Best "old lady" Movies of All Time

24 movies found (page 1/1):

The Lady Vanishes(1938)

3.8/5 (with 373 votes)

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock - With Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, May Whitty, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers, ...

The Ladykillers(1955)

| 1h 31min | Comedy, Crime

3.6/5 (with 194 votes)

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

Directed by Alexander Mackendrick - With Alec Guinness, Katie Johnson, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Danny Green, ...

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Black Moon(1975)

1h 41min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction

3.1/5 (with 62 votes)

There is a war in the world between the men and the women. A young girl tries to escape this reality and comes to a hidden place where a strange unicorn lives with a family: sister, brother, many children and an old woman that never leaves her bed but stays in contact with the world through her radio.

Directed by Louis Malle - With Cathryn Harrison, Joe Dallesandro, Alexandra Stewart, Therese Giehse

Hell Baby(2013)

1h 38min | Comedy, Horror

2.6/5 (with 96 votes)

After she and her husband move into a haunted house, a woman gives birth to a demonic infant that wreaks havoc.

Directed by Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon

Lady for a Day(1933)

1h 36min | Comedy, Drama

3.6/5 (with 31 votes)

Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New York's high society. Upon receiving unexpected word from Louise (who hasn't seen Annie since infancy) that she is en route to America with her new fiancé and his father, a count, so the three of them can meet her, Annie panics, despairing that her beloved daughter will be destroyed by the deception.

Directed by Frank Capra - With May Robson, Guy Kibbee, Warren William, Glenda Farrell, Ned Sparks, Walter Connolly, ...

El señor doctor(1965)

1h 53min | Comedy

3.8/5 (with 41 votes)

It's about a country doctor that comes to the city while a clinic is built in his home town... he rubs off his care and compassion on others at the hospital with his humor and wit.

Directed by Miguel M. Delgado - With Cantinflas, Wolf Ruvinskis, Ada Carrasco, José Chávez Trowe, Ramón Valdés, Carmelita González, ...

The Whisperers(1967)

1h 45min | Drama, Thriller

3.2/5 (with 12 votes)

Margaret Ross is an impoverished old woman who lives alone in a seedy apartment and enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. One day she discovers stolen money hidden by her son and believes her fantasy has come true.

Directed by Bryan Forbes - With Edith Evans, Ronald Fraser, Eric Portman, Nanette Newman, Harry Baird, Robert Russell, ...

Beauties of the Night(2016)

1h 30min | Documentary

3.6/5 (with 11 votes)

What happened to those vedettes who represented the mexican cabaret’s exotic beauty in the ‘70s and ‘80s? Four decades after the end of their roles, they tell their stories with dignity.

Directed by Maria Jose Cuevas - With Olga Breeskin, Lyn May, Rossy Mendoza, Wanda Seux, Princesa Yamal

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The Young in Heart(1938)

1h 30min | Comedy

3.2/5 (with 10 votes)

The Carletons make a living as card sharks and finding new suckers to mooch off of. When their latest scam backfires, they are asked to leave Monte Carlo. At the train station, they meet Miss Fortune, a very wealthy but lonely elderly lady. As a reward for saving her life after the train derails, Miss Fortune invites the Carletons to come live with her. The family hopes that by winning her affection, they can eventually be named sole beneficiaries in her will. But will a change of heart soften their mercenary feelings before that time comes?

Directed by Richard Wallace - With Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Paulette Goddard, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Henry Stephenson, ...

Vienna Waits for You(2012)

26min | Horror

3.5/5 (with 2 votes)

After breaking up with her boyfriend Daniel, Anna just wants to hole up somewhere and recover. But she should have had a closer look at the fineprint of her rental contract – for the old Viennese appartment it is a creature with never ending appetite, living off the youth of its residents. There is no escaping it anymore when Anna faces herself in the mirror as an old lady. Unless she deliveres a new victim….

