Photo by Pete Zarria.
Since 2010, I have made an effort to create a list of films featuring older adults so that I can watch as many as time allows.Since then, I have seen well over 100 movies that feature older adults. These I have listed and summarized in another blog post.
I have also had the opportunity to teach a class for undergraduates and graduate students called "Films about Aging." The class is one of several that I teach for the Aging Studies program at Wichita State University.
The class moves through these units on love, male power, mature artists, communal housing, living with dementia, and the dying process.
But film studios continue to produce interesting films about the aging process, so I try to watch at least one a week in an effort to keep up. I admit that I prefer documentary and dramas over comedies, so many comedies remain on my "to see" list.
Below is a list of films that I have yet to see and review. If you know of any others, please leave a comment. Or if you want to suggest which of these I should see next, leave a comment.
Grab a bowl of popcorn and enjoy a movie this week!
10 Items or Less (2006) 35 Shots of Rum (2008) About Schmidt (2002) Albert's Memorial (2009) Another Woman (1988)
Another Year (2010) Around the Bend (2004)
Ashes (2012) As Young as You Feel (1951) Autumn Sun (1996) Back When We Were Grown Ups (2004) Barn Red (2003) Barney's Version (2011) The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006) Best Boy (1979)
The Big Wedding (2013) Buena Vista Social Club (1999) The Bridges of Madison County (1995) The Cemetery Club (1993) (#20) Changing Times (2004)
(I will continue to add year of release to this list.)
Cherry Blossoms Choke
Cloudburst Conversasions with Mama
The Crew Curtain Call Dad
Daddy's Dyin', Whose Got the Will?
Daisies in December The Death of Mr. Lazarescu The Diving Bell and the Butterfly The Doctor The Dresser Dying at Grace Eat Drink Man Woman Elsa and Fred Evening Star Everybody's Fine The Eye of the Storm (#40) The First Grader
The Five People You Meet in Heaven Forget Me Not Foxfire
The Gathering Gertrude
Going Home Going in Style The Grandfather Greenfingers The Grey Fox Grumpy Old Men Grumpier Old Men
Hanging Up Happy Tears Hello Goodbye Hello Lonesome
How to Live Forever I Never Sang for My Father If I Never See You Again
(#60) I'm Going Home
In Praise of Older Women In Their Shoes The Intruder
Kitchen Stories
The Last Lieutant (German)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Last Orders
Like Someone to Love Local Color Local Hero The Long Way Home
Lonely Hearts (Australia) Love The Magic of Belle Isle
Magnolia Memories of Tomorrow Memory of a Killer A Moment to Remember Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (#80) Mrs. Dalloway
Murder or Mercy
Nebraska Never Too Late
Nights in Rodanthe Ocean of an Old Man O'Horten
One True Thing Over the Hill Out of the Woods Quick Brown Fox Pauline and Paulette
Philomena
Private Lives of Pippa Lee
A Rather English Marriage The Reading Room RED 2
Rocket Gibralter Rosenstrasse Rumor of Angels (#100) Safe House
Saving Grace Sea People Since Otar Left
Son of the Bride Still Mine The Stone Angel Sundowning The Sunshine Boys
Surfwise Tell Me a Riddle Terri A Time to Remember To Dance with the White Dog Twice in a Lifetime U Me Aur hum Unhook the Stars Used People The Whales of August Where the Money Is Where's Poppa? (#121) The Whisperers
And...Independent Films that might be a little tricky to find, but they look worth the effort.
The Red Suitcase
Cyber Seniors
Related:
Films featuring Adults from Midlife On
