Movie couples with an age gap

by notaprincess9 | created - 30 Mar 2015 | updated - 28 Jun 2022 | Public

-Only between people who are romantically involved, which means I won't be including friendships. -In order. 1. When you see ''age gap in real life'' it means either that I am not aware of the age gap in film or that it's never mentioned but you can still see a significant age difference, worth mentioning. 2. The > sign shows who is older than their romantic partner in the film.

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1. Twilight (I) (2008)

PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

56 Metascore

When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire.

Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Sarah Clarke

Votes: 487,845 | Gross: $192.77M

Age gap in film: 87 years Robert Pattinson: 104 Kristen Stewart: 17

2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

PG-13 | 166 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

70 Metascore

Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with consequences.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond

Votes: 696,086 | Gross: $127.51M

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3. Harold and Maude (1971)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

62 Metascore

Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.

Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack

Votes: 81,877

Age gap in film: 61 years Ruth Gordon: 79 Bud Cort: 18

Age gap in real life: 52 years Ruth Gordon: 75 Bud Cort: 23

4. Venus (I) (2006)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

82 Metascore

Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager.

Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Jodie Whittaker, Leslie Phillips, Beatrice Savoretti

Votes: 13,416 | Gross: $3.34M

Age gap in real life: 50 years Peter O'Toole: Jodie Whittaker

5. The Quiet American (2002)

R | 101 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

84 Metascore

An old British reporter vies with a young U.S. doctor for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Rade Serbedzija

Votes: 29,752 | Gross: $12.99M

Age gaps in real life: Michael Caine>Do Thi Hai Yen: 49 years Brendan Fraser> Do Thi Hai Yen: 14 years

6. Lolita (1997)

R | 137 min | Drama, Romance

46 Metascore

An English professor falls for a minor, and has to face the consequences of his actions.

Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella

Votes: 66,598 | Gross: $1.40M

Age gap in film: around 40 years Dominique Swain: 14 Jeremy Irons: in his 50's

7. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

51 Metascore

Sally's parents' marriage breaks up when her father undergoes a mid-life crisis and impulsively weds a prostitute. Meanwhile, Sally's own marriage also begins to disintegrate.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin, Gemma Jones

Votes: 47,549 | Gross: $3.25M

Age gap in real life: Anthony Hopkins> Lucy Punch: 40 years Antonio Banderas> Anna Friel: 16 years Josh Brolin> Frida Pinto: 16 years

8. Forty Shades of Blue (2005)

R | 108 min | Drama, Music, Romance

74 Metascore

A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-'n'-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.

Director: Ira Sachs | Stars: Dina Korzun, Rip Torn, Andrew Lawrence Henderson, Elizabeth Morton

Votes: 1,555

Rip Torn> Dina Korzun Age gap in real life: 40 years

9. Whatever Works (2009)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Romance

45 Metascore

A middle-aged, misanthropic divorcé from New York City surprisingly enters a fulfilling, Pygmalion-type relationship with a much younger, unsophisticated Southern girl.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Larry David, Henry Cavill, Adam Brooks

Votes: 76,918 | Gross: $5.31M

Age gap in real life: 40 years Larry David?>Evan Rachel Wood

10. Entrapment (1999)

PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Crime, Romance

54 Metascore

An insurance agent is sent by her employer to track down and help capture an art thief.

Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ving Rhames, Will Patton

Votes: 123,959 | Gross: $87.70M

Age gap in real life: 39 years Sean Connery>Catherine Zeta-Jones

11. Souvenir (I) (2016)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance

49 Metascore

A forgotten European Song Contest singer, fading away in a pâté factory, falls in love with a young aspiring boxer. Together they decide to attempt her comeback.

Director: Bavo Defurne | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Kévin Azaïs, Johan Leysen, Muriel Bersy

Votes: 1,166 | Gross: $0.01M

Age gap in real life: 39 years Isabelle Huppert>Kevin Azais

12. Husbands and Wives (1992)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

84 Metascore

When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Sydney Pollack, Judy Davis

Votes: 31,219 | Gross: $10.56M

Age gap in real life: 37 years Woody Allen> Juliette Lewis

13. Holy Smoke (1999)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama

57 Metascore

Ruth's been brainwashed by a guru in Delhi, India. Her parents in Sydney hire a specialist in reversing this. Ruth is tricked to return to Australia and is isolated in an outback cabin with the specialist. It gets messy.

Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Julie Hamilton, Sophie Lee

Votes: 15,654 | Gross: $1.76M

Age gap in real life: 36 years Harvey Keitel>Kate Winslet

14. Josie (2018)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Thriller

31 Metascore

Hank, a solitary man living a dull existence in the sleepy, Southern town raises eyebrows when he develops a questionable relationship with Josie, a recently transplanted high school student.

Director: Eric England | Stars: Sophie Turner, Dylan McDermott, Robin Bartlett, Jack Kilmer

Votes: 3,516

Age gap in real life: 35 years Dylan McDermott>Sophie Turner

15. First Knight (1995)

PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

57 Metascore

Lancelot falls in love with Guinevere, who is due to be married to King Arthur. Meanwhile, a violent warlord tries to seize power from Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

Director: Jerry Zucker | Stars: Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross

Votes: 78,736 | Gross: $37.60M

Age gap in real life: Sean Connery>Julia Ormond: 35 years Richard Gere>Julia Ormond: 16 years

16. A Fantastic Woman (2017)

R | 104 min | Drama

81 Metascore

Marina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.

Director: Sebastián Lelio | Stars: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim

Votes: 27,284 | Gross: $2.02M

Age gap in real life: 35 years Francico Reyes>Daniela Vega

17. Something's Gotta Give (2003)

PG-13 | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

66 Metascore

A swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age.

Director: Nancy Meyers | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Amanda Peet

Votes: 129,249 | Gross: $124.73M

Age gap in real life: 35 years Jack Nicholson>Amanda Peet

18. Notes on a Scandal (2006)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

73 Metascore

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her fifteen-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond a platonic friendship.

Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Andrew Simpson, Tom Georgeson

Votes: 84,621 | Gross: $17.51M

Age gaps in film: Judi Dench>Cate Blanchett: 35 years Cate Blanchett>Andrew Simpson: 20 years Cate Blanchett< Bill Nighy: 20 years

19. Paris, Texas (1984)

R | 145 min | Drama

81 Metascore

Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Sam Berry

Votes: 119,186 | Gross: $2.18M

Age gap in real life: 35 years Harry D.Stanton>Nastassja Kinski

20. Lost in Translation (2003)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

91 Metascore

A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.

Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris

Votes: 489,548 | Gross: $44.59M

Age in real life: 34 years Bill Murray>Scarlett Johansson

21. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

R | 137 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

83 Metascore

The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah

Votes: 806,260 | Gross: $66.21M

Age gap in real life: 34 years Bill>The Bride

22. Stone (2010)

R | 105 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

58 Metascore

A convicted arsonist looks to manipulate a parole officer into a plan to secure his parole by placing his beautiful wife in the lawman's path.

Director: John Curran | Stars: Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich, Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy

Votes: 42,926 | Gross: $1.80M

Age gap in real life: 32 years Robert DeNiro> Milla Jovovich

23. The Exception (2016)

R | 107 min | Drama, Romance, War

60 Metascore

A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.

Director: David Leveaux | Stars: Lily James, Jai Courtney, Christopher Plummer, Ella Holland

Votes: 15,415 | Gross: $0.61M

Age gap in real life: 32 years Christopher Plummer>Janet McTeer

24. Tulip Fever (2017)

R | 105 min | Drama, History, Romance

38 Metascore

An artist falls for a young married woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait during the Tulip mania of seventeenth century Amsterdam.

Director: Justin Chadwick | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Jack O'Connell, Holliday Grainger

Votes: 22,948 | Gross: $2.43M

Age gap in real life: 32 years Christopher Waltz> Alicia Vikander

25. Third Person (2013)

R | 137 min | Drama, Romance

38 Metascore

Three interlocking love stories involving three couples in three cities: Rome, Paris, and New York.

Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody, Olivia Wilde

Votes: 29,345 | Gross: $1.02M

Age gap in real life: 32 years Liam Neeson>Olivia Wilde

26. Wild Target (2010)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

41 Metascore

A hit-man tries to retire but a beautiful thief may change his plans.

Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint, Rupert Everett

Votes: 40,548 | Gross: $0.12M

Age gap in real life: 31 years Billy Nighy>Emily Blunt

27. Breezy (1973)

R | 106 min | Drama, Romance

68 Metascore

A young girl runs away from home and meets a grouchy older man who reluctantly takes her in. Eventually they develop a romantic and affectionate relationship.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: William Holden, Kay Lenz, Roger C. Carmel, Marj Dusay

Votes: 5,754

Age gap in film: 31 years Kay Lenz: 19 William Holden: 50

28. La corrispondenza (2016)

Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, Romance

Focused on the relationship between an astronomer and his lover, who spend their years apart.

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Olga Kurylenko, Simon Johns, James Warren

Votes: 4,861

Age gap in real life: 31 years Jeremy Irons>Olga Kurylenko

29. Elegy (I) (2008)

R | 112 min | Drama, Romance

66 Metascore

Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life, which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood," thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.

Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Penélope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson, Dennis Hopper

Votes: 23,216 | Gross: $3.58M

Age gap in real life: 31 years Ben Kingsley>Penelope Cruz

30. The Mother (2003)

R | 112 min | Drama, Romance

72 Metascore

A woman has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.

Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Anne Reid, Daniel Craig, Anna Wilson-Jones, Peter Vaughan

Votes: 4,657 | Gross: $1.06M

Age gap in film: 30 years Anne Reid: 60 Daniel Craig: 30

31. Naomi (2010)

90 min | Drama

Ilan Ben-Natan is a man on his sixties and a well-known professor of astrophysics at the University of Haifa. He is married with Naomi, a 28 years old, attractive book illustrator. Inclined... See full summary »

Director: Eitan Zur | Stars: Nahman Ashkenazi, Abraham Celektar, Ruth Geller, Suhel Haddad

Votes: 165

Age gap in film: around 30 years Yossi Polak: in his 60s Melanie Peres: 28 years old

32. The Neighbor (II) (2017)

R | 97 min | Romance, Thriller

A middle-aged man in a stagnant marriage finds his life upended when an attractive young woman and her seemingly abusive husband move in next door.

Director: Aaron Harvey | Stars: William Fichtner, Jessica McNamee, Jean Louisa Kelly, Michael Rosenbaum

Votes: 6,102

Age gap in real life: 30 years William Fichter> Jessica McNamee

33. The Words (2012)

PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

37 Metascore

A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man's work.

Directors: Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana

Votes: 81,464 | Gross: $11.49M

Age gap in real life: 30 years Dennis Quaid>Olivia Wilde

34. The Human Stain (2003)

R | 106 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

57 Metascore

When a disgraced former college dean has a romance with a mysterious younger woman haunted by her dark, twisted past, he is forced to confront a shocking fact about his own life that he has kept secret for fifty years.

Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Gary Sinise

Votes: 32,275 | Gross: $5.38M

Age gap in real life: 30 years Anthony Hopkins>Nicole Kidman

35. The Names of Love (2010)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

62 Metascore

A young, extroverted left-wing activist who sleeps with her political opponents to convert them to her cause is successful until she meets her match.

Director: Michel Leclerc | Stars: Sara Forestier, Jacques Gamblin, Zinedine Soualem, Carole Franck

Votes: 8,229 | Gross: $0.51M

Age gap in real life: 29 years Jacques Gamblin> Sara Forestier

36. Priceless (2006)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Romance

72 Metascore

Jean, a shy waiter who works at a high-end hotel, is mistaken for a young millionaire by the beautiful and intriguing fortune hunter Irene.

Director: Pierre Salvadori | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Marie-Christine Adam, Vernon Dobtcheff

Votes: 33,215 | Gross: $1.50M

Age gap in real life: 29 years Jacques Spiesser>Audrey Tautou 21 years Marie-Christine Adam>Gad Elmaleh

37. The Golden Bowl (2000)

R | 130 min | Drama, Romance

62 Metascore

A man marries an heiress for her money even though he is actually in love with her friend.

