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1. Basic Instinct (1992)

R | 127 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist.

Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn

Votes: 218,995 | Gross: $117.73M

2. Watchmen (2009)

R | 162 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

In a version of 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach on the trail of a conspiracy that will change the course of history.

Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Malin Akerman

Votes: 582,242 | Gross: $107.51M

3. Monsieur Spade (2024)

TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The famous detective Sam Spade is now 60 and living as an expat in the south of France in 1963.

Stars: Clive Owen, Cara Bossom, Denis Ménochet, Louise Bourgoin

Votes: 4,926

4. Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023)

R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther breaks out of prison to hunt down a sadistic serial killer who is terrorising London.

Director: Jamie Payne | Stars: Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis, Dermot Crowley

Votes: 64,073

5. Cocoon (1985)

PG-13 | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy

Votes: 68,783 | Gross: $76.11M

6. The Man in the Iron Mask (I) (1998)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother whom he keeps imprisoned. Can the twin be substituted for the real king?

Director: Randall Wallace | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu

Votes: 178,693 | Gross: $56.97M

7. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

PG | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.

Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons

Votes: 49,201 | Gross: $84.56M

8. Going in Style (2017)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Crime

Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.

Director: Zach Braff | Stars: Michael Caine, Alan Arkin, Ann-Margret, Matt Dillon

Votes: 91,525 | Gross: $45.02M

9. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

PG | 99 min | Comedy, Drama

An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone

Votes: 117,508 | Gross: $106.59M

10. RED 2 (2013)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Retired CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.

Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Anthony Hopkins

Votes: 180,545 | Gross: $53.26M

11. Blown Away (1994)

R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An Irish bomber escapes from prison and targets a member of the Boston bomb squad.

Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis, Lloyd Bridges

Votes: 33,671 | Gross: $30.16M

12. St. Vincent (2014)

PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

A young boy whose parents have just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic war veteran who lives next door.

Director: Theodore Melfi | Stars: Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts, Jaeden Martell

Votes: 108,508 | Gross: $44.13M

13. Lucky (I) (2017)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Western

Lucky follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town.

Director: John Carroll Lynch | Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Ron Livingston, Ed Begley Jr.

Votes: 26,077 | Gross: $0.96M

14. One Foot in the Grave (1990–2001)

TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

Victor Meldrew is a retiree who attracts bad luck. If he's not driving his long suffering wife Margaret crazy with his constant moaning, he's fighting with neighbours.

Stars: Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, Doreen Mantle, Owen Brenman

Votes: 7,316

15. In Her Shoes (2005)

PG-13 | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Strait-laced Rose breaks off relations with her party girl sister, Maggie, over an indiscretion involving Rose's boyfriend. The chilly atmosphere is broken with the arrival of Ella, the grandmother neither sister knew existed.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Toni Collette, Cameron Diaz, Shirley MacLaine, Anson Mount

Votes: 65,057 | Gross: $32.88M

16. 45 Years (2015)

R | 95 min | Drama, Romance

A married couple preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary receives shattering news that promises to forever change the course of their lives.

Director: Andrew Haigh | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells

Votes: 35,124 | Gross: $4.25M

17. The Comedian (III) (2016)

R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A look at the life of an aging insult comic named Jack Burke.

Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Robert De Niro, Leslie Mann, Danny DeVito, Edie Falco

Votes: 8,051 | Gross: $1.66M

18. Fireworks (1997)

103 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.

Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ôsugi, Susumu Terajima

Votes: 33,153 | Gross: $0.23M

19. Quartet (2012)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean (Dame Maggie Smith), an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.

Director: Dustin Hoffman | Stars: Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Tom Courtenay

Votes: 21,199 | Gross: $18.39M

20. Hardcastle and McCormick (1983–1986)

60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A retired judge and his last defendant follow up on cases that were dismissed due to technicalities.

Stars: Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Joe Santos, John Hancock

Votes: 3,184

21. The House That Dripped Blood (1971)

PG | 102 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An anthology of four horror stories revolving around a mysterious rental house in the U.K.

Director: Peter Duffell | Stars: John Bryans, John Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Peter Cushing

Votes: 7,498

22. Blackway (2015)

R | 90 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

An ex-logger comes to the aid of a woman who returns to her hometown in the Pacific Northwest and finds herself harassed and stalked by a former cop turned crime lord.

