1. Not Here to Be Loved (Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé)
Jean-Claude Delsart, a 50 years-old bailiff, with his worn-out smile and heart, abandoned a long time ago the idea that life could give him pleasures. Until the day, he dares to push the doors of a tango lesson...
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
2. Primavera esvaïda (Primavera esvaïda)
(Primavera esvaïda)
3. It Snows All the Time
When Paul is diagnosed with young onset Frontotemporal Dementia at 58, his family comes closer together than ever before. Along the way, he and his middle son Jesse learn many things about each other by working on Paul's old truck, finally taking it for one last fishing trip together.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
4. Francis Bacon’s Pope
You, a World War 2 veteran, gets guided on by a mysterious voice through his dementia.
5. Die Anruferin (Die Anruferin)
A lonely woman's prank phone call leads to an unexpected friendship with a grieving widow.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
6. Robbery
When his criminal father is diagnosed with dementia, a young thief plans a series of reckless heists in order to battle the disease and pay off a dangerous gambling debt.
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.
7. Proof
Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. As Robert descends into madness, Catherine begins to wonder if she may have inherited her father's mental illness along with his mathematical genius.
It has an average vote of 6.328 on TMDB.
8. Falling
John Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father Willis from Los Angeles who is searching for a place to retire, their two very different worlds collide.
It has an average vote of 6.492 on TMDB.
9. Mutterseelenallein (عن أشياء لا أعرفها)
An elderly man who lives alone begins to experience a gradual erosion of his memories, as well as his sense of time, place, and reality. As he navigates the uncertain and disorienting terrain of his own mind, the man struggles to hold onto his sense of self and avoid losing touch with the essence of who he truly is.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
10. 23 Walks
A gentle, sweet, funny, romantic story of love in later life. Following a couple in their sixties, Dave and Fern who get to know one another over the course of 23 dog walks. Set against the dramatic background of the changing seasons of one year.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
11. Joanne & Jacob (Joanne & Jacob)
A short, poetic documentary of an old woman and the loneliness that surrounds her after her husband was sent to a nursing home.
12. Forget Me Knot
A captivating short film about dementia and the struggles of being a young carer.
13. Happiness (幸運是我)
After his mother's death, Chan Kai-yuk feels so alone that he leaves Guangzhou for Hong Kong to look up the father who abandoned him and his mom. But Yuk's hopes are dashed on finding his dad has a new family and considers him a burden. Alone and homeless, Yuk is taken in by Auntie Fen, a middle-aged recluse who leads a solitary existence. At first, their different habits and personalities lead to numerous squabbles, intensified by Yuk's self-centeredness and Fen's odd temperament. As time goes on, Yuk learns Fen is in the early stages of Alzheimer's. The discovery unexpectedly serves as a catalyst for the young man's growth as a caring friend. For the first time in her life, Fen feels truly blessed. But it is a situation rife with irony due to the nature of her disease and the accelerating elusiveness of feelings and memories.
It has an average vote of 6.615 on TMDB.
14. A Human Promise (人間の約束)
An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. After this, the story goes back in time to show the events leading up to her death.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
15. Three of Us (Three of Us)
Shailaja embarks on a confrontational journey with her husband and childhood-love as she finds herself at the cusp of her past, present and future. Stitched with a very delicate thread of emotions, this film is about love, loss, healing, awareness and liberation.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
16. A Jaunt (A Jaunt)
The friendship between an elderly peddler and a middled aged fruit merchant.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
17. Pangaea (Pangaea)
Dementia draws a woman into a world of memory loops, losing her love her spirit, her present her past.
18. La mort petita (La mort petita)
Adela is a single mother, hardworking and humble. While she works, her mother takes care of her son. Immersed in her obligations that don't allow her to think about her, she will be forced to open her eyes and face a new reality when, on an early morning, her mother runs away from home and begins to show the first signs of dementia.
19. Thursday the 12th
In this two-part Rashomon-esque mini-series, a TV journalist investigates a rich politician and his family after a dead body is found on their property and they all have different story about the day of the incident.
20. Romang (로망)
75-year-old Cho Nam-bong and 71-year-old Lee Mae-ja are a couple suffering with dementia. After being married for 45 years, the couple couldn’t even remember when they were in a good relationship. However, as their memories fade by the day, their dreams and romance that have been forgotten rekindle.
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.