Movies About Mortality and Aging

Kinora's catalogue lists 71 films about mortality and aging, spanning 1952–2024. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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2015
A Man Called Ove
Sweden — 2010s
Suburbandir. Hannes Holm
2002
About Schmidt
Omaha · Denver — 2000s
Suburban · Ruraldir. Alexander Payne
2013
About Time
London · Cornwall — 2010s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Richard Curtis
2022
Aftersun
Turkey — 1990s
Coastal Seadir. Charlotte Wells
2013
All Is Lost
Indian Ocean — 2010s
Coastal Seadir. J.C. Chandor
1979
All That Jazz
New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. Bob Fosse
2003
American Splendor
Cleveland — 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
Urbandir. Robert Pulcini
2012
Amour
Paris — 2010s
Urbandir. Michael Haneke
2020
Another Round
Copenhagen — 2010s
Urbandir. Thomas Vinterberg
1966
Au Hasard Balthazar
1960s
Ruraldir. Robert Bresson
1988
Beetlejuice
Connecticut — 1980s
Ruraldir. Tim Burton
2003
Big Fish
Alabama — 1950s · 2000s
Ruraldir. Tim Burton
2014
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
New York City — 2010s
Urbandir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
1982
Blade Runner
Los Angeles — Near Future
Urbandir. Ridley Scott
1988
Bull Durham
Durham — 1980s
Urbandir. Ron Shelton
1962
Cléo from 5 to 7
Paris — 1960s
Urbandir. Agnès Varda
2009
Crazy Heart
New Mexico · Houston — 2000s
Ruraldir. Scott Cooper
1993
Cronos
Mexico — 1990s
Urbandir. Guillermo del Toro
2008
Departures
Yamagata — 2000s
Ruraldir. Yojiro Takita
1990
Dreams
Japan — 1800s · 1940s · Near Future · Timeless
Rural · Mountain · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Akira Kurosawa
1989
Driving Miss Daisy
Atlanta — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s
Urbandir. Bruce Beresford
2005
Grizzly Man
Alaska — 2000s
Wildernessdir. Werner Herzog
1993
Groundhog Day
Punxsutawney — 1990s
Ruraldir. Harold Ramis
1993
Grumpy Old Men
Minnesota — 1990s
Ruraldir. Donald Petrie
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Italy — 1910s · 1930s · 1940s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Mark Gustafson
1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
New York City — 1980s
Urbandir. Woody Allen
1971
Harold and Maude
1970s
Suburbandir. Hal Ashby
1952
Ikiru
Tokyo — 1950s
Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
1994
Interview with the Vampire
New Orleans · Paris · San Francisco — 1700s · 1800s · 1990s
Urbandir. Neil Jordan
2016
It's Only the End of the World
2010s
Suburbandir. Xavier Dolan
2017
Logan
El Paso · Mexico · North Dakota — Near Future
Desert · Ruraldir. James Mangold
2004
Million Dollar Baby
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
1975
Mirror
Russia — 1930s · 1940s · 1960s
Ruraldir. Andrei Tarkovsky
2013
Nebraska
Montana · Nebraska — 2010s
Ruraldir. Alexander Payne
1979
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Transylvania · Wismar — 1800s
Urban · Mountaindir. Werner Herzog
2013
Only Lovers Left Alive
Detroit · Tangier — 2010s
Urbandir. Jim Jarmusch
2019
Pain and Glory
Madrid · Valencia — 1960s · 1980s · 2010s
Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar
1993
Philadelphia
Philadelphia — 1990s
Urbandir. Jonathan Demme
1975
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Victoria — 1900s
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Peter Weir
1992
Scent of a Woman
New York City · New England — 1990s
Urbandir. Martin Brest
2020
Soul
New York City — 2020s
Urbandir. Pete Docter
1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Space — Far Future
Off Worlddir. Nicholas Meyer
2008
Synecdoche, New York
New York City — 2000s
Urbandir. Charlie Kaufman
1997
Taste of Cherry
Tehran — 1990s
Urbandir. Abbas Kiarostami
1983
Terms of Endearment
Houston · Iowa · Nebraska — 1970s · 1980s
Suburbandir. James L. Brooks
2003
The Barbarian Invasions
Montreal — 2000s
Urbandir. Denys Arcand
2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Jaipur — 2010s
Urbandir. John Madden
2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
France
Coastal Seadir. Julian Schnabel
2019
The Farewell
Changchun · New York City — 2010s
Urbandir. Lulu Wang
2020
The Father
London — 2010s
Urbandir. Florian Zeller
1986
The Fly
Toronto — 1980s
Urbandir. David Cronenberg
2006
The Fountain
Space · Central America — Early Modern · 2000s · Far Future
Off World · Wildernessdir. Darren Aronofsky
2013
The Great Beauty
Rome — 2010s
Urbandir. Paolo Sorrentino
2021
The Green Knight
Medieval
Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Lowery
2012
The Grey
Alaska — 2010s
Wildernessdir. Joe Carnahan
1983
The Hunger
New York City · London — 1980s
Urbandir. Tony Scott
1963
The Leopard
Sicily — 1800s
Urban · Ruraldir. Luchino Visconti
2018
The Rider
South Dakota — 2010s
Ruraldir. Chloé Zhao
2004
The Sea Inside
Spain — 1990s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Alejandro Amenábar
1957
The Seventh Seal
Medieval
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman
1999
The Straight Story
Laurens · Mount Zion — 1990s
Ruraldir. David Lynch
2024
The Substance
Los Angeles — Near Future
Urbandir. Coralie Fargeat
1998
The Thin Red Line
Guadalcanal — 1940s
Wilderness · Island · Coastal Seadir. Terrence Malick
2021
The Worst Person in the World
Oslo — 2020s
Urbandir. Joachim Trier
2008
The Wrestler
New Jersey — 2000s
Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky
1953
Tokyo Story
Tokyo · Onomichi — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yasujirō Ozu
1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
France · Vietnam — 1940s · 1960s · 1980s
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis
1957
Wild Strawberries
Stockholm — 1950s
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman
1987
Wings of Desire
Berlin — 1980s
Urbandir. Wim Wenders
2001
Y Tu Mamá También
Mexico — 1990s
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfonso Cuarón
2000
Yi Yi
Taipei · Tokyo — 1990s
Urbandir. Edward Yang

Frequently asked

How many movies are about mortality and aging?

Kinora's catalogue lists 71 films about mortality and aging, spanning 1952–2024.

What are some movies about mortality and aging?

Films about mortality and aging in our catalogue include A Man Called Ove (2015), About Schmidt (2002), About Time (2013), Aftersun (2022), and All Is Lost (2013).

What is the oldest movie about mortality and aging?

Ikiru (1952) is the earliest film about mortality and aging in our catalogue; the most recent is The Substance (2024).