Elderly man movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant elderly man movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, humorous, sentimental, touching and disturbing films and TV shows about / with elderly man, old man, elderly, family relations, friendship, aging, loneliness, old age, escapades and father daughter relationship 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 elderly man: Elsa & Fred (2014), The Straight Story (1999), The Father (2020), La Belle Époque (2019), Mr. Stein Goes Online (2017), A Man Called Ove (2015), The Final Journey (2017), The Man with Hare Ears (2020), One for the Road (2014), Grand-Daddy Day Care (2019).
Best films
New films
| Parking (2023) | 7.8 | |
| Nothing (2023) | 7.8 | |
| Pariwar (2025) | 5.7 | |
| Heavenly Ever After (2025) | 7.4 | |
| Thelma (2024) | 7.0 |
List of elderly man movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Aged, embittered widower, Fred learns to enjoy life thanks to his elderly yet vibrant neighbor, Elsa. Upon learning Elsa is terminally ill, Fred takes her to the Fontana di Trevi in Rome in order to reenact her favorite scene from ‘La Dolce ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, realistic, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elderly lovers, elderly, elderly man, widower, neighbor, love and romance, aging, couples, terminal illness, elderly woman, romanticism, retirement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, england, europe, louisiana, nebraska ...
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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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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: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A legendary American war veteran is recruited to hunt a mythical creature.
Style:
exciting, captivating, semi serious, tense, bloody ...
Plot:
world war two, elderly man, mission, world war two veteran, hitler, war veteran, secret mission, love interest, hunting, spy, nazi, ex soldier ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Victor, a disillusioned sexagenarian, sees his life turned upside down on the day when Antoine, a brilliant entrepreneur, offers him a new kind of attraction: mixing theatrical artifices and historical reconstruction, this company offers his clients ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, romantic, contemplative, humorous, psychological ...
Plot:
nostalgia, husband wife conflict, actress, sex orgy, orgy, dinner, theater, romanticism, husband and wife, party, drug, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Germany, Austria
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Pierre, widowed and retired, has not been out of his house for two years. He discovers the joys of the internet thanks to Alex, a young man hired by his daughter to teach him the basics of computer science. On a meeting place, a charming young ...
Style:
sincere, humorous, light, touching, feel good ...
Plot:
dating show, online dating, internet dating, dating, father daughter relationship, widower, internet, loneliness, romantic triangle, fall in love, love story, first date ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
europe, france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Despite grumpy 59 year-old Ove being deposed as president of his condominium association, but he keeps looking over the neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she ...
Style:
touching, ironic, feel good, compassionate, scenic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
love, loneliness, suicide attempt, swedish, destiny, unlikely friendships, elderly man, friendship, mentor, pregnant woman, neighbor neighbor relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, year 2014
Place:
spain, scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an all-girl (with one exception) swing band. Accompanied by the exception and urged on by her ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, realistic, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
jazz, friendship, elderly man, musician's life, starting over, music, showbiz, love affair, lifestyle, fall in love, couple relations, unfulfillment ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
england, europe, london, scotland
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A former German Army officer, accompanied by his granddaughter, journeys to the Ukraine to find the woman he once loved.
Style:
road movie, captivating, psychological, disturbing, sensitive
Plot:
grandfather granddaughter relationship, war criminal, death of wife, ex soldier, widower, father daughter relationship, elderly man, train travel, relationship problems, family relations, grandfather, grandparent ...
Time:
year 2014
Place:
kiev ukraine, berlin germany, ukraine, germany, poland ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Josef is a writer aged sixty, who thinks that nothing can surprise him any more. One evening, though, his phone rings and he finds himself caught up in a series of events that turn his world upside-down. His best friend – also a writer – tries ...
Style:
sincere, satirical, humorous, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
elderly man, absurd humor, friend, mysterious event, satire, lifestyle change, elderly, changing lives, lifestyle, writer's life, bare chested male, old man ...
Place:
central europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three octogenarians set out on a trip in order to fulfill the dying wish of a lifelong friend, in spite of the disapproval of their families and the limitations of their advanced age. Along the way, they find themselves embroiled in a series of ...
Style:
life affirming, road movie, humorous, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
road trip, friendship, elderly man, last wish, elderly, aging, satire, friends, wish fulfillment, desire, escapades, wish come true ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A man has to figure out a way to make extra money when his father-in-law moves in.
Style:
light, feel good, sincere, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
elderly man, grandfather grandson relationship, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, friendship, family relations, care, elderly, age difference, happy ending, love, society ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Cranky, crafty and always immaculately dressed, aged master tailor Abraham Bursztein finds himself facing his winter years in a retirement home after discovering his children have sold his home out from under him. Not one to go quietly, Abraham ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, melancholic, road movie ...
Plot:
promise, elderly man, friendship, holocaust survivor, aging, tailor, journey, memory, friends, elderly, old man, bittersweet ...
Time:
future
Place:
poland, argentina, buenos aires argentina, israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An elderly gentleman and his dog find themselves out of a home with little means.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, poignant, melancholic ...
Plot:
human animal relationship, dog, elderly man, senior citizen, loneliness, old man, desperation, poverty, homelessness, bittersweet, friendship, companionship ...
