25 Best Gerard Butler Movies of All-Time!
From '300' to 'Olympus Has Fallen,' Moviefone counts down the 25 best movies of Gerard Butler's career.
Gerard Butler as 'Big Nick' O'Brien in 'Den of Thieves 2: Pantera'. Photo Credit: Rico Torres for Lionsgate.
Gerard Butler is one of the most popular actors working today.
He helped launch the career of director How to Train Your Dragon'.
His latest film, the sequel to 2018's brilliant crime thriller 'in theaters on January 10th.
In honor of the new sequel, Moviefone has compiled a list of the 25 best Gerard Butler movies of all-time, including 'Den of Thieves 2.'
Let's begin!
25. 'Gamer' (2009)
Gerard Butler in 'Gamer'. Photo: Lionsgate.
Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon (Michael C. Hall).
Gamer
24. 'Hunter Killer' (2018)
Captain Glass (Butler) of the USS Arkansas discovers that a coup d'état is taking place in Russia, so he and his crew an elite group working on the ground to prevent a war.
23. 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life' (2003)
Lara Croft (Ciarán Hinds) uses it to construct a weapon of catastrophic capabilities.
22. 'Reign of Fire' (2002)
In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer (Izabella Scorupco) is still alive.
Reign of Fire
21. 'Timeline' (2003)
A group of archaeological students (Butler, Billy Connolly). The group must survive in 14th century long enough to be rescued.
20. 'Greenland' (2020)
(L to R) Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin in 'Greenland'. Photo: STXfilms.
John Garrity (Butler), his estranged wife (Morena Baccarin) and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying s of cities getting leveled, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.
19. 'The Phantom of the Opera' (2004)
Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom (Butler) lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine (Emmy Rossum), and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and demanding Christine be given lead roles. Things get worse when Christine meets back up with her childhood acquaintance Raoul (Patrick Wilson) and the two fall in love.
The Phantom of the Opera
18. 'The Bounty Hunter' (2010)
A revered bounty hunter's (Butler) latest gig is rather satisfying, as his bail-skipper is his ex-wife (Jennifer Aniston), who has no intention of getting nabbed without a fight.
The Bounty Hunter
17. 'Geostorm' (2017)
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: the system built to protect Earth is attacking it, and it becomes a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything and everyone along with it.
16. 'P.S. I Love You' (2007)
A young widow (Hilary Swank) discovers that her late husband (Butler) has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
P.S. I Love You
15. 'Machine Gun Preacher' (2011)
Gerard Butler in 'Machine Gun Preacher'. Photo: Relativity Media.
The true story of Sam Childers (Butler), a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.
Machine Gun Preacher
14. 'Angel Has Fallen' (2019)
After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Butler) is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull (Jada Pinkett Smith), Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his name.
13. 'Copshop' (2021)
On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist (Alexis Louder) finds herself caught in the crosshairs.
12. 'How to Train Your Dragon 2' (2014)
Five years have ed since Hiccup (Djimon Hounsou).
How to Train Your Dragon 2
11. 'Coriolanus' (2012)
Caius Martius, aka Coriolanus (Vanessa Redgrave) to seek the position of consul, Coriolanus is at odds with the masses and unpopular with certain colleagues. When a riot results in his expulsion from Rome, Coriolanus seeks out his sworn enemy, Tullus Aufidius (Butler). Together, the pair vow to destroy the great city.
10. 'Den of Thieves 2: Pantera' (2025)
(L to R) O’Shea Jackson Jr. as Donnie Wilson and Gerard Butler as 'Big Nick' O'Brien in 'Den of Thieves 2: Pantera'. Photo Credit: Rico Torres.
Big Nick (Butler) is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie (O'Shea Jackson), who is embroiled in the treacherous and unpredictable world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia, as they plot a massive heist of the world’s largest diamond exchange.
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
9. 'London Has Fallen' (2016)
In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning (Butler) discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
London Has Fallen
8. 'Chasing Mavericks' (2012)
Surfer Jay Moriarity (Jonny Weston) sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks.
7. 'RocknRolla' (2008)
When a Russian mobster (Toby Kebbell), a druggie rock-star, try to claim their slice.
6. 'Plane' (2023)
After a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in a war zone, a fearless pilot (Butler) finds himself between the agendas of multiple militias planning to take the plane and its engers hostage.
5. '300' (2007)
Gerard Butler in '300'. Photo: Warner Bros.
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel and directed by Zack Snyder, '300' is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta (Butler) led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
4. 'How to Train Your Dragon' (2010)
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (Jay Baruchel) faces a rite of age: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless (Randy Thom) – much to the chagrin of his warrior father (Butler).
How to Train Your Dragon
3. 'Olympus Has Fallen' (2013)
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President (Aaron Eckhart) is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning (Butler) finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.
2. 'Law Abiding Citizen' (2009)
A frustrated man (Butler) decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney (Jamie Foxx) and others involved in the deal.
1. 'Den of Thieves' (2018)
(L to R) Maurice Compte and Gerard Butler in 'Den of Thieves'. Photo: STXfilms.
A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
Den of Thieves
