Dementia movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant dementia movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, suspense, realistic, captivating, emotional and melancholic films and TV shows about / with dementia, alzheimer's disease, family relations, relationships, father son relationship, illness, love, friendship, aging and memory loss plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as dementia: Supernova (2020), I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020), The Father (2020), Here Today (2021), Relic (2020), Knox Goes Away (2023), The Leisure Seeker (2017), June Again (2020), Away from Her (2006), A Second Childhood (2010).
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sam and Tusker, partners of 20 years, are traveling across England in their old RV visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important ...
Style:
road movie, touching, heartbreaking, depressing, tear jerker ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, gay couple, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, gay relationship, homosexual, dementia, road trip, family bonds, love, piano ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.
Style:
mindfuck, suspense, thought provoking, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
dementia, suicide, winter, farm, relationships, high school, waitress, blizzard, road trip, elderly couple, estrangement, haunted by the past ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
america, oklahoma
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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: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Veteran comedy writer Charlie Berns, who is slowly but surely losing his grip on reality, befriends a talented young New York street singer Emma Payge. Together, they form an unlikely yet hilarious and touching friendship that kicks the generation ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, sincere ...
Plot:
dementia, fighting illness, romantic friendship, couple relations, love story, male female relationship, intergenerational friendship, friends, generation gap, comedian, female singer, friendship ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york
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33K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, China
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Edna, the elderly and widowed matriarch of the family, goes missing, her daughter Kay and granddaughter Sam travel to their remote family home to find her. Soon after her return, they start to discover a sinister presence haunting the house and ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, demonic, dark ...
Plot:
haunted house, dementia, mother daughter relationship, missing person, grandmother, supernatural, women, female warrior, mental disorder, cursed, mother, family relations ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
oceania, melbourne
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son. But to do so, he must race against the police closing in on him as well ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot:
dementia, father son relationship, hitman, investigation, criminal, absent father, problem, father and son, killer, hired killer, father, police ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey from Boston to Key West, recapturing their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the very end.
Style:
road movie, tense, melancholic, captivating, inspirational ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
elderly couple, alzheimer's disease, dementia, sex scene, aunt niece relationship, road trip, old couple, memory loss, illicit affair, male female relationship, sibling rivalry, travel ...
Time:
year 2016, year 1993, year 2017, 90s
Place:
florida, key west florida, massachusetts, pennsylvania, detroit ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A woman experiences a medical miracle, after which she has only a few days to bring together her estranged children, save the family's wallpaper business and rekindle an old flame.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, realistic, melancholic, road movie
Plot:
dementia, mother daughter relationship, family drama, memory loss, empathy, bittersweet, healing, second chance, aging, mature, heartwarming, small town ...
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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
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lino and Chicca are an aging, childless middle-class couple whose life is disrupted after he's diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Style:
captivating, psychological, emotional, sincere, compassionate ...
Plot:
dementia, memory loss, family life, couples, relationships, family relations, family problems, memory lapse, life is a bitch, wanting a baby, male female relationship, marital problem ...
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In between caring for her mother, a young woman works part time at a prison. The rookie guard gets a chance to prove her mettle when she's tasked with accompanying a hell-raising inmate on an emergency furlough to visit her dying mother. But ...
Style:
touching, road movie, thought provoking, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
road trip, escape, rookie, dementia, sibling relationship, mother, strong female character, living with parents, jail, female prisoner, elderly man, female friendship ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Sweden, Poland, Spain, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The film follows 24 hours in the life of father and daughter Leo and Molly as she grapples with the challenges of dealing with her father’s chaotic mental state. But as they weave their way around New York City, their ordinary but stressful day ...
Style:
psychological, intense, realistic, reflective, meditative ...
Plot:
dementia, hallucination, father daughter relationship, life & death, father and daughter, journey, father daughter reunion, character study, homecoming, family problems, family relations, getting home ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When his criminal father is diagnosed with dementia, a young thief plans a series of reckless heists in order to battle the disease and pay off a dangerous gambling debt.
Style:
crime drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tension ...
Plot:
dementia, heist, father son relationship, thief, family relations, relationships, gambling debt, bandit, criminal, money problems, stealing money, stolen money ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Maud's best friend Elizabeth has disappeared, but as she tries to solve the mystery, dementia threatens to erase all the clues, giving the search a poignant urgency.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
senior citizen, missing person, flashback, alzheimer's disease, dementia, disappearance, old woman, forgetfulness, sister, girlfriend, aging, uncover truth ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A retired bodyguard who has settled into a corner of the world where China, Russia and North Korea meet as he suffers from early dementia finds a new friend in a young girl. When her life is threatened by her father's connection with a local ...
