Golden years movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant golden years movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, touching, humorous, feel good, semi serious and sentimental films and TV shows about / with elderly, old man, aging, senior citizen, old age, dialogue, destiny, mentor, friendship and runaway plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as golden years: Ladies in Lavender (2004), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), 5 Flights Up (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Cloudburst (2011), Something's Gotta Give (2003), The Bucket List (2007), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), Hope Springs (2012), Gardener (2003).
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List of golden years movies
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a storm. When the Widdington sisters discover the handsome stranger on the beach below their house, they nurse him back to health. However, the ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, witty, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, violinist, polish, village life, sister sister relationship, sisters, human nature, musician, aging, foreigner, suspicion, bittersweet ...
Time:
1930s, year 2004, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
england, cornwall, europe, london, new jersey ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her colored chauffeur Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters in a time when those ...
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, period piece, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
racism, elderly, civil rights, friendship, old age, master and servant, chauffeur, racial segregation, cemetery, segregation, elevator, gardening ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 1940s, 70s, year 1989 ...
Place:
atlanta georgia, georgia, southern usa, usa, north america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A long-time married couple who've spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related issues when they plan to move away.
Style:
sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious, comedy drama ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couples, real estate, elderly, couple relations, society, love and romance, interracial relations, aging, husband wife relationship, senior citizen, flashback, elderly couple ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Is relevant?
141K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Jason Kelly is one week away from marrying his boss's uber-controlling daughter, putting him on the fast track for a partnership at the law firm. However, when the straight-laced Jason is tricked into driving his foul-mouthed grandfather, Dick, ...
Style:
sex comedy, funny, sexy, road movie, parody ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, foul language, sex scene, college, sexual humor, sex, mentor, stupidity, on the road, stereotypes, woman in a bikini, fondling ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa, north america
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When Dot (Brenda Fricker)'s granddaughter puts her into a nursing home, Stella (Olympia Dukakis) stages a breakout, and takes Dot to Canada so they can get married. They pick up a hitchhiker along the way.
Style:
road movie, touching, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
lgbt, lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, couples, gay, lesbian lead character, gay parent, lesbian romance, social relations, small town, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, nova scotia, canada, nova scotia, france, indiana ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother, Erica. Left in the care of ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, rom com, sweet, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
elderly, love story, love and romance, fall in love, age difference, love triangle, older man younger woman relationship, opposites attract, couples, female nudity, dating, writers ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, new york, france, usa, los angeles ...
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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 ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, United Arab Emirates, USA, India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose ...
Style:
feel good, touching, sentimental, uplifting, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
elderly, hotel, loneliness, self discovery, aging, goodhearted, old age, marital problem, life changing experience, choice, retirement home, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia, delhi, mumbai india, seattle ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.
Style:
melancholic, romantic, light, sweet, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
elderly, couple relations, happy ending, marriage counselor, therapist, therapy, relationships, depression, honest, doctors and patients, crumbling marriage, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Is relevant?
19K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
Raj Malhotra and wife Pooja have four sons. The sons have settled down professionally and are quite independent. However, when Raj Malhotra retires, none of his children want to be burdened with the responsibility of taking care of their parents. ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, romantic, gloomy, touching ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, parents and children, loyalty, estrangement, family in crisis, down on your luck, family relations, humiliation, valentine's day, hindu, indians, large family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Freddie and Stuart are an old couple who have been together for decades and bicker constantly. Their lives are turned upside down by their new upstairs neighbor Ash, who is sure to cause trouble in their mundane lives.
Style:
light, humorous, not serious, sitcom, entertaining ...
Plot:
gay, actor, verbal byplay, gay relationship, lgbt, neighbor, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, couple relations, couples, gay couple, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
Style:
witty, touching, talky, semi serious, social ...
Plot:
homeless, elderly, intergenerational friendship, friendship, catholic, nun, cemetery, poverty, van, social differences, homelessness, old woman ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
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107K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sad, realistic, cerebral ...
Plot:
convent, catholic church, adoption, lgbtq, journalist, catholic, religious intolerance, journalism, self discovery, faith, nun, writers ...
Time:
year 2013, 1950s, 2010s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
ireland, washington d.c., england, britain, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ben's dad Sam shows up one night with a note from Ben's mother (Sam's wife of 46 years), that she has left. While Ben's wife and his three sisters try to find her, Ben takes Sam on a day trip to see a farmhouse that's for ...
Style:
talky, touching, feel good, sentimental, semi serious ...
Plot:
on the road, father son relationship, family relations, parents and children, self discovery, love and romance, husband wife relationship, escapades, food, vegetable, senior citizen, aging ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A self-centered realtor enlists the help of his neighbor when he's suddenly left in charge of the granddaughter he never knew existed until his estranged son drops her off at his home.
