Retirement home life movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant retirement home life movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, feel good and sentimental films and TV shows about / with retirement home life, retirement home, elderly, aging, friends, senior citizen, friendship, family relations, love and romance and couples plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as retirement home life: Now or Never (2000), The House of Smiles (1991), A Perfect Match (2007), How About You... (2007), Sweet Mother (2014), Reach for Me (2008), Getting On (2009), Quartet (2012), My Retirement, My Life (2018), Live Is Life (2010).

List of retirement home life movies

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Now or Never (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting
Plot: retirement home life, friendship, down on your luck, unlikely criminals, elderly, disorder, retirement, cons and scams, mistaken identity, criminal heroes, vengeance, aging ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: germany
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The House of Smiles (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A septuagenarian couple are attracted to each other in a retirement home but find the institution and their fellow patients frown on their relationship.
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sincere
Plot: retirement home life, couples, aging, power relations, social relations, human spirit, society, love and romance, elderly lovers, misfit, elderly, mural ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: europe, italy
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A Perfect Match (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story: On the day of his forced retirement, a grumpy school principal decides, together with his neighbour, to search for a wife on the Internet...
Style: realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, offbeat
Audience: date night
Plot: looking for love, retirement home life, fall in love, couples, love and romance, nothing goes right, disorder, maid, internet dating, retirement home, solitary, retiring ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, europe
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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, touching, feel good, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot: christmas, aging, retirement home, sister, disagreement, countryside, siblings relations, wisdom of life, family relations, elderly, self discovery, sister sister relationship ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
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Sweet Mother (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Picucha may seem old-fashioned, but she has modern ideas and a great sense of humor. At 85 years old, she pushes the limits of her age and does everything she can for her family and friends. Sweet Mother illustrates the everyday life of the elderly ...
Style: humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Plot: aging, elderly, retirement home, parents and children, retirement home life, social relations, family relations, everyday life, lifestyle, life, family life, humour ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, latin america
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 6.2
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Reach for Me (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Old and bitter, Alvin just wants some peace and quiet in his last days. His wish, however, is not granted when a young, vibrant and ironically full of life Kevin becomes Alvin's hospice roommate. Through this "odd couple" ...
Style: realistic, humorous, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: aging, retirement home, couples, elderly, terminal illness, unfulfillment, retirement home life, time, love, widower, old man, introspection ...
Time: 21st century
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 8.1
 1K
Getting On (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Darkly comic series about life on a hospital ward and a nursing team who have to get on with the job despite challenges thrown up by the modern NHS.
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Plot: hospital, satire, elderly, nurse, medical, friends, friendship, doctors and patients, workplace situations, retirement home, power relations, workplace ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
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 6.8
 21K
Quartet (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The directorial debut of Dustin Hoffman, Quartet is a high-drama comedy about temperamental divas and old grudges, passion and pride, romance and Rigoletto. At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday is ...
Style: sentimental, touching, sincere, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: adult
Plot: elderly, opera, aging, retirement home, retired, reconciliation, concert, old age, musician, friendship, music, human spirit ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england
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My Retirement, My Life (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Michitaro Sano’s wife passed away 18 years ago. Since her death, he has lived with his daughter Yumiko at their home. Now, Michitaro retires from his work. Yumiko though tells him to start doing housework. Michitaro is also surprised to learn that ...
Style: romantic, uplifting, captivating
Plot: father daughter relationship, family relations, retirement home life, gymnastics, male female relationship, romantic relationship, relationships, love and romance, hobby, family life, gymnast, lifestyle ...
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 6.4
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Live Is Life (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A greater Vienna seniors home is run like a prison by the stuck up female executive and staff. Hipie type rebel Rochus 'Rocco' Siwak incurs a community service to be spent there as orderly. Sympathizing with seniors who still aspire some ...
Style: captivating, entertaining
Plot: music band, retirement home life, retirement home, music, elderly, senior citizen, musician, elderly woman, rebel, rebelliousness, elderly man, bare chested male ...
