Movies from Sir Elton John

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.
Sir Elton John
Actor, Musician
Unravels some of the mystery surrounding the greatest musical artist of the 20th Century. One of the best music documentaries I have ever seen.
Movies from Sir Elton John

8 Mile

The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary boundaries to fulfill his dream of success in hip hop. With his pal Future and the three one third in place, all he has to do is not choke.
Sir Elton John
Actor, Musician
It was such an exciting movie, and the song went so well with it. I was so pleased it won the Oscar because it was the best song of the year. And Marshall [i.e., Eminem] didn’t even go to the ceremony!
Movies from Sir Elton John

The Producers

Broadway producer, Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming little old ladies to invest in a production many times over what it will actually cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.
Sir Elton John
Actor, Musician
It was so funny! It’s one of the great, great numbers in a musical. They made a funny song about Hitler, which is hard to do. It’s so outrageous and so un-PC.
Movies from Sir Elton John

The Jungle Book

The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.
Sir Elton John
Actor, Musician
When we did The Lion King, that was the template. It was my favorite animated film up to that point.
Movies from Sir Elton John

The Lion King

Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.
Sir Elton John
Actor, Musician
Disney have now reimagined that timeless classic with astonishing beauty and refreshed it for a whole new generation. It is magnificent.
Movies from Sir Elton John

Downfall

Harold Crossley is a barrister and respected intellectual, but proves no match to his scheming young wife
Sir Elton John
Actor, Musician
So many great movies coming out of Germany, like… Well, The Reader was a Stephen Daldry film, but it was all about coming to terms with their past. And also, Downfall was as well. God, I could continue forever because I love movies.
Movies from Sir Elton John

The Reader

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.
Sir Elton John
Actor, Musician
So many great movies coming out of Germany, like… Well, The Reader was a Stephen Daldry film, but it was all about coming to terms with their past.
Movies from Sir Elton John

Kung Fu Panda

When the Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the "chosen one" and trains to become a kung fu hero, but transforming the unsleek slacker into a brave warrior won't be easy. It's up to Master Shifu and the Furious Five -- Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey -- to give it a try.
Sir Elton John
Actor, Musician
I took my godchildren to see Kung Fu Panda, and I was surprised to see how adult the content was, and how advanced kids are with adult content as well. Much more than we were [when we were kids]. They get the jokes.
Movies from Sir Elton John

The Lives of Others

A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the system.
Sir Elton John
Actor, Musician
It’s just an amazing movie.
Movies from Sir Elton John

Blazing Saddles

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lemar sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
Sir Elton John
Actor, Musician
At the time when that came out, it was just so ahead of its time. I mean, you couldn’t get away with that now. There’s no f—ing way you could get away with it.
Movies from Sir Elton John

The Exorcist

12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to her last hope: Father Damien Karras, a troubled priest who is struggling with his own faith.
Sir Elton John
Actor, Musician
The Exorcist, because it frightened the s— out of me. I remember going to see it in London – I went with a friend – and I said, “Well, that wasn’t too bad after all, was it?” And we both said, “Well, I don’t want to go home quite yet.” So we went out for a meal. That is an incredible movie.
Movies from Sir Elton John

All About Eve

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Sir Elton John
Actor, Musician
All About Eve, because I just think the dialogue in that film is incredible and so brilliant, and I never get fed up with watching it. It’s just brilliantly acted; it’s b—-iness at its best.
Movies from Sir Elton John

The Godfather: Part II

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Sir Elton John
Actor, Musician
Godfather II. Just riveting. It’s just incredible. At that time, there weren’t usually sequels to films, and when they did Godfather II, when they said they were going to do Godfather II, I groaned.