Królowa chmur(2004)

1h 16min | Drama, Comedy

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Piotr manages to buy a splendid though dilapidated villa from the eccentric 80-year-old painter Mimi. The woman treats him like her long-lost only son whereas Piotr tries to send her away to old people's home.

Directed by Radosław Piwowarski - With Danuta Szaflarska, Wojciech Malajkat, Anna Przybylska, Andrzej Gałła, Zdzisław Kuźniar, Robert Kowalski, ...

Room and Bird(1951)

7min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family

3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

Tweety and Sylvester are Granny's pets in the Spinsters Arms Hotel, where pets aren't allowed.

Directed by Friz Freleng

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The Story Lady(1991)

1h 34min | Drama, Kids & Family, TV Movie

3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

When Grace comes to live with her daughter and son-in-law, she is eager to find a way to be useful in the community. She loves to read stories to children, and decides to read one on public access television. The response is so strong that a large company hears about it and offers her a television series. Her life becomes complicated as she is forced to make some serious decisions. Through it all, Grace is able to help a young mother realize that time is the most valuable gift she could give to her daughter.

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Silence in Dreamland(2013)

1h 34min | Drama

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

After the death of her husband, silence and loneliness reign in this old lady's house. She made routine her best friend and faith her shelter. Only in her dreams she runs away from those four walls to a timeless magic land where the sea speaks without using words. Her days go by like this; between the real life and dreams… until a street dog comes to her door.

Directed by Tito Molina

Let's Celebrake(1938)

7min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family

3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

Popeye and Bluto pick up Olive to celebrate New Year's Eve with them. Popeye brings along her granny out of sympathy.

Hare Force(1944)

7min | Animation, Comedy

3.5/5 (with 6 votes)

Granny lets Bugs Bunny come in from the cold, but her dog Sylvester will have none of it.

Directed by Friz Freleng

The Over the Hill Band(2009)

1h 33min

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Upon the death of her husband, Claire (70) decides to reconnect with her estranged son, down and out R&B musician Sid. She asks him to help her restart the old girl group she used to sing in with two of her friends from the old days. The rebel son is hesitant at first but eventually agrees under one condition: the band has to play HIS music.

Directed by Geoffrey Enthoven - With Barbara Sarafian, Greg Timmermans, Lucas Van den Eynde, Jurgen Delnaet, Isabel Leybaert, Jan Van Looveren, ...

Hiss and Make Up(1943)

8min | Animation, Comedy

3.6/5 (with 2 votes)

An old woman has a cat, a dog, and a canary. The cat and dog fight even worse than normally. Fed up, she tells them both off, then threatens to throw them both out if there's any more trouble.

The Debt Collector(2012)

19min | Drama

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

An unlikely love story between a lonely collections agent and his elderly neighbor.

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14min | Comedy

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The Optimists(2013)

1h 32min | Documentary

3.4/5 (with 5 votes)

A documentary about an unusual volleyball team in Hamar, Norway, with ladies aged from 66 to 98. Now they are up for their first match, after 30 years of training.

Directed by Gunhild Westhagen Magnor

Grandma Goes South(1991)

1h 27min | Comedy

2.6/5 (with 5 votes)

An 86 year old lady escapes from nursing home, picks up two musicians in the process and they all drive off south to a new life in a Mercedes convertible.

Directed by Vinci Vogue Anžlovar - With Majolka Šuklje, Nataša Matjašec Rošker, Bojan Emeršič, Marko Derganc, Gojmir Lešnjak, Alojz Svete, ...

Dead Line(2011)

4min | Comedy, Animation

Ethan is electrocuted in the lift of his building. The Reaper comes to get his soul, but it is without taking into account madam Bompas's intervention, sparkling neighbor of Ethan.

Away in Silence(2023)

10min | Drama

Julia, an impaired elderly lady left to take care of her grandson as her daughter goes to work, faces a big decision when accidentally dropping her grandson’s only edible food: help the starving toddler using her new crutches to find food outside or in her selfishness, refuse to use them out of shame.

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