Movies

Films recommended for women navigating midlife and beyond.

Amour

Dir. Michael Haneke · PG-13 · 127 min

An elderly Parisian couple face the aftermath of a stroke with devastating honesty. One of cinema’s most unflinching portrayals of aging, caregiving, and love —…
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Away From Her

Dir. Sarah Polley · PG-13 · min

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…
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Diane

Dir. Kent Jones · NR · 95 min

Mary Kay Place gives a quiet masterclass as Diane, an older New England woman keeping herself busy caring for others while neglecting herself. A raw,…
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Fried Green Tomatoes

Dir. Jon Avnet · PG-13 · 130 min

A midlife woman in an unfulfilling marriage finds her sense of self through the stories of two women from 1930s Alabama told to her by…
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The Leisure Seeker

Dir. Paolo Virzì · · 112 min

Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland are an older couple who slip away for one last road trip in their battered RV, she retaining wit, desire…
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What They Had

Dir. Elizabeth Chomko · · 101 min

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…
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