Nevertheless, Butler shines brightest in the action genre, where his intensity and physicality truly come to life. Either it's battling Russian submarines or a comet headed to Earth, Butler has an innate ability to make every action movie an adrenaline-fueled ride.

Usually, “drop the remote” movies tend to be comedies, which explains why Christopher Nolan named some top Will Ferrell comedies as his “drop the remote” choices. Other times, it’s guilty-pleasure action movies,

Shocking absolutely no one, Gerard Butler’s biggest live-action movie with a bullet is 300. The 2007 motion picture that finally catapulted the Dracula 2000 and Reign of Fire actor to leading man status,