An Exhaustive, Regrettable Ranking of Every Elvis Movie - RE:WIRE 

King Creole is directed by Michael Curtiz, who directed Casablanca. After production ended. Elvis said "now I know what a real director is like." Nancy Sinatra is the only co-star other than Ann-Margret to have her own songs in an Elvis movie, so yes, she sings. And thanks for using your experience in Indian encampments to inform the reviews.

I had I Can't Help Falling in Love played at my wedding 51 years ago.

How can you rank Kissin cousins better than G.I blues?!? 😂 but other than that pretty spot on

For his movies in the 1960s my favorite is "Follow That Dream." A close second is "Wild In The Country." But Gladys Presley didn't die just before the filming of the latter. She passed away three years prior. The character of Wayne in "Loving You" was played by Ken Becker. He played the same kind of role in three other Elvis films. But in "Loving You" he was 26 years old --just four years older than Elvis --certainly not a 38 year old. The yoga scene in "East Come --Easy Go" was detestable to Elvis. He flew into a rage in his trailer afterwards. When he was asked to do "Old MacDonald's Farm" --he said something to the effect of "Has it really come down to this?" The song "Hey, Hey, Hey" was one of his worst movie songs. A runner-up would be "Dominick" which he was supposed to be singing to a bull. Elvis objected, so he sang the song to two girls which would have been puzzling to any viewer.

His movies are alot better than some movies these days.

For a second I thought you were one person and tried to add two versions of yourself in the same frame lol. Nice to know the channel and its amazing how original this content is. My mom used to watch these films all the time on tv here in Brazil... I thought they were very boring and badly made but i was about 8 or 7 at the time.

How this cool video only got 18.000 clicks is beyond me. It deserves so much more! :) I’m a lifelong Elvis fan like you guys. Thanks so much for your time and hard work to make this video so entertaining! Greetings from Germany :-)

This was a fun little ride. Let me preface this by saying that I like Elvis movies because I like Elvis. My personal favorites are "Follow That Dream" and "It Happened at the World's Fair," and I don't think "Girl Happy" gets enough credit for being what it is -- an escapist Elvis farce. (But I don't think I've seen it in the 20 years since I've been married, so there's that.) I haven't watched some of the early dramas with an adult eye in a long time, but I have heard that despite its low Rotten Tomatoes score, "Change of Habit" has gotten more positive critical reviews as time has passed, in part because it was one of the first movies that tackled autism even if what we know now isn't what we knew then; there were some pretty heavy themes going on there, and the soundtrack is quite good. I've always thought that "Tickle Me" was the worst movie, but growing up it was also one that I had seen least. The movie that is a struggle to watch is "Double Trouble"; the whole Weir Brothers thing turns me off. Other thoughts: Although people want to rail on Elvis, there were some decent directors and producers who should probably shoulder some blame. "Flaming Star" was directed by Don Siegel, and Hal Wallis made Oscar-winning movies with the receipts of his Elvis movies. After a certain point, the scripts never rose to the talent of the star. Story I heard was that "Charro" was supposed to be a much more gritty western, and Elvis and "someone" were talking about how the script had changed so much and Elvis asked why? "They wanted an Elvis movie," he responded. To which Elvis said, "Screw 'em, let's just get this thing over with." BTW, Elvis bashing the dude's head against the jail cell bars is probably my favorite Elvis scene; it makes me giggle when he gives the guy a headache. You can find Raquel Welch taking a shower. I think I remember seeing Terri Garr, too, but don't remember where. The movies aren't 70 years old (yet). C'mon Dudes, you're teachers, and some of us are holding on to our youth like there's no tomorrow. Like someone else mentioned, you have to understand that these were made in a different time, so the lens you look at them with has to allow for that. These were largely '60s beach pictures and Frankie Avalon could have just as easily been the star. Elvis will typically be criticized for not being a great actor, but Frank Sinatra wouldn't have made those roles any better. The thing that bothers me is that the mid- to late-60s movies have tainted Elvis' legacy in Hollywood in much the same way the last two years of Elvis' life tainted his concert legacy and made him more of a punchline than he deserved. "Vegas Elvis" was pretty awesome until he became so physically miserable and his health and appearance went south. By the way, there was nothing regrettable about your list. It had to be done, and you guys treated it fairly. Keep up the good work.

