Albatross (2011)
- Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just
arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens
to have devastating consequences [IMDB].
American Beauty (1999) - Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban
father [Kevin Spacey] in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life
around after developing an infatuation for his daughter's attractive [high
school] friend [IMDB].
An American Haunting (2005) - Professor Richard Powell attempts to
help a young girl who is attracted from being hunted by demons. Her mother even
suggests that the professor marry the girl and take away to escape the demons.
In the end, it turns out that another middle-aged man has a role in the demons
hunting the girl.
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995) - Set right after World War II, a naive
and somewhat perverse-minded teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in
Liverpool... [and begins a relationship with two middle-aged men in the
theatre.]
An Education (2009) - A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban
London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy [Peter
Sarsgaard], nearly twice her age [IMDB].
The Babysitter (1995) - A teenage babysitter [Alicia Silverstone] is the focus of two
boys and a man's separate obsessions [IMDB].
Baby Doll (1956)
- Steamy tale of two [middle-aged] Southern rivals and a sensuous 18-year-old
virgin [IMDB].
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) - A father [Daniel Day-Lewis] and
[teen-age] daughter [Camilla Belle] isolated on an island off the East Coast
and living on a once thriving commune grapple with the limits of family and
sexuality [i.e. incest] [IMDB].
Beau Pere (1981)
[French] - After her mother dies, fourteen-year-old Marion falls in love with
her stepfather, Remy [IMDB].
Beautiful Girls (1996) - Willie Conway (Timothy Hutton) visits
his home town from New York City to attend his high school reunion. While
there, he begins a relationship with a thirteen-year-old girl (Natalie Portman)
after she asked him to wait five years for her so they could begin a romantic
relationship.
Big Daddy (1999)
- A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend [who left him
for a much older man], but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the
unlikely foster father [IMDB].
The Big Sleep (1946) - Private detective Philip Marlowe [Humphrey Bogart] is hired by
a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail,
and what might be love [with a young Lauren Bacall] [IMDB].
Bilitis (1977)
- A teenage schoolgirl spends the summer with a couple whose marriage is on the
rocks and develops a crush on the wife. Meanwhile, she pursues a local
[photographer]… and tries to find a “suitable male lover” for the wife [Film
Fanatic].
Blame It on Rio (1984) - Best friends and their [teen-age] daughter’s
holiday in Rio only for one [Michael Caine] to fall for the other's daughter.
[Actually, his best friend’s daughter fell for him][IMDB].
Breezy (1973)
- Breezy is a teen-aged hippy with a big heart. After taking a ride with a
[much older] man who only wants her for sex... [they eventually fall on love.]
The Cat's Meow (2001) - Semi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a
star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924. [The
much older Hearst and Charlie Chaplin were both in love with a young Marion
Davies [Kirsten Dunst] [IMDB].
Carried Away (1996) - Joseph Svenden [Dennis Hopper] is a middle-aged schoolteacher
who lives on a farm with his dying mother. In his simple life there are no
excitements, even in his long-time relationship with a widow. However, when a
17-year old beauty enrolls in his class, life takes an unexpected turn. She
boards her horse in his barn and she then seduces him. They carry on a furtive
relationship which leaves him torn between the passion and knowing that he is
doing something wrong. When her indiscretion starts the inevitable scandal,
many different reactions ensue [IMDB].
Chaplin (1992)
- The film is structured around lengthy flashbacks as the elderly Chaplin (now
living in Switzerland) recollects moments from his life during a conversation
with fictional character George Hayden (Anthony Hopkins), the editor of his
autobiography. Chaplin's recollections begin with his childhood of extreme
poverty, from which he escapes by immersing himself in the world of the London
music halls, after which he relocates to the United States [IMDB].
There are references to some of his many [age-discrepant and ephebophilia]
romantic episodes (including Hetty Kelly, Mildred Harris, Georgia Hale, Marion
Davies, Edna Purviance, Lita Grey, Paulette Goddard, Joan Barry and Oona
O'Neill), his professional collaboration with Mack Sennett and friendship with
Douglas Fairbanks[IMDB].
