Movies and TV shows about Dementia and Alzheimer’s
Movies and TV shows related to Dementia and/or Alzheimer’s
List activity
46 views
• 22 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
90 titles
- DirectorFlorian ZellerStarsAnthony HopkinsOlivia ColmanMark GatissA man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. 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.
- DirectorRichard GlatzerWash WestmorelandStarsJulianne MooreAlec BaldwinKristen StewartA linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
- DirectorSarah PolleyStarsJulie ChristieMichael MurphyGordon PinsentA man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsDario ArgentoFrançoise LebrunAlex LutzThe last days of an elderly couple stricken by dementia.
- DirectorHarry MacqueenStarsColin FirthStanley TucciPippa HaywoodSam and Tusker are traveling across England in their old RV to visit friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have.
- DirectorNarcisse WandjiStarsJean Pierre BekonoJosephine BikoulaGeorges EnyegueA man employs a young carer to look after his father, who is suffering from Alzheimers disease, but the carer herself has a serious kidney condition.
- DirectorJJ WinloveStarsNoni HazlehurstClaudia KarvanStephen CurryDuring a fleeting bout of lucidity from her dementia, June Wilton has precious little time to bring together her estranged children, save the family business, and rekindle an old flame.
- DirectorSuzanne DoranStarsCorri PlunkettMichael McDermottMarc VillanuevaA young woman, Isadora, struggles to find a new life as her elderly mother battles dementia.
- DirectorViggo MortensenStarsViggo MortensenLance HenriksenLaura LinneyJohn Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father who is searching for a place to retire, their two very different worlds collide.
- DirectorPaolo VirzìStarsHelen MirrenDonald SutherlandChristian McKayA runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call "The Leisure Seeker".
- DirectorAlbert AlarrStarsDan GauthierDendrie TaylorSusan Seaforth HayesA veteran soap opera star retires to a beach house with her publicist and partner, but her Early Onset Alzheimer's will strain the couple's relationship until they find the strength to redefine themselves and what they mean to one another.
- DirectorJames PowellStarsPaulina ManseauAlyona GraceRachel DeRouen"Glass" Is a film about a young man, Atlas, and his continuous struggle with early-onset Alzheimer's. Seen through his eyes, his life is a puzzle he desperately tries to piece together. His condition deteriorates, loved ones are forgotten, and Atlas's broken mind persuades him to love a girl from his past that may or may not exist. He forgets everything else but her. This is a struggle that many people all around the world face every single day. We want to raise awareness and open minds with this film. This beautiful story of family, love, and illness is an unflinching look at early-onset Alzheimer's like it has never been seen before.
- DirectorMichael McGowanStarsJames CromwellRonan ReesGeneviève BujoldAn elderly couple fight against local authorities in rural New Brunswick to build their final home.
- DirectorLee Chang-dongStarsYun Jeong-hieLee Da-witKim Hee-raA sixty-something woman, faced with the discovery of a heinous family crime and in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class.
- DirectorFriðrik Þór FriðrikssonStarsKristbjörg KjeldHilmir Snær GuðnasonGunnar EyjólfssonA film director's personal journey experiencing his mother's disappearance into the Alzheimer disease, a film with essential Fridriksson's ingredients, humour, compassion and strong visual style.
- DirectorCyril de GasperisStarsLiliane RovèreCecile CoustillacJocelyne DesverchèreIn this sensitive examination of the effects of Alzheimer's a home care assistant, Felicia, is charged with spending her days with Anna, an elderly woman suffering from dementia. When Anna's husband vanishes, Felicia dedicates herself to Anna, and like Anna, slowly loses all sense of time and self.
- DirectorNick CassavetesStarsGena RowlandsJames GarnerRachel McAdamsAn elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.
- DirectorRichard EyreStarsJudi DenchJim BroadbentKate WinsletTrue story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
- DirectorAndrea Martínez CrowtherStarsBea AaronsonAndrea Martínez CrowtherJerry MaretteDiagnosed with Alzheimer's, Lena goes to Andrea, a filmmaker she used to know, to help her record her own deterioration in a documentary. The film becomes a trip down memory lane: her love for Henrik, for poetry, and becoming a widow.
- DirectorAntonis RenierisMaria SvoliantopoulouStarsAndriani AngelidakiPetros FarsarakisGeorgios KanakisEverything starts on a Group Therapy session. Eleni attends to face the bitter truth and cope with the situation with her mother, that has been diagnosed with Altzheimer's disease. The film features the side of the child that chooses to stand by the diseased parent till the end.