Director: James Ivory | Stars: Uma Thurman, Jeremy Northam, Kate Beckinsale, James Fox

Votes: 4,606 | Gross: $3.04M

Age difference in real life: 29 years: Nick Nolte>Uma Thurman 12 years: Jeremy Northam>Kate Beckinsale

38. Sense and Sensibility (1995)

PG | 136 min | Drama, Romance

84 Metascore

Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the title opposites.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 125,814 | Gross: $43.18M

Age gap in real life: 29 years Alan Rickman>Kate Winslet

39. New Year's Eve (2011)

PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Romance

22 Metascore

The lives of several couples and singles in New York City intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.

Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher, Michelle Pfeiffer

Votes: 89,871 | Gross: $54.54M

Age gap in real life: 29 years Michelle Pfeiffer>Zac Efron

40. The Physician (2013)

R | 155 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 11th-century Persia, a surgeon's apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians.

Director: Philipp Stölzl | Stars: Tom Payne, Stellan Skarsgård, Olivier Martinez, Emma Rigby

Votes: 41,971

Age gap in real life: 28 years Stanley Townsend> Emma Rigby

41. Gangster Squad (2013)

R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama

40 Metascore

It's 1949 Los Angeles, the city is run by gangsters and a malicious mobster, Mickey Cohen. Determined to end the corruption, John O'Mara assembles a team of cops, ready to take down the ruthless leader and restore peace to the city.

Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Giovanni Ribisi

Votes: 222,834 | Gross: $46.00M

Age gap in real life: 28 years Sean Penn>Emma Stone

42. Magic in the Moonlight (2014)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

54 Metascore

A romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Marcia Gay Harden, Hamish Linklater

Votes: 70,909 | Gross: $10.51M

Age gap in real life: 28 years Colin Firth>Emma Stone

43. Some Kind of Beautiful (II) (2014)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Romance

11 Metascore

A drama about a Cambridge poetry professor who begins to re-evaluate his life of Byronic excess.

Director: Tom Vaughan | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Jessica Alba, Malcolm McDowell

Votes: 15,992

Age gaps in real life: Pierce Brosnan>Jessica Alba: 28 years Pierce Brosnan>Salma Hayek: 13 years

44. Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)

R | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

65 Metascore

A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.

Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Kenneth Cranham, Julie Walters

Votes: 10,736 | Gross: $1.03M

Age gap in real life: 28 years Annette Benning>Jamie Bell

45. Last Tango in Paris (1972)

NC-17 | 129 min | Drama, Romance

77 Metascore

A young Parisian woman meets a middle-aged American businessman who demands their clandestine relationship be based only on sex.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi, Giovanna Galletti

Votes: 58,392 | Gross: $36.14M

Age gap in real life: 28 years Marlon Brando> Maria Schneider

46. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

PG-13 | 149 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

68 Metascore

The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.

Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans

Votes: 1,204,428 | Gross: $678.82M

Age gap in real life: 28 years Paul Bettany> Elizabeth Olsen

47. Six Days Seven Nights (1998)

PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

51 Metascore

Robin Monroe, a New York magazine editor, and the gruff pilot Quinn Harris must put aside their mutual dislike if they are to survive after crash landing on a deserted South Seas island.

Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, David Schwimmer, Jacqueline Obradors

Votes: 83,430 | Gross: $74.33M

Age gap in real life: 27 years Harrison Ford> Anne Heche

48. The Girl in the Café (2005 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 94 min | Drama, Romance

Lawrence, an aging, lonely civil servant falls for Gina, an enigmatic young woman. When he takes her to the G8 Summit in Reykjavik, however, their bond is tested by Lawrence's professional obligations.

Director: David Yates | Stars: Bill Nighy, Kelly Macdonald, Meneka Das, Anton Lesser

Votes: 8,742

Age gap in real life: 27 years Billy Nighy>Kelly Macdonald

49. The Oranges (2011)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

46 Metascore

The enduring friendship between the Walling and Ostroff families is tested when Nina, the prodigal Ostroff daughter, returns home for the holidays after a five-year absence and enters into an affair with David, head of the Walling family.

