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A Movie Night for older adults provides a great way to bring together film buffs for friendship and stimulating conversation about characters, plots, and themes. With more Gen-X era adults joining the Baby Boomers in senior living communities, there’s no shortage of films to choose from for reminiscing or to expand your movie horizons with contemporary flicks. Follow our suggestions below to launch a movie night that will warm-up autumn and winter evenings with thrills, chills, love and laughter!

Remember, all of the Everbrook communites have a wonderful movie theater, complete with comfy leather seating and a large projection screen!

Movie Nights Enhances Wellbeing for Older Adults

From Halloween through Valentine’s Day is a great time to host movie nights for older adults. With the outdoor temperature dropping, a movie night offers the opportunity to warm-up with friends and cultivate new social connections around a common interest, while also preventing health problems brought on by loneliness and isolation.

Some Fun "Movie Night" Themes

And the Award Goes To…

Choose films that have won awards for best director, best actor, story/scrip, or cinematography. When you create your movie night announcement (see below), mention these awards as it may capture the interest of potential participants.

Based on the Book By…

Films based on books can be a big hit for many reasons, the least of which is discussion on “which was better the book or the film”. People love to debate things like the actors chosen to portray book characters on the big screen, how script changes added to or detracted from the book, and so on.

‘Tis the Season…

For Gen-X and late generation Boomers, these movies tend to be full of nostalgia, making for great conversation as you jaunt down memory lane. Check out our seasonal favorites, listed below. 

Film Picks for Gen-X & Boomer Movie Nights

Feel-Good Movies

• Breakfast Club
• The Big Chill
• Clerks
• Ferris Bueler’s Day Off
• Footloose
• Forrest Gump
• Good Will Hunting
• The Goonies
• The Big Chill
• Practical Magic
• Stand By Me
• St. Elmo’s Fire
• You’ve Got Mail 

Creepy Movies

• Alien
• The Exorcist
• The Fly
• Gremlins
• Poltergeist
• Sleepy Hollow
• The Shining
• The Sixth Sense
• What Lies Beneath

Holiday Movies and Love Stories

• Bridget Jone’s Diary
• Die Hard
• Groundhog Day
• Home Alone
• Love, Actually
• Fatal Attraction
• Four Weddings and a Funeral
• Miracle
• Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
• Pretty Woman
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
• Scrooged
• Sleepless in Seattle
• Steel Magnolias
• The Santa Clause
• When Harry Met Sally
• While You Were Sleeping

Whichever movie you decide to watch, remember to grab your popcorn and to please silence your cell phone. :)