List of films featuring romances of significant age disparity

This is a list of mainstream films featuring romances of significant age disparity, where the age difference between the two people is wide enough to risk social disapproval, as most prominently seen in Alison's biographical film. In some of the films listed below, the age difference is a major part of the film plot.

Older man/younger woman

A

• Absolon (2003)
• The Age of Innocence (1993)
• Albatross (2011)
• Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye (2001)
• American Beauty (1999)
• An American Haunting (2006)
• Another Earth (2011)
• Apoorva Raagangal (1975)
• As Good as it Gets (1997)^[1]
• Atlantic City (1980)^[2]
• Autumn in New York (2000)^[3]
• An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)

B

• Baby Doll (1956)
• The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
• Beautiful Girls (1996)
• The Beautiful Person (2008)
• The Best Offer (2013)
• Big Daddy (1999)
• Bitter Moon (1992)
• Black Swan (2010)
• Blame it on Rio (1984)
• Der blaue Engel (1930)
• Blue Car (2002)
• Blue Salt (2011)
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
• Breathe In (film) (2013)
• Breezy (1973)
• Bulworth (1998)
• But Not for Me (1959)

C

• Casablanca (1942)
• The Cat's Meow (2001)
• Chaplin (1992)
• Charade (1963)
• Circle of Two (1980)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• Code 46 (2003)
• Color of night (1994)
• Copenhagen (2014)
• Claire's Knee (1970)
• Crazy Heart (2009)
• The Crush (1993)
• La Cucina (2007)

D

• Daddy Long Legs (1955)
• Damage (1992)
• Daydream Nation (2010)
• Devil in the Flesh 2 (2000)
• The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
• Donovan's Reef (1963)
• Dr. T and the Women (2000)

E

• The Edge (1997)
• Educating Rita (1983)
• An Education (2009)
• Election (1999)
• Elegy (2008)
• The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

F

• The Fair Love (2010)
• The Fighting Temptations (2003)
• Fish Tank (2009)
• Forty Carats (1973)
• The Four Seasons (1981)
• Fresh Horses (1988)
• Frida (2002)
• Funny Face (1957)

G

• Get Smart (2008)
• Ghost World (2001)
• Gigi (1958)
• Ginger & Rosa (2012)
• The Girl in the Cafe (2005)
• Goldfish Memory (2003)
• The Governess (1998)
• The Great Gatsby (2013)
• Gregory's Two Girls (1999)
• Guinevere (1999)

H

• Hannibal (2001)
• Happy Endings (2005)
• Hatari! (1962)
• Hello, Schoolgirl (2008)
• Hick (2011)
• High Noon (1952)
• High Society (1956)
• Hindsight
• The Horse Whisperer (1998)
• How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
• The Human Stain (2003)
• Husbands and Wives (1992)

I

• Ikiru (1952)
• Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
• Interview with the Vampire (1994)
• The Invisible Woman (2013)
• Irresistible (2006)
• Irrational Man (2015)

J

• Jane Eyre (1944)
• Jane Eyre (1996)
• The January Man (1989)
• The Judge (2014)
• July Rhapsody (2001)

K

• Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000)
• Ken Park (2002)
• Killer Joe (2011)
• Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
• Kurukkante Kalyanam (1982)

L

• L.A. Story (1991)
• Labyrinth (1986)
• Larry Crowne (2011)
• Last Chance Harvey (2008)
• Leon: The Professional (1994)
• Liberal Arts (2012)
• Little Women (1994)
• Live and Let Die (1973)
• Lolita (1962)
• Lolita (1997)
• Lost in Translation (2003)
• Love in the Afternoon (1957)
• The Lover (1992)

M

• Madrid, 1987 (2011)
• Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
• Manhattan (1979)
• "The Man in the Moon" (1991)
• Malena (2000)
• Me Without You (2001)
• Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005)
• Mermaids (1990)
• Monster's Ball (2001)
• Molly Maxwell (2013)
• My Fair Lady (1964)
• My First Mister (2001)

N

• Network (1976)
• Never Say Never Again (1983)
• Noce Blanche (1989)

O

• Oldboy (2003)
• Once Around (1991)
• One Wild Moment (2015)
• The Opposite of Sex (1998)
• The Oranges (2013)
• The Other Woman (2014)

P

• Pale Rider (1985)
• Palindromes (2004)
• Palo Alto (2013)
• Paris, Texas (1984)
• A Perfect Murder (1998)
• Petulia (1968)
• Pineapple Express (2008)
• Poison Ivy (1992)
• Pretty Baby (1978)
• Pretty Persuasion (2005)
• Pretty Woman (1990)
• Prime (2005)
• Pygmalion (1938)

