Old people movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant old people movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, feel good, touching, realistic, thought provoking and interesting films and TV shows about / with old people, death, storytelling, dialogue, mentor, redemption, destiny, catastrophe, friendship and culture clash plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as old people: The Straight Story (1999), I'll See You in My Dreams (2015), Finding Your Feet (2017), Cocoon (1985), Wrinkles (2011), Old (2021), The Cool Kids (2018), Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015), Jurassic World (2015), Team America: World Police (2004).

List of old people movies

The Straight Story (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in ...
Style: road movie, feel good, touching, cult classic, visual ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: road trip, old age, brother brother relationship, elderly man, on the road, small town, senior citizen, determination, aging, family feud, illness, highway ...
Time: year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place: iowa, mississippi, nebraska, usa, wisconsin
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I'll See You in My Dreams (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected relationships that challenge her ...
Style: romantic, sexy, sentimental, touching, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: elderly lovers, relationships, friendship, life, aging, solitude, depression, dating, weed, lone hero, drinking, love triangle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
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Finding Your Feet (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A lady has her prim and proper life turned upside down after discovering her husband's affair.
Style: rom com, touching, humorous, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: retirement, senior citizen, dancing, friendship, dating, middle class, trust, mother daughter relationship, marriage, mistress, promise, love and romance ...
Time: future, year 1969
Place: london, rome italy
Is relevant?
 6.7
 73K
Cocoon (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
Style: sentimental, touching, captivating, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, date night, girls' night, kids
Plot: elderly, cocoon, life & death, alien, space and aliens, chase, benign alien, fountain of youth, alien invasion, first contact, extraterrestrial, cancer ...
Time: 80s, future, 20th century
Place: florida, usa
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 7.6
 5K
Wrinkles (2011)
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Based on Paco Roca's comic of the same title (2008 Spanish National Comic Prize), WRINKLES is a 2D animated feature-length film for an adult audience. Wrinkles portrays the friendship between Emilio and Miguel, two aged gentlemen shut away in a ...
Style: adult animation, sad, touching, humorous, sentimental ...
Plot: alzheimer's disease, friendship, retirement home, aging, childhood memory, fighting the system, parents and children, rescue, dementia, senior citizen, old people, slow burn ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: spain, europe
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 5.8
 182K
Old (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
Style: mysterious, psychedelic, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: aging, vacation, time, island, rapid aging, island prison, ocean, family vacation, mortality, corpse, race against time, disease ...
Time: 2020s
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The Cool Kids (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Three guy friends in a retirement community are the top dogs until they’re blown out of the water by the newest member of the community, a female rebel who’s ready to challenge their place – it’s high school with 70 somethings.
Style: sitcom, situational comedy, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Plot: elderly, retirement home, retirement, old age, friendship, prank, party, society, rivalry, old people, gay, retired ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Mr. Hoppy is a shy old man who lives alone in an apartment building. For many years, he has been secretly in love with Mrs. Silver, a woman who lives below him. Mr. Hoppy frequently leans over his balcony and exchanges polite conversation with Mrs. ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, touching, sentimental, sincere ...
Audience: date night
Plot: elderly lovers, gardener, elderly, old man, shy man, marriage proposal, aging, secret love, bachelor, old people, widow, trick ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: It's the 1970s, and San Diego super-sexist anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.
Style: parody, funny, humorous, spoof, hilarious ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: journalism, workplace, battle of the sexes, stupidity, satire, sexism, farce, nervous breakdown, news anchor, cat, rivalry, friendship ...
Time: 70s, year 2004, 20th century
Place: california, usa, north america, san diego california
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 6.9
 723K
Jurassic World (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.
Style: entertaining, suspenseful, scenic, saga, perverse ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, kids ...
Plot: dinosaur, creature, killer animal, animal attack, dangerous animal, chase, tyrannosaurus rex, monster, human animal relationship, giant monster, velociraptor, jurassic park ...
Time: jurassic, 2010s, year 2015, future, 20th century ...
Place: fictional island, caribbean, costa rica
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Team America: World Police (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Team America World Police follows an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability. Learning that dictator Kim Jong il is out to destroy the world, the team recruits Broadway star Gary Johnston to go undercover. With the help ...
Style: parody, funny, black comedy, humorous, political ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: puppet, puppetry, terrorist, terrorism, satire, secret agent, death, visceral, actor, stupidity, stoner, prejudice ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: cairo egypt, washington d.c., south dakota, north korea, france ...
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Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Luther Krank is fed up with the commerciality of Christmas; he decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation with his wife instead. But when his daughter decides at the last minute to come home, he must put together a holiday celebration.
Style: feel good, satirical, humorous, christmas classics, funny ...
Audience: family friendly, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot: holiday, christmas, christmas party, christmas time, suburban life, neighbor, cancer, farce, husband wife relationship, police, vacation, neighborhood ...
Time: 2000s
Place: latin america, chicago, peru, usa, canada
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Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
Style: emotional, depressing, touching, sad, bad ending ...
Audience: girls' night, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot: boxing, underdog, female boxer, female protagonist, determination, mentor protege relationship, athlete's life, female athlete, boxing trainer, strong female character, euthanasia, athlete and trainer ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, europe, london, las vegas ...
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The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: New Zealand, Japan, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle -- a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Style: inspirational, realistic, emotional, road movie, touching ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick
Plot: motorcycle, human spirit, against the odds, motorcycle race, follow your dream, car race, racing, auto mechanic, elderly, race, goodhearted, eccentricity ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 20th century, year 1967, year 1914 ...
Place: new zealand, california, nevada, utah, usa ...
Is relevant?
 7.3
 732K
Wonder Woman (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 141 min.
Story: An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.