- DirectorMaria RipollStarsOscar MartínezInma CuestaMafalda CarbonellA retired academic teacher tries to find the love of his youth after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
- DirectorRyôta NakanoStarsYû AoiElenKisetsu FujiwaraMari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They help prepare their mother for his farewell and prepare themselves for the emotions to follow.
- DirectorSarah BarbulescoStarsDon MostBonnie HellmanRonnie MarmoWhen a seemingly indomitable grandmother is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, her ability to fulfill her matriarch role unravels and her daughter must navigate keeping the family afloat with little assistance from her career-focused wife.
- DirectorJae-eun JeongStarsAnna IshibashiKim Jae-WookMasanobu KatsumuraA writer of romance novels falls in love with a much younger guy. Their romance is doomed, though, because she has Alzheimer.
- DirectorJosé Enrique PintorStarsFrancis CruzStephany LirianoJohnnie MercedesA young man with Down syndrome and his grandfather diagnosed with Alzheimer form a special relationship to escape daily hostilities and to try finding happiness.
- DirectorFrancesco BruniStarsAndrea CarpenzanoGiuliano MontaldoArturo BruniA young man named Alessandro begrudgingly accepts a job as a companion for Giorgio, an elderly poet with Alzheimer's. As they banter during their daily walks, they slowly piece together Giorgio's long-buried memories, revealing clues to a hidden treasure.
- DirectorTil SchweigerStarsNick NolteMatt DillonEmily MortimerA man suffering from Alzheimer's embarks on a final road trip with his granddaughter.
- DirectorJean-Albert LièvreFlore, a painter with Alzheimer's, cannot speak, walk, eat or smile after treatment. Her doctors want to move her to a "secure" facility. But Flore's children remove her from the institution and bring her home to Corsica instead.
- DirectorMathieu RoyStarsMarcel SabourinFlorence Blain MbayeÉmile Proulx-CloutierTwo estranged brothers try to deal with their father's worsening Alzheimer's disease.
- DirectorBehruz AfkhamiStarsDerek TiddAnita SchmollFred SchmollAn Alzheimer's patient is in the advanced stages of the disease and his family is no longer able to care for him.
- DirectorHans SteinbichlerStarsJuliane KöhlerHannelore ElsnerKaroline HerfurthIn Germany, in 1991, Marga suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Sofia, her daughter, only reluctantly accepts to take care of this mother, who has always treated her with a certain coldness.
- DirectorAgustí VilaStarsEmma SuárezEduard FernándezMartina GarcíaA dysfunctional middle class family avoids their issues. Miguel wants to pay their immigrant teen maid Ana for sex, his wife Alice has an affair with their teen son's manipulative schoolmate and Miguel's parents deal with Alzheimer's.
- DirectorYukihiko TsutsumiStarsKen WatanabeKanako HiguchiKenji SakaguchiA successful businessman's family life is shattered by an early onset of Alzheimer's.
- DirectorJahnu BaruaStarsAnupam KherUrmila MatondkarParvin DabasAn ordinary man is struggling with the onset of Alzheimer's. His daughter fights to save her father from a descent into dementia, and to tries to understand the strange guilt that haunts him - that he is responsible for Gandhi's death.
- DirectorPark Kyung-JinJohn H. LeeKim Tae-WonStarsJung Woo-sungSon Ye-jinBaek Jong-hakA young couple's enduring love is tested when 27-year-old Su-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.
- DirectorLaurent Vinas-RaymondStarsOmar SharifÉmilie DequenneFranck GourlatMarie is a young woman with a troubled past. Her passion is painting, but she never had any formal training. Living in the South of France, she takes whatever work she can get to make ends meet. Then she befriends the elderly painter Jaume and he becomes her mentor. But their relationship is not an easy one: Jaume has Alzheimer's disease.
- DirectorZabou BreitmanStarsIsabelle CarréBernard CampanBernard Le CoqAlthough barely 30, Claire believes she is showing the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a condition from which her mother has recently died. Her sister, Nathalie, is certain that her memory loss, caused by a lightning strike, is temporary. In the clinic where she is being treated, Claire is attracted to Philippe, a man who is still traumatized after a car accident in which his wife and child were both killed. In spite of their personal tragedies, Claire and Philippe fall in love. When Philippe recovers, Claire moves into his home. Then Claire's condition takes a turn for the worse...
- DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsRicardo DarínHéctor AlterioNorma AleandroA dissatisfied 40-year-old, separated and without time for his own daughter and girlfriend must rethink his life when his father decides to marry his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, by church.