The point was to show off Elvis which he deserved. Because of Parker, Elvis couldn’t follow his dreams. Any criticism of Elvis is not warranted at all. Elvis forever ❤️❤️❤️

Love all of Elvis' movies. Thanks for the effort. EP Forever 💯⚡❤

PROTIP: Don't try it

Elvis is a great actor he can fit to all genres. his movies are great for entertainment too. movies are mainly for entertainment purposes, isn't it? what the hell those critics are complaining about. even now Elvis movies are still entertaining to the younger generation like me. good or bad movies depend on viewers' taste, not those envy individual critics.

My top 6 favorite Elvis film that I find rewatchable: jailhouse rock, loving you, wild in the country, king creole, roustabout, and flaming star. If we make it top 11, I'd add: live a little love a little, fun in acapulco, kid galahad, charro!, and follow that dream

I. Liked all the movies but the best is .CHANGE OF HABIT.

I am a big Elvis fan and I read some comments criticizing this video. I just want to remind everybody that Elvis hated most of these movies and once said that it made him physically sick to play these characters. I have all the movies and agree to this video in most part. Nevertheless, I enjoy them, because I love to see Elvis soooo much. To me he is the greatest entertainer that ever lived ❤❤❤😘😘😘💋💋💋

The lady in the Yoga song is the lady who played "The Bride of Frankenstein". That movie was from the same year Elvis was born. Her name was Elsa Lanchester.

MY FAVORITE ELVIS MOVIES: 10. LIVE A LITTLE, LOVE A LITTLE (1968) 9. CHARRO (1969) 8. CHANGE OF HABIT (1969) 7. VIVA LAS VEGAS (1964) 6. BLUE HAWAII (1961) 5. G.I. BLUES (1960) 4. FOLLOW THAT DREAM (1962) 3. JAILHOUSE ROCK (1957) 2. FLAMING STAR (1960) 1. KING CREOLE (1958)

I like Viva Las Vegas and Speedway... same plot

Lance Le Gault was the double for Elvis. He played on the A-Team and was the Army leader after the guys. He was in several movies with Elvis.

Lots of people think Clambake was a great movie.

Thanks guys for this video, your dedication and love for Elvis. ❤ keep rocking!

Elvis was an amazing singer and actor. There’s that.

After seeing elvis 2022, my husband and I are also on a quest to watch every Elvis movie! We are working through the list a few every week. I know some will be pretty bad, but I am determined to watch them all. We have decided to sprinkle the bad ones in throughout the good and average so we are not left watching all the bad ones in a row! We were also very pleasantly surprised with Wild in the Country and feel King Creole was his best and just a good allaround movie. Did you know the director also directed Casablanca. Once you know that you can definitely see the similarities! I personally love Viva Las Vegas for the songs and dance sequences and chemistry with Ann Margret. That one can send you down a ‘what would have happened if he chosen Ann in stead of Priscilla’ rabbit hole!

I love Clambake. I love all 3 Shelley Fabares movies with Elvis.

Now in my 60's, it was always a blast going to the theatres to watch the Elvis movies. They bring back movies to the theatres from years past. Why they don't they bring back an Elvis Festival. I think alot of people would love to see them on the bug screen again.

I'm currently making my way through as many Elvis films as possible after seeing the new Elvis film and absolutely loving it. I was so excited to see King Creole at the top of your list as I think it showed off every inch of Elvis' talent. I would've personally put Jailhouse Rock a bit higher as it's a personal favourite of mine and it was such a turnaround to his usual personality and showed off what he could do so well. As for Easy Come, Easy Go, that yoga scene RUINED that film for me. It was so incredibly painful to sit through that I couldn't even believe what I was watching was actually in the film. Really enjoyed hearing your rankings!

