Hugh Jackman (1968-) is an Australian Oscar® nominated actor. Jackman won international recognition for his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men film series. He first appeared as Wolverine in 2000. Since then he has demonstrated he is a very versatile performer….including being a very impressive singer. So we figured it was time to look at his movie career.
His IMDb page shows over 35 acting credits since 1994. This page will rank Hugh Jackman movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.
Hugh Jackman Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
2012
Les Misérables (2012)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
2017
Logan (2017)
2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
2003
X-Men 2 (2003)
2011
X-Men: First Class (2011)
2024
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
NP
2006
Happy Feet (2006)
Voice Only
2000
X-Men (2000)
2017
The Greatest Showman (2017)
2006
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
2013
The Wolverine (2013)
2016
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
2012
Rise of the Guardians (2012)
2006
The Prestige (2006)
2009
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
2013
Prisoners (2013)
2006
Flushed Away (2006)
2011
Real Steel (2011)
2004
Van Helsing (2004)
2008
Australia (2008)
2001
Swordfish (2001)
2001
Kate & Leopold (2001)
2019
Missing Link (2019)
2016
Eddie The Eagle (2016)
2002
Erskineville Kings (2002)
2006
The Fountain (2006)
2019
Bad Education (2019)
HBO Movie
2015
Chappie (2015)
2001
Someone Like You... (2001)
2018
The Front Runner (2018)
2022
The Son (2022)
Film Festival Circuit Only
2006
Scoop (2006)
2015
Pan (2015)
2021
Reminiscence (2021)
2011
Butter (2011)
2008
Deception (2008)
2013
Movie 43 (2013)
Hugh Jackman Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Hugh Jackman movie received.
- Sort Hugh Jackman movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Use the search and sort buttons to make this page very interactive. For example…type in “Halle” in the search box and up pop the 6 Berry/Jackson movies
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
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| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | Les Misérables (2012) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actor Nom |
Anne Hathaway & Russell Crowe |
148.80 | 201.5 | 592.8 | 18 | 75 | 08 / 03 | 98.9 | |
| 2 | Logan (2017) | Patrick Stewart | 226.30 | 271.9 | 738.2 | 11 | 86 | 01 / 00 | 98.6 | |
| 3 | X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) | Halle Berry & Jennifer Lawrence |
233.90 | 308.7 | 987.1 | 9 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 98.3 | |
| 4 | X-Men 2 (2003) | Patrick Stewart & Halle Berry |
214.90 | 384.3 | 728.9 | 6 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 97.6 | |
| 5 | X-Men: First Class (2011) | James McAvoy & Laurence Belcher |
146.40 | 199.0 | 480.7 | 17 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 97.5 | |
| 6 | Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) | Ryan Reynolds | 636.70 | 636.7 | 1,337.8 | 2 | 79 | 00 / 00 | NP | 97.2 |
| 7 | Happy Feet (2006) Voice Only |
Nicole Kidman & Robin Williams |
198.00 | 324.4 | 629.7 | 8 | 76 | 01 / 01 | 97.1 | |
| 8 | X-Men (2000) | Patrick Stewart & Halle Berry |
157.30 | 314.6 | 592.7 | 8 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 96.6 | |
| 9 | The Greatest Showman (2017) | Zac Efron | 174.30 | 209.5 | 522.1 | 18 | 69 | 01 / 00 | 95.3 | |
| 10 | X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) | Patrick Stewart & Halle Berry |
234.40 | 384.0 | 752.6 | 4 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 93.5 | |
| 11 | The Wolverine (2013) | Famke Janssen | 132.60 | 175.8 | 550.0 | 22 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 92.8 | |
| 12 | X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) | James McAvoy & Michael Fassbender |
155.40 | 193.7 | 677.9 | 17 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 91.7 | |
| 13 | Rise of the Guardians (2012) | Chris Pine | 103.40 | 140.0 | 411.3 | 31 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 89.3 | |
| 15 | The Prestige (2006) | Christian Bale & Michael Caine |
53.10 | 87.0 | 179.7 | 61 | 81 | 02 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 14 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) | Liev Schreiber & Ryan Reynolds |
179.90 | 258.6 | 536.2 | 13 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 87.8 | |
| 16 | Prisoners (2013) | Jake Gyllenhaal | 61.00 | 80.9 | 161.9 | 58 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 17 | Flushed Away (2006) | Kate Winslet & Ian McKellan |
64.70 | 105.9 | 291.8 | 41 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 87.2 | |
| 19 | Real Steel (2011) | Evangeline Lilly & Anthony Mackie |
85.50 | 116.2 | 406.8 | 35 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 85.5 | |
| 18 | Van Helsing (2004) | Kate Beckinsale | 120.20 | 208.6 | 521.2 | 16 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 85.5 | |
| 20 | Australia (2008) | Nicole Kidman | 49.60 | 74.4 | 317.3 | 58 | 69 | 01 / 00 | 80.1 | |
| 21 | Swordfish (2001) | John Travolta & Halle Berry |
69.80 | 133.1 | 280.6 | 35 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 72.1 | |
| 22 | Kate & Leopold (2001) | Meg Ryan & Liev Schreiber |
47.10 | 89.9 | 145.0 | 53 | 54 | 01 / 00 | 70.6 | |
| 23 | Missing Link (2019) | Emma Thompson & Zoe Saldana |
16.60 | 19.6 | 29.1 | 107 | 73 | 01 / 00 | 66.9 | |
| 24 | Eddie The Eagle (2016) | Taron Egerton & Christopher Walken |
15.80 | 19.7 | 57.5 | 121 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 62.0 | |
| 25 | Erskineville Kings (2002) | Joel Edgerton | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 357 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 44.3 | |
| 26 | The Fountain (2006) | Rachel Weisz | 10.10 | 16.6 | 26.2 | 158 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 42.0 | |