Director: Julian Farino | Stars: Leighton Meester, Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener, Allison Janney

Votes: 13,535 | Gross: $0.36M

Age gap in real life: 27 years Hugh Laurie> Leighton Meester

50. Autumn in New York (2000)

PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Romance

24 Metascore

Romantic drama about an aging playboy who falls for a sweet, but terminally ill, young woman.

Director: Joan Chen | Stars: Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, Anthony LaPaglia, Elaine Stritch

Votes: 28,310 | Gross: $37.75M

Age gap in film: 26 years Richard Gere: 48 Winona Ryder: 22

51. Bird Box (2018)

R | 124 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

51 Metascore

Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a mother and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, John Malkovich, Sarah Paulson

Votes: 386,588

Αge gap in real life: 26 years Sandra Bullock>Trevante Rhodes

52. Bel Ami (2012)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, History

42 Metascore

A chronicle of a young man's rise to power in Paris via his manipulation of the city's wealthiest and most influential women.

Directors: Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci

Votes: 19,285 | Gross: $0.12M

Age gap in real life: Kristin Scott Thomas> Robert Pattinson: 26 years Uma Thurman> Robert Pattinson: 16 years

53. As Good as It Gets (1997)

PG-13 | 139 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

67 Metascore

A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

Director: James L. Brooks | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr.

Votes: 318,609 | Gross: $148.48M

Age gap in real life: 26 years Jack Nicholson> Helen Hunt

54. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance

A lonely widow meets a much younger Moroccan worker in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise and to the outright shock of their families, colleagues, and drinking buddies.

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Barbara Valentin, Irm Hermann

Votes: 23,881

Age gap in film: 25 years

55. Love Actually (2003)

R | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

55 Metascore

Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney

Votes: 531,728 | Gross: $59.70M

Age gap in real life:25 years Alan Rickman: Heike Makatsch

16 years Colin Firth>Aurelia

16 years: Hugh Grant> Martine McCutcheon

13 years: Alan Rickman>Emma Thompson

56. Breathe In (2013)

R | 98 min | Drama, Romance

60 Metascore

When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.

Director: Drake Doremus | Stars: Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Mackenzie Davis, Amy Ryan

Votes: 15,642 | Gross: $0.02M

Age gap in film: around 25 years Felicity Jones: 18 Guy Pearce: in his 40's

57. American Beauty (1999)

R | 122 min | Drama

84 Metascore

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley

Votes: 1,211,573 | Gross: $130.10M

Age gap in film: 25 years Kevin Spacey: 42 Mena Suvari: 17

58. Manhattan (1979)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

83 Metascore

The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Michael Murphy

Votes: 147,340 | Gross: $45.70M

Age gap in film: 25 years Woody Allen: 42 Mariel Hemingway: 17

59. Bitter Moon (1992)

R | 139 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

62 Metascore

After hearing stories of her, a passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Peter Coyote

Votes: 42,714 | Gross: $1.86M

Age gap in real life: 25 years Peter Coyote>Emmanuelle Seigner

60. Lover for a Day (2017)

Not Rated | 76 min | Drama

69 Metascore

A young woman returns home after the breakdown of a relationship to discover her father is dating a woman her age.

Director: Philippe Garrel | Stars: Éric Caravaca, Esther Garrel, Louise Chevillotte, Paul Toucang

Votes: 2,468

Age gap in real life: around 25 years Eric Caravaca> Louise Chevilotte

61. Bright Days Ahead (2013)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Romance

57 Metascore

Caroline has retired and realizes that this new freedom is synonymous with boredom. Especially when she receives a membership to her neighborhood's senior club - Reluctant at first, she nevertheless decides to take the plunge.

Director: Marion Vernoux | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Laurent Lafitte, Patrick Chesnais, Jean-François Stévenin

Votes: 1,865 | Gross: $0.01M

Age gap in real life: 24 years Fanny Ardant> Laurent Lafitte

62. Johnny English Reborn (2011)

PG | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

46 Metascore

Johnny English goes up against international assassins hunting down Chinese Premier Xiang Ping.

Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West, Roger Barclay

Votes: 140,927 | Gross: $8.31M

Age gap in real life: 24 years Rowan Atkinson>Rosamund Pike

63. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)

PG-13 | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

72 Metascore

A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.

Director: Peter Webber | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt

Votes: 82,693 | Gross: $11.63M

Age gap in real life: 24 years Colin Firth> Scarlett Johansson

64. Spinning Man (2018)

R | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

44 Metascore

A happily married professor, known for having many affairs with students, becomes the prime suspect when a young woman has gone missing.

Director: Simon Kaijser | Stars: Guy Pearce, Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver, Alexandra Shipp

Votes: 12,870

Age gap in real life: 24 years Guy Pearce>Alexandra Shipp

65. The Two Faces of January (2014)

PG-13 | 96 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

66 Metascore

A thriller centered on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who flee Athens after one of them is caught up in the death of a private detective.

Director: Hossein Amini | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Oscar Isaac, Daisy Bevan

Votes: 33,684 | Gross: $0.51M

Age gap in real life: 24 years Viggo Mortensen>Kirsten Dunst

66. The First Wives Club (1996)

PG | 103 min | Comedy

59 Metascore

Reunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women.

Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, Maggie Smith

Votes: 54,250 | Gross: $105.49M

Age gap in real life: 23 years Victor Garber> Elizabeth Berkley

67. Jamón, Jamón (1992)

Unrated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When a mother disapproves of her son's lover, she hires an underwear model and former bullfighter to seduce her away.

Director: Bigas Luna | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Stefania Sandrelli, Anna Galiena, Juan Diego

Votes: 15,096 | Gross: $0.94M

Age gap in real life: 23 years Stefania Sandrelli> Javier Bardem

68. A Royal Affair (2012)

R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History

73 Metascore

A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.

Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Trine Dyrholm

Votes: 50,913 | Gross: $1.55M

Αge gap in real life: 23 years Mads Mikkelsen> Alicia Vikander

Age gap in film: 14 years Johann Friedrich Struensee> Caroline Matilda of Great Britain

69. Newness (2017)

Unrated | 117 min | Drama, Romance

50 Metascore

In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media-driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.

Director: Drake Doremus | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Laia Costa, Danny Huston, Courtney Eaton

Votes: 17,930

Age gap in real life: 23 years Danny Houston>Laia Costa

70. The Rum Diary (2011)

R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama

56 Metascore

American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1960s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the expatriates who live there.

Director: Bruce Robinson | Stars: Johnny Depp, Giovanni Ribisi, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli

Votes: 108,039 | Gross: $13.10M

Age gap in real life: 23 years Johnny Depp> Amber Heard

71. Arthur Newman (2012)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama

42 Metascore

A story of a man who fakes his own death and assumes a new identity in order to escape his life, who then moves in with a woman who is also trying to leave her past behind.

Director: Dante Ariola | Stars: Colin Firth, Emily Blunt, Anne Heche, Sterling Beaumon

Votes: 7,818

Age gap in real life: 23 years Colin Firth>Emily Blunt

72. American Gangster (2007)

R | 157 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

76 Metascore

An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin

Votes: 452,774 | Gross: $130.16M

Age gap in real life: 23 years Denzel Washington> Lymari Nadal

73. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)

R | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

59 Metascore

As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.

Director: Lorene Scafaria | Stars: Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Melanie Lynskey, Patton Oswalt

Votes: 118,809 | Gross: $6.62M

Age gap in real life: 23 years Steve Carell>Keira Knightley

74. Ghost World (2001)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama

90 Metascore

Two eccentric best friends graduate high school and respond to a man's romance-seeking newspaper ad as a gag, only to find their lives becoming increasingly complicated.

Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro

Votes: 126,882 | Gross: $6.22M

Age gap in film: 22+ years Thora Birch: 18 Steve Buscemi: 40+

75. Savage Grace (2007)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama

51 Metascore

A dramatization of the shocking Barbara Daly Baekeland murder case, which happened in a posh London flat on Friday 17 November 1972. The bloody crime caused a stir on both sides of the Atlantic and remains one of the most memorable American Tragedies...

