Better Late Than Never(1979)

The Funeral Guest(en)

A lonely girl seeks love, connection and family by crashing funerals.

Fried Green Tomatoes(en)

Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.

Killing Eleanor(en)

A terminally ill old lady who wants to die on her own terms convinces a self-destructive addict to help kill her, in exchange for clean urine.

All or Nothing(en)

Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, who is unemployed and aggressive.

Silberdisteln(de)

Späte Aussicht(en)

Sleeping with the Enemy(en)

A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.

Away from Her(en)

Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. She must go to a specialized nursing home, where she slowly forgets Grant and turns her affection to Aubrey, another patient in the home.

The Savages(en)

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

The Mourning Forest(ja)

A young woman working at a retirement home takes an elderly man living there on an excursion into the countryside, but the two wind up stranded in the titular forest.

Import/Export(de)

A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. Both are looking for work, a new beginning, an existence, struggling to believe in themselves, to find a meaning in life..

Home Sweet Home(fr)

Jules, a rebellious septuagenarian, foments a revolt in his home ruled by quasi-military rules. He and his twenty supporters will oppose the management, the firefighters and even the gendarmes.

Trainwreck(en)

Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.

Smooth Mouth(en)

Willy watches his favourite western every night before bed, until this faithful eve in which he takes a bump to the noggin, leaving him in the local old folk’s home, which spurs his own spaghetti western of a situation

Earth Days Pass By(sh)

A profoundly empathetic, unpretentious and droll account of a how a swarthy, Hemingway-like sailor upends the droning routines of a nursing home when he checks himself in. Though his subtle interactions with the other residents – including his cantankerous roommate who obviously harbours resentment towards his family for putting him out to seed – the sailor gently whisks up an atmosphere of hope and happiness and allows the movie to deliver its beautifully simple message: that life should be savoured until the bitter end.

Where’s Poppa?(en)

When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even though he promised his late father that he'd always take care of her. He fears that his batty mom's eccentricities will shortly lead to Louise's departure.

Close-Knit(ja)

After being neglected by her mother, a little girl is taken in by her uncle and his transgender girlfriend, who create a loving home for her.

Acts of Mercy(en)

Under the thumb of Nurse Baker, Nurse Maggie Collins struggles to care for the long-term residents of Moss Oak Manor, a home for the elderly. When good intentions are misinterpreted, Maggie must struggle to address issues of ambition and ethics.

Coffin Dodgers(en)

A group of misfit grumps get into Animal House-style trouble at a cozy suburban retirement home.

A Family Upside Down(en)

An elderly married couple find that as their physical and mental health deteriorates, they find themselves dependent more and more upon their grown children.