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List of the best Gerard Butler movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Gerard Butler has been acting since 1997, but he didn't become a star until he appeared in 300 in 2006. Gerard Butler's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Gerard Butler movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated films from the estimable Gerard Butler filmography will be at the top of the list. 

If you think the greatest Gerard Butler movie isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Gerard Butler performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.

List features Law Abiding Citizen, PS, I Love You and other movies you could find on Gerard Butler's IMDB page.

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300 is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Gerard Butler, Michael Fassbender, Lena Headey 300 is a 2006 American fantasy war film based on the 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. Both are fictionalized retellings of the Battle of Thermopylae which took ...more

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Law Abiding Citizen is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Viola Davis Law Abiding Citizen is a 2009 American thriller film directed by F. Gary Gray from a screenplay written by Kurt Wimmer and stars Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. Law Abiding Citizen was released ...more

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P.S. I Love You is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Gerard Butler, Hilary Swank, Judy Garland P.S. I Love You is a 2007 American drama film directed by Richard LaGravenese. The screenplay by LaGravenese and Steven Rogers is based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Cecelia Ahern. It ...more

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The Phantom of the Opera is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Emmy Rossum, Gerard Butler, Minnie Driver The Phantom of the Opera is a 2004 British film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical of the same name, which in turn is based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra ...more

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Olympus Has Fallen is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
MicheleMilam added Morgan Freeman, Gerard Butler, Ashley Judd Olympus Has Fallen is a 2013 American action thriller film. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, it stars Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, and Morgan Freeman, with Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Cole ...more

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The Ugly Truth is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson The Ugly Truth is a 2009 American romantic comedy film starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler. The film was released in North America on July 24, 2009 by Columbia Pictures.

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Chasing Mavericks is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer Of Men and Mavericks is a 2012 Sport Drama film written by Brandon Hooper and Kario Salem and directed by Curtis Hanson.

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Machine Gun Preacher is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon Machine Gun Preacher is a 2011 action biopic film about Sam Childers, a former gang biker turned preacher and defender of African orphans. The movie was based on Childers' book Another Man's ...more

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The Bounty Hunter is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler, Jason Sudeikis The Bounty Hunter is a 2010 American romantic action comedy film directed by Andy Tennant, starring Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. The story centers on a bounty hunter hired to retrieve his ...more

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Dear Frankie is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Gerard Butler, Emily Mortimer, Cal MacAninch Dear Frankie is a 2004 Scottish drama film directed by Shona Auerbach and starring Emily Mortimer, Gerard Butler, and Jack McElhone. The screenplay by Andrea Gibb focuses on a young single ...more

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How to Train Your Dragon is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Gerard Butler, Kristen Wiig, David Tennant How to Train Your Dragon is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated action-fantasy film by DreamWorks Animation loosely based on the British book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell. The ...more

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Attila is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Isla Fisher, Gerard Butler, Tim Curry Attila the Hun, fabled leader of a band of nomadic warriors who fearlessly took on the might of the Roman Empire, has his life story brought to the screen in this two-part miniseries. Attila ...more

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London Has Fallen is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
SusannahTurner added Morgan Freeman, Gerard Butler, Angela Bassett London Has Fallen is an upcoming American action thriller film directed by Babak Najafi and written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Christian Gudegast and Chad St. John. It is a ...more

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Timeline is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Gerard Butler, Paul Walker, Michael Sheen Timeline is a 2003 science fiction adventure film directed by Richard Donner, based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. A team of present-day archaeologists are sent back in time ...more

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Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cr... is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Djimon Hounsou Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life is a 2003 action film based on the popular Tomb Raider video game series and stars Angelina Jolie as the titular Lara Croft character with supporting ...more

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RocknRolla is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Gemma Arterton, Gerard Butler, Tom Hardy RocknRolla is a 2008 British comedy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, and starring Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton, Mark Strong, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, Jimi Mistry and Toby ...more

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Nim's Island is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Abigail Breslin Nim's Island is a 2008 American-Australian adventure-fantasy film directed by Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin and starring Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, and Gerard Butler. The story is based ...more

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Gamer is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Gerard Butler, Ludacris, Michael C. Hall Gamer is a 2009 American science fiction action film written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. The film stars Gerard Butler as a participant in an online game in which ...more

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Butterfly on a Wheel is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Pierce Brosnan, Gerard Butler, Maria Bello Butterfly on a Wheel is a 2007 British–Canadian thriller film directed by Mike Barker, co-produced and written by William Morrissey, and starring Pierce Brosnan, Gerard Butler, and Maria Bello. ...more

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Playing for Keeps is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Jessica Biel, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Uma Thurman Playing for Keeps is a 2012 American romantic comedy film directed by Gabriele Muccino, starring Gerard Butler with Jessica Biel, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Dennis Quaid, Uma Thurman and Judy Greer ...more

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How to Train Your Dragon 2 is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Kristen Wiig How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a 2014 animation action adventure film written and directed by Dean DeBlois.

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Coriolanus is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Jessica Chastain, Gerard Butler, Ralph Fiennes Coriolanus is a 2011 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus, directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes in his directorial debut.

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Reign of Fire is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Gerard Butler Reign of Fire is a 2002 post-apocalyptic action fantasy film directed by Rob Bowman and starring Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey and Gerard Butler. It takes place in the year 2020 in ...more

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Dracula 2000 is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Gerard Butler, Jeri Ryan, Nathan Fillion Dracula 2000, also known internationally as Dracula 2001, is a 2000 American action horror film written and directed by Patrick Lussier. The film stars Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer, Jonny ...more

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Beowulf & Grendel is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list The Best Gerard Butler Movies
Gerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgård, Sarah Polley Beowulf & Grendel is a 2005 film loosely based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. Filmed in Iceland and directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, it stars Gerard Butler as Beowulf, Stellan ...more