Aging Movies

On her fifteenth birthday, a young girl contemplates the subtle nature of growing up. Memories from the past and present drift through her mind,...

Nena is a young woman obsessed with her appearance and with the idea of growing old. Influenced by a culture that turns female aging into something...

The 94-year-old Robert Frank’s unique recordings of his fellow artists Harry Smith and Allen Ginsberg, which he had salvaged from his own...

For over a decade, Stephanie has sacrificed her golden years to care for her husband with dementia.

Suffering from Alzheimer's, a pensioner is facing his caregiver going mysteriously missing. Confused, he looks for her in his nursing home's hallways...

When Gérard finds a dead raccoon in his front yard, the old man becomes strangely distressed, shaken by thoughts of his own demise. Jocelyne...

In 1985 a picturesque Argentinian holiday town was completely flooded, not to re-emerge until 2009. Now only Pablo remains in this modern day...

Sappho's Fire offers reflections about the journey that all of us must travel and the ways in which to reclaim one's later life. By following the...

Alzheimer's: Every Minute Counts is an urgent wake-up call about the national threat posed by Alzheimer's disease. Many know the unique tragedy of...

BELOW SURFACE reveals the extraordinary power of community through an unlikely subject: a YMCA Aquafit class. The documentary gathers numerous moving...

A documentary revealing society's perceptions of old age.

"Barbara Hammer's Optic Nerve is a powerful personal reflection on family and aging. Hammer employs filmed footage which, through optical printing...

The Walking Man follows an 82-year-old man with a passion for the cosmos who has walked the equivalent of the Earth's circumference nearly four times.

The director's grandfather is a blind fortune teller and his father a real-estate owner. They have grievances against each other for dismantling the...

In a quiet corner, far removed from big money, celebrity status and drug scandals lies the true value of sport. This is a film about friendship and...

Triggered by a familiar face, an elderly man with Alzheimer’s journeys through the vivid, golden memories of his teenage love — the one...

85 years old and never married, Shizu has spent the past 3 decades living in one "Danchi" - the Japanese word for public housing - and filling it...

A documentary following three older drag entertainers at Aunt Charlie's Lounge in the Tenderloin area of San Francisco. The film explores the rituals...