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1. I'll See You in My Dreams (2015)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A widow and former songstress discovers that life can begin anew at any age.
Director: Brett Haley | Stars: Blythe Danner, Martin Starr, Sam Elliott, Malin Akerman
Votes: 8,481 | Gross: $7.43M
2. Up (2009)
PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.
Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson | Stars: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 1,125,630 | Gross: $293.00M
3. Gran Torino (2008)
R | 116 min | Drama
After a Hmong teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, a disgruntled, prejudiced Korean War veteran seeks to redeem both the boy and himself.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, Ahney Her
Votes: 815,253 | Gross: $148.10M
4. Youth (I) (2015)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A retired orchestra conductor is on vacation with his daughter and his film director best friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip's birthday.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda
Votes: 83,111 | Gross: $2.70M
5. Cocoon (1985)
PG-13 | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy
Votes: 68,860 | Gross: $76.11M
6. The Straight Story (1999)
G | 112 min | Biography, Drama
An old man makes a long journey by lawnmower to mend his relationship with an ill brother.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter
Votes: 97,522 | Gross: $6.20M
7. Nebraska (2013)
R | 115 min | Drama
An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.
Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, Bob Odenkirk
Votes: 123,558 | Gross: $17.65M
8. The Bucket List (2007)
PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd
Votes: 259,949 | Gross: $93.47M
9. Mr. Holmes (2015)
PG | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Family
An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes deals with dementia, as he tries to remember his final case, and a mysterious woman, whose memory haunts him. He also befriends a fan, the young son of his housekeeper, who wants him to work again.
Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hattie Morahan
Votes: 67,908 | Gross: $17.74M
10. Mother (2009)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Goo, Yun Je-mun
Votes: 71,687 | Gross: $0.55M
11. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023)
108 min | Drama
Harold is an ordinary man who has passed through life, living on the side lines, until he goes to post a letter one day...and just keeps walking.
Director: Hettie Macdonald | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Penelope Wilton, Earl Cave, Linda Bassett
Votes: 4,384
12. Grumpy Old Men (1993)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A lifelong feud between two neighbors since childhood only gets worse when a new female neighbor moves across the street.
Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 53,848 | Gross: $70.17M
13. *batteries not included (1987)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Aliens help a feisty old New York couple in their battle against the ruthless land developer who's out to evict them.
Director: Matthew Robbins | Stars: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Peña
Votes: 37,715 | Gross: $32.95M
14. Harry Brown (2009)
R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Director: Daniel Barber | Stars: Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, David Bradley, Charlie Creed-Miles
Votes: 91,397 | Gross: $1.82M
15. The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018)
Not Rated | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A legendary American war veteran is recruited to hunt a mythical creature.
Director: Robert D. Krzykowski | Stars: Sam Elliott, Rocco Gioffre, Aidan Turner, Melissa Jalali
Votes: 13,812
16. The Lady in the Van (2015)
PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her van that's parked in his driveway.
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent, Clare Hammond
Votes: 32,001 | Gross: $10.02M
17. Grumpier Old Men (1995)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
John and Max resolve to save their beloved bait shop from turning into an Italian restaurant, just as its new female owner catches Max's attention.
Director: Howard Deutch | Stars: Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margret, Sophia Loren
Votes: 29,750 | Gross: $71.52M
18. Stan Against Evil (2016–2018)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
An aging police sheriff begrudgingly joins an alliance with a new sheriff, Evie Barret, to battle angry demons haunting their small New Hampshire town.
Stars: John C. McGinley, Janet Varney, Deborah Baker Jr., Nate Mooney
Votes: 6,517
19. Remember (I) (2015)
R | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person he believes to be responsible for the death of his family in the death camp to kill him himself.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Kim Roberts, Amanda Smith, Martin Landau
Votes: 27,857 | Gross: $0.64M
20. Cocoon: The Return (1988)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
The seniors return to Earth to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to stay back on Earth?
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Courteney Cox, Hume Cronyn
Votes: 17,337 | Gross: $18.92M
21. That Evening Sun (2009)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama
An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm.
Director: Scott Teems | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Barlow Jacobs, Mia Wasikowska, Carrie Preston
Votes: 2,911 | Gross: $0.28M
22. Tea With the Dames (2018)
Unrated | 84 min | Documentary
Dames Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright, and Maggie Smith get together for tea to reminisce and discuss their acting careers.
Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright
Votes: 2,838 | Gross: $0.87M
23. Love Is Strange (2014)
R | 94 min | Drama, Romance
After Ben and George get married, George is fired from his teaching post, forcing them to stay with friends separately while they sell their place and look for cheaper housing -- a situation that weighs heavily on all involved.
Director: Ira Sachs | Stars: John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei, Charlie Tahan
Votes: 13,306 | Gross: $2.25M
24. Get Low (2009)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Mystery
A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
Director: Aaron Schneider | Stars: Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black
Votes: 24,034 | Gross: $9.18M
25. Robot & Frank (2012)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In the near future, an ex-jewel thief receives a gift from his son: a robot butler programmed to look after him. But soon the two companions try their luck as a heist team.
Director: Jake Schreier | Stars: Peter Sarsgaard, Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, Liv Tyler
Votes: 65,780 | Gross: $3.33M
26. Superior Donuts (2017–2018)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Sympathetic old-school doughnut-shop owner Arthur, his spunky young employee and aspiring artist Franco, and their friends and patrons keep the shop going in a changing culturally-mixed inner-city Chicago neighborhood.
Stars: Jermaine Fowler, David Koechner, Maz Jobrani, Katey Sagal
Votes: 3,504
27. Elsa & Fred (2014)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A withdrawn senior experiences life in new ways when he begins spending time with the free-spirited woman who lives across the hall.
Director: Michael Radford | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Marcia Gay Harden, Wendell Pierce
Votes: 3,733
28. Last Love (2013)
Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
He's a widower in Paris who speaks no French. She's a dance instructor less than half his age. Can they become a family, or will his estranged adult children halt the friendship?
Director: Sandra Nettelbeck | Stars: Michael Caine, Michelle Goddet, Jane Alexander, Serge Hollogne
Votes: 13,249
29. The Odd Couple II (1998)
PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy
Oscar and Felix take a road trip to their son and daughter's wedding.
Director: Howard Deutch | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Richard Riehle, Jonathan Silverman
Votes: 10,723 | Gross: $18.91M
30. Sir Billi (2012)
Not Rated | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A retired veterinarian living in a remote Scottish village encounters a goat who thinks he's a dog, an Admiral who's afraid of the water, and a beaver who was raised by rabbits.
Director: Sascha Hartmann | Stars: Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill, Alana Gray, Valentina Hartmann
Votes: 798
31. The Amusement Park (1975)
54 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An elderly gentleman goes for what he assumes will be an ordinary day at the amusement park, only to find himself in the middle of a hellish nightmare.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Lincoln Maazel, Harry Albacker, Phyllis Casterwiler, Pete Chovan
Votes: 3,171
32. The Nan Movie (2022)
95 min | Adventure, Comedy
Catherine Tate's iconic character Nan hits the big screen as she goes on a wild road trip from London to Ireland with her grandson Jamie to make amends with her estranged sister Nell.
Director: Josie Rourke | Stars: Paul Reid, Emer Hedderman, Rosalie Craig, Nia Mulrennan
Votes: 1,471
33. The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment (1999)
95 min | Crime, Drama
Veteran of World War II takes revenge on three scums who raped his naive granddaughter.
Director: Stanislav Govorukhin | Stars: Mikhail Ulyanov, Anna Sinyakina, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Sergey Garmash
Votes: 4,869
34. Evilenko (2003)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A disgraced communist schoolteacher in Kyiv becomes a brutal, unfeeling serial killer. Based on the crimes of Andrei Chikatilo.
Director: David Grieco | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Marton Csokas, Ronald Pickup, Ruby Kammer
Votes: 3,542
35. Is Anybody There? (2008)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama
A lonely boy who lives in his parents' home for the elderly explores his obsession with the afterlife through his friendship with an aging magician.
Director: John Crowley | Stars: Michael Caine, Bill Milner, Anne-Marie Duff, Ralph Riach
Votes: 5,002 | Gross: $2.02M
36. Into the Blue (I) (1997 TV Movie)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Harry Barnett is a failed businessman who used to run a garage until he went bankrupt. He is now living on the island of Rhodes, looking after the villa of a friend, Alan Dysart, a former ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: John Thaw, Tom Towndrow, Vida Garman, Abigail Cruttenden
Votes: 132
37. I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
PG-13 | 135 min | Comedy, Drama
Two old men - a white former radical, and a black retired janitor - strike up an unusual and funny friendship on a park bench in New York, where they deal with family, drug dealers, and the pitfalls of age.