Take it easy guys! Cuz we still like Elvis! The guy had been gone for a long time, but his fans are still growing and growing…

Loved this review! Absolutely agree about King Creole being his best, and I do think that is a must see movie if you’re watching 50s movies. The one I think you got the most wrong was The Trouble With Girls. I actually would have put it in the top third of the list. Really fun video, thanks 🎉

Charro looks like a 1960's TV show, in part, because it was directed by a guy that had directed/produced the TV shows Gunsmoke, Rawhide, and others. Also, CBS Television was involved with National General, the company that produced Charro!

bill bixby was in 2 elvis moves - Clamway and Speedbake

Loved this guys - honest and enjoyable. Caught me by surprise in quite few of the ranking too. Thanks gents.

The bass player in girl happy is Bing Crosby's son

Stay Away Joe is the worst out of the 31...but although Clambake is said to be bad, I like it much better than Harem Scarum, Easy Come Easy Go and Spinout.

Thanks for doing this! I know it was a bunch of movies to go through (some very bad) but now I know which ones to avoid and which ones to watch

Elvis movies were more great and believable than the Frankie and Annette movies or Gidget.

My Favourite's are '"Loving you", "Jailhouse Rock," "G.I.Blues", "Paradise Hawaiian Style", "Roustabout" "King Creole" and one of my guilty pleasures is the awful,dreadful and dire "Tickle Me" which I only watch to look at the beautiful Jocelyn Lane.

Judy Tyler that was his leading lady in Jailhouse Rock was killed with her husband a few weeks after the finished filming the movie driving cross country back east. Elvis was so upset that she was killed, I don't know if he ever watched it totally or even watched it.

You don’t know Elsa Lanchester when you see her? By the time she played the yoga instructor in EASY COME, EASY GO (1967), she’d had a 40 year career as a star of the stage, the screen, and the recording industry. She was part of that first generation of singers to become known as “recording artists”. Most famously, she was the original BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935).

Thank you for this video!!!!

My kids love Charro and Girl Happy.

Enjoyed watching. Brought back lots of memories. My favorite is Wild in the country.

for me KING CREOLE. FLAMING STAR. BLUE HAWAI. WILD IN THE COUNTRY. TICKLE ME. VIVA LAS VEGAS. CHARRO. CHANGE OF HABIT. FOLLOW THAT DREAM. JAILHOUSE ROCK.LOVING YOU

love your reviews on the films very funny

A few things... 1. In Roustabout Raquel WELCH (not "Welk") was one of the girls in the outdoor shower scene. I don't remember Teri Garr in that film but I do remember her in a non speaking role in Viva Las Vegas. She was one of the dancers in the C'mon Everybody sequence 2. Future superstar Kurt Russell famously appeared in It Happened At The World's Fair as a kid who kicked Elvis in the leg! 16 years later Kurt would actually play Elvis in the 1979 miniseries of the same name. 3. Among Elvis' leading ladies were Carolyn Jones (Morticia Addams from the Addams Family) in King Creole, Barbara Eden (I Dream Of Jeannie) in Flaming Star, Bond Girl Ursula Andress (whos dialogue was dubbed by another actress) in Fun In Acapulco, and Donna Douglas (The Beverly Hillbillies) in Frankie & Johnnie. Most actresses served time in only one Elvis film each but Shelley Fabares from the Donna Reed Show was in three! (Girl Happy, Spinout and Clambake) 4. You are correct about Elvis not wanting to rewatch Loving You because his mother was in it. He also never watched Jailhouse Rock because his co-star Judy Tyler was killed in an auto accident shortly after principle photography wrapped and 3 months before the film was released. 5. The original title of Love Me Tender was The Reno Brothers but it was changed to capitalize on his latest single which was featured in the film. You guys briefly mentioned his leading lady Debra Paget. That very same year of 1956 she had a memorable role as the slave girl Lilia in the The Ten Commandments. Elvis reportedly developed a huge crush on her and allegedly even proposed but she wasn't interested. 6. Yes, that was the legendary Bill Bixby in Clambake and Speedway. Long before The Incredible Hulk he starred in the 60's comedy series My Favorite Martian and the early 70's comedy/drama The Courtship Of Eddie's Father.

I ,LOVED CHARRO MOVIE, SORRY GUYS THESE WRRE ALL GOOD MOVIES WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM. NOW ?

In Wild in the Country, Hope Lange played the older woman. He feel in love with her and ends up helping and saving her.