Director: Tom Kalin | Stars: Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, Stephen Dillane, Anne Reid

Votes: 12,065 | Gross: $0.43M

Age gaps in real life: Julianne Moore> Eddie Redmayne: 22 years Julianne Moore> Unax Ugalde: 18 years Stephen Dillane> Elena Anaya: 18 years

76. Gorgeous (1999)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

A romantic girl travels to Hong Kong in search of certain love but instead meets a kind-hearted professional fighter for whom she begins to fall instead.

Director: Vincent Kok | Stars: Jackie Chan, Shu Qi, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Emil Chau

Votes: 13,780

Age gap in real life: 22 years Jackie Chan> Qi Shu

77. Hereditary (2018)

R | 127 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

87 Metascore

A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.

Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff

Votes: 378,663 | Gross: $44.07M

Age gap in real life: 22 years Gabriel Byrne> Toni Colette

78. Last Chance Harvey (2008)

PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, Romance

57 Metascore

In London for his daughter's wedding, a rumpled man finds his romantic spirits lifted by a new woman in his life.

Director: Joel Hopkins | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Kathy Baker, Eileen Atkins

Votes: 22,430 | Gross: $14.88M

Age gap in real life: 22 years Dustin Hoffman>Emma Thompson

79. Manhattan Night (2016)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

44 Metascore

A reporter becomes involved with a mysterious woman while investigating her late husband's death.

Director: Brian DeCubellis | Stars: Adrien Brody, Yvonne Strahovski, Campbell Scott, Jennifer Beals

Votes: 13,767

Age gaps in real life: Campbell Scott>Yvonne Strahovski: 21 years Adrien Brody>Yvonne Strahovski: 9 years

80. Siberia (2018)

R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

34 Metascore

When an American diamond trader's Russian partner goes missing, he journeys to Siberia in search of him, but instead begins a love affair.

Director: Matthew Ross | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Boris Gulyarin, Ashley St. George, Elliot Lazar

Votes: 17,167

Age difference in real life: 21 years Keanu Reeves>Ana Ularu

81. Down by Love (2016)

110 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Based on a true story, the impossible love between a prison director and one of its female inmates.

Director: Pierre Godeau | Stars: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Guillaume Gallienne, Stéphanie Cléau, Aliénor Poisson

Votes: 2,401 | Gross: $0.00M

Age gap in film: 21 years Guillaume Gallienne: 40 Adele Exarchopoulos: 19

82. 5 to 7 (2014)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

52 Metascore

An aspiring novelist enters into a relationship with a woman, though there's just one catch: She's married and the couple can only meet between the hours of 5 and 7 each evening.

Director: Victor Levin | Stars: Anton Yelchin, Bérénice Marlohe, Olivia Thirlby, Lambert Wilson

Votes: 21,375 | Gross: $0.12M

Age gap in film: 21 years Lambert Wilson> Berenice Marlohe

9 years Berenice Marlohe>Anton Yelchin

83. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

88 Metascore

A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.

Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Caleb Landry Jones

Votes: 555,440 | Gross: $54.51M

age gap in real life:21 years Woody Harrelson>Abbie Cornish

84. Mother! (2017)

R | 121 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

76 Metascore

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer

Votes: 249,857 | Gross: $17.80M

Age gap in real life: 21 years Xavier Bardem> Jennifer Lawrence

85. Rear Window (1954)

PG | 112 min | Mystery, Thriller

100 Metascore

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter

Votes: 522,444 | Gross: $36.76M

Age gap in real life: 21 years James Stewart> Grace Kelly

86. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

79 Metascore

A depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.

Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt

Votes: 108,210 | Gross: $1.88M

Age gap in real life: 21 years Tilda Swinton> Tom Hiddleston

87. Adoration (2013)

R | 112 min | Drama, Romance

37 Metascore

A pair of childhood friends and neighbors fall for each other's sons.

Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, James Frecheville

Votes: 36,712 | Gross: $0.32M

Age gaps in film: 20+ years (boys are 18, mothers are 40ish) Naomi Watts> James Frencheville Robin Wright> Xavier Samuel

88. Albatross (2011)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

42 Metascore

Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating consequences.

