The best films about Alzheimer's
The top 3 according to 180 votes from people: Wrinkles (2011) · Son of the Bride (2001) · The Good Herbs (2010). (Updated Aug 30, 2020.)
Children caring for their parents, couples losing each other and friends in a care home: from Son of the Bride and Away from Her to Wrinkles and Nebraska, the Pasqual Maragall Foundation's selection.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 15
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1
Wrinkles (2011)
Ignacio Ferreras. Two old men in a care home, from Paco Roca's comic.
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2
Son of the Bride (2001)
Juan José Campanella. Ricardo Darín and a mother who no longer recognises him.
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3
The Good Herbs (2010)
María Novaro. A daughter and her ethnobotanist mother with early-onset Alzheimer's.
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4
Away from Her (2006)
Sarah Polley. Julie Christie decides to move into a care home when her memory starts to go.
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5
Coming Home (2014)
Zhang Yimou. A Cultural Revolution prisoner returns and his wife doesn't recognise him.
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6
A Song for Martin (2001)
Bille August. A conductor and his violinist wife.
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7
Pandora's Box (2008)
Yeşim Ustaoğlu. Three siblings search for their missing mother on Turkey's Black Sea coast.
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8
Quartet (2012)
Dustin Hoffman. A home for retired musicians.
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9
A Separation (2011)
Asghar Farhadi. An Iranian family and the father with Alzheimer's. Oscar for foreign-language film.
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10
Nebraska (2013)
Alexander Payne. Bruce Dern as an old man with signs of dementia, on the road with his son.
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11
Bicycle, Spoon, Apple (2010)
Carles Bosch. Documentary about Pasqual Maragall and his illness. Goya for best documentary.
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12
Still Mine (2012)
Michael McGowan. James Cromwell and Geneviève Bujold against the red tape that keeps them apart.
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13
¿Y tú quién eres? (2007)
Antonio Mercero. His last film, made as he began to show symptoms.
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14
Remember (2015)
Atom Egoyan. Christopher Plummer as an Auschwitz survivor with dementia seeking revenge.
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15
Robot & Frank (2012)
Jake Schreier. A retired thief with dementia and his robot carer.
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Comments (4)
Bicicleta, cuchara, manzana hay que verla sí o sí. Maragall contándolo en primera persona es muy valiente.
Echo de menos El padre con Anthony Hopkins, es la que mejor te mete dentro de la cabeza de un enfermo.
El padre es de 2020, igual la lista es de antes. Pero sí, es tremenda.
Arrugas me destrozó. La vi con mi madre, que cuidó a mi abuelo con alzhéimer, y acabamos las dos llorando.