Gerard Butler's Best Movies
Gerard Butler has made 13 movies in which he starred in a leading role since his first movie 17 years ago called "The Phantom of the Opera" (2004) in which he portrayed the character The Phantom.
The highest grossing movie of Gerard Butler's career, "300", sold nearly $210,614,939 at the box office in 2007.
Gerard Butler's Movies

300
Movie Genre: Action
Running Time: 115 minutes
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Gerard Butler's Character Name: King Leonidas
Box Office Sales: $210,614,939
Rated:
For graphic battle sequences throughout, some sexuality and nudity.
Released 2007




The Ugly Truth
Movie Genre: Romantic Comedy
Running Time: 95 minutes
Directed by: Robert Luketic
Gerard Butler's Character Name: Mike Chadway
Box Office Sales: $88,915,214
Rated:
For sexual content and language.
Released 2009




Law Abiding Citizen
Movie Genre: Thriller/Suspense
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Gerard Butler's Character Name: Clyde Shelton
Box Office Sales: $73,357,727
Rated:
For strong bloody brutal violence and torture, a scene of rape, and pervasive language.
Released 2009




The Bounty Hunter
Movie Genre: Romantic Comedy
Running Time: 111 minutes
Directed by: Andy Tennant
Gerard Butler's Character Name: Milo Boyd
Box Office Sales: $67,061,228
Rated:
For sexual content including suggestive comments, language and some violence.
Released 2010




P.S., I Love You
Movie Genre: Romantic Comedy
Running Time: 126 minutes
Directed by: Richard LaGravenese
Gerard Butler's Character Name: Gerry
Box Office Sales: $53,695,808
Rated:
For sexual references and brief nudity.
Released 2007




The Phantom of the Opera
Movie Genre: Musical
Running Time: 143 minutes
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Gerard Butler's Character Name: The Phantom
Box Office Sales: $51,225,796
Rated:
For brief violent images.
Synopsis: A deformed man, known only as The Phantom, lives underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with a chorus girl, Christine, and privately tutors her. He terrorizes the rest of the Paris Opera House and is able to scare the lead soprano away, so that Christine gets the opportunity to perform as lead. Things take a turn for the worse when Christine falls in love with Raoul, upon which The Phantom decides to kidnap Christine.
Released 2004




Nim's Island
Movie Genre: Adventure
Running Time: 96 minutes
Directed by: Mark Levin
Gerard Butler's Character Name: Jack / Alex Rover
Box Office Sales: $48,006,762
Rated:
For mild adventure action and brief language.
Released 2008




Gamer
Movie Genre: Action
Directed by: Brian Taylor
Gerard Butler's Character Name: Kable
Box Office Sales: $20,534,907
Rated:
For frenetic dequences of strong brutal violence throughout, sexual content, nudity and language.
Released 2009




Playing for Keeps
Movie Genre: Romantic Comedy
Running Time: 105 minutes
Directed by: Gabriele Muccino
Gerard Butler's Character Name: George
Box Office Sales: $13,103,272
Rated:
For some sexual situations, language and a brief intense image.
Synopsis: A charming, down-on-his luck former soccer star returns home to put his life back together. Looking for a way to rebuild his relationship with his son, he gets roped into coaching the boy’s soccer team. But his attempts to finally become an "adult" are met with hilarious challenges from the attractive "soccer moms" who pursue him at every turn.
Released 2011




Chasing Mavericks
Movie Genre: Drama
Running Time: 115 minutes
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
Gerard Butler's Character Name: Frosty Hesson
Box Office Sales: $6,002,756
Rated:
For thematic elements and some perilous action.
Synopsis: Based on the inspirational true story of surfing icon Jay Moriarty, OF MEN AND MAVERICKS tells the story of a young man’s quest to surf Northern California’s most dangerous wave, and the local legend who takes him under his wing. What begins as a mentorship turns into a unique lifelong bond, as the two unlikely friends discover that there is nothing more powerful than pushing your limits and chasing a nearly impossible dream.
Released 2012




RocknRolla
Movie Genre: Action
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Gerard Butler's Character Name: One Two
Box Office Sales: $5,700,626
Rated:
For pervasive language, violence, drug use and brief sexuality.
Released 2008




Coriolanus
Movie Genre: Drama
Running Time: 122 minutes
Directed by: Ralph Fiennes
Gerard Butler's Character Name: Tullus Aufidius
Box Office Sales: $749,641
Rated:
For some bloody violence.
Synopsis: Caius Martius "Coriolanus", a revered and feared Roman General is at odds with the city of Rome and his fellow citizens. Pushed by his controlling and ambitious mother Volumnia to seek the exalted and powerful position of Consul, he is loath to ingratiate himself with the masses whose votes he needs in order to secure the office. When the public refuse to support him, Coriolanus's anger prompts a riot which culminates in his expulsion from Rome. The banished hero then allies himself with his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius to take his revenge on the city.
Released 2010




Machine Gun Preacher
Movie Genre: Drama
Running Time: 123 minutes
Directed by: Marc Forster
Gerard Butler's Character Name: Sam Childers
Box Office Sales: $538,690
Rated:
For violent content including disturbing images, language, some drug use and a scene of sexuality.
Synopsis: In this inspirational true story, Machine Gun Preacher is about Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. Gerard Butler delivers a searing performance as Childers, the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization in Golden Globe-nominated director Marc Forster's moving story of violence and redemption.
Released 2010


