Arizona Giallo (sounds like a wine) Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone - But everyone sounds different now.

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  • Mitchell Beaupre @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 7, 2025

    Got my copy of the @secondsightfilms.bsky.social 4K release of The Nice Guys, featuring my essay linking Russell Crowe’s character in the film as the spiritual successor of Bud White in L.A. Confidential. Huge thanks to @phillipescott.bsky.social for thinking of me for this one!

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  • Horror & Coffee @foundfootagefan.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 9, 2026

    Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Nice Guys (2016) By Rye Coleman

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  • 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 15, 2026

    Share a COMEDY movie title that begins with the letter “N” 🎥 N is for… ‘The Nice Guys’ (2016) 🖤

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  • Horror & Coffee @foundfootagefan.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2026

    Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Nice Guys (2016) By Rye Coleman

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  • H.E. Cas Piancey @cascoinfoundation.orgBluesky · Aug 15, 2026

    Showed wife The Nice Guys last night, and man, that is just an absolute frikkin gem of a movie. Everyone is good in it and there’s funny moments all the time. Like a Jackie Chan movie meets Chinatown.

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 22, 2025

    The Nice Guys (2016) Directed by Shane Black

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  • Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 25, 2024

    However like Spencer with The Nice Guys I could discuss The Raid for two hours, which is longer than the actual movie

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  • David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 31, 2024

    Let’s watch: The Nice Guys. Ken and Maximus Decimus Meridus team up to solve a murder of an adult film star.

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  • Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    All the more annoying because I adore the film, but The Nice Guys is set in the summer of 1977 and has posters of the artwork for Never Mind The Bollocks (not released until August) and Pennie Smith's famous shot of Paul Simenon of The Clash (taken in September 1979).

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  • Joad The Wet Sprocket @joadsprocket.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2026

    gave The Nice Guys (2016) the ol' ipad-on-a-plane treatment and man is that movie good

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  • Shea Serrano @sheaserrano.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2026

    in honor of Project Hail Mary we brought back our ryan gosling book 🚨 A REAL HUMAN BEING — Dissecting Nine Essential Ryan Gosling Movie Roles 🚨 grab your copy today halfwaybooks.bigcartel.com/product/a-re... includes essays on Drive, The Nice Guys, and seven other gosling movies

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  • John C @badsocialism.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 20, 2025

    Even THE NICE GUYS is not a particularly rosy film about the 1970s

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  • little miss no name @enterclevername.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 29, 2025

    Watching THE NICE GUYS (again, forever) and Ryan Gosling is perfect in this movie. Perfect.

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  • 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 22, 2025

    Without saying Barbie, fav Ryan Gosling film? 🎥 For me… ‘The Nice Guys’ (2016) 🖤

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  • Alice @thesearethekids.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 3, 2026

    Wait til they hear my pitch where we make ONE movie that serves as a sequel for The Nice Guys, Master and Commander and OFMD

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  • 🎮 Chris Leeper 👾 @rosebug22.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2025

    Mine is The Nice Guys. Criminally underrated movie

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  • Sam Clarke @mfxduckman.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 16, 2025

    It’s a crime that The Nice Guys with Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling wasn’t a huge hit that turned into a 3 movie franchise. It’s such a perfect movie. Expertly written, directed, acted. The fact it’s considered a flop and Fast and Furious makes the same as the GDP of a small country is upsetting.

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  • Clinton of the Damned 🎃👻 @puritythrufire.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2025

    Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #332 "The Nice Guys" (Shane Black/2016) Fucking awesome Shane Black film, that's all you need to know. Now go and check it out if you haven't already!

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  • Paradoxic @paradoxic.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 6, 2025

    Redraw of The Nice Guys movie poster I did about a year ago for the extraordinary @splitmantra.bsky.social of Spectre & Web Wilder! #ocsky #ocart #spiderverse #spidersona #itsv #atsv

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  • theJLM / Jeremiah Lee McVay (he/him) @thejlm.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 17, 2026

    The last 4 movies I watched... Mary Poppins The Nice Guys Michael Clayton The Silence of the Lambs #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky boxd.it/Iqj

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  • Jordan Maison @jordanmaison.comBluesky · Jan 22, 2025

    Hear me out, also cast Russell Crowe in Shawn Levy’s #StarWars film and give us The Nice Guys in space…

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  • R2-Danielle2 @msdanielle.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 26, 2026

    My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday New for this week: The Nice Guys - fun action movie. I like that it takes place in the 70s License To Drive - classic Coreys Phenomenon - I remember this being out but not sure why it took me so long to see it. It’s going in the physical media collection

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  • Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2024

    the facts here are straightforward -- The Nice Guys is a good movie -- The Nice Guys is a Christmas movie -- we deserve another Nice Guys movie and so: here is my simple, four-step plan to get a new Nice Guys movie made in time for the upcoming holiday season uproxx.com/movies/nice-...

