The Gerontological Movies Blog

The film embarks on a deeply personal journey of the hero to find Miko, the Japanese woman he fell in love with more than fifty years earlier.

A Kind of Madness (2025), directed by Christiaan Olwagen, is a poignant South African drama that explores love, aging, and dementia.

Remarkably Bright Creatures is a gentle and beautiful film. Its cinematography is stunning, its story is deeply heartwarming, and, ultimately, it raises thoughtful and meaningful gerontological questions.

How an inter-generational restaurant becomes a celebration of family, community, and cultural heritage, showing how food can help heal grief and bring people together.

The film thoughtfully engages with central themes in the psychology of aging, illustrating how traumatic events from earlier stages of life continue to shape and influence us well into old age.

For those who enjoy watching films, long flights offer a rare opportunity—not only to catch up on recent releases, but also to discover movies you might never have otherwise considered. That’s exactly how I came across The Best You Can . The Best You Can (2025) is an American romantic comedy-drama written, produced, and directed by Michael J. Weithorn. The film follows Cynthia Rand (Kyra Sedgwick), a successful New York physician married to a significantly older husband, War

June Squibb—who at 96 embodies Eleanor with extraordinary vitality—is a triumph. Squibb continues to defy ageist assumptions, demonstrating once again that advanced age does not diminish artistic power or screen presence.

Ageing, dementia, intergenerational conflict and clash of values and generations. All in one gerontological film.