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The Green Glove Gang (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: When their latest heist goes wrong, three older female burglars evade officials by hiding out in a nursing home — where they uncover a sinister secret.
Style: black comedy, entertaining, funny, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: gang, retirement home, villainess, criminal gang, bandit, gang of outlaws, thief, retirement home life, aged person, female villain, girl gang, girl
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American Carnage (2022)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: After a governor issues an executive order to arrest the children of undocumented immigrants, the detained youth are offered an opportunity to have their charges dropped by volunteering to provide care to the elderly. Once inside the elder care ...
Style: captivating, thrilling, satirical, psychological, funny
Plot: guilty verdict, senior citizen, opportunity, immigrant, retirement home, social worker, illegal immigrant, social problems, undercover, social issues, social relations, intrigue ...
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Grandpa's Great Escape (2018)
Genre: Family
Country: UK
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Many years ago, Grandpa was a World War II flying ace, but sadly he is now suffering from Alzheimer's disease. When his family can no longer look after him, he is moved to Twilight Towers, an old people's home. It soon becomes clear that ...
Style: semi serious, entertaining, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: world war two veteran, retirement home, retirement home life, family relations, escapades, grandfather, old man, satire, grandfather grandson relationship, escape, teamwork, world war two ...
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Liverspots and Astronots (2018)
Genre: Animation
Country: USA
TV show
Story: No one seems to know why Dusty Craters, a dilapidated nursing home, is floating through space carrying a colorful assortment of grumpy old folks under the care of an evil goat doctor. But then again nothing seems to make sense in a world where a ...
Style: adult animation, ironic, semi serious, surreal, entertaining ...
Audience: kids
Plot: space exploration, adult humor, space travel, retirement home life, silly humor, space and aliens, satire, retirement home, absurd humor, old man, surrealism, space ...
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 5.4
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Villa Bella (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Three women from different walks of life, all struggling with various personal issues, come together as caretakers at an elderly home.
Style: sincere, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: women, social worker, society, social problems, introspection, retirement home, social issues, workplace, relationship problems, self discovery, female protagonist, retirement home life ...
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 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, parents and children, fighting the system, rescue, dementia, senior citizen, slow burn, existential crisis ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: spain, europe
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 7.8
 4K
Getting On (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Set in a geriatric extended care wing of a down-at-the-heels hospital, Getting On follows put-upon nurses, anxious doctors and administrators as they struggle with the darkly comic, brutally honest and quietly compassionate realities of caring for ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, feel good, light, captivating ...
Plot: workplace, hospital, friendship, doctors and patients, elderly, aging, workplace situations, patient, dark humor, nurse, colleague, medical ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Good Morning President (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Good Morning President is an abridged version of the politics and life of three different presidents. The three are: the older President Kim Jung-ho at the end of his term, the young President Cha Ji-wook, a skillful manipulator of foreign policy ...
Style: witty, captivating, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: ambition, rise to the top, redemption, rivalry, political corruption, politics, political conspiracy, campaign, family relations, state affairs, love and romance, workplace ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Waltzing Anna (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Dr. Charlie Keegan is ordered to serve 6 months as the staff doctor at a second rate retirement home or lose his medical licence after accusations of swindling elderly patients. What the doctor expects will be a brief interruption from his lucrative ...
Style: humorous, sentimental, touching, semi serious, emotional ...
Plot: doctors and patients, couples, workplace, moral dilemma, mental illness, elderly, introspection, fall in love, love and romance, misfit, human nature, aging ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
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Late Phases (2014)
Genre: Horror
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When deadly attacks from the forests beset a secluded retirement community, it is up to a grizzled veteran to figure what the residents are hiding.
Style: scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, mumblecore ...
Plot: werewolf, dog, survival, elderly, vietnam veteran, danger, dangerous animal, retirement home, veteran, supernatural, woods, neighbor ...
Time: 21st century
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 5.5
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Village People (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, the long-time president of the Republic of Finland, is scheduled to visit Alli’s Bar on his way to northern Finland. He is blindly worshiped and the nearer the visit draws, the more envy, competition and dirty tricks come to ...
