Retirement Movies

Playing with FIRE captures the truths and dispels the myths of the growing culture known as FIRE: Financial Independence Retire Early.

During a visit to childhood friend Edith, retired housewife Hetty Wainthropp discovers that Edith's husband, Frank, has a son by a previous marriage....

After spending 25 years as a domestic worker, Edilsa faces the reality of unemployment in an era where all the rules seem to have changed.

Lúcia is a renowned police investigator. At age 50, has dedicated her entire life to her profession and is a respected name among her peers....

A married couple, after a life time of work and bringing up a family, retire and awaken to the fast changing world around them, the habitual nature...

Filmed during and after his time on the High Court of Australia, this documentary about Justice Michael Kirby explores the personal, moral and...

Daniel moves into a Seniors' residence because he is lonely. There he meets Violet and they fall in love. However, Violet's daughter-in-law does not...

18 seniors living in retirement homes get the chance to go on a holiday to Greece. In addition to old age, many suffer from diseases such as...

Pauline Horovitz has been filming her father since 2009. In this new chapter with hints of a bittersweet documentary comedy, the hero, a former...

Pandelis is a garbageman who is anxiously waiting to retire and receive his well-earned superannuation payout. His wife and mother-in-law are also...

After the marriage of her niece, an Anglo-Indian school-teacher, Violet Stoneham, lives a lonely life in her single room flat located at 36...

The film covers the last stretch of the career of Javier Herrán, a firefighter stationed in Urioste (Bizkaia). As he approaches retirement,...

What happens to a person's self when she retires and no longer has the job to lean on? Documentary filmmaker Lars Lennart Forsberg asked that...

In the 1990s, a long time TV host from the Azores Islands comes to terms with his career's end in a turbulent fashion.

What does an athlete do when the applause dies down? He creates a garden. Stanisław Chemicz, former coach of Cracovia and Wisła...

The repercussions are immediate when activist history professor Arthur Collins - out of frustration - assigns his class to design a plan to...

During the summer of 2023, my father decided to hang up the boots and walk away from the family business of 25 years. This is my love letter to the...

A documentary about retirement. Ton's work is his life. When he retires, he looses everything. His wife does not recognize him anymore. Tjeerd starts...