As a movie star, Hugh Jackman is best known for the rare movie musicals that still get made post-Golden Age, and he’s also provided solemn turns in cerebral thrillers that cut the audiences to their core. In short, he’s an actor with serious range, and while it’s sad to see him leave the role of Logan behind, it’s exciting to see where his career will go next. Here are Hugh Jackman’s 10 Best Movies, According To Rotten Tomatoes.
Happy Feet (76%)
While director George Miller is mostly known for creating the Mad Max franchise (and then a soulfully animated, heartwarming tale. It rivals Pixar’s quality without trying to emulate its style.
Prisoners (80%)
contains more than a few surprising plot twists.
X-Men (81%)
Along with Blade and Spider-Man, X-Men can be credited for kicking off the superhero blockbuster craze that X-Men movie.
It introduces all the characters and their relationships with one another, as well as giving them a common enemy to fight against. Hugh Jackman has said that he was almost fired from the first X-Men movie, but managed to keep hold of the role after being encouraged to trust his instincts by his wife, and the rest is history.
Eddie the Eagle (82%)
Underdog stories in the sports movie genre are ten a penny, but the most special ones are those based on real underdogs who overcame impossible odds to succeed. Taron Egerton stars as Michael “Eddie the Eagle” Edwards, who in 1988, became the first athlete to represent Great Britain in the Olympic ski-jumping event in 60 years, while Hugh Jackman co-stars as Bronson Peary, an alcoholic and former champion American ski-jumper who initially encourages Edwards to quit, but ends up helping him become a British sporting legend. Egerton and Jackman have terrific on-screen chemistry, which makes this an unforgettable movie.
X2: X-Men United (85%)
The great thing about superhero sequels is that with the origin story out of the way, the ensemble superhero team-up movie.
TIE: Bad Education (86%)
While Hollywood usually doesn’t indulge the autobiographical screenplays of comedy writers whose names aren’t Judd Apatow, this year’s Bad Education starring Hugh Jackman is drawn from the high school experiences of its writer and co-producer, Mike Makowsky. It just so happens that Makowsky’s school has a place in history, as it was responsible for the largest public school embezzlement scandal of all time (while Makowsky was a student there), and that’s the main event covered by the movie. There are dramatic elements, with this being based on a shady true story and all, but it also has a delightful sense of humor.
TIE: X-Men: First Class (86%)
Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine only had a cameo appearance in Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class, but many unfortunate nails in the X-Men film franchise’s coffin.
Missing Link (89%)
This little animated gem from Laika, the only animation house that it did deserve to. It was adored by critics for its gorgeous animation, delightful characters, and breezy tone.
Zach Galifianakis and Hugh Jackman make an engaging lead duo as a mild-mannered Bigfoot named Mr. Link and a self-obsessed monster hunter named Sir Lionel Frost, respectively, while they received strong from the rest of the voice cast, including Zoe Saldana, Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, and Timothy Olyphant.
X-Men: Days of Future Past (90%)
Following the release of X-Men: First Class, it became apparent that the newer, younger cast was great, but it also became apparent that fans missed the old cast. So, the natural response was up there with the best of the MCU.
Logan (93%)
After one bitter disappointment followed by a slightly better sequel, there was little hope for Wolverine’s solo threequel. unprecedented, yet definitely earned its Academy Award nomination for its screenplay.