| 27 | Bad Education (2019) HBO Movie |
Ray Romano | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 300 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 40.0 | |
| 28 | Chappie (2015) | Sigourney Weaver & Dev Patel |
31.60 | 40.4 | 130.5 | 78 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 37.1 | |
| 29 | Someone Like You... (2001) | Ashley Judd & Greg Kinnear |
27.30 | 52.2 | 73.8 | 84 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 37.0 | |
| 30 | The Front Runner (2018) | J.K. Simmons | 2.00 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 187 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 33.4 | |
| 31 | The Son (2022) Film Festival Circuit Only |
Vanessa Kirby | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 289 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 28.2 | |
| 32 | Scoop (2006) | Scarlett Johansson & Directed by Woody Allen |
10.50 | 17.2 | 64.2 | 156 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 27.5 | |
| 33 | Pan (2015) | Amanda Seyfried & Rooney Mara |
35.10 | 44.9 | 164.2 | 70 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 22.7 | |
| 34 | Reminiscence (2021) | Thandiwe Newton | 3.90 | 4.1 | 16.4 | 78 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 12.3 | |
| 35 | Butter (2011) | Jennifer Garner & Ty Burrell |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 239 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.9 | |
| 36 | Deception (2008) | Ewan McGregor & Michelle Williams |
4.60 | 6.9 | 26.6 | 165 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 3.2 | |
| 37 | Movie 43 (2013) | Halle Berry & Chris Pratt |
8.80 | 11.7 | 43.0 | 132 | 22 | 00 / 00 | 0.4 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Hugh Jackman
1. Hugh Jackman was born in Sydney, New South Wales
2. Hugh Jackman has been nominated for one acting Oscar® and two acting Golden Globes®. He got an Oscar® and Golden Globe® nomination for 2012’s Les Miserables and a Golden Globe® nomination for 2001’s Kate and Leopold.
3. Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway were the hosts for the 81st Academy Awards® show.
4. Hugh Jackman has been married to actress, Deborra-Lee Furness since 1996. They have two children.
5. To date Hugh Jackman has played Wolverine in 7 different movies. That includes his cameo in X-Men: First Class.
6. Hugh Jackman watched Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry films as inspiration for his performance as Wolverine.
7. Hugh Jackman has starred in 6 movies with Halle Berry and Ian McKellan.
8. Roles Hugh Jackman turned down or was seriously considered for: Daniel Craig’s role in Casino Royale, Richard Gere role in Chicago, Tom Hanks role in The Da Vinci Code, Gerard Butler role in The Phantom of the Opera and Ben Affleck role in Hollywoodland.
9. Thirteen Hugh Jackman movies have opened as the number one movie at the North American box office.
10. Check out Hugh Jackman‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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14/35 movies
Hey GoC1….14 is solid. I have seen all but two of his movies….as I have not seen Butter or Erskineville Kings. I have not even heard of the latter movie. Good comment.
Hugh Jackman is the # 64 most connectible actor of the 2010’s.
Thank you Dan.
STEVE 1 Jackman is obviously most famous for the X Men/Wolverine movies but regretfully that franchise is not my cup of tea. However as he is an excellent actor he has thankfully done other things that I could enjoy such as the crime thrillers Deception and Swordfish though you do not rate those 2 over-highly.
2 Certainly also I can have no quibble with your X Men/Wolverine POSTERS all of which I thought were top notch and I also admired those for Van Helsing, The Fountain, Scoop, Pan, Chappie and especially Logan Very interesting were those from Van Helsing, Australia, the Prestige, Real Steel, Logan and again all of the ones for the X Men/Wolverine films.
3 Unusually not only do Bruce and you agree on the entire Top 5 but you both have them in the exact same order! For me the video overall had a 95% rating value.
Hi Bob, thanks for checking out my Wolverine video, much appreciated.
Glad you liked some of the posters and stills.
One third of the movies on my list were X-Men / Wolverine films. He has a short cameo in X-Men First Class and an uncredited action sequence in X-Men Apocalypse.
I agree he is an excellent actor and I was surprised how effective he was in the musical Les Miserables, winning the Golden Globe and nabbing an Oscar nomination too.
You’re right Bruce and I not only have the same top 5 but in the same order too, I wonder if that’s the first time that’s happened? Symmetry at last! 🙂
Only one Hugh Jackman film scored 10 out of 10 from my sources and it isn’t even in the top 5 – The Fountain. The highest scoring Jackman movie at IMDB was The Prestige, a good film about rival magicians, directed by Christopher Nolan.
Nolan directed the highly successful Dark Knight trilogy plus Inception and Interstellar, he has a fanatical and somewhat rabid fanbase always complaining that their favorite Nolan film isn’t in the no.1 spot on one of my videos.
I don’t mind the ranking.
Hugh is the One and Only actor with such an extraordinary appearance.
He is a phenomenon among the actors all over the world.
Be blessed, dear Hugh!
Hey Vania…..thanks for stopping by, commenting and checking out my Hugh page. All are greatly appreciated. I agree with your comment 100%.
His brilliant job career and amazing performances are awesome .and I totally respect him and the way he lives his life! Great actor ,family man and we’ll respected man from everyone around him !
Hey Anonymous….I like your comment…..very well said. He seems like is “one of the good ones”….and I am glad to see him succeed in Hollywood. Thanks for stopping by…it is greatly appreciated.