Style: period piece, costume drama, psychotronic, exciting, epic ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: superhero, strong female character, superheroine, world war one, strong female lead, fight scenes, female warrior, mythology, good versus evil, tough girl, supernatural power, super powers ...
Time: 1910s, year 1918, year 2017, future, 2010s ...
Place: london, ancient greece, belgium, big ben london, fictional island ...
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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Predominantly set during World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, ...
Style: heroic, exciting, saga, psychotronic, stylized ...
Audience: girls' night, kids, boys' night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot: superhero, superhuman powers, heroism, mad scientist, heroes, heroic mission, soldier, courage, world war two, super soldier, danger, nazi ...
Time: year 2011, future, 20th century, year 1942, 2010s ...
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, new jersey, london ...
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In the Valley of Elah (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
Style: disturbing, detective, touching, suspense, tense ...
Plot: investigation, military, guilt, army investigation, murder investigation, cover up, war crime, veteran, evidence, loss of son, war on terror, trauma ...
Time: post world war two, year 2007, year 2004, 21st century
Place: iraq, new mexico, afghanistan, tennessee, persia ...
Is relevant?
 7.1
 14K
Venus (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes absolutely taken with Jessie - the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the benefit of his wisdom and London culture, their ...
Style: sentimental, romantic, touching, realistic, romantic comedy ...
Plot: art, age difference, older man younger woman relationship, elderly, friendship, art class, nude model, peeping tom, older man younger woman romance, teenage life, lifestyle, actor's life ...
Time: year 2006
Place: london
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 7.5
 24K
Away from Her (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, a wheel chair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.
Style: sincere, melancholic, sentimental, depressing, realistic ...
Plot: elderly, alzheimer's disease, true love, love, mental illness, hopes, loneliness, lovers apart, marriage, tragedy, existentialism, human spirit ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: canada, iceland, ontario canada
Is relevant?
 7.3
 271K
The Bucket List (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, sentimental, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: friendship, elderly, terminal illness, road trip, journey, unlikely friendships, human spirit, bucket list, life changing, dying, philosophy, motivation ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: cote d'azur, usa, africa, johannesburg south africa, los angeles ...
Is relevant?
 7.5
 1K
Time to Die (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An impressionistic, black-and-white portrait of the day-to-day of a nonagenarian woman as she experiences the final act of her life. Danuta Szaflarska stars as Aniela, who lives in a massive yet rapidly-deteriorating wooden house, filled with ...
Style: reflective, black and white, slow cinema, independent film
Plot: elderly man, character study, mortality, aging, isolation, loneliness, memory, melancholy, nostalgia, greed, bittersweet, retiring ...
Place: poland
Is relevant?
 8.0
 1.5M
The Avengers (2012)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, heroic, epic, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot: superhero, heroes, alien invasion, superhuman powers, good versus evil, costumed hero, female assassin, monster, teamwork, super villain, imaginary, tony stark character ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: manhattan new york city, madagascar, pittsburgh, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa ...
Is relevant?
 7.6
 46K
The Visitor (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
Style: depressing, philosophical, touching, independent film, psychological ...
Plot: immigrant, life, professor, destiny, loneliness, self discovery, friendship, jazz, arrest, lawyer, midlife crisis, existentialism ...
Time: year 2007
Place: new york, connecticut, michigan, senegal, manhattan new york city ...
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How About You... (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The story of Ellie, a young woman left in charge of the residential home run by her older sister, over the Christmas period. Whilst most of the residents have left to spend the festive period with their families, four residents, known as 'the ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous, sentimental ...
Plot: christmas, aging, retirement home, sister, wisdom of life, family relations, self discovery, elderly, siblings relations, disagreement, countryside, sister sister relationship ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
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 7.0
 25K
Get Low (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany, Poland
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
Style: emotional, touching, talky, sentimental, psychological ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: small town, solitude, loner, death, funeral director, character study, life philosophy, uncover truth, gossip and rumors, haunted by the past, dealing with death, mysterious character ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, year 1938, 1930s, 1920s
Place: tennessee, usa, appalachia, california
Is relevant?
 8.1
 857K
Gran Torino (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. ...
Style: serious, touching, emotional, suspense, harsh ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, teen drama, adult
Plot: gang, friendship, veteran, revenge, racism, old man, elderly, prejudice, car, war veteran, gangster, gunfight ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place: detroit, usa, michigan, italy, north america
Is relevant?
 5.4
 505
Flying Lessons (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: With her life at a crossroads, 25 year old Sophie Conway returns home to the small town she always wanted to forget. Once home, she is faced with the friends and lovers she left behind, a tangled relationship with her Mother, and Harry Pleasant, an ...
Style: sentimental, realistic, touching, serious, inspirational
Plot: parents and children, memory loss, hopes, self discovery, small town life, homecoming, family relations, small town, sexual content, friends, haunted by the past, old people ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
 7.5
 872K
Doctor Strange (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Nepal
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.
Style: entertaining, visually stunning, witty, breathtaking, saga ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: superhero, magic, parallel universe, wizard, sorcerer, fantasy world, time, good versus evil, time loop, multiverse, mentor, neurosurgeon ...
Time: year 2016, future, year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, hong kong, london, north america, nepal ...
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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
Style: parody, humorous, absurd, realistic, not serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: journalism, satire, father son relationship, dog, reporter, workplace, stupidity, jealousy, friendship, rivalry, media, ambitious ...
Time: 20th century, year 2013, 70s, year 1979, year 1980 ...
Place: new york, california, usa, manhattan new york city, san diego california
Is relevant?
 8.4
 695K
Coco (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Mystery
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead ...
Style: touching, feel good, sincere, sweet, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: day of the dead, music, afterlife, musician, death, childhood, memory, boy, life after death, betrayal, life & death, dog ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017
Place: mexico, tibet, north america
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