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, feel good, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elderly, elderly lovers, love and romance, life turned upside down, opposites attract, neighbor, little girl, child custody, middle aged woman, father son estrangement, family home, single woman ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, realistic, semi serious, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
elderly lovers, christmas, fall in love, elderly, family relations, parents and children, family values, angst, holiday, memory loss, alzheimer's disease, dating ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
140K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Three sixty-something friends take a break from their day-to-day lives to throw a bachelor party in Las Vegas for their last remaining single pal.
Style:
feel good, humorous, touching, hilarious, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
elderly, friendship, vacation, casino, bachelor party, aging, buddies, hot and sexy, male friendship, marriage, funeral, disorder ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, brooklyn new york city, new jersey, usa, new york ...
Is relevant?
73K
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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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Determined to gatecrash her ex-lover's funeral on glamorous French hideaway Île de Ré, former Hollywood siren Helen escapes her London retirement home with help of repressed English housewife Priscilla and they hit the road together in a race ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, feel good, road movie
Plot:
elderly, friendship, bonding, escapades, on the road, road trip, love triangle, senior citizen, skinny dipping, strong female presence, friends, old man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Siberia. Late autumn. In taiga, in the deserted village there lives an old man Ivan & his seven-year-old grandson Leshia. A pack of feral dogs devours everything alive in the neighborhood. One of these dogs is Leshia's best friend. ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
wilderness, elderly, isolation, orphan, life is a bitch, danger, woods, nature, wilderness survival, survival, post soviet, old man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
soviet union, russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in the 1930s, Guy Bennett and Tommy Judd are friends because they are both outsiders in their own ways. Bennett is openly gay, Judd is a Marxist. It explores his homosexuality and exposure to Marxism, while examining the hypocrisy and snobbery ...
Style:
serious, realistic, lgbt cinema, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, boys' school, gays and lesbians, gender, gay lead character, youth, homosexuality, boarding school, homosexual, homosexual love, lgbtq ...
Time:
1930s, 80s, year 1983, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
england, moscow russia, ussr, russia, britain ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
18 Again! is a 1988 comedy film starring George Burns and Charlie Schlatter. The plot involves a grandson switching souls with his grandfather by means of an accident. This was one of a series of unrelated films, including Like Father, Like Son and ...
Style:
feel good, melancholic, semi serious, humorous, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
teens, date night, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
body swapping, body swap, soul transference, coma, fish out of water, family relations, adolescence vs adulthood, elderly, parents and children, wish come true, 18 year old, nude model ...
Time:
80s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, West Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley. ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, period piece, emotional, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
adoption, orphan, imagination, teaching the ways of the world, teenage love, coming of age, countryside, anne of green gables, love and romance, foster home, young heroes, best friend ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, victorian era, 1800s, year 1985 ...
Place:
canada, america
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306K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
Style:
feel good, inspirational, light, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, girls' night, teens
Plot:
workplace, mentor, friendship, elderly, office, destiny, prejudice, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, fashion, workplace situations, life ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, peru, san francisco ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, sad ...
Plot:
world war two, illness, aging, friendship, actor's life, elderly, showbiz, actor, death, husband wife relationship, backstage, air raid ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
england, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
Style:
sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
sexual relations, elderly lovers, elderly, breakup, crumbling marriage, old couple, couples, divorce, funeral, cheating, bittersweet, children ...
Place:
germany, europe
Is relevant?
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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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Oh Mal-Soon (Nah Moon-hee) is a 74-year-old widow that realizes she is becoming a burden on her family. As she is roaming the streets, she comes across a photo studio and decides to dress up for a self- portrait. When she walks out of the photo ...
Style:
humorous, rom com, feel good, semi serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
rejuvenation, elderly, parents and children, music, family relations, life turned upside down, shapeshifting, starting over, hidden identity, aging, disorder, asian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, east asia, south korea, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Jean-Claude Delsart, a 50 years-old bailiff, with his worn-out smile and heart, abandoned a long time ago the idea that life could give him pleasures. Until the day, he dares to push the doors of a tango lesson...
Style:
serious, touching, captivating, realistic
Plot:
tango, dancing, office, fall in love, love and romance, love affair, parent child relationship, parents and children, elderly, older man younger woman relationship, older man younger woman romance, wedding ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
paris france
Is relevant?
117K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
Style:
thought provoking, political, touching, inspirational, period piece ...
Plot:
politics, prime minister, british prime minister, british history, female protagonist, female politician, monarchy, british politics, women, biopic, alzheimer's disease, political leader ...
Time:
20th century, year 2011, 2010s, 90s, 70s ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, united kingdom ...
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