- DirectorBille AugustStarsSven WollterViveka SeldahlReine BrynolfssonSwedish composer/conductor Martin and concertmaster Barbara fall in love. After their divorces, they're happily married. While composing an opera, Martin is diagnosed with Alzheimer's. It slowly changes him.
- DirectorMaite AlberdiStarsAugusto GóngoraPaulina UrrutiaGustavo CeratiAugusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Both fear the day he no longer recognizes her.
- DirectorCharles HaineStarsJoyce Van PattenAlly WalkerAshley JonesA young man must return to his small Appalachian hometown to face his grandmother's worsening Alzheimer's disease only to discover that his own painful memories are holding him back in his life.
- DirectorJames C.E. BurkeStarsJoshua JacksonDonald SutherlandJuliette LewisA troubled young man struggling to right himself after the premature death of his father.
- DirectorTerry KinneyStarsMatthew BroderickVirginia MadsenAlan AldaA Chicago journalist suffering from memory loss takes leaves from his job and returns to his rural hometown, where he bonds with his Alzheimer's-impaired uncle Rollie and his old flame.
- DirectorJohn WilliamsStarsMahoTsutomu NiwaEtsuko KimataNaomi (Maho Ukai), is a spoiled teenager from Nagoya whose parents send her off to the country for the summer to work at her aunt's inn. After being asked to care for Mrs. Koide (Yoshie Minami), an aging relative with Alzheimer's disease, Naomi developes an extraordinary friendship with the older woman that changes her perspective on life.
- DirectorShun'ya ItôStarsYukiyo ToakeMinoru ChiakiTeruhiko SaigôGrandfather Fuyukichi Takano, a former university professor, gets fired from his museum job when he is affected by Alzheimer's disease, but his affliction serves to deepen family ties.
- DirectorAmanda LeMonica PetruzzelliGabe SchimmelStarsMichael HorvichGregory MaireAlzheimer's: A Love Story follows Greg and Michael as they struggle with a disease eradicating the memory of their relationship 40+ years in the making.
- DirectorPupi AvatiStarsFabrizio BentivoglioFrancesca NeriSerena GrandiLino Settembre and his wife Chicca lead a tranquil married life without any serious problems. They are satisfied with their careers. He's the sports editor at the Messenger and she's a professor of medieval languages at the Universita' Gregoriana. The only true disappointment in their 25 years of marriage has been the lack of children. They used the situation to strengthen their marriage instead of letting it become real problem. But now, in a totally unexpected way, they're presented with a big worry: Lino is having some really serious memory problems that little by little get worse and start to interrupt the routine of their daily lives and activities both at home and at work. At first both Lino and Chicca decide to laugh it off but the problem manifests itself more and more until, after careful attention and in-depth medical exams, they receive the diagnosis of degenerative brain disease that's destroying his brain.
- DirectorElizabeth ChomkoStarsHilary SwankMichael ShannonRobert ForsterBridget returns home at her brother's urging to deal with her ailing mother and her father's reluctance to let go of their life together.
- DirectorJeff BlecknerStarsJoanne WoodwardRichard KileyGeraldine FitzgeraldBarbara Wyatt-Hollis is an English professor who begins to fall under the effects of Alzheimer's. The film documents her decline and the emotional turmoil it causes for her. It also show how the changes impact her husband, George, and their children. The film also looks at the process by which families can be educated and supported to deal with the impact of the disease, as well what is done for those afflicted.
- DirectorTil SchweigerLars GmehlingStarsPasquale AleardiMarco BorieroAlexa BrunnerBefore Tilda's parents can put her beloved grandfather in an old people's home due to his progressing Alzheimer disease, she takes him on one last adventure that subliminally threatens to tear her family apart.
- DirectorIgnacio FerrerasStarsTacho GonzálezÁlvaro GuevaraMabel RiveraAn astonishing cocktail of friendship, resistance and life set among the unexpected landscape of an elderly care facility.
- DirectorKitty NortonStarsRosanne CorcoranAshley DouglassGrace DouglassSeeking healing and comfort in community, a dementia family caregiver road trips the U.S. to swap stories of love, humor, devotion, and death with other dementia caregivers who share this hilariously heartbreaking end-of-life journey.
- DirectorLouise DetlefsenStarsMay Bjerre EibyIT IS NOT OVER YET is an immersive, life-affirming journey into the day-to-day rhythm of a controversial Danish nursing home for people with dementia, providing a rarely seen and uplifting experience of aging with dignity, grace and joy.
