Let's Go to the Movies!

Are you a member of the GMG Movies Group? It's a group of senior men who like to go to the movies. This is a new micro-group, consisting mostly of members of the Greenwood men's group. They went to their first movie recently and had a great time. They may go out to a theater, or view the movie in a member's home.

Contact the webmaster if you're interested in joining this micro-group.

Also, now that the Greenwood men's group has a large TV for use in their meeting room, so they should be able to stream movies. And time permitting, have a discussion about it afterwards. Popcorn and refreshments can be provided! Let the Collaboration Group or group facilitator know if you have a good movie to nominate for viewing.

Why Movies for Mature Guys?

Older men frequently enjoy watching movies, both new and old, and often choose films with themes of maturity, past events, and relatable characters. They may also enjoy reality-based content like documentaries and biopics. 

Watching movies with others can be a positive way to bond, socialize, and engage in meaningful conversation. 

Do Any of these Movies Look Interesting to You?

Here are a few movies that might be "watchable" for senior men. There are tons of other movies that could be interesting. Do you have any great movies you would like to suggest? Let the webmaster know.

Breaking Olympia

A powerful documentary about the resiliency of the human spirit colliding with the complexity of a bodybuilding career. It's the gripping tale of Phil Heath, a world champion bodybuilder. He is a native of Seattle. Want to know what would motivate someone to build a body like the one below? Watch this movie! It’ll fire you up, and probably make you do a push up.

Can you imagine what it took for Phil Heath to build this body??

The Best Years of Our Lives

Fred, Al and Homer are three World War II veterans facing difficulties as they re-enter civilian life. Fred (Dana Andrews) is a war hero who, unable to compete with more highly skilled workers, has to return to his low-wage soda jerk job. Bank executive Al (Fredric March) gets into trouble for offering favorable loans to veterans. After losing both hands in the war, Homer (Harold Russell) returns to his loving fiancée, but must struggle to adjust.

Old Goats

Old Goats is a comedy that features three elderly men playing themselves, but within a fictional framework. The story blends fiction and reality. Britt lives alone on a boat and searches for excitement and romance in his life. Bob writes a book of memoirs about his life as a soldier, para-trooper, and bush pilot, but is uneasy about revealing his sins as a younger man. David is struggling to adapt into retired life while living with his bossy wife. The story is about each man's attempt to change his ways.

The Straight Story

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth) learns one day that his distant brother Lyle (Harry Dean Stanton) has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.

Secondhand Lions

A shy adolescent boy, Walter (Haley Joel Osment), is taken by his greedy mother (Kyra Sedgwick) to spend the summer with his two hard-boiled great-uncles, Hub (Robert Duvall) and Garth (Michael Caine), who are rumored to possess a great fortune. At first, the two old men, both set in their ways, find Walter's presence a nuisance, but they eventually warm up to the boy and regale him with tall tales from their past. In return, Walter helps reawaken their youthful spirit.

Inherit the Wind

In the 1920s, Tennessee schoolteacher Bertram Cates (Dick York) is put on trial for violating the Butler Act, a state law that prohibits public school teachers from teaching evolution instead of creationism. Drawing intense national attention in the media with writer E. K. Hornbeck (Gene Kelly) reporting, two of the nation's leading lawyers go head to head: Matthew Harrison Brady (Fredric March) for the prosecution, and Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy) for the defense.

The World's Fastest Indian

New Zealander Burt Munro spent years perfecting his classic 1920 Indian motorcycle. The year is 1967, and Burt takes his machine to Utah's salt flats, where he attempts the impossible, using his dream bike to set a new world's record for speed. Based on a true story, the record Munro set more than three decades ago still has not been broken to this day.

Million Dollar Baby

Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) is a veteran Los Angeles boxing trainer who keeps almost everyone at arm's length, except his old friend and associate Eddie "Scrap Iron" Dupris (Morgan Freeman). When Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) arrives in Frankie's gym seeking his expertise, he is reluctant to train the young woman, a transplant from working-class Missouri. Eventually, he relents, and the two form a close bond that will irrevocably change them both.

Harry and Tonto

Harry Coombes (Art Carney) is a man in his seventies who is evicted from his Manhattan apartment when the building is set to be demolished. After staying briefly with his son Burt (Phil Bruns), Harry decides to travel across the country, accompanied by his cat, Tonto, to visit his other grown children. However, his visits to a former love (Geraldine Fitzgerald), his daughter, Shirley (Ellen Burstyn) in Chicago, and his youngest son, Eddie (Larry Hagman), in Los Angeles, defy his expectations.

Seven Samurai

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food. A giant battle occurs when 40 bandits attack the village.

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