The Revolt of Job (1983), Nobody's Fool (1994), Lucky (2017), Tatie Danielle (1990), Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann (2013), Get Low (2009), Kind Lady (1935), The Village Barbershop (2008) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Elderly Protagonist movies.
Storyline: Hungary, 1943. An elderly Jewish couple, Job and Roza, adopt an unruly non-Jewish child to whom they intend to pass on their wealth and knowledge before Nazi oppression engulfs Hungary.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: rural life, family relationships, test of humanity, historical drama, child's perspective, moral dilemma, cultural clash ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sully is a rascally ne'er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker's compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis Carl, and flirts with Carl's young wife Toby. Sully's long-forgotten son and his family have moved back to town, so Sully faces unfamiliar family responsibilities. Meanwhile, Sully's landlady's banker son plots to push through a new development and evict Sully from his mother's life.
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, family, heartwarming, small-town life, father-son relationship, coming of age ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Lucky is an old US Navy veteran of rigid habits and attitudes in a small town. When his routine is interrupted by a sudden collapse at home, Lucky finds himself realizing that his remarkably healthy old age is going to face an inevitable decline and he has to accept it. In that difficult reassessment, Lucky must face up to what he believes in and how much it compares to his neighbors' priorities. In doing so, Lucky finds that his life has its positive side as he searches for some meaning that he can accept.
Plot Keywords: drama, comedy, black comedy, independent film, aging, death, existentialism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Auntie Danielle, supposedly in ailing health but in reality just a nasty old bitch, lives with a paid housekeeper who she regularly abuses. When the housekeeper dies falling off a ladder, Danielle moves in with her great-nephew and his family. She continues using her nastiness to manipulate everyone into doing things her way until the family goes on vacation to Greece. The young housekeeper they hire to watch after her knows what Auntie is doing, and deals with her accordingly, and they begin forming respect for each other.—Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, french film, family, elderly, black comedy, generational conflict, satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Based on the internationally best-selling novel by Jonas Jonasson, the unlikely story of a 100-year-old man who decides it's not too late to start over. For most people it would be the adventure of a lifetime, but Allan Karlsson's unexpected journey is not his first. For a century he's made the world uncertain, and now he is on the loose again.
Plot Keywords: comedy, adventure, swedish film, novel adaptation, black comedy, road movie, absurd ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Felix Bush (Robert Duvall) is a hermit who has no regard for anybody in the town or anyone who wants to get to know him. But one day, after a fellow old hermit has died and he hears people in the town telling stories about him, he decides that he needs to get these stories out in the public. He recruits Frank (Bill Murray), the local funeral home director, to host his own funeral. This way he can hear what everyone is saying about him, and get the truth to his past out in the open. But will he be able to get anybody to come? And will he be able to reveal his secrets?
Plot Keywords: drama, crime, mystery, black comedy, american film, independent film, 2000s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Mary Herries is a rich woman with a habit of contributing to those less fortunate than her. On her way home from a concert on Christmas Eve she discovers a poor, would-be artist outside her estate. Mary takes pity on this artist, Henry Abbott, and gives him some food and money. After taking him in, she finds herself somewhat attracted to this artist; he is handsome, and quite knowledgeable of fine art, especially the paintings in Mary's extensive collection. However, when she discovers that Henry has both a wife and a small child that he is struggling to support, she gives him some money and hand-me downs, and sends him on his way. A few days later he shows up with some of his own paintings (which are absolutely awful) as well as some items he stole from Mary's house on Christmas Eve. Henry demands a large amount of money for his paintings, which Mary eventually pays. She then discovers that Henry has left his wife and baby outside, in the rain. His wife collapses and Mary, out of pity, lets Henry and his family stay with her until his wife is well. Soon, Mary's servants have all quit, tired of dealing with Henry and his family, who are unreasonable and greedy. Once the servants are gone, Henry's extended family arrives, and Mary discovers to her horror that Henry's "family" is actually a gang of art thieves, planning to imprison her in her own house to gain control of her art collection.—Jonathan Broxton <j.w.broxton@sheffield.ac.uk>
Plot Keywords: drama, thriller, crime, mystery, film noir, psychological thriller, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Art Leroldi is widowed and fading - a small time Reno barber stuck in a rut of haircuts and horse-books. When he loses his cutting partner of twenty years, he's faced with closing Reno's last man's man barbershop or hiring the last person on earth he'd ever want working there - a woman. More specifically, Gloria MacIntyre, a broke, spit-fire young woman suddenly unable to take no for answer. This is the story two unlikely people, who meet in one unlikely place - The Village Barbershop.—Chris Ford
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, independent film, american movie, small town life, human relationships, coming of age ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Allan Karlsson, a 100-year-old explosives expert, escapes from a retirement home.
Plot Keywords: comedy, adventure, drama, swedish film, road movie, historical events, satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Eighty-six-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his eight-year-old grandson Billy, in "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa". Jackass characters Irving Zisman (Johnny Knoxville) and Billy (Jackson Nicoll) will take movie audiences along for the most insane hidden camera road trip ever captured on camera. Along the way Irving will introduce the young and impressionable Billy to people, places, and situations that give new meaning to the term "childrearing". The duo will encounter male strippers, disgruntled child beauty pageant contestants (and their equally disgruntled mothers), funeral home mourners, biker bar patrons, and a whole lot of unsuspecting citizens. Real people in unreal situations, making for one really messed up comedy.
Plot Keywords: comedy, prank, mockumentary, road movie, crude humor, social satire, improvisation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A secluded retirement community is plagued by mysterious and deadly attacks until a grizzled war veteran moves in, rallies the residents, and discovers a beast is behind the killings.
Plot Keywords: horror, werewolf, mystery, thriller, action, dark, gory ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A remake of the 1955 comedy, the story revolves around a Southern professor who puts together a group of thieves to rob a casino. They rent a room in an old woman's house, but soon she discovers the plot and they must kill her, a task that is more difficult than it seems.
Plot Keywords: crime, comedy, black comedy, remake, american film, tom hanks, heist ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Irascible Irving Zisman (Johnny Knoxville) and his young and impressionable grandson, Billy (Jackson Nicoll), set out on a road trip across America. Hidden cameras capture their insane and shocking encounters with a diverse set of unsuspecting citizens, including male strippers, disgruntled contestants (and their mothers) from a children's beauty pageant, mourners at a funeral home, patrons at a biker bar and more. Based on the "Jackass" TV series.
Plot Keywords: comedy, prank, mockumentary, adult humor, vulgar, road movie, absurd ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Melissa, a happily married woman with an 8-year-old daughter, invites her husband's mother to live with them. However, Melissa comes to realize that Grandma is unhinged and wants to kidnap Melissa's daughter to replace her own dead child.
Plot Keywords: comedy, crime, black comedy, family, violence, thriller, mystery ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Decorated Vietnam hero Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus (where he protects an elderly black man from a pair of skin heads) makes him a local hero where he's suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend Klondike is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.
Plot Keywords: action, crime, revenge, violence, thriller, urban, tough guy ...
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