Hugh Jackman's 8 Best Movies, Ranked

Ranked by movie.guru score. Five have claws, one has singing, one has dueling magicians, and one is the bleakest Thanksgiving ever filmed.

Number one is a time-travel movie, and Logan fans should sit down first.

1. 8
   The Prestige (2006)7.3

   Ranked last here, ranked first by basically the whole internet.

   8.5 on IMDb from 1.63 million votes, but critics only rank it above 68% of notable movies. Jackman's Robert Angier is a showman so jealous it's basically cardio.
2. 7
   X-Men (2000)7.2

   Jackman's Wolverine walked in fully formed. Nobody else did.

   Audiences rank it above 75% of notable movies, critics 63%. Jackman shows up with the claws and the attitude, while everyone else is stuck reading exposition.
3. 6
   Prisoners (2013)7.4

   Jackman's best acting, in the movie you'll never rewatch.

   As Keller Dover, a dad who stops asking permission, he's terrifying. 153 minutes, 8.2 on IMDb from 963,777 votes, and Jake Gyllenhaal blinking like it's a plot point.
4. 5
   Les Misérables (2012)7.3

   Jackman's Jean Valjean carries it. Russell Crowe's singing does not.

   Audiences rank it above 89% of notable movies, critics only 58%. $442.8 million worldwide says the crowd won, and Anne Hathaway's big song is still undefeated.
5. 4
   Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)7.5

   Jackman's comeback outacts Ryan Reynolds, and Reynolds wrote the jokes.

   $1.34 billion worldwide on a $200 million budget, 128 minutes. Fans rank it above 91% of notable movies. Ryan Reynolds never stops talking, so Jackman handles all the glaring.
6. 3
   X2 (2003)8.0

   The mansion raid is Wolverine at his absolute best.

   $407.7 million worldwide on a $110 to $125 million budget. Jackman finally cuts loose protecting the students, and the sequel beats the original in every way.
7. 2
   Logan (2017)8.7

   The best superhero movie that barely feels like one.

   $619.2 million worldwide, 93% on Rotten Tomatoes. Patrick Stewart does career-best work as an aging Charles Xavier, and Dafne Keen barely speaks and still wins every fight. Second place only by the math.
8. 1
   X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)8.6

   Yes, it beats Logan. Blame the audiences, not me.

   Audiences rank it above 93% of notable movies, and $746 million worldwide agrees. Jackman spends half of it stuck in the past, deeply unimpressed by the fashion.

$47.34 says you start The Prestige to settle an argument and end up starting a new one.

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