On this page we offer recommendations for movies that seniors enjoy.
Each week there are new recommendations. These movies avoid senior deaths, difficult accents, movies that are depressing, childish, with excessive swearing or violence and those subtitled. However, there are exceptions to this list that are included.
| Special Day | Genre | Movie | Year | Cast | Blurb | Note | Week Nbr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romance | It Happened One Night | 1934 | Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert | A socialite, escaping her father and trying to get to her new husband, meets a crusty newspaperman on a bus who shepherds her expecting to get a scoop. Through their adventures, they fall in love. But what about the husband? Very sweet. | Note: A Frank Capra movie | 30 | |
| Musical | Oklahoma! | 1955 | Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones | In Oklahoma on cusp of becoming a state, two girls have romance problems. One is playing hard to get with her cowboy Romeo but also has to deal with her evil hired hand who is obsessed with her. The other has two guys and she likes them both. | Note: A Rodgers & Hammerstein musical | 30 | |
| Comedy | Topper | 1937 | Cary Grant, Constance Bennett | A free wheeling wealthy couple in the 1930s die and return to haunt the straight laced, boring banker who now lives in their old home. The movie has fun, early special effects. | Note: a TV show was made based on this movie with the same name. | 30 | |
| Mystery/Action | Agatha Christies The Mirror Crack'd | 1980 | Angela Lansbury, Elisabeth Taylor, Many | Movie stars come to a small English town and a local woman at a welcoming party dies. Miss Marple must solve the crime. This movie moves slowly. | Note: An Agatha Christie mystery | 30 | |
| Western/War | The Train | 1964 | Burt Lancaster | Just a month after D-day, the Nazis are fleeing Paris and looting the museums. The beleaguered French resistance has higher priorities but a beloved comrade gives his life for the honor of France and inspires the rest to try and save the precious cargo. | Note: Even in black and white, a beautiful film. | 30 | |
| Classic/Childrens/Science Fiction | Babe | 1995 | James Cromwell, Christine Cavanaugh | A piglet arrives on a farm and with innocence and joy and gets into and out of trouble. He finally makes peace with the head dog and finds a way to understand and help the master. | 30 | ||
| Biography/Documentary | Night Crossing | 1982 | John Hurt, Jane Alexander | Two families behind the Iron Curtain plot to escape in a home made hot air balloon. Based on a true story. | 30 | ||
| Alternate | Cheap Detective | 1978 | Peter Falk and many more | A wonderful spoof - a combination Casablanca and the Maltese Falcon. A cast of many big names of the time. Neil Simon wrote this film and it shows his skill and joy with words and one liners. | Note: written by Neil Simon | 30 |