I like King Creole best also. The rhyming movies, Double Trouble and Harum Scarum were the ones I rated the worst. Elvis was so cute I still watched them.

KING CREOLE was originally going to be a James Dean movie. It was based on the Harold Robbins novel A Stone for Danny Fisher, which is about a boxer as opposed to a singer.

iI know Elvis ddnt even bother to watch most of his own movies......thats what makes me appreciate his movie...because he didnt like them. I love King Creole and Flaming Star....but mostly the scripts just killed the movie. I think fans like I am would have watched Elvis tying his shoe for 90 min honestly . He was just great to look at.. Please be easy on Elvis. He is now becoming famous all over to a new generation. Dont destroy him.

Personally, 'Follow That Dream' is his best.

All of Elvis movies WHICH HIS fans enjoyed to them they made them happy, not groovy or weird but. GUESS HE NEVER KNEW IT, But I. Know when he did concerts he loved his fans and he always said I. Just want to help you feel better for an hour OR two, DUH. Who else would say that to his fans. HE GAVE HIS ALL TO HIS FANS AND WAS A VERY GENEROUS MAN TO EVERYONE. HE GAVE SO MANY THINGS AWAY AND BOUGHT EXPENSIVE GIFTS, BECAUSE HE WZS A GIVER HE KNEW HOW IT WAS NOT TO HAVE ANYTHING AND HE WAS BLESSED MORE THAN HE EVER HAD.

TODAYMS MUSIC ISN,T EVEN MUSIC ANYBODY CAN BE A MUSICIAN JUST RAP. AW THE GOOD OLD DAYS.

elvis movies are very enjoyable ... lots of fun, girls, action, and songs !

Liked both of your reviews. Agree with your Number One.🎯

I LOVE THEM ALL! I HAVE 18 OF THEM!

Agreed with GI Blues. Very boring except for two great songs. Disagree with 'Love Me Tender'. The only movie where I find Elvis annoying. Otherwise a decent list. One complaint: You find too many things "a little weird" which bothered me because 1. not everything you said is weird is actually weird, and 2. you are judging past behavior based on how people are trained to think in today's pc world. Not a fan of 'presentism'. In fact, I could argue that people back then were more 'normal' than today!

Great video guys. Funny though, some of my favourites were at the bottom of the list lol.

I liked all but a couple of Elvis movies

Gi Blues one of his most sucessful movies way off 25

Girl happy was one of my favorites

Through it away

Guys remember Elvis wanted to do serious movies and was a great actor, but who I call "Fake Parker" came up with the movies.

Surprised you didn't know much of the iconic actor Walter Matthau.

Elvis movies are the Best ❤ anyone ever made ❤ they are EVEN better than BOND movies x❤❤❤ he is just gorgeous awesome amazing ❤❤❤💙💔💋🌹💫

The thing that bothered me about “King Creole” is you don’t get to see him perform “Hard Headed Woman” the hit single from the soundtrack. You only hear the end of it going into a bar…

I have seen every Elvis film, most more than once. Most of the later ones are only worth one watching. My Favorites: 1) King Creole 2) Girl Happy 3) Loving You 4) Change of Habit 5) Kid Galahad I didn't like Jailhouse Rock as much as most people seem to. The body double in Kissin' Cousins was Red West. The Bass player in Girl Happy is Gary Crosby, Bing's son.

“Was Elvis Racist” video brought me to your channel but being teachers got me to SUBSCRIBE 👍🏾

Gi blues is his best movie I think

HE WAS A GREATVA TOR AND THE GREATEST SINGER EVER OF ANY KIBD OF MUSIC ESPECIALLY GOSPEL, WHEN PLAY IT NOW YOU STILL FEEL HIS ANNOINTING ON THE MUSIC HE SANG FROM HIS HEART AND SOUL.

Frank Welker didn't voice Shaggy on Scoobie Doo. He did the voice of Fred and later did the voice of Scobbie. Shaggy was voiced by the great Casey Kasem of American Top 40 fame. Casey also did the voice of Robin on the original Batman cartoons.

