| Grumpy Old Men (1993) | 7.0 | |
| Up (2009) | 8.3 | |
| Driving Miss Daisy (1989) | 7.3 | |
| Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) | 7.7 | |
| Quartet (2012) | 6.8 |
Old age movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant old age movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, melancholic, touching, feel good, humorous and talky films and TV shows about / with old age, old man, aging, friendship, life & death, death, dialogue, storytelling, mentor and elderly plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as old age: Youth (2015), Our Souls at Night (2017), The Great Beauty (2013), The Ballad of Narayama (1983), Starlet (2012), Amour (2012), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), X (2022), Grumpy Old Men (1993), Grumpier Old Men (1995).
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List of old age movies
88K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Italy, France, UK, Switzerland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
YOUTH explores the lifelong bond between two friends vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing ...
Style:
sexy, philosophical, cerebral, meditative, melancholic ...
Plot:
composer, screenwriter, hotel, life, husband wife relationship, love, aging, sex scene, spa, nude women, father daughter relationship, sauna ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
switzerland, swiss alps, italy, venice, alps
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbour.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, thought provoking, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
widower, old age, loneliness, senior citizen, neighbor, elderly, couple relations, new life, intimacy, mountain, neighbor neighbor relationship, grandparent grandchild relationship ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
colorado
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Style:
philosophical, intellectual, visually stunning, breathtaking, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
stripper, writer's life, party, high society, passion, female nudity, friendship, artist, aging, surrealism, skinny dipping, male nudity ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse he/she would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the ...
Style:
depressing, cerebral, erotic, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
sex, dog sex, samurai, humanity, old age, existentialism, mountain, elderly, japanese history, female nudity, misery, social injustice ...
Time:
19th century, year 1983, 1860s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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11K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An unlikely friendship forms between 21 year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie's yard sale.
Style:
sincere, sexy, serious, touching, erotic ...
Plot:
adult filmmaking, erotica, intergenerational friendship, porn actress, employer employee relationship, aging, sex, lifestyle, introspection, twentysomething life, unsimulated sex, sexual intercourse ...
Time:
year 1965, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, paris france
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110K
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Austria
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Style:
philosophical, reflective, sincere, sad, art house ...
Plot:
death, elderly, old couple, aging, elderly lovers, life & death, husband wife relationship, life philosophy, daughter, love, illness, old love ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, germany, nebraska, france
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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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221K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
Style:
slasher, suspense, disturbing, psychological, scary ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
elderly couple, serial killer, adult filmmaking, televangelist, characters murdered one by one, farmhouse, husband wife relationship, van, old woman, farmer, jealousy, old age ...
Time:
2020s, 70s, 20th century, 1910s, year 1918 ...
Place:
texas, houston texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent ...
Style:
funny, feel good, hilarious, light, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, date night, girls' night
Plot:
thanksgiving, senior citizen, snow, old age, chess, feud, wedding, ice fishing, love triangle, winter, christmas, friendship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1978, 1930s
Place:
minnesota, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A family wedding reignites the ancient feud between next-door neighbors and fishing buddies John and Max. Meanwhile, a sultry Italian divorcée opens a restaurant at the local bait shop, alarming the locals who worry she'll scare the fish away. ...
Style:
hilarious, funny, melancholic, suspense, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, wedding, prank, fishing, old age, fish, loneliness, old man, rivalry, vengeance, neighbor neighbor relationship, reconciliation ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
minnesota
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Sentaro runs a small bakery that serves dorayaki pastries filled with sweet red bean paste (“an”). When an old lady, Tokue, offers to help in the kitchen he reluctantly accepts. She will soon prove to have magic in her hands…
Style:
culinary, sincere, thought provoking, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
cooking, chef, restaurant, old age, small business, street vendor, food, elderly woman, old woman, meaning of life, disability, employer employee relationship ...
Time:
year 2015
Place:
japan, indiana
Is relevant?
22K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
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, sexy, touching, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
elderly, opera, retirement home, retired, reconciliation, concert, old age, musician, retirement, divorced couple, friendship, music ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Laid-back baby boomer Yuichi (Ryo Iwamatsu) is a middle-aged manga artist and singer-songwriter when he isn't at his salaryman day job or watching out for his elderly mother. Suffering from increasing dementia since her husband's death, ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, realistic, humorous, thought provoking ...
Plot:
old age, widow, dementia, social worker, poverty, memory loss, death, family relations, parents and children, nursing, everyday life, mother son relationship ...
Place:
east asia
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death," then ...