Director: Daniel Alfredson | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Julia Stiles, Ray Liotta, Alexander Ludwig

Votes: 10,687 | Gross: $0.02M

23. Since You Went Away (1944)

Approved | 177 min | Drama, Romance, War

With her husband away to fight in World War II, a housewife must care for their two daughters alone.

Directors: John Cromwell, Edward F. Cline, Tay Garnett, David O. Selznick | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple

Votes: 5,096

24. Elsa & Fred (2014)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A withdrawn senior experiences life in new ways when he begins spending time with the free-spirited woman who lives across the hall.

Director: Michael Radford | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Marcia Gay Harden, Wendell Pierce

Votes: 3,729

25. One of the Boys (1982)

30 min | Comedy

An energetic grandpa is invited to move out of his retirement home and into the cool pad of his college student grandson and his roommate.

Stars: Mickey Rooney, Dana Carvey, Nathan Lane, Francine Beers

Votes: 59

26. 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006)

Unrated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama

A local talk show host organizes an alcoholic professor and a pensioner known for playing Santa Claus to decide whether there was ever a revolution in their town Vaslui.

Director: Corneliu Porumboiu | Stars: Mircea Andreescu, Teodor Corban, Ion Sapdaru, Mirela Cioaba

Votes: 8,119 | Gross: $0.09M

27. Man on the Train (2002)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A man steps off a train into a French village awaiting the day when he will rob the town bank. He meets a retired poetry teacher striking up a strange friendship and explore the road not taken, each wanting to live the other's life.

Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Stévenin, Charlie Nelson

Votes: 7,541 | Gross: $2.54M

28. Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story (2013 TV Movie)

PG | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The story of the 1973 hockey season when aging legend Gordie Howe returned to the ice at the age of 44.

Director: Andy Mikita | Stars: Michael Shanks, Kathleen Robertson, Martin Cummins, Dylan Playfair

Votes: 933

29. A Christmas in Vermont (2016 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 86 min | Comedy, Romance

A company executive is tasked with liquidizing a small town outerwear manufacturer over the Christmas season.

Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Abigail Hawk, Chevy Chase, David O'Donnell, Howard Hesseman

Votes: 1,276

30. Gramps Goes to College (2014)

102 min | Drama

When workaholic Ty Bounds retires after 35 years as a computer programmer, he seeks ways to spend his time serving God. Following the Holy Spirit's lead, he returns to college to wage war ... See full summary »

Director: Chip Rossetti | Stars: Donald James Parker, Courtney Lee Simpson, Kera O'Bryon, Rusty Martin

Votes: 232

31. The Cemetery Club (1993)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy

Lifelong friends meet weekly to celebrate the past and present.

Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis, Diane Ladd, Danny Aiello

Votes: 951 | Gross: $6.01M

32. To Be and to Have (2002)

Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary, Family

A documentary portrait of a one-room school in rural France, where the students (ranging in age from 4 to 11) are educated by a single dedicated teacher.

Director: Nicolas Philibert | Stars: Georges Lopez, Alizé, Axel Thouvenin, Guillaume

Votes: 8,415 | Gross: $0.78M

33. Warning Shot (1966)

Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

During a stakeout, an L.A. cop kills a doctor who presumably pulled a gun but the coroner's inquest finds no gun, forcing the cop to look for it to clear his name.

Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: David Janssen, Ed Begley, Keenan Wynn, Sam Wanamaker

Votes: 1,021

34. George and A.J. (2009 Video)

TV-G | 4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

After Nurses George and A.J. of the Shady Oaks Retirement Village witness Carl leaving with his house towed by balloons, other senior citizens around the city are inspired to make their own "escapes", much to George and A.J.'s chagrin.

Director: Josh Cooley | Stars: Jason Topolski, A.J. Riebli III, Steve Purcell, Peter Sohn

Votes: 2,749

35. A Rather English Marriage (1998 TV Movie)

104 min | Drama

A squadron leader and a retired milkman decide to bury their differences and move in together after they are both widowed on the same night. They become a companionable, if odd, couple ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Seed | Stars: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Joanna Lumley, John Light

Votes: 613

36. Tuhog (2013)

TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama

Road rage between two buses causes an accident that puts the passengers' lives in jeopardy. The ones most greatly affected are a middle-aged woman named Fiesta, retired old family patriarch... See full summary »

Director: Veronica Velasco | Stars: Eugene Domingo, Enchong Dee, Leo Martinez, Jake Cuenca

Votes: 491

37. Land Ho! (2014)

R | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy

A pair of former brothers-in-law embark on a road trip through Iceland.