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  • Disc-Connected: Your trusted news source in physical media @disc-connected.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 4, 2025

    ***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming on June 2nd on #4K and Blu-ray in the UK from @secondsightfilms.bsky.social: #TheNiceGuys (2016)! A private eye and a tough guy for hire get tangled up in the seedy underbelly of 1970s Los Angeles as they investigate an adult film star's mysterious death.

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  • Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 27, 2026

    Listening to The Nice Guys Rewatchable pod on my bike ride and goddamn that movie needs a sequel.

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  • Mitchell Beaupre @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 4, 2025

    Very excited to share that I wrote a booklet essay for this absolutely jam-packed 4K release of Shane Black’s deliriously entertaining The Nice Guys from @secondsightfilms.bsky.social. A film that gets better with every single rewatch. Pre-order here: bit.ly/NiceGuysLtdEd

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  • Simon Whitlock @simonrwhitlock.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    Plugging a film gap this evening. #NowWatching The Nice Guys

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  • benwasserman.bsky.social @benwasserman.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 24, 2026

    Name a movie that flopped at the box office but is actually great. #FilmSky The Nice Guys (2016)

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  • Ron Chan @rondanchan.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 4, 2026

    Project Hail Mary was good as hell. Gotta be my number two Ryan Gosling film, right behind The Nice Guys.

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  • Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.socialBluesky · May 31, 2024

    I think it suffers from a lot of the stupid gross-out humor that was huge in film at that time. But yeah, they had amazing chemistry. The Nice Guys is still my favorite Shane Black movie though.

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  • Friendly Gamer @friendlygamer.bsky.socialBluesky · May 11, 2024

    Russell Crowe in The Nice Guys is best Russell Crowe. I wish that movie had been more successful because I need more Crowe/Gosling buddy cop awesomeness.

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  • Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2026

    “Close your eyes.” THE NICE GUYS (2016) This Movie deserves all the love. #RussellCrowe #RyanGosling

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  • Garry Planticus @garyplant.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 11, 2025

    When film makers do discover two male leads with chemistry they should knock out a dozen pictures. We should have a The Nice Guys universe.

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  • Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2026

    The Nice Guys is on iPlayer. A brilliantly funny film.

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  • Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 19, 2026

    Just saw THE NICE GUYS (set in 1977) which featured the first biofuel joke I’d ever heard in a movie: “The US now is looking into alternative fuels. There's a process where you can put corn in and gas comes out. I'm no scientist, but that's been my process with corn for years”

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  • Onyx Omen @onyxomen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 5, 2026

    Happy #LetterboxdFriday movie fans. Here are my #LastFourWatched. *The Blues Brothers *No Time to Die *The Nice Guys *Spectre HMU on Letterboxd: AKAStarlord for more. Or follow - movie moots welcome. #filmsky #moviesky

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  • Neon Splatter @neonsplatter.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 3, 2026

    Added To Watchlist: THE NICE GUYS @bradmilne79.bsky.social on how, ten years later, Shane Black’s amazing buddy detective movie still rocks. www.neonsplatter.com/added-to-wat...

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  • Gosh @historygosh.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 26, 2025

    In a just world we would be on The Nice Guys 4 right now, and there'd be buzz about a Nice Guys/Knives Out crossover movie.

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  • Tenebrad @bradislove.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 4, 2026

    Now watching The Nice Guys (2016) #Filmsky 📽️

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  • David Lindsey Pittman @dphrygian.comBluesky · May 5, 2026

    Just realizing now that I accidentally called the 2022 animated film "The Bad Guys" "The Nice Guys" in a convo last week. "The Nice Guys" is the 2016 Shane Black film with Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe. Those are very different films. They're both very good. But only one is good for kids.

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  • Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2026

    Tonight’s movie at the brewery in Copenhagen is “The Nice Guys” with Ryan Gosling.

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  • The Wicker Dan @oddballuk.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 16, 2025

    The Nice Guys release from @secondsightfilms.bsky.social is gorgeous. The film has never looked better and the special features are both fun and informative, especially the commentary with Shane Black, Anthony Bagarozzi and MVP @priscillapage.bsky.social. It feels like a love letter.

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  • Miri Teixeira-Connor @miri.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 20, 2025

    The Nice Guys is such a 10/10 movie

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