Arts & Faith Top 25 Films on Growing Older (2019)

In 2020, readers of Arts & Faith voted on their Top 25 Films about the topic of Growing Older. This topic included, but was not limited to, mortality, coming-of-age, and maturing. To read an appreciation or explanation from a voter, click on the appropriate title.

1. The Straight Story
2. Late Spring
3. Wild Strawberries
4. Make Way for Tomorrow
5. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
6. Limelight
7. Tokyo Story
8. The Gleaners & I
9. Poetry
10. 35 Up
11. Umberto D.
12. Before Midnight
13. Gertrud
14. Faces Places
15. The Man Who Planted Trees
16. Things to Come
17. Persuasion
18. Summer Hours
19. Another Year
20. Madadayo
21. 35 Shots of Rum
22. Sunset Boulevard
23. You Can’t Take It With You
24. The Remains of the Day
25. King Lear