Movies

Based on an Alice Munro short story: a woman with early Alzheimer’s moves into a care home, where she develops feelings for another resident—and her…

The love story of philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, framing her life through the lens of Alzheimer’s. Judi Dench and…

Julianne Moore won the Oscar for her portrayal of a linguistics professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s at 50. A shattering portrait of cognitive decline, identity,…

Meryl Streep’s Oscar-winning portrayal of Margaret Thatcher — framed through Thatcher’s final years of dementia and grief. Whatever one thinks of her politics, the film…

Blythe Danner gives a dignified, fully human performance as a mother with Alzheimer’s as her adult children clash over her care. Why it’s here: dementia…