Director: Herb Gardner | Stars: Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, Craig T. Nelson
Votes: 1,860 | Gross: $0.22M
38. O'Horten (2007)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A drama focused on a life-changing moment in 67-year-old train engineer Odd Horten's existence: the evening of his retirement.
Director: Bent Hamer | Stars: Baard Owe, Espen Skjønberg, Ghita Nørby, Henny Moan
Votes: 3,987 | Gross: $0.30M
39. The Food Flirts (2018– )
25 min | Documentary, Comedy
The Brass Sisters, two charming elderly ladies and foodies, have a culinary bucket list. In each episode, their producer, Bruce, takes them to try some new dishes and see how they are made. They also make their own dishes for the crew.mm.
Stars: Marilyn Brass, Sheila Brass, Bruce Seidel
Votes: 43
40. And that's for this Christmas (2024)
14 min | Short, Drama
While preparing the details for his own funeral, an elderly man realizes that he will be celebrating Christmas alone. Unable to fall asleep, he decides to spend the holiday at the grave of his deceased wife.
Director: Peter Vulchev | Stars: Lyubomir Bachvarov, Katelina Kancheva, Kalina Staneva
41. Sella Turcica (2017)
75 min | Drama
Director: Yusup Razykov | Stars: Vitali Daushev, Sergey Genkin, Ilya Kovrizhnykh, Valeri Maslov
Votes: 68
42. Bob & Dale (2019)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Drama
An elderly gay couple living off the grid in the Rocky Mountains finds a deeper love together when dementia threatens their independence.
Director: David Rosfeld | Stars: Mark Hattan, Robert W Smith, Annie Butler, Logan Ernstthal
Votes: 20
43. Suzanne jour après jour (2023 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary
Suzanne serenely takes life as it comes. She lives alone in the Vosges, in her family home where she was born in 1930, that lacks all sense of comfort. She savors with laughter all the simple pleasures of life, embodying happy sobriety.
Directors: Stéphane Manchematin, Serge Steyer | Stars: Suzanne Claudel, Marie-Paule Gérard, Florent Vanson, Julien Félix
44. Armed & Delirious (1997 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In a crazy world that's part surreal Looney Tunes and part twisted Alice in Wonderland with a plethora of moon-logic puzzles, a demented granny searches for her family and her cookbook taken by a vengeful universe-controlling "rabbit".
Director: Benny Davidovich | Star: Monica Buferd
Votes: 6
45. To Catch a Fish (II) (2018)
6 min | Short, Drama
An aging fisherman tries to cope with his loneliness by revisiting the moments his father taught him how to fish as a child.
Director: Casey Jacobs | Stars: Robert W Smith, Maxim Swinton, Erik Endsley
46. The Last Checkmate (2014)
26 min | Short, Drama
A chamber piece about a piece with one in the chamber.
Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Bob Elkins, Ernie Rowland
47. L'Air de rien (2022)
14 min | Animation, Short, Family
In a sanatorium near the sea, an ill elderly man befriends a seagull and recovers his taste for life while taking care of the bird after it got wounded.
Director: Gabriel Hénot Lefèvre | Stars: Christian De Smet, Sébastien Lemoine
Votes: 7
48.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode:
The Hunted: Part 1
(1988)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man holds a real estate agent hostage in an office and threatens to shoot people from the window.
Director: Timothy Bond | Stars: Edward Woodward, Kate Trotter, Elizabeth Lennie, James Hobson
Votes: 99
49.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
The Pumpkin Competition
(1986)
G | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Rich, stingy and miserly Elma Dinnock is livid at losing the Yarborough Country pumpkin-growing contest 22 years in a row, and so gets help from a mysterious botanist for the next competition. Will she finally triumph?
Director: Norman Reynolds | Stars: Polly Holliday, June Lockhart, J.A. Preston, Ritch Brinkley
Votes: 208
50.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
You Gotta Believe Me
(1986)
Not Rated | 23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Convinced that his vivid nightmare of a Boeing 747 crashing into his house is a horrific premonition, Earl Sweet desperately tries to alter fate.
Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: Charles Durning, Mary Betten, Ebbe Roe Smith, Wil Shriner
Votes: 269