Films and TV shows that feel like Rocket Man by Elton John Experience

A lonely, wistful drift through space, where an astronaut's awe is tangled with homesickness and isolation.

1. Rocketman (2019): The Elton John biopic stages this very song as a fantasy of fame, loneliness and a man drowning in his own stardom.
2. Interstellar (2014): An astronaut father adrift across space and time, aching for the family he left on Earth.
3. Gravity (2013): Pure orbital solitude and awe, with a survivor longing for home.
4. Moon (2009): Sam Rockwell's lone worker on a lunar base captures the song's isolation and quiet sadness.
5. The Martian (2015): A stranded astronaut with a 1970s soundtrack, mixing loneliness with wry humor.
6. First Man (2018): Neil Armstrong's private grief behind the grand mission echoes the song's emotional distance.
7. Ad Astra (2019): A melancholic journey to the edge of the solar system, driven by loneliness and family.
8. For All Mankind (2019): Astronauts and the families they leave behind, set in a 1970s-rooted space race.