We list films about the middle-age crisis as the central theme for this article, indicating works that have as central force in their characters plots going through the period with these and other difficulties. All the films mentioned below belong to the genres of comedy and drama, working with situations like solitude, work, family life, society, youth, betrayal and death. Let’s go to the list!
10º – The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)
After his boss engages in an extramarital affair and asks him for his apartment to find his lover, an ordinary lonely man will be involved in the most diverse confusions in dealing with this new reality in his home. Billy Wilder’s masterpiece, ‘The Apartment’ spells out a sometimes unpleasant reality of middle age, with the perpetuation of professional obligations and an increasingly far-reaching departure from pleasurable social intricacies.
9º – The Weather Man (Gore Verbinski, 2005)
A man who works with the weather forecast on a television channel has to face the dilemmas of his private life in complete ruined state. Starring Nicolas Cage (who gives us one of the great performances of his career), “The Weather Man” walks between comedy and drama, investigating the ever erratic steps of its central character.
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