15 movies for seniors, with them as the main characters.

Several films recommended especially for those who have entered old age.

Today, the seventh art is one of the most popular the seventh art is one of the most popular among the general among the general population, with most of us having gone to see more than one film on occasion. It is attended by people of all ages and backgrounds, from the youngest to the oldest. In general, all films are more or less enjoyable for everyone, although in the case of children certain contents or genres would not be appropriate.

But we can also observe how some films are more focused on a specific audience, or make it easy for a certain type of population to feel more identified. An example of this is one that is dedicated to the elderly.

Although in reality any film can be suitable for an elderly person, it is likely that some of them make greater reference to more frequent problems in advanced ages or that they promote a perspective that helps to face old age in a positive way. That is why in this article we are going to recommend a brief selection of films for seniors.

Movies for seniors

As we have just mentioned, below we will see a series of films for seniors, specifically about fifteen of them. We have made a selection of films that are mostly relatively recent, although we can also see among them several classics.

1. On the Golden Pond (1981)

This old movie tells us how Norma and Ethel Thayer, an elderly couple, retire to Golden Point or the golden pond, to spend the summer vacations. There we gradually see how Ethel is suffering from different ailments and limitations, gradually beginning to show symptoms of Alzheimer's disease as well.. The couple will also be visited by their daughter, who has a tense relationship with her father.

2. A Stroke with Style (2017).

This movie, very recent in time, tells us how three retirees decide to rob a bank, despite their old age despite their advanced age to get their money back, after the bank canceled their pension plans.

3. Cinema Paradiso (1998)

This well-known Italian film narrates the life of Salvatore Di Vita, who as a child discovered his taste for cinema and went whenever he could to the cinema that gives its name to the film. There, little by little he began to make friends with AlfredoAlfredo, an older man who is in charge of controlling the projection of films.

From him she will learn the basics of her profession, to the point that she will also work as a projectionist while her relationship with the old man deepens and she turns to him for advice on various aspects of her life. With the passage of time and thanks in part to the advice and role of the old man Alfredo in his life, he will manage to become a highly recognized film director.

4. Elsa and Fred (2005)

A story that encourages us to enjoy the time we have despite loss and sadness. The film introduces us to octogenarian Fred introduces us to octogenarian Fred Barcroftwho has recently suffered the loss of his wife and because of this is apathetic, with little desire to do things.

He moves, at first involuntarily and at his daughter's insistence, to a smaller apartment. Fortunately, in his new home he meets (and ends up falling in love with) his neighbor, Elsa, a lady of a similar age to him who, unlike him, is a jovial woman eager to fulfill her dreams, and who will help him see that he still has a lot to live for.

5. The Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

In this well-known and popular movie, which has had a sequel, a group of elderly retirees decide to enjoy retirement at the renowned Marigold Hotel in India. Although upon arriving at the hotel they find that it is not what they expected, being in poor condition and in the hands of an inexperienced young man, little by little the elderly will begin to rediscover what life has to offer them..

6. Gran Torino (2008)

In this film, Walt, a recently widowed retired war veteran who rejects the Asian community (partly because of his participation in the Korean War), which he believes is invading his town, discovers that a young Asian man is trying to steal his car due to pressure from a local gang. Despite her reluctance, she decides to help him and his sister, which in the course of the film will lead her to acquire a more flexible view of her own life. him to acquire a more flexible vision of reality..

7. Beginners (2010)

This film focuses on Oliver, a man who will meet an actress with whom he will have a relationship while remembering the story of his recently deceased father. Some time before his death, after becoming a widower at 75 years of age, he decides to come out of the closet.confessing to his son that he was gay and opening up to live freely.

8. Le Week-end (2011)

In this film we see how an elderly couple with a somewhat strained relationship decides to return to their honeymoon spot, Paris, during their thirtieth anniversary to try to fix their situation. However, the trip does not work out at first. the trip doesn't work out at firstHowever, the trip doesn't work out at first, often arguing about various aspects of their relationship.

Also during the trip they meet an old friend of her husband, something that together with a series of unexpected experiences and problems will make them both acquire a new vision of life and their relationship.

9. Cocoon (1985)

A film with fantastic overtones, in which some elderly people who live in a residence discover the fountain of eternal youth in a pool where some cocoons of alien origin dwell, something that will make them regain their strength and recover the feeling of strength and vitality of youth.

10. Three times 20 years (2011)

This romantic comedy stars a couple of sexagenarians who live their lives in an active way until one day they realize that they are already reaching old age, something to which to which he reacts by trying to stay young while she tries to prepare herself for old age. This leads to conflicts and their separation, at least initially.

11. RED (2010)

A film that combines action and comedy to make us see that those who have already retired should not be underestimated, showing us how retired and elderly former agents investigate how and why they are pursuing and trying to kill one of them, Frank Moses.

12. A True Story (1999)

This story is based on a true story. It tells us how an old man with different health problems and in charge of a daughter with a disability decides to travel more than five hundred kilometers on a tractor (the only means of transportation available to him), in order to see his brother again, who recently had a Heart attack and with whom he had not spoken for years.

13. Twilight of the Gods (1950)

An old film that tells us how the former star Norma Desmond welcomes the young screenwriter Joe Gillis in her home, and tries to hire him to revise a script that she herself wrote in order to return to the world of cinema. However, she eventually ends up wanting something more with the young screenwriter, something that will end up having serious repercussions for him.

14. Harold and Maude (1971)

This film offers us the story of Harold, a young man who is obsessed with death and who meets Maude, a benevolent old woman. meets Maude, a benevolent old woman, during a funeral.. Little by little the old woman will teach him to value life, while establishing a friendship and eventually even a romantic relationship.

15. In the seventh heaven (2008)

This German film shows us that sex and passion is not something that has to be lost over the years. The story introduces us to Inge, an elderly housewife who becomes involved in a love triangle between her, her husband and a man named Karl, in a story in which we see not only love and sex but a reflection on life.