- DirectorJohan NijenhuisStarsHerman FinkersJohanna ter SteegeLeonie ter BraakA middle-aged veterinary surgeon, believing that his wife pampers him too much, fakes the onset of dementia to get away from her.
- DirectorRaphaël BalboniAnn SirotStarsJo DeseureJean Le PeltierLucie DebayAlex and Noémie, in their thirties, would like to have a child. But their plans are turned upside down when Alex's mother, Suzanne, starts doing crazy stuff. It's because she has contracted 'semantic dementia', a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects her behavior. She spends lavishly, pays nightly visits to her neighbors to eat sandwiches, makes herself a fake driver's license with glue and scissors. Suzanne the mother goes to Suzanne the unmanageable-kid. A strange school of parenting for Noémie and Alex.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsChristopher PlummerKim RobertsAmanda SmithWith 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.
- DirectorJay GiannoneStarsTaryn ManningLesley Ann WarrenTatyana AliPaul did everything a person is supposed to do to keep their mind healthy - until he gets Dementia. As his disease progresses, his family comes together to decide what to do.
- CreatorAnna DahlmanTatiana ElfStarsKatariina KaitueKarlo HaapiainenMiila VirtanenKultakala / Goldfish is a story based on real events. It's about a mother who loves life and a daughter who loves her career. Everything changes when the mother is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's.
- DirectorJordan CantelloStarsBrittany CantelloColwin CantelloEleanor CantelloA deeply personal look at a woman's unique struggle with semantic dementia--her fight to maintain her sense of self--and her husband's increasing difficulty to care for her, in this story of tested faith and unconditional love.
- DirectorYeon-Shick ShinStarsSeo Hyeon-jinGong Jin SeoYoung Woo SuhSoo-Jin tries to live a perfect life as a lawyer and mother after divorce. Soo-Jin hears the she has Alzheimer's. Her father, In-Woo begins to accompany Soo-Jin and her daughter so that they can live even if she forgets her memories.
- DirectorSteve EcclesineStarsGreg O'BrienLisa GenovaDoug ScaliseA unique cinematic journey that puts a human face on the most terrifying disease of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, shining a light on issues that affect 50% of Americans over the age of 55.
- DirectorRagnhild Nøst BergemStarsJan Ingvar JørstadMildrid MæhlumSigvald TveitThree meetings with dementia. Jan, Mimi and Sigvald have different kinds of dementia or Alzheimers' disease. How does this affect their lives and the search for words, memories and items and how does it effect their nearest? What can help?
- DirectorMichael LembeckStarsEllen BurstynJane CurtinLoretta DevineAfter reluctantly agreeing to move into a home for seniors, a woman encounters a clique of mean-spirited women and an amorous widower.
- DirectorMatías De Leis CorreaStarsMarisol OteroSebastián SinnottGraciela MuñozJanuary 13th, 2019. Catalina lives with her son Emanuel and her mother Nilda, who's been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease two years ago. This same day is Nilda's 70th birthday and some relatives will visit them. Catalina will struggle with her feelings, her relatives, her mother and the hotness of the day.
- DirectorEman PradiptaStarsCut Mini TheoWafda Saifan LubisYasamin JasemDamar faces a tough decision when his mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease: devote himself to her care or commit to his girlfriend, Laras.
- DirectorThiago DadaltStarsDawnella TrammellThe heartache begins when Nancy Paulikas, 55, diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, wanders away on a family trip to an L.A. museum in October 2016. The constant search for her uncovers the gaps in our country's social and health systems. Is Nancy still alive? If so, Where is Nancy? "Where Is Nancy?" is endorsed by Alzheimer's Los Angeles.
- DirectorMelissa GodoyStarsJeannette RobinsonWhat will it take to cure your most dreaded disease? A pound of flesh? A genius mind? How about the ability to wrangle with family.
- DirectorAisling WalshStarsGlenda JacksonMaggie SteedSophie RundleA woman affected by dementia struggles to solve the disappearance of her friend.
- CreatorAitor GabilondoStarsJose CoronadoÁlex GonzálezClaudia TraisacNemo Bandeira, a dealer with a clean businessman facade, is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and tries to keep it from his family while he starts to think about who might be his successor.
- StarsHaluk BilginerSebnem BozokluRecep UstaA man diagnosed with Alzheimer's decides to punish criminals.
