寅次郎（渥美清 饰）在一次偶然中遇见了一位老人（奈良冈朋子 饰），经过交谈寅次郎得知，老人的孩子搬到了东京生活，留下她一个人孤零零的守在老家。善良的寅次郎决定和老人一起回家，并且陪她聊天解闷。第二天，一位医生拜访了老人，寅次郎这才知道原来老人生病了，而她宁愿守在家里忍受病痛，也不愿意孤独的在医院里接受治疗。 负责老人病情的医生名叫真知子（三田佳子 饰），实际上，她有着和老人差不多的经历。真知子的丈夫在早先年登山的时候不幸丧生，而一双儿女一个在异地念大学，另一个寄养在母亲家中。真知子的工作非常的繁忙，根本无暇照顾年幼的儿子，久而久之，孩子对母亲有了误解。

Michel, a retired math teacher, has lived alone since his wife’s death and occupies his time writing an essay about the beliefs that shape daily life. One day he comes across Dora, a young homeless woman, who shows up injured on his doorstep, and puts her up until she recovers. Her presence brings something new to Michel’s life, but gradually the apartment becomes the site of mysterious happenings.

The year is 1989, the Reagan presidency has just come to an end, and detective Philip Marlowe--now in his seventy-seventh year--is on the case again. What country is this for old men? For Marlowe, this is his last roll of the dice, his swan song, and he is back on his home turf. Set between the border and badlands of Mexico and California, Marlowe's final assignment is to investigate the disappearance of Donald Zinn: supposedly drowned off his yacht in Mexico and leaving his much-younger wife a very rich woman. But is Zinn actually alive, and are the pair living off the spoils?

位于宇都宫的一户人家，居住著一位历经明治、大正、昭和以及平成四个时代的耄耋老人——柴田丰婆婆（八千草薰 饰）。丰婆婆的丈夫贞吉（铃木瑞穗 饰）早年过世，她一人独居，虽然会感到寂寞，不过每天细心打理这栋充满回忆的老宅依然会为婆婆带来充满温暖怡人的快乐。只是丰婆婆心中仍有所挂念，那就是她的独生子健一（武田铁矢 饰）。健一人很善良，可就是脾气急躁，都六十岁的人了工作始终没有长性，经常打著找工作的旗号跑去单车竞技赛场小赌一番，衣食起居全靠和善的妻子静子（伊藤兰 饰）一人操持。 2006年的一天晚上，丰婆婆不小心从床上滑下来，在地板上睡了一夜。事后在诊疗所监察室，上条医生（上地雄辅 饰）发现婆婆的眼睛有所异常。静子分外担心，请求婆婆和他们住到一起，但被婆婆微笑地拒绝了。之后不久，丰婆婆接受青光眼手术，而手术当天健一的身影却并未在医院出现。当晚在与妻子的争执中，健一甚至脱口而出希望妈妈早死的话来，事后他由此陷入深深的悔恨之中。 婆婆的手术非常成功，只是她暂时无法像往常一样散步行走，于是整个人也显得郁郁寡欢，没有精神。丰婆婆的落寞被健一夫妇看在眼里，心中自然也分外焦急。适值此时，健一偶然从报纸上看到一则诗歌征稿启事，他顿时有了灵感，希望妈妈可以尝试写诗抒发胸臆，忘掉当前的烦恼。在儿子的鼓励和指导下，丰婆婆拿起了手中笔，记录下四季变换时的刹那美好。她的心情日渐开朗，而如泉水般流淌的笔触也将思绪带回往昔的回忆当中。曾经一家三口的幸福场景、战争年代相互扶持的温暖、孩童时为还债而卖力劳作的艰辛，记忆中的点点滴滴全部化作文字呈现在纸上。丰婆婆的真情流露也同样感染著周围的人，健一、静子、上条医生等等，他们似乎借著诗歌之光的指引找到前行的方向，纵使前方千山万水、困难重重……

Mortality and death seen through the eyes of a lonely student who has an morbid and albeit naive fascination with death. His teacher, Koichi is also grappling with the issue of mortality as he deals with the impending death of his ailing father, who has decided to spend his final days in the family home. As the story progresses, Koichi finds unexpected solace from his grief by letting his troubled student visit and meet with his father in the hopes that he will understand the meaning of life and death.

A septuagenarian couple are attracted to each other in a retirement home but find the institution and their fellow patients frown on their relationship.

1991 film by Ang Lee

The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman, who loves him in spite of his chosen profession.

2017 film directed by John Carroll Lynch

After the sudden death of his wife and a fractured relationship with his two daughters, John Moore along with his best friend Charlie Wylde, decide to ride their motorcycles from Long Island, New York to the West coast. In this modern day western, they are reminded of the beauty this country has to offer, encounter many interesting people, and unexpectedly discover something about themselves. "Life is a ride...one mile at a time."

Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.

2018 film directed by Clint Eastwood

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.

There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

A retired widow has her daily routine derailed when she starts receiving mysterious, anonymous phone calls.

2015 film directed by Paolo Sorrentino

2015 film directed by Bill Condon

老人喜欢注视着街上的活动，他向对面的邻居打招呼，但邻居们却从来也不曾看他一眼；他向来来往往的车子打招呼，耀眼的汽车却总是呼啸而过，老人叹了口气说：「都急着去过更好的生活吧！」当老人望向对面的房子，电视屏幕照亮了家家户户的客厅。他摇着头，对着他已往生的太太说：「但愿我是电视机里的人偶，那么至少他们会看见我。」 一个提醒我们关怀社会角落里的孤独老人，也让我们回头想想自己对人生看法的生命故事。 书籍特色： 画面从头到尾都呈现冷清、孤寂、寥落的景象。稀疏弯曲的线条描绘出模糊和疏离的感觉，表现主角的处境，也勾勒全书的主轴：感觉、情绪、气味、回忆、梦，组成对老人而言比现实更真实的生活。

2011 film by Aki Kaurismäki