Directors: Aaron Katz, Martha Stephens | Stars: Earl Lynn Nelson, Paul Eenhoorn, Daníel Gylfason, Þrúður Kristjánsdóttir

Votes: 2,684 | Gross: $0.73M

38. What Alice Found (2003)

R | 96 min | Crime, Drama

A young woman looking to escape her life is rescued on the highway by a friendly couple in an RV. But as the miles pass the couple's motives come into question and a strange mother/daughter relationship evolves.

Director: A. Dean Bell | Stars: Emily Grace, Judith Ivey, Bill Raymond, Jane Lincoln Taylor

Votes: 1,047

39. Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975)

PG | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

One-man show about the presidency of Harry S. Truman.

Directors: Steve Binder, Peter H. Hunt | Star: James Whitmore

Votes: 573 | Gross: $11.00M

40. The Blue Hour (2007)

Drama

Several strangers in Los Angeles weave their stories of loss and hope, not knowing that their lives have brushed up against each others in small but sometimes profound ways.

Director: Eric Nazarian | Stars: Ellen Albertini Dow, Eric Burdon, Paul Dillon, Catherine Garedakis

Votes: 219

41. Mammuth (2010)

92 min | Comedy, Drama

A retiree battles to obtain his rightfully due pension.

Directors: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Yolande Moreau, Isabelle Adjani, Miss Ming

Votes: 3,824

42. When I'm Sixty-Four (2004 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama, Romance

One-off drama about the friendship that grows between two men from very different backgrounds, whose paths cross for the first time as they approach retirement age.

Director: Jon Jones | Stars: Paul Freeman, Peter McNamara, Anton Valensi, Karl Johnson

Votes: 482

43. The Salt of Life (2011)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

Gianni is a retiree who has become invisible to most everyone around him. In response, he tries his best to generate some kind of extracurricular love life.

Director: Gianni Di Gregorio | Stars: Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Alfonso Santagata, Elisabetta Piccolomini

Votes: 1,860 | Gross: $0.32M

44. The Milky Life (1993)

79 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Retired billionaire, Rooney, feels his family loves only his money and not him. He plans to live as an adult baby with his wet nurse, Sagebrecht. When thieves break into his mansion and hit him on the head, he starts to grow younger.

Director: Juan Estelrich Jr. | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Marianne Sägebrecht, William Hootkins, Féodor Atkine

Votes: 44

45. What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life (2018)

123 min | Comedy, Drama

Not everyone values the housewife enough. When the local friendly neighbourhood burglar hits their house, the husband and wife descend into a quarrel that ends up with the woman departing ... See full summary »

Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa

Votes: 467

46. The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay (2003 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 84 min | Drama

A college girl decides to get to know her estranged father before she begins her education, but his life turns out to be nothing that she expected.

Director: Sam Pillsbury | Stars: Tim Matheson, Sean Young, Edward Asner, Kristen Bell

Votes: 815

47. Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story (2005 TV Movie)

PG | 90 min | Biography, Drama, Family

Based on the book written by Walter Gretzky, recounting his recovery from a stroke which left him without any memory of his son Wayne.

Director: Dean Bennett | Stars: Tom McCamus, Victoria Snow, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Matthew Edison

Votes: 146

48. Never Too Late (1996)

PG | 96 min | Drama, Comedy

Four old friends reunite to investigate the death of a good friend.

Director: Giles Walker | Stars: Olympia Dukakis, Jean Lapointe, Jan Rubes, Cloris Leachman

Votes: 207

49. He Who Fights with Monsters (2009)

16 min | Short, Drama, Horror

A retiree witnesses a brutal murder by a fearsome creature. When no one believes his story, he becomes obsessed with proving that the creature exists. However, his hunt for the truth begins to take it's toll on his sanity.

Director: Shamus Cooley | Stars: Mark Heaney, Don Mcintyre, Randy Parker

50. Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography

Animator. Storyman. Troublemaker. At 80 years old, see how Disney Legend Floyd Norman, the first African-American animator at Disney, continues to impact animation and stir up "trouble" after the company forced him to retire at age 65.

Directors: Michael Fiore, Erik Sharkey | Stars: Cosmo Anzilotti, Jane Baer, Dave Bossert, Suzanne Bothke

Votes: 646