- DirectorBindu De StoppaniStarsLuigi DibertiAnna FerzettiNicola MastroberardinoThe moving and at times heartbreaking humorous story of a father and daughters' journey to get to know each other, whilst simultaneously forgetting what bonded them in the first place.
- DirectorMaite AlberdiGiedre ZickyteStarsJosebe EchavegurenMario RosselotOscar SotomayorJosebe (88) lives in a retirement home in Chile. She thinks she has only just arrived from the Basque Country, and every day must learn, again and again, that she's been in that home for over a year - and in Chile for 70 years.
- StarsLee Sung-minYoon Kyung-hoLee Jung-GilPark Tae Suk is a lawyer who finds out that he has Alzheimer's and puts his life on the line to fight one last case.
- DirectorOona-Devi LiebichIsmail SahinStarsMatthias BrennerOliver MarloFrank AuerbachFollows a friendship that is being put to the test by Alzheimer's disease.
- DirectorJames KeachStarsGlen CampbellKim CampbellRonald PetersenAs he struggles with Alzheimer's disease, country-music legend Glen Campbell embarks on his farewell tour in the U.S., Australia, and Europe.
- DirectorCarles BoschStarsSuvarna AlladiFidel BellmuntMonique BretelerWe accompany as witnesses Pasqual Maragall (Former President of Catalonia and former Mayor of Barcelona) and his surroundings during the first steps in the fight against Alzheimer's.
- DirectorCharlie RussellStarsTerry PratchettRob WilkinsTerry Pratchett took a personal journey through the science and the reality of what it's like to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's. A race to find a cure as he tried to find ways of slowing, mitigating or even reversing its course.
- DirectorMark WexlerStarsHaskell WexlerMark WexlerBilly CrystalThe son of acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler confronts his complex father by turning the camera on him. What results is a portrait of a difficult genius and a son's path out of the shadow of a famous father.
- DirectorNicole van KilsdonkStarsJacqueline BlomKitty CourboisJaap MaarleveldCella is a succesful host of a local TV show, but her life is shaken up when she loses her father and her mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
- DirectorNaoko NobutomoDirector Naoko Nobutomo chronicling the enduring love, resilience and struggles of her nonagenarian parents as her mother's Alzheimer's-related dementia gradually worsens.
- DirectorWon Shin-yeonStarsSol Kyung-guKim Nam-gilKim Seol-hyunA former serial killer with Alzheimer's fights to protect his daughter from her psychotic boyfriend.
- DirectorJohn UpchurchStarsRam Gopal BajajPankaj TripathiSameer KochharA Hindu doctor with dementia and a Muslim auto rickshaw driver form an unlikely friendship as they cross India in search of the doctor's childhood home.
- DirectorTal GranitSharon MaymonStarsZe'ev RevachLevana FinkelsteinAliza RosenResidents of a retirement home build a machine for self-euthanasia in order to help their terminally ill friend, though they are faced with a series of dilemmas when rumors of the machine begin to spread.
- DirectorAzuma MorisakiStarsNaoto TakenakaRyô KaseWakana MatsumotoYuuichi Okano is a baby boomer born and raised in Nagasaki, Japan. His bald-head looks like a pecoross, a small onion. His Mother, Mitsue has dementia that began soon after her husband, Satoru, passed away 10 years ago... The film depicts their daily life that is full of humor and sweet sorrow. The theme of this film is nursing care and dementia that take up as serious social issue in Japan; the aging of population is advancing rapidly. But the Director, Azuma Morisaki, the age of 85, he is now the oldest active film director in Japan, got through with this film as the light and heart-warming movie.
- DirectorDan ChildStarsLouis TherouxJanet CottrellDawn GrantLouis travels to Phoenix, Arizona - the capital of dementia care.
- DirectorNik FacklerStarsMartin LandauEllen BurstynElizabeth BanksA holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.
- DirectorTamara JenkinsStarsLaura LinneyPhilip Seymour HoffmanPhilip BoscoA sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsAaron AlexanderFrummie BlattHume CronynJohn Cooper is in a retirement home. There are strict rules for the residents, but he refuses to fall into passivity. He flirts constantly with Nurse Wilson and spends time with his best buddy Michael Aylott, who's slowly drifting into senility. The movie portrays the fight for independence and dignity in old age.
- DirectorPhyllida LloydStarsMeryl StreepJim BroadbentRichard E. GrantAn elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.
- DirectorJohn SchmidtStarsBarbara BabcockKen HowardOssie DavisA business executive's life is turned upside-down when his wife contracts a debilitating disease.