The Top 5 Best Elvis Movies Ever Made

Elvis had already done a few movies by the time he completed Blue Hawaii, but it remains one of his most memorable movies to this day.

“After arriving back in Hawaii from the Army, Chad Gates (Elvis Presley) defies his parents’ wishes for him to work at the family business and instead goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend’s agency,” reads the film’s IMDB description.

Variety describes Blue Hawaii as the quintessential Elvis movie because it fits typical Elvis film formula of being “lightweight fun and frolic, often in an exotic locale, involving a lovable hunk who sings and sways his way through minimally daunting challenges while encountering only temporary impediments to happily-ever-aftering with a young lovely.”

The movie also features the legendary Angela Lansbury playing Elvis’ mother despite her being just ten years older than him. If you haven’t seen Blue Hawaii, it’s definitely worth checking out!

Co-starring the incredible Ann-Margret, this is another Elvis movie that has stood the test of time and remains just as beloved to this day as it was in the 1960s.

“A race-car driver preparing for the Grand Prix wiles his time in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for his new engine and soon strikes up a romance with a beautiful young woman,” the film’s official IMDB description reads.

Elvis does some of his best acting in this movie, and his performance of the film’s title song has to be seen to be believed. The chemistry he shared with Ann-Margret is also nothing short of electric, and their dance numbers were truly magical.

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Elvis was only 22 when he made this movie, but he was already a superstar, and his charisma jumps off the screen in a big way.

“After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star,” the film’s official IMDB description reads.

Variety reported that this movie is unique compared to other Elvis movies because it “attempts to package Presley as a semi-sensitive anti-hero with pronounced tendencies toward badassery.”

The film’s title song remains a true Elvis classic to this day, and if you’ve ever heard it, you’ll know exactly why!

In this classic 1960 film, Elvis honors the military by playing the iconic fictional American soldier of Tulsa McLean.

“Tulsa, a soldier with dreams of running his own nightclub, places a bet with his friend Dynamite that he can win the heart of an untouchable dancer…but when Dynamite is transferred, Tulsa must replace him in the bet,” the movie’s IMDB description reads.

In real life, Elvis served in active duty in the U.S. Army from 1958 until 1960, the same year this movie came out. He would later receive his discharge from the U.S. Army reserves in 1964, and his military service was something that he never forgot for the rest of his life.

Co-starring Juliet Prowse and Robert Ivers, G.I. Blues is a lighthearted romp that the whole family can enjoy. You don’t want to miss this one!

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We’ll end this list with Elvis’ movie debut, and though he only had a supporting role in this film, he’s arguably the most memorable part of it.

“At the end of the Civil War, a Confederate team is ordered to rob a Union payroll train but the war ends leaving these men with their Union loot, until the Feds come looking for it,” the movie’s IMDB description reads.

Variety added that the film is a “post-Civil War drama about a Confederate soldier (Richard Egan) who returns home to find his sweetheart (Debra Paget) married his younger brother (Elvis) after receiving greatly exaggerated reports of his death. Complications ensue.”

Elvis gets to show off his dramatic chops in this movie, and he more than meets the occasion. The film ends with Elvis crooning out the movie’s title song in a way that only the king of rock ‘n roll can, and it’s easy to see why an entire generation fell so in love with him!