The Best Hugh Jackman Movies Ranked and Where to Stream Them

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Hugh Jackman might be best-known for his enduring role as Wolverine in the X-Men franchise, but the rest of the Australian actor’s varied and rich filmography shouldn’t be overlooked. From Les Miserables to The Greatest Showman and Eddie the Eagle, Jackman has proven the sheer breadth of his talents in these diverse roles. Read on to discover the best Hugh Jackman movies ranked and where to stream them online!

Back in 2000, as a season stage star, Hugh Jackman landed his breakout role as Logan aka the Wolverine in Bryan Singer’s X-Men, alongside Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen and Halle Berry. The Marvel movie kick-started a franchise, which Jackman was at the helm of, in a trilogy, prequel trilogy and his own spin-off series of films.

Critically and commercially acclaimed, X-Men went onto gross over $296 million at the box office on a $75 million budget, as well as lead to a sequel, X2 and a X-Men: The Last Stand. After the success of this trilogy, Hugh Jackman went onto his own solo film series in X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 2009.

Another commercial success, garnering $373 million at the worldwide box office, this led to another two movies that culminated in the 15-rated, gritty superhero movie, Logan in 2017. It became the highest grossing movie in the trilogy and the third-highest grossing R-rated movie at the time of its release. It was also the first superhero movie to be nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards.

Around his comic book commitments, Hugh Jackman fronted a host of romantic comedies such as Kate & Leopold, as well as starred in epics such as Baz Luhrmans’ Australia, the gripping crime thriller, Prisoners and fronted poignant dramas such as The Son.

Though Hugh Jackman’s other greatest strength, arguably, lies within musicals such as his outstanding performance in Les Miserables as Jean Valjean in 2012 and as PT Barnum in The Greatest Showman in 2017. In the big-screen adaptation of the stage play, Jackman as Valjean received widespread acclaim and won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical and was nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards.

Similarly, The Greatest Showman was a record-breaking success at the box office and in the charts. The Grammy-Award winning movie musical grossed $435 million worldwide on an $84 million budget and earned Jackman another Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor.

Alongside this, Jackman has fronted poignant dramas such as The Son, as well as lent his voice to roles in Flushed Away and Happy Feet.

Most recently, Hugh Jackman has returned to play his claw cladded mutant in Deadpool & Wolverine, alongside Ryan Reynolds. The film which finally brings the X-Men franchise into the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) opened to record-breaking success, taking $438.3 million worldwide on its opening weekend, making it the biggest opening weekend for a R-rated film at the time of writing. Jackman’s return to the franchise also earned him the title of the “longest career as a live-action Marvel character” in the Guinness Book of Records.

Understandably, some of Hugh Jackman’s best performances occur within this universe, with one of the best being Logan, which sits alongside his roles in Les Miserables and The Greatest Showman. The rest may be subjective, but the power of Australia, the haunting effect of Prisoners and the empowerment in Eddie the Eagle deserve a spot at the top of this list too.

Where to watch the best Hugh Jackman movies online

With so many films to discover, here’s the best Hugh Jackman movies ranked and where to stream them now.

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  1. Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

    2012

    #1

    An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

  2. The Greatest Showman

    #2

    The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

  3. Logan

    Logan

    2017

    #3

    In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.

  4. Prisoners

    Prisoners

    2013

    #4

    Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.

  5. Australia

    Australia

    2008

    #5

    Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.

  6. X-Men

    X-Men

    2000

    #6

    Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.

  7. The Son

    The Son

    2022

    #7

    A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy's wayward behavior.

  8. Eddie the Eagle

    Eddie the Eagle

    2016

    #8

    The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself—even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.

  9. Deadpool & Wolverine

    #9

    A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine.

  10. X-Men Origins: Wolverine

    #10

    After seeking to live a normal life, Logan sets out to avenge the death of his girlfriend by undergoing the mutant Weapon X program and becoming Wolverine.

  11. X2

    X2

    2003

    #11

    Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses—Magneto and Mystique—to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.

  12. X-Men: The Last Stand

    #12

    When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.

  13. X-Men: Days of Future Past

    #13

    The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.

  14. The Prestige

    The Prestige

    2006

    #14

    A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

  15. Happy Feet

    Happy Feet

    2006

    #15

    Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!

  16. Kate & Leopold

    Kate & Leopold

    2001

    #16

    When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.

  17. The Wolverine

    The Wolverine

    2013

    #17

    Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

  18. Scoop

    Scoop

    2006

    #18

    An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.

  19. Pan

    Pan

    2015

    #19

    Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They must band together to save Neverland from the ruthless pirate Blackbeard. Along the way, the rebellious and mischievous boy discovers his true destiny, becoming the hero forever known as Peter Pan.

  20. Van Helsing

    Van Helsing

    2004

    #20

    Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.