Best Movies about Seniors
by Rosynani | created - 03 Aug 2020 | updated - 5 days ago | Public- Instant Watch Options
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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: 8,359 | Gross: $7.43M
2. Calendar Girls (2003)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
A Women's Institute chapter's fundraising effort for a local hospital by posing nude for a calendar becomes a media sensation.
Director: Nigel Cole | Stars: Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, Penelope Wilton, John Alderton
Votes: 28,030 | Gross: $31.04M
3. Something's Gotta Give (2003)
PG-13 | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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: 129,155 | Gross: $124.73M
4. As Good as It Gets (1997)
PG-13 | 139 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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: 318,357 | Gross: $148.48M
5. 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: 259,802 | Gross: $93.47M
6. About Schmidt (2002)
R | 125 min | Drama
A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Kathy Bates
Votes: 133,563 | Gross: $65.02M
7. Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama
Evelyn, an ordinary housewife, visits a nursing home and befriends the old lady Ninny. Together, they bond over stories from the past about two intrepid women of Whistle Stop Cafe.
Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 83,539 | Gross: $82.42M
8. Waking Ned Devine (1998)
PG | 91 min | Comedy
When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.
Director: Kirk Jones | Stars: Ian Bannen, David Kelly, Fionnula Flanagan, Susan Lynch
Votes: 28,038 | Gross: $24.79M
9. Ladies in Lavender (2004)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Two sisters befriend a mysterious foreigner who washes up on the beach of their 1930s Cornish seaside village.
Director: Charles Dance | Stars: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Daniel Brühl, Freddie Jones
Votes: 12,685 | Gross: $6.76M
10. Tea with Mussolini (1999)
PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, War
An orphaned Italian boy is raised amongst a circle of British and American women living in Mussolini's Italy before and during World War II.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Cher
Votes: 14,192 | Gross: $14.35M
11. Hope Springs (2012)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.
Director: David Frankel | Stars: Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell, Jean Smart
Votes: 44,293 | Gross: $63.54M
12. It's Complicated (2009)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When attending their son's college graduation, a couple reignite the spark in their relationship. But the complicated fact is they're divorced and he's remarried.
Director: Nancy Meyers | Stars: Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, John Krasinski
Votes: 98,489 | Gross: $112.74M
13. Julie & Julia (2009)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.
Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Chris Messina, Stanley Tucci
Votes: 128,843 | Gross: $94.13M
14. 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: 814,838 | Gross: $148.10M
15. The Mule (2018)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A ninety-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran turns drug mule for a Mexican cartel.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Patrick L. Reyes, Cesar De León, Gustavo Muñoz
Votes: 152,481 | Gross: $103.80M
16. Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After 50+ years apart, Celia (Anne Reid) and Alan (Derek Jacobi) are reunited and decide to marry.
Stars: Anne Reid, Derek Jacobi, Sarah Lancashire, Nicola Walker
Votes: 8,836
17. Our Souls at Night (2017)
TV-14 | 103 min | Drama, Romance
Fonda and Redford star as Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower who've lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbor.
Director: Ritesh Batra | Stars: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Matthias Schoenaerts, Iain Armitage
Votes: 14,937
18. A Walk in the Woods (2015)
R | 104 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy
After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends, Stephen Katz (Nick Nolte).
Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson, Mary Steenburgen
Votes: 29,755 | Gross: $29.47M
19. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
PG | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone
Votes: 117,535 | Gross: $106.59M
20. Lovely, Still (2008)
PG | 92 min | Drama, Romance
A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.
Director: Nik Fackler | Stars: Martin Landau, Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Banks, Adam Scott
Votes: 2,379 | Gross: $0.12M
21. Grace and Frankie (2015–2022)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
Finding out that their husbands are not just work partners, but have also been romantically involved for the last twenty years, two women with an already strained relationship try to cope with the circumstances together.
Stars: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston, Martin Sheen
Votes: 57,018
22. 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: 13,241
23. 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: 3,730
24. Queen Bees (2021)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After reluctantly agreeing to move into a home for seniors, a woman encounters a clique of mean-spirited women and an amorous widower.
Director: Michael Lembeck | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Jane Curtin, Loretta Devine, Ann-Margret
Votes: 3,707
25. In Her Shoes (2005)
PG-13 | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Strait-laced Rose breaks off relations with her party girl sister, Maggie, over an indiscretion involving Rose's boyfriend. The chilly atmosphere is broken with the arrival of Ella, the grandmother neither sister knew existed.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Toni Collette, Cameron Diaz, Shirley MacLaine, Anson Mount
Votes: 65,066 | Gross: $32.88M
26. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
R | 106 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.
Director: Marielle Heller | Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Ben Falcone
Votes: 56,145 | Gross: $8.80M
27. Hampstead (2017)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An American widow finds unexpected love with a man living wild on Hampstead Heath when they take on the developers who want to destroy his home.
Director: Joel Hopkins | Stars: Diane Keaton, James Norton, Brendan Gleeson, Hugh Skinner
Votes: 7,203 | Gross: $0.14M
28. Then Came You (2020)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A lonely widow plans a trip around the world with her husband's ashes to visit the places they loved in the movies. The first stop on the journey changes her life forever.
Director: Adriana Trigiani | Stars: Craig Ferguson, Kathie Lee Gifford, Ford Kiernan, Elizabeth Hurley
Votes: 2,572
29. The Sense of an Ending (2017)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Mystery
A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.
Director: Ritesh Batra | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter, Michelle Dockery
Votes: 7,324 | Gross: $1.24M
30. Going in Style (2017)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Crime
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
Director: Zach Braff | Stars: Michael Caine, Alan Arkin, Ann-Margret, Matt Dillon
Votes: 91,547 | Gross: $45.02M
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