Retirement Home Movies

Third Act is a film about aging. Leo is 80 years old and tours the world with the internationally renowned dance-theatre company Peeping Tom. On...

Every week, two friends born 67 years apart share their life stories in a senior home's living room. The younger friend convinces the 107-year-old...

With an empathetic and intimate lens, veteran filmmaker Denys Desjardins captures his elderly mother's experience of neglect in Quebec's healthcare...

A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.

In a decaying Soviet-era retirement home, a vibrant group of elders cling to life by staging Shakespeare. Yet loneliness lingers beyond the...

The residents of Mapleview retirement home rebel against their oppressors and take the staff hostage. Their demands are simple. They want more...

In retirementhome Avondrood there's a weekly bingo night. Feisty old lady Gerda starts a crazy quest to find the lost bingo ball.

Juan, a seventy-year-old man with senile dementia, shares a room with Manuel, a young sparrow.

A life-time criminal is on the run after completing a diamond theft gone wrong. She seeks her mother's help in staying on the run and resist the urge...

A WW2 veteran destined for life in a retirement home escapes his difficult family situation and embarks on a cross country adventure to find the last...

This powerfully bittersweet comedy follows the relationship that develops between nursing home residents Fonsia (Mary Tyler Moore) and Weller (Dick...

Far away from any other urban centers, Itapuã is a small community with the characteristics and rituals of everyday life. The location, which...

A boy who is helping lonely, elderly people revives their urge to live and receives in return their love and understanding, which have been denied to...

Its the annual Christmas Eve concert at the Marigold House Assisted Living Facility. All her friends are dying and Florence wants out. When the...

Lake, a young theater actor with no respect for the elderly, is forced to make himself look old, in order to land a part in a Broadway-bound play....

Francesca has a serious problem: her grandson Alessandro. After the death of his parents, she has been a mother and also a father to him. But now...

Harassed by her peers and deeply self-conscious, 14-year-old Sam finds solace and unlikely friendship in two elderly residents at the retirement home...

A bitter-sweet comedy about two people who wish to live life to the full despite their age. Ota is a retired high-school teacher and at this point in...