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Pil-ju, an Alzheimer's patient in his 80s, who lost all his family during the Japanese colonial era, and devotes his lifelong revenge before his memories disappear, and a young man in his 20s who helps him.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, emotional, heartfelt ...
Plot:
revenge, elderly man, japanese occupation of korea, memory loss, memories, problem, alzheimer's disease, murder, old man, loss of family, elderly, bereavement ...
Place:
korea
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a family wins a contest to adopt Victor, an 85-year-old man, the magazine intern who hatched the idea must undo what has been done.
Style:
funny, humorous, light, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot:
elderly man, satire, social satire, family relations, adoption, journalism, lifestyle, lifestyle change, changing lives, humour, eccentric family, family life ...
Place:
europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A lonely widower battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
elderly man, competition, widower, astronaut, civil engineer, space travel, aspiration, ambition, dream, dream come true, spacecraft, competitor ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Scotland to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared birthplace, using only local buses. It's an ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, sincere, reflective ...
Plot:
senior citizen, road trip, elderly man, travel, bereavement, heartwarming, loss of wife, old man, life is a bitch, loss of family, last wish, loss of spouse ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A WW2 veteran destined for life in a retirement home escapes his difficult family situation and embarks on a cross country adventure to find the last remaining members of his B-17 bomber crew with the help of a beautiful accomplice.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
friendship, veteran, elderly man, young woman, world war two, honor, retirement home, road trip, brotherhood, old man, friends, woman in danger ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Iran, France, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Mahin lives alone in Tehran since her husband’s death and her daughter’s departure for Europe, until an afternoon tea with friends leads her to break her solitary routine and revitalize her love life.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, dark comedy
Plot:
elderly man, old love, love story, relationships, male female relationship, senior citizen, lifestyle, elderly woman, couples, love, elderly lovers, old woman ...
Place:
asia, iran
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Joe Amable-Amo is a bank executive and former amateur golfer struggling with his faith after an unexpected tragedy. Faced with growing doubts about himself, his purpose, and his belief in God, Joe is stunned when he receives a message from God on ...
Style:
uplifting, christian film, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
faith, religion, golf, self discovery, elderly man, belief in god, religious faith, golfer, faith based, spiritual journey, inspiration, satire ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: UK, France, Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
Style:
psychological, captivating, inspirational, emotional, tear jerker ...
Plot:
aging, elderly man, escape, world war two, veteran, d day, escapades, elderly, ex soldier, old man, reminiscence, resilience ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
normandy, france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After leaving his wife and his job to find happiness, Anders begins a clumsy, heartbreaking quest to reassemble the pieces of his fractured life.
Style:
humorous, witty, talky, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
sarcasm, routine, identity crisis, retirement, meaning of life, marriage, pension, elderly man, irony, new life, crumbling marriage, complex characters ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still ...
Style:
psychological, costume drama, harsh, disturbing, epic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, hitler, nazi, war, nazism, suicide, fascism, holocaust, national socialism, dictatorship, third reich, paranoia ...
Time:
1940s, year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, prague, europe, bavaria ...
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870
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
When tragedy strikes in the highlands, there can be only one Scotsman for the job - Sir William Sedgewick, aka Sir Billi! This is an adventure story about the power of a remote Scottish, but yet international community held together by the ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, contemplative, light
Plot:
elderly man, small village, grandfather, big breasts, skateboard, grandson, anthropomorphic animal, car chase, beaver, veterinarian, protector, on the run ...
Place:
scotland, highlands
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, entertaining, satirical, absurd ...
Plot:
grandmother grandson relationship, female protagonist, elderly woman, scam, elderly man, con artists, grandmother, cons and scams, satire, elderly, aging, escapades ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When a zombie named Euphrosyne awakens after a century-long slumber, she finds herself coming face-to-face with a group of five university students – a stand-off that leads to a bloody battle for all concerned, revolving around a secret stone ...
Style:
anime, suspenseful, suspense, scary, tense ...
Plot:
zombie, lost treasure, supernatural, supernatural power, violence, female psychopath, elderly man, female killer, sadist, superhuman powers, danger, bloodbath ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fire. Their quiet life together is shattered when a group of criminals kidnap the girl, forcing the ...
Style:
scary, slasher, perverse, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
blind man, home invasion, rottweiler, kidnapping, murder, organ transplant, recluse, sole survivor, violence, gunfight, criminal, invasion ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Style:
suspense, perverse, tense, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
murder mystery, gay relationship, murder, haunted by the past, closeted homosexual, secret relationship, murder investigation, investigation, small town, funeral, violence, suicide attempt ...
Time:
year 1991, 2010s, 2020s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
australia, oceania, melbourne, new zealand
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Italy, Colombia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The "Trinity" crew makes another modern era film. Plata and Salud are pilots ditching aircraft for insurance money. They wind up crashing for real in the jungles of South America. The plot involves "Mr. Big", who is buying the ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, humorous, captivating, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tropics, aviation, airplane, gem, fish out of water, treasure hunt, partner, danger, odd couple, dishonesty, goofy hero, nothing goes right ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
latin america, peru
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