Style:
captivating, emotional, tense, touching, suspense ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
martial arts, dementia, organized crime, criminal, saving a life, fight, fighting crime, salvation, save the lady, relationships, rescue mission, violence ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
109
Genre: Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A woman who cannot remember begins to see ghosts of the past.
Style:
psychotronic, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
dementia, ghost, psychopath, dark past, evil spirit, old woman, haunted by the past, supernatural power, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, mission, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After being diagnosed with Dementia, an elderly war veteran is forced by his estranged family to hire a live-in nurse, only to find she harbors a sinister secret.
Style:
psychological horror, scary, psychological thriller, psychotronic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, vietnam veteran, stroke, stalker, teenager, military, mental illness, medical, hospital, torture, vietnam war, illness ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past in 1969. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption... before everything goes to hell. A young ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot:
hotel, motel, disorder, dark secret, surveillance, kidnapping, deception, cult leader, hotel room, multiple perspectives, gunfight, fear ...
Time:
year 1969, year 1959, 2010s, 1950s, 60s ...
Place:
california, nevada, washington d.c., reno nevada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even though he promised his late father that he'd always take care of her. He fears that his batty mom's ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, funny, clever, humorous ...
Plot:
gay rape, dysfunctional family, court, old woman, love at first sight, oedipus complex, judge, emotional blackmail, gang, undercover, dementia, nurse ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, tokyo
Is relevant?
144K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Style:
disturbing, sexy, dark, psychological, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
insanity, depression, cruelty, guilt, controversy, fear, violence, woods, female nudity, nudity, black magic, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
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, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A woman leaves for a quiet weekend in the country after losing her job and imploding her latest dysfunctional relationship. She rents a country house from an old-fashioned widower who’s struggling to hide his psychopathic tendencies. Soon, two ...
Style:
sadistic, suspenseful, bleak, rough, slasher ...
Plot:
millennial, political satire, dementia, piano, psychopath, murder, violence, disturbed individual, socially awkward, secret past, torture victim, nightmare ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
In this two-part Rashomon-esque mini-series, a TV journalist investigates a rich politician and his family after a dead body is found on their property and they all have different story about the day of the incident.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, serious, enigmatic, twisted ...
Plot:
investigative reporter, dysfunctional family, wealthy family, politician, dementia, teenage son, husband wife relationship, murder suspect, adopted son, brother in law sister in law relationship, investigation, multiple perspectives ...
Place:
britain
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A veteran soap opera star retires to a beach house with her publicist and partner, but her Early Onset Alzheimer's will strain the couple's relationship until they find the strength to redefine themselves and what they mean to one another.
Style:
realistic, suspense, psychological, thought provoking, atmospheric ...
Plot:
lesbian, alzheimer's disease, dementia, lesbian couple, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, lgbt, lesbian love, rise and fall, actor's life, celebrity, introspection ...
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Lillian Hall, a Broadway actress, has never missed a performance throughout her long, illustrious career. Yet in rehearsals for a new play her confidence is challenged. People and events conspire to take away her ability to do what she loves most.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
theater, aging, broadway, dementia, stage actress, old age, changing lives, lifestyle change, old woman, career, actress, character study ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A gentle, sweet, funny, romantic story of love in later life. Following a couple in their sixties, Dave and Fern who get to know one another over the course of 23 dog walks. Set against the dramatic background of the changing seasons of one year.
Style:
romantic, humorous, sweet, talky, touching ...
Plot:
friendship, dementia, couples, dog, companionship, heartwarming, elderly couple, love and romance, elderly man, love, elderly, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Do-Hoon and Soo-Jin are a married couple. Do-Hoon learns that he has Alzheimer's disease. He decides to divorce Soo-Jin out of concern for her future. The couple divorces.
6 years later, they meet again.
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, romantic, sincere, disturbing ...
Plot:
romantic relationship, alzheimer's disease, divorce, dementia, love and romance, lovers reunited, couple relations, love story, love affair, male female relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, memory loss ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Time manipulation comes with a steep price for a young woman, who becomes 78 years old overnight after using a mysterious watch.
Style:
humorous, touching, suspenseful, suspense, dorama
Plot:
dementia, alzheimer's disease, friendship, male female relationship, friends in love, supernatural ability, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, unfulfilled love, male female friendship, supernatural ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An elderly couple fight against local authorities in rural New Brunswick to build their final home.
Style:
sincere, touching, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
elderly, aging, elderly couple, love and romance, couple relations, couples, bureaucracy, making love, life story, senior citizen, libertarian, old age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
35K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
Style:
dark comedy, sexual, melancholic, depressing, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hospital, sex scene, casual sex, loser, sex addict, sarcasm, depression, sexual fantasy, making love, dysfunctional family, nudity, food ...
Time:
year 2008, y2k, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
iowa, italy
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