Q

• The Quiet American (1958)
• The Quiet American (2002)

R

• Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
• Raja (2003)
• Return of the Jedi (1983)
• Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994)

S

• Sabrina (1954)
• Sabrina (1995)
• Saturn 3 (1980)
• Scusa ma ti chiamo amore (2008)
• Scusa ma ti voglio sposare (2010)
• Secretary (2001)
• Sense and Sensibility (1995)
• The Seven Year Itch (1955)
• Shanghai Kiss (2007)
• Shopgirl (2005)
• Sin City (2005)
• Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
• Smart People (2008)
• Something's Gotta Give (2003)
• The Sound of Music (1965)
• La Soupe aux choux (1981)
• South Pacific (1958)
• Stardom (2000)
• Starting Out in the Evening (2007)
• Stealing Beauty (1996)
• Stepmom (1998)
• Stoker (2013)
• Suburban Girl (2008)
• Susan Slept Here (1954)
• Sweeney Todd (2007)

T

• The Taste of Money (2012)
• Taxi Driver (1976)
• Ten North Fredrick (1958)
• These Girls (2005)
• Thirst (2009)
• This Is My Father (1998)
• Times Square (1980)
• To Have and Have Not (1944)
• Towelhead (2007)
• Twinky (1969)

U

• The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
• Under Solen (1998)
• Unknown (2011)
• Up Close & Personal (1996)

V

• Venus (2006)
• Voyager (1991)

W

• Weekend with the Babysitter (1970)
• Whatever Works (2009)
• Wild Target (2010)
• Wild Things (1998)
• Wish You Were Here (1987)
• Wonder Boys (2000)

Older woman/younger man

A

• Autumn Leaves (1963)

B

• BA Pass (2013)

H

• Harold and Maude (1973)
• Hello, My Name Is Doris (2016)

I

• In Praise of Older Women (1978)

L

• The Last Picture Show (1971)

S

• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
• Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
• Summer of '42 (1971)

Men

A

• Another Gay Movie (2006)
• Ausente (Absent)' (2011)

B

• Beginners (2010)
• Behind the Candelabra (2013)
• Blutsfreundschaft (Initiation) (2009)
• Boven is het stil (It's all so Quiet) (2013)

C

• Caresses (Caricias) (1998)
• Chris & Don (2008)
• The City of Your Final Destination (2009)

D

• Daddy (2015)
• David's Birthday (2010)
• Death in Venice (1971)

E

• Eban and Charley (2000)
• Eyes Wide Open (2009)

F

• First Love and Other Pains (1999)
• Food of Love (2002)
• For a Lost Soldier (1992)

G

• Gods and Monsters (1998)
• Gohatto (1999)
• Going Down in LA-LA Land (2011)

L

• L.I.E. (2001)
• Love and Death on Long Island (1997)
• Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)

M

• Milk (2008)
• Mulligans (2008)

O

• The Opposite of Sex (1998)
• Our Lady of the Assassins (2000)

S

• Sacred Silence a/k/a Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio (1996, Italy)
• Sassy Pants (2012)
• A Single Man (2009)
• Solos (2007)
• Some Like It Hot (1959)
• Sugar (2004)
• Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)

T

• To Die Like a Man (2009)
• Torch Song Trilogy (1980)
• Total Eclipse (1995)

U

• Unconditional Love (2002)

V

• Victim (1961)
• The Visitor (2002)

W

• What Happens Next (2011)
• Wilde (1997)
• The Witnesses (Les Témoins) (2007)

Women

A

• Ashley (2013)

B

• Bilitis (1977)
• Bloomington (2010)

C

• Carol (2015)
• Chloe (2009)
• Cracks (2009)

D

• Desert Hearts (1985)

F

• Freeheld (2015)

G

• The Gymnast (2006)
• Grandma (2015)

H

• High Art (1998)

I

• I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)

L

• Loving Annabelle (2006)

M

• Mädchen in Uniform (1931)

N

• Notes on a Scandal (2006)

P

• The Page Turner (2006)

See also

• Age disparity in sexual relationships

References

1. Pittman, Frank (January 1999). "Beware Older Women Ahead - older women dating younger men in the films - Abstract". Psychology Today. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
2. "May–December Romance film reviews". MovieRevie.ws. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
3. Scott, A. O. "FILM REVIEW; May–December Romance? Or Simply Hot and Cold?". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-02-27.