Movies from John Legend

Fruitvale Station

Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the platform at Fruitvale Station, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009.
John Legend
Actor, Musician
Just watched "Fruitvale Station". So powerful and heartbreaking. So good. Go see this.
Movies from John Legend

13th

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
John Legend
Actor, Musician
Just watched @13THFilm . @AVAETC does a powerful job of connecting history to today's mass incarceration problem. Please watch.
Movies from John Legend

Selma

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
John Legend
Actor, Musician
Just watched @SelmaMovie . What a beautiful, powerful film! So relevant right now. Please see it when it comes to your city.
Movies from John Legend

What Happened, Miss Simone?

The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.
John Legend
Actor, Musician
Excellent film on one of my musical heroes.
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Sing Your Song

Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.
John Legend
Actor, Musician
Just watched this inspiring documentary on the bus. What a phenomenal man, Harry Belafonte.
Movies from John Legend

Moonlight

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
John Legend
Actor, Musician
Congratulations to the Moonlight team. It truly is a beautiful film. Well done
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The Wizard of Oz

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
John Legend
Actor, Musician
Favorite musical? Oooh, well you cannot go wrong with The Wizard of Oz. I watch it every year with my family.
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The Bodyguard

A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.
John Legend
Actor, Musician
I was growing up in 90s, all those great movies had popular soundtracks, like Bodyguard.
Movies from John Legend

Frozen

Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery man Kristoff, his reindeer Sven, and snowman Olaf. On an adventure where she will find out what friendship, courage, family, and true love really means.
John Legend
Actor, Musician
And although their daughter Luna is just 10 weeks old, Legend says he expects plenty family viewings of Disney’s animated musical sensation, Frozen.
Movies from John Legend

The 40 Year Old Virgin

Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a virgin. Determined to help Andy get laid, the guys make it their mission to de-virginize him. But it all seems hopeless until Andy meets small business owner Trish, a single mom.
John Legend
Actor, Musician
Movie you've seen the most times? Coming to America, The 40 Year Old Virgin. I like to repeat watching movies that make me laugh.
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Coming to America

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
John Legend
Actor, Musician
Movie you've seen the most times? Coming to America
Movies from John Legend

The Devil Wears Prada

Andy moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss is extremely demanding, cruel and won't let her succeed if she doesn't fit into the high class elegant look of their magazine.
John Legend
Actor, Musician
You can watch it every time it comes on, there’s just something about it.