The Best Gerard Butler Movies, Ranked
53 credits from 1997 to 2026, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Greenland (2020) comes out on top with a score of 76. The biggest box office hit is How to Train Your Dragon (2025) with $637M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Gerard Butler Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Gerard Butler is credited on. Greenland (2020) leads with 76, followed by How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) at 75. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 76 Greenland 2020 · Action -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 2019 · Action -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 Copshop 2021 · Action -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 Plane 2023 · Action -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 69 Den of Thieves 2: Pantera 2025 · Action -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 69 The Vanishing 2019 · Drama -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 67 Last Seen Alive 2022 · Action -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 65 Hunter Killer 2018 · Action -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 64 The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland 2024 · Animation -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 63 How to Train Your Dragon 2025 · Action -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 60 Den of Thieves 2018 · Action -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 55 Kandahar 2023 · Action
Biggest Gerard Butler Box Office Hits
Gerard Butler's films have made $5.29B worldwide in total. How to Train Your Dragon (2025) is the biggest hit at $637M, ahead of How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) ($622M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 How to Train Your Dragon 2025 · Action $637M $263M dom.
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 2014 · Action $622M $177M dom. - 3 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 2019 · Action $540M $161M dom.
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How to Train Your Dragon 2010 · Adventure $495M $218M dom. - 5
300 2007 · Action $456M $211M dom. - 6
Geostorm 2017 · Action $222M $33.7M dom. - 7
London Has Fallen 2016 · Action $206M $62.5M dom. - 8
The Ugly Truth 2009 · Comedy $206M $88.9M dom. - 9
Olympus Has Fallen 2013 · Action $170M $98.9M dom. - 10
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life 2003 · Action $160M $65.7M dom.
The Best Gerard Butler Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Gerard Butler has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Action leads with 24 films, and Greenland (2020) is the pick of them.
- Action 24 films Greenland 2020 · as John Garrity Movie Echo Score: 76
- Drama 12 films The Vanishing 2019 · as James Movie Echo Score: 69
- Comedy 3 films The Ugly Truth 2009
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Crime 2 films In the Hand of Dante 2026 · as Louie, Pope Bonifacio VIII Movie Echo Score: 50 - Adventure 2 films How to Train Your Dragon 2010
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Horror 2 films Tale of the Mummy 1998 · as Burke - Animation 1 film The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland 2024 · as St. Nick Movie Echo Score: 64
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Romance 1 film Mrs Brown 1997 · as Archie Brown
The Best Gerard Butler Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Gerard Butler's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
Most Awarded Gerard Butler Movies
Gerard Butler's films with wins at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database, the most decorated first. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) leads with 2 wins from 4 nominations.
The Latest Gerard Butler Movies
The most recent films Gerard Butler is credited on, newest first — starting with In the Hand of Dante (2026). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- In the Hand of Dante 2026 · Louie, Pope Bonifacio VIII
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Greenland 2: Migration 2026 · John Garrity -
In the Hand of Dante 2025 · Louie / Pope Bonifacio VIII - How to Train Your Dragon 2025 · Stoick
- Den of Thieves 2: Pantera 2025 · Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
- The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland 2024 · St. Nick
- Kandahar 2023 · Tom Harris
- Plane 2023 · Brodie Torrance
- Last Seen Alive 2022 · Will Spann
- Copshop 2021 · Bob Viddick
- Greenland 2020 · John Garrity
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Angel Has Fallen 2019 · Mike Banning
The Best Gerard Butler Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Gerard Butler films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Gerard Butler movie?
Greenland (2020) is the best-rated Gerard Butler film, with a Movie Echo Score of 76, ahead of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) (75) and Copshop (2021) (72). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Greenland: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Gerard Butler movie?
How to Train Your Dragon (2025) made the most at the box office, with $637M worldwide, followed by How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) with $622M. Together, Gerard Butler's films with box office figures have made $5.29B.
Which Gerard Butler movie won the most awards?
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) is the most decorated Gerard Butler film, with 2 wins from 4 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Gerard Butler action movie?
Greenland (2020) is the best-rated of Gerard Butler's action films, with a score of 76. In other genres: The Vanishing (drama), The Ugly Truth (comedy) and In the Hand of Dante (crime).
What is the newest Gerard Butler movie?
The newest film on Gerard Butler's filmography is In the Hand of Dante (2026), with Gerard Butler as Louie, Pope Bonifacio VIII.
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