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1) The father
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"A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind, and even the fabric of his reality"--Container.
2) Old
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"A chilling, mysterious thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly reducing their entire lives into a single day"--Container.
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Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he is ages backwards, being born an old man. He is diagnosed with several aged diseases at birth and thus...
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Elisabeth Sparkle is a former A-lister fired from her fitness TV show by studio head Harvey. A new miracle drug promises it only takes one injection and she is reborn as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue. The only catch is her body needs to alternate -- one week as Sue, one week as Elisabeth -- or else it could have disasterous effects.
6) Coda
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"A famous pianist struggling with stage fright late in his career finds inspiration with a free-spirited music critic"--Container.
7) Mack & Rita
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"When 30-year-old self-proclaimed homebody Mack Martin reluctantly joins a Palm Springs bachelorette trip for her best friend Carla, her inner 70-year-old is released -- literally. The frustrated writer and influencer magically transforms into her future self: 'Aunt Rita'. Freed from the constraints of other people's expectations, Rita comes into her own, becoming an unlikely social media sensation and sparking a tentative romance with Mack's adorable...
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Popular and beautiful Fanny Trellis is forced into a loveless marriage with an older man, Jewish banker Job Skeffington, in order to save her beloved brother Trippy from an embezzlement charge. But Fanny has always used beauty to manipulate her way through life by encouraging dozens of suitors, even after her marriage. However, when she falls ill her beauty is gone and she is lost. This film deals openly with anti-Semitism, the story spans World War...
9) Land ho!
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Two ex-brothers-in-laws set off to Iceland in an attempt to reclaim their youth nightclubs, trendy spas, and rugged campsites. This adventure is a throwback to 1980s road trip comedies, as well as a candid exploration of aging, loneliness, and friendship.
10) Tuck everlasting
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Young Winnie Foster, stifled by the formality of her proper life and her domineering mother, escapes into the woods only to get lost. Her magical summer begins when she meets Jesse Tuck. Jesse is full of life and adventure and Winnie falls in love. The Tuck family has a powerful secret-- a spring that holds the magic of everlasting life. Now Winnie must choose whether she wants to live life as she knows it or drink from the spring.
11) On Golden Pond
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Shows the conflicts between three generations of the Thayers. The crotchety old professor and his wife spend their summer together on a lake in New England. The couple agrees to mind their estranged daughter's boyfriend's son, while the daughter and boyfriend go on a trip. The boy bonds with the old man in a way his daughter never did. Shows the terrors and graces of aging.
13) All about Eve
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Davis stars as a fading Broadway actress who is menaced by an overreaching younger actress played by Baxter.
14) In time
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In the not-too-distant future, when only the wealthy can afford to age beyond twenty-six while others die to avoid overpopulation, a poor young man ends up on the run from the police when he can't explain how he acquired an extra 100 years.
15) Mack & Rita
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A 30-year-old writer spends a wild weekend in Palm Springs and wakes up to find she has magically transformed into her inner 70-year-old.
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Criterion collection volume 476
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Benjamin Button was a not-so-ordinary man who began his life under unusual circumstances. Born in his eighties, and unable to stop time, he continued to age backwards. His life story is detailed from the end of World War I in 1918 and into the 21st century, when he discovered a love that lasted beyond time.
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"Arata Kaizaki is a 27-year-old loser. While struggling to get a job, things have not been going well for him. When he meets a member of the ReLife Research Institute, he's offered a mysterious pill that could give him a chance to pull his life together. The catch? He must make it through another year of high school. Is being a teenager again worth a new life or will he end up failing again?"--
18) The hunger
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Miriam the vampire subsists on the blood of her lovers, who do not age--until she has had enough of them. John is currently in that position, and is expected to die in the next 24 hours. He seeks help from a doctor who does not believe his story.
19) Huba
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Polish
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An old man who bears the scars of a life of factory work. A woman, alone apart from her small baby, moves in with him. The film sketches out their day-to-day lives, taking in their cramped quarters and mutual dependency.
20) Forever young
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An aging woman is given the chance to become young again with a secret formula. She sees this as an opportunity to right her past, but her husband declines because he has no regrets and wouldn't change a thing about the life they've shared. Now she must decide if she will take this journey without him and what the consequences would be if she does.
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