Movies
Films recommended for women navigating midlife and beyond.
AllAgeismAging & LongevityBody ImageBrain HealthCancer & IllnessCareer & WorkCaregivingCreativity & ArtsDeath & DyingFaith & SpiritualityFamily & MotherhoodFeminism & Women's RightsFinance & RetirementFitness & ExerciseFriendshipGrief & LossHormone ReplacementHumorLGBTQ+MenopauseMental HealthMidlifeRace & IdentityReinventionRelationships & MarriageSexual HealthSexualityTravelWomen in Power

Amour
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 —…
Read more →
Away From Her
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…
Read more →
Diane
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,…
Read more →
Fried Green Tomatoes
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…
Read more →
The Leisure Seeker
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…
Read more →
What They Had
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…
Read more →