Movies and TV shows about Dementia and Alzheimer’s

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. When he tries to understand what is happening around him, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.

A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.

The last days of an elderly couple stricken by dementia.

Sam and Tusker are traveling across England in their old RV to visit friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have.

A man employs a young carer to look after his father, who is suffering from Alzheimers disease, but the carer herself has a serious kidney condition.

During a fleeting bout of lucidity from her dementia, June Wilton has precious little time to bring together her estranged children, save the family business, and rekindle an old flame.

A young woman, Isadora, struggles to find a new life as her elderly mother battles dementia.

John Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father who is searching for a place to retire, their two very different worlds collide.

A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call "The Leisure Seeker".

A veteran soap opera star retires to a beach house with her publicist and partner, but her Early Onset Alzheimer's will strain the couple's relationship until they find the strength to redefine themselves and what they mean to one another.

"Glass" Is a film about a young man, Atlas, and his continuous struggle with early-onset Alzheimer's. Seen through his eyes, his life is a puzzle he desperately tries to piece together. His condition deteriorates, loved ones are forgotten, and Atlas's broken mind persuades him to love a girl from his past that may or may not exist. He forgets everything else but her. This is a struggle that many people all around the world face every single day. We want to raise awareness and open minds with this film. This beautiful story of family, love, and illness is an unflinching look at early-onset Alzheimer's like it has never been seen before.

An elderly couple fight against local authorities in rural New Brunswick to build their final home.

A sixty-something woman, faced with the discovery of a heinous family crime and in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class.

A film director's personal journey experiencing his mother's disappearance into the Alzheimer disease, a film with essential Fridriksson's ingredients, humour, compassion and strong visual style.

In this sensitive examination of the effects of Alzheimer's a home care assistant, Felicia, is charged with spending her days with Anna, an elderly woman suffering from dementia. When Anna's husband vanishes, Felicia dedicates herself to Anna, and like Anna, slowly loses all sense of time and self.

An elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Diagnosed with Alzheimer's, Lena goes to Andrea, a filmmaker she used to know, to help her record her own deterioration in a documentary. The film becomes a trip down memory lane: her love for Henrik, for poetry, and becoming a widow.

Everything starts on a Group Therapy session. Eleni attends to face the bitter truth and cope with the situation with her mother, that has been diagnosed with Altzheimer's disease.

A retired academic teacher tries to find the love of his youth after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Mari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They help prepare their mother for his farewell and prepare themselves for the emotions to follow.

When a seemingly indomitable grandmother is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, her ability to fulfill her matriarch role unravels and her daughter must navigate keeping the family afloat with little assistance from her career-focused wife.

Matsumura Ryouko, a popular writer in her 50s, knows that she has Alzheimer's as she begins to teach at a university, where she meets So Chan Hae, a young Korean man in his 20s, and falls in love with him.

A young man with Down syndrome and his grandfather diagnosed with Alzheimer form a special relationship to escape daily hostilities and to try finding happiness.