Director: Niall MacCormick | Stars: Felicity Jones, Jessica Brown Findlay, Sebastian Koch, Julia Ormond

Votes: 5,621

Age gap in film: 20+ years Sebastian Koch: 40+ Jessica Brown Findlay: teenager

89. Carol (2015)

R | 118 min | Drama, Romance

94 Metascore

An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.

Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler

Votes: 142,463 | Gross: $12.71M

Age gap in film: around 20 years Cate Blanchett: in her 40's Rooney Mara: in her 20's

90. Johnny English (2003)

PG | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

51 Metascore

After a sudden attack on MI5, Johnny English, Britain's most confident, yet unintelligent spy, becomes Britain's only spy.

Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia, Tasha de Vasconcelos

Votes: 174,309 | Gross: $28.08M

Age gap in real life: 20 years Rowan Atkinson>Natalie Imbruglia

91. The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)

R | 89 min | Drama

33 Metascore

Adrift in New York City, a recent college graduate's life is upended by his father's mistress.

Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Callum Turner, Kate Beckinsale, Pierce Brosnan, Cynthia Nixon

Votes: 17,551 | Gross: $0.62M

Age gap in real life: 20 years Pierce Brosnan> Kate Beckinsale

17 years: Kate Beckinsale>Callum Turner

92. To Rome with Love (2012)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

54 Metascore

The lives of some visitors and residents of Rome and the romances, adventures and predicaments they get into.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Penélope Cruz, Jesse Eisenberg, Elliot Page

Votes: 90,913 | Gross: $16.69M

Age gap in real life: 20 years Woody Allen>Judy Davis

93. Crazy Heart (2009)

R | 112 min | Drama, Music, Romance

83 Metascore

A faded country music musician is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance that also inspires him.

Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, James Keane

Votes: 94,714 | Gross: $39.46M

Age gap in film: around 20 years Jeff Bridges: 57 Maggie Gyllenhaal: 30+

94. Bone Tomahawk (2015)

Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Horror, Western

72 Metascore

In the dying days of the old west, an elderly sheriff and his posse set out to rescue their town's doctor from cannibalistic cave dwellers.

Director: S. Craig Zahler | Stars: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins

Votes: 118,122

Age gap in real life: 20 years Patrick Wilson>Lili Simmons

95. The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

87 Metascore

A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother's boyfriend.

Director: Marielle Heller | Stars: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Meloni

Votes: 33,579 | Gross: $1.48M

Age gap in film: 20 years Alexander Skarsgard: 35 Bel Powley:15

96. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

PG-13 | 145 min | Drama, Romance

54 Metascore

The heartwarming tale of Nitta Sayuri, a young Japanese woman who transcended from her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.

Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Suzuka Ohgo

Votes: 160,897 | Gross: $57.49M

Age gap in real life: 20 years Ken Watanabe-Ziyi Zhang

97. The Salvation (2014)

R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

64 Metascore

In 1870s America, the fury of a notorious gang leader is unleashed when a peaceful American settler avenges the death of his family. Then as his cowardly fellow townspeople betray him, he is forced to hunt down the outlaws alone.

Director: Kristian Levring | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Eric Cantona

Votes: 43,220 | Gross: $0.01M

Age gap in real life: 20 years Mads Mikkelsen> Nanna Oland Fabricius

98. Who You Think I Am (2019)

101 min | Drama, Romance

70 Metascore

Claire, a 50-year-old divorced teacher, creates a fake Facebook profile of a 24-year-old woman to catfish Alex, the roommate of her former lover, Ludo.

Director: Safy Nebbou | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Nicole Garcia, François Civil, Marie-Ange Casta

Votes: 7,503

Juliette Binoche>Guillaume Gouix Age gap in real life: 19 years

99. Oldboy (2003)

R | 120 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

78 Metascore

After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.

Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Kim Byeong-Ok

Votes: 636,418 | Gross: $0.71M

Age gap in film: 19+ years Choi Min-sik: Hye-Jeong Kang: 19

100. The Dig (2021)

PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History

73 Metascore

An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938.

Director: Simon Stone | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Lily James, Johnny Flynn

Votes: 82,639

Age gap in real life:19 years Ben Chaplin>Lily James



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