Style:
splatter, funny, black comedy, independent film, cult classic ...
Plot:
mummy, nightmare, dark humor, undead, mental illness, president, elvis impersonator, old age, profanity, roommate, musician, satire ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
texas, las vegas, usa, southern usa, austin texas ...
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
128K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.
Style:
road movie, black and white, depressing, humorous, meditative ...
Plot:
road trip, small town, dysfunctional family, aging, elderly, confronting the past, on the road, relationships, old age, obsessive quest, character study, honest ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
montana, nebraska, usa, california
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, France, Philippines, Qatar
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In a Japan of the near future, the government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a young ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, grim
Plot:
old age, capitalist society, aging, old man, life & death, social problems, social issues, society, capitalism, bowling, old people, unemployment ...
Time:
near future
Place:
japan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash. Having to take care of his now-orphaned grandson, he struggles to ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
old age, actor's life, love and romance, getting home, family problems, hopes, dealing with death, couple relations, couples, death in the family, male female relationship, love ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
france, portugal, paris france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, funny, stylized, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
farce, drug lord, father daughter relationship, gangster, vengeance, old man, voice over narration, female police officer, male bonding, friendship between men, retirement, long lost daughter ...
Time:
year 1968, 90s, 60s
Place:
miami, florida, usa, miami beach, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Edward, a gay novelist saddled with caring for his elderly mother, finally finds himself on the brink of literary success. With pressure to go on a US book tour mounting, the last thing Edward needs is his friends jetting off to Spain for an ...
Style:
heartfelt, comedy drama, family comedy, emotional, feel good ...
Plot:
ex boyfriend, gay, widow, old age, mother son relationship, novelist, gay lead character, lgbtq, pride, responsibility, self discovery, friendship ...
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
Is relevant?
61K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
Style:
funny, humorous, surprise ending, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, prison, life sentence, murder, friendship between men, african american, prison escape, prison life, racist, baseball, racism, escape attempt ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, year 1932, year 1944, year 1972 ...
Place:
mississippi, new york, usa, southern usa, harlem ...
Is relevant?
242K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder, Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging Rocky to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and ...
Style:
inspirational, sincere, touching, melancholic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, family outing
Plot:
boxing, father son relationship, comeback, boxer, athlete's life, training, fight, life, life philosophy, restaurant owner, loneliness, against the odds ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, las vegas
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A handful of men and women of a certain age pick up the pieces of their lives and look for new love after the loss of their mates in this comedy drama from writer-director Susan Seidelman.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, touching, realistic, humorous
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elderly, support group, old age, friendship, looking for love, love and romance, midlife crisis, family problems, couples, fall in love, family relations, single parent ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
florida, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A woman goes to previously all-male boarding school on a scholarship. She begins to separate herself from her boyfriend in order to devote more time to her new environment...
Style:
cult classic, independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, violence, conspiracy, college, high school, old man, motorcycle, abduction, car chase, death, police, car accident ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
usa, virginia
Is relevant?
917K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.
Style:
emotional, harsh, suspense, intense, road movie ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
mutant, superhero, x men, fight scenes, protector, comic book, road trip, rage, invulnerability, one against many, assassin, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, year 2017, 2020s ...
Place:
north dakota, el paso texas, texas, oklahoma city, north america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Care-free Charlie (Walter Matthau) cons his widower brother-in-law Herb (Jack Lemmon) into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and ...
Style:
humorous, talky, light, melancholic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cruise ship, widower, dance, middle age romance, solar eclipse, marriage proposal, old age, old man, old woman, gambler, love, brother in law brother in law relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
florida, miami, mexico
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Follows the lives of a small group of sociopathic elderly people in Nashville, Tennessee.
Style:
independent film, minimal cast, black comedy, not serious, cynical ...
Plot:
vandalism, found footage, anti social, destruction of property, surrealism, old age, prank, elderly, obsession, dirty old man, aging, basketball ...
Place:
tennessee, nashville tennessee, usa
Is relevant?
241K
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Style:
sad, psychological, philosophical, cerebral, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, elderly, memory loss, old man, dementia, caregiver, father daughter relationship, elderly man, mental health, hearing voices, old age, human spirit ...
Time:
2020s, year 1937
Place:
nebraska, london, britain, england, united kingdom
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.
Style:
touching, philosophical, sentimental, dramatic, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
destiny, true love, life philosophy, life & death, aging, existentialism, love and romance, life changing, melancholy, magic realism, love, life lesson ...
Time:
50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 2008 ...
Place:
southern usa, cambodia, usa, new orleans, russia ...
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