Style: realistic, captivating, humorous
Plot: president, gay couple, gay, village, teenager, lapland, assassination attempt, retirement home life, small town life, small town, retirement home, social relations ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: finland
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 6.5
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1st & Ten (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: 1st & Ten is an American situation comedy that aired between December 1984 and January 1991 on the cable television network HBO. Featuring series regulars Delta Burke and veteran Reid Shelton, it was one of cable's first attempts to lure ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty
Plot: american football, cheerleader, partner, retirement home, sport team, realism, power relations, friends, couples, ambition, rivalry, battle of the sexes ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: california
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 5.7
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Oma in Roma (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Where shall we put grandma? Her permanently anxious and stressed daughter, Marie, knows exactly where: the neighbourhood’s idyllically situated retirement homem where she can find friends of “her own age”. But Granny has other ideas: She wants ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, sincere ...
Plot: hopes, single parent, couple relations, family relations, retirement home, obsessive quest, nanny, follow your dream, backpacking, inspiration, dull life, elderly ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rome italy, ontario canada
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It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine. (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Tells the story of Paul (Steven C. Stewart), a man suffering from Cerebal Palsy, who spends his days wasting away in a nursing home. To pass his time, he fantasizes about the man he should be despite his twisted body. People are able to understand ...
Style: experimental, serious, surreal, atmospheric, explicit ...
Audience: adult
Plot: disability, retirement home, love affair, introspection, voyeurism, sexual relations, nursing, sexual abuse, hopes, writer's life, dangerous attraction, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
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Hunting Elephants (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In this hilarious crime comedy, a gifted 12-year-old boy and three elderly men plan a bank robbery in order to seek revenge on the institution for cheating the youngster after the death of his father.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, biting
Plot: unlikely criminals, partner, disorder, friends, elderly, cons and scams, friendship, retirement home, youth, dishonesty, one last job, grandfather grandson relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, jerusalem
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Home Sweet Home (1973)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: biting, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: elderly, insurrection, harassment, power, fall in love, social worker, power relations, social relations, nursing, forced into action, retirement home life, workplace ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: belgium, europe, brussels
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 5.6
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Swing (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Anthony is caught between dreams of being a musician and pleasing his father and fiance. Encouraged by his great uncle, Anthony finds inspiration from a mysterious older woman in an other worldly night club, who teaches him to find happiness through ...
Style: touching, emotional, sentimental, stylized, sexy ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: sexual content, love triangle, ambition, lifestyle, fall in love, prodigy, self discovery, musician's life, follow your dream, couples, destiny, jazz ...
Time: future
Place: san francisco
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The First of May (1999)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Cory (Dan Byrd) is a foster child nobody wants. Carlotta (Academy Award-nominee Julie Harris) is an elderly woman the world has forgotten. Together, they find friendship and family when they join a traveling circus. Also features Mickey Rooney and ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat
Audience: pre-teens, kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: circus, youth, clown, boarding school life, baseball, retirement home, foster parent, chase, mysterious character, young heroes, hopes, heroes ...
Time: 90s
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Waiting for God (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Waiting for God is a British sitcom that ran on BBC1 from 1990 to 1994 starring Graham Crowden as Tom and Stephanie Cole as Diana, two spirited residents of a retirement home who spend their time running rings around the home's oppressive ...
Style: sitcom, crime drama, game show, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot: elderly, senior citizen, acid, retirement home, retirement, staff, traditional versus modern, retired, friends, couples, elderly lovers, aging ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: england, europe
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The White Angel (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Beyaz Melek’ filmi; bir aşkın öyküsüdür.Bu aşk öyküsü, iki insanın birbirine duyduğu aşk değil, bir grup insanın hayata ve birbirlerine duyduğu aşkın ve sevginin hikayesidir.Filmde, doğudan batıya, mekteplisinden köylüsüne, ...
Style: touching, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: family relations, hospital, aging, terminal illness, friendship, retirement home, death, old age, wedding, bittersweet, love and romance, elderly lovers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey, middle east
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