I have seen every movie Elvis made. but you named some I forgot! BTW Wild in the Country is my favorite. I saw it when I was REALLY young (I am 71) and still remember it. In Viva Las Vegas the song What I Say was written by Ray Charles and Elvis had to fight Col. Tom to get the song in the movie.

Paradise Hawaian , Rostabout, Tickle me and Easy come 👏👏

GI Blues is great! Even my dad liked it!

To me ai would put Gi Blues in the top 5.

All Elvis movies are good fun,,,and he looked Great on screen,,,film songs are great,,,,I'd like to see every film in HD,,,they shud all be on Netflix....

“King Creole” is the only Elvis film I have on DVD. If it reminds you of James Dean, that’s probably because Dean was supposed to play Danny Fisher and Elvis replaced him after he died. It was helmed by Michael Curtiz, who directed “Casablanca” as well as a few other classics. The cast included Walter Matthau; Carolyn Jones (aka Morticia Addams); Dean Jagger; and Dolores Hart, who eventually left Hollywood behind and became a nun. Too bad she wasn’t cast in “Change of Habit”! I’ll probably pick up “Viva Las Vegas” at some point.

Loved Charro. Geez Guys!

Live a Little, Love a Little was like the Rock Hudson and Doris Day type movie.

I have them all on dvd and blu ray I was born after his death as well, they are a product of their time and shouldn’t be judged in modern eyes Before Elvis movies you had the talking horses singing cowboys type of entertainment that made no sense it’s just entertainment for family’s to enjoy The elvis films weren’t made for Oscar’s and awards they was made for elvis fans and it was the only way most of the world could see him so he had to sing in them not every song is gonna be great but the films stand up purely based on Elvis alone

I really want you to do a video fantasy like movie yesterday about Beatles not existing I wanna know a world if Elvis Presley never existed

I love to watch Elvis movies, they are a combination of drama, comedy, action, romance, and musical and I don't care what are others talking about. other says, Elvis should have done serious movies what? all movies are not serious, all are scripted and designed to please or entertain viewers period.

Please time stamp or post a list of these somewhere (comments or description)

I've seen Stay Away Joe about 20 times. Not a great movie, but a fun watch.

Gi Blues was one of his most successful movies.

12:19 "Did she sing"? "Not that I remember, I don't think so". This quote defines the lack of substance in the entire so-called and highly suspect "exhaustive" review.

elvis was a salior in easy come easy go you said he just got out of the army in the film also fun in acapulco he was a trapeze artist not high wire

The soundtrack to Roustabout went to No 1 in the uk!

I'm also attempting to watch all of Elvis films and I have 4 more before I've watched them all! So far the worst I've seen is Kissin Cousins and Stay Away Joe bec it had no plot whatsoever. Elvis looks great in it, the cinematography is great but it was just 1 destructive act after another. I also didn't mind Clambake and enjoyed Fun in Acapulco a lot. Only the rear projections in it brings it down but I found it overall more enjoyable than Viva Las Vegas

In Wild in the Country I believe he almost killed his brother.

I am the biggest Elvis fan of all time and even I wouldn't do that. So many of them were not even worth watching.

I just had to look up the yoga song. WOW. 😬

5 minutes into this video, you kept saying "us" but I thought the other person meant an unseen collaborator of the channel, it wasn't until you stood next to each other I realized you are two different people, or this is some "Kissing Cousins" style film trickery, idk I'm just starting the video.

Up to 16 ,I'm getting worried, Tickle me this high Tickle me was elvis in a scooby doo cartoon

I love the yoga one, 'Yoga Is As Yoga 'does' its fun

FIA was great too!

The rage reduction theories of the 1960s were very progressive at the time of Change of Habit. You can't judge the film from today's perspective. But, you're right; the movie is better than most people give it credit for.

I appreciate all of the Elvis mov,ies, Back in the day, that was the only way one was able to see Elvis. Some are better than others, my favorite is Kid Galahad, Jailhouse Rock and King Creole. I have a silly weakness for Girl Happy.

Yes Nancy Sinatra sings in speedway

super weird comment section. a lot of all caps, and a lot of cranks offended at the idea that some of these throwaway movies from 60 years ago haven’t aged too well.

Plastic in Viva Las Vegas? Guys, come on! Geez!