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What is the best Hugh Jackman movie of all time?

by YPB Team

Spanning superhero epics and intimate character studies, his filmography has something for everyone — from popcorn blockbusters to awards-season contenders. Which Hugh Jackman performance owns your top spot?

  1. Logan — ranked #11
    Logan
    James Mangold's 2017 R-rated farewell to Jackman's Wolverine, set in a near-future where mutants are nearly extinct.
  2. The Prestige — ranked #22
    The Prestige
    Christopher Nolan's 2006 rivalry thriller pitting two magicians against each other in Victorian London, with Jackman as the ambitious Angier.
  3. Prisoners — ranked #33
    Prisoners
    Denis Villeneuve's 2013 tense thriller starring Jackman as a desperate father who takes justice into his own hands when his daughter is abducted.
  4. X-Men: Days of Future Past — ranked #44
    X-Men: Days of Future Past
    Bryan Singer's 2014 time-travel epic sending Wolverine back to the 1970s to prevent a catastrophic future for mutantkind.
  5. Les Misérables — ranked #55
    Les Misérables
    Tom Hooper's 2012 Oscar-winning musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's epic, with Jackman as the reformed convict Jean Valjean.
  6. The Greatest Showman — ranked #66
    The Greatest Showman
    Michael Gracey's 2017 musical spectacular about P.T. Barnum's rise to fame, featuring Jackman in a breakout song-and-dance performance.
  7. X2: X-Men United — ranked #77
    X2: X-Men United
    Bryan Singer's 2003 superhero sequel that deepened Wolverine's mysterious origin story while raising the stakes for all mutants.
  8. Bad Education — ranked #88
    Bad Education
    Cory Finley's 2019 HBO drama where Jackman plays a respected school superintendent hiding a massive embezzlement scheme.
  9. X-Men — ranked #99
    X-Men
    Bryan Singer's 2000 superhero landmark that introduced Jackman's Wolverine to the world and revitalized the comic book genre.
  10. The Fountain — ranked #1010
    The Fountain
    Darren Aronofsky's 2006 ambitious sci-fi romance spanning three time periods, with Jackman and Rachel Weisz searching for eternal life.
  11. Australia — ranked #1111
    Australia
    Baz Luhrmann's 2008 sweeping wartime epic set in the Australian outback, pairing Jackman with Nicole Kidman.
  12. Real Steel — ranked #1212
    Real Steel
    Shawn Levy's 2011 sci-fi sports film where Jackman plays a washed-up boxer who trains a robot fighter and bonds with his estranged son.
  13. The Wolverine — ranked #1313
    The Wolverine
    James Mangold's 2013 superhero action film taking Wolverine to Japan to confront his mortality and a shadowy corporation.
  14. Kate & Leopold — ranked #1414
    Kate & Leopold
    James Mangold's 2001 romantic comedy where Jackman plays a 19th-century duke accidentally transported to modern-day New York City.
  15. Eddie the Eagle — ranked #1515
    Eddie the Eagle
    Dexter Fletcher's 2016 underdog sports film with Jackman as a fictional ski-jump coach who trains Britain's beloved ski-jump underdog.
  16. Van Helsing — ranked #1616
    Van Helsing
    Stephen Sommers' 2004 monster-hunting adventure with Jackman as the legendary monster hunter tracking Dracula and his creatures.
  17. The Front Runner — ranked #1717
    The Front Runner
    Jason Reitman's 2018 political drama about Gary Hart's 1988 presidential campaign, undone by a media scandal, with Jackman in the lead.
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Comments

Robert Angier, a stage magician in a twenty-year feud, is the one entry among seventeen where Jackman is neither a franchise lead nor a singer: https://youpick.best/articles/christopher-nolan-ranked-many-ways

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