Circle of Two (1981) - It starred Richard Burton as a 60-year old artist who falls in
love with a sixteen-year-old played by Tatum O'Neal. Controversially, O'Neal -
sixteen at the time of filming - posed for a topless scene [IMDB].
Claire's Knee (1970) [French: Le genou de Claire Jérôme] - a 35-year-old diplomat, is
struck by teenage girl Claire and harbours an unquenchable desire to touch her
knee ... [IMDB].
The Crush (1993)
- A journalist becomes the unwanted center of attention for a 14-year-old girl
[Alicia Silverstone] whom proceeds to sabotage his life after he refuses her sexual
advances [IMDB].
Daddy Long Legs (1955) - Daddy Long Legs (1955) is a Hollywood
musical comedy film set in France, New York City, and the fictional college
town of "Walston" in Massachusetts. It was one of Astaire's personal
favorites, largely due to the script which, for once, directly addresses the
complications inherent in a love affair between a young woman [18-years-old]
and a man [Fred Astaire] thirty years her senior [that started after he adopted
her from an orphanage in France and took her to New York City][Wikipedia].
Election (1999)
- A high school teacher's [Matthew Broderick] personal life becomes complicated
as he “works” with students [e.g. Tracy (Reese Witherspoon) who has a sexual
affair with her English teacher.] during the school elections [IMDB].
Elegy (2008)
– [Professor and] Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he
indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic
disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student, who awakens a sense of
sexual possessiveness in her teacher [IMDB]. This film is based on the novel The Dying Animal by Philip Roth.
Ghost World (2001) - Enid [Thora Birchand] and Rebecca [Scarlett Johansson] are
social outsiders who, after graduating from high school, play a mean prank on a
middle-aged geek [Steve
Buscemi] [IMDB].
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) - A young peasant maid [Scarlett
Johansson] working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his
talented assistant [love interest] and the model for one of his most famous
works [IMDB].
Great Balls of Fire! (1989) The story of Jerry Lee Lewis [Dennis
Quaid], arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the
1950s... [and the marriage to his 13-year-old cousin Myra [Winona Ryder].
Goldfish Memory (2003) - A light-hearted look at the dangers
and delights of [age-discrepant] dating in contemporary Dublin [IMDB].
Guinevere (1999)
- A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much
older photographer [IMBD]. The film
was a 1999 Sundance Film Festival Jury Prize nominee. It won the Waldo Salt
Screenwriting Award for Welles' screenplay [IMBD\Lankalion].
Jane Eyre (1943)
- After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the
brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter
[before they begin an age-discrepant relationship.][IMDB].
Last Tango in Paris (1972) - A young Parisian woman begins a sordid
affair with a middle-aged American businessman [Marlon Brando] who lays out
ground rules that their clandestine relationship will be based only on sex
[IMDB].
Laura (1979)
[French: Laura, les ombres de l'été]
- Sculptor Paul meets a former great love again after a long time but is much
more impressed by her 15 years old daughter Laura, who looks now like her
mother when Paul was in love with her. Laura likes him very much too, but her
jealous mother prevents any further contact. She allows him to make a sculpture
of Laura, but only from photos. Written by Tom Zoerner
Lea (1996)
[Czech] - 51-year-old Herbert Strehlow, a furniture restorer, falls in love
with 21-year-old Lea, who has not spoken a word since childhood when her father
killed her mother. She bears a striking resemblance to Herbert's dead wife.
They get married, but their relationship seems doomed, until gradually each one
manages to penetrate the mysterious world of the other, and they begin to
realize that they are bound by a kind of spiritual relationship [IMDB].
Liberal Arts (2012) - When 30-something Jesse (Josh
Radnor) returns to his alma mater for a professor's retirement party, he falls
for [19-year-old] Zibby (Elizabeth Olsen), a college student, and is faced with
a powerful attraction that springs up between them [IMDB].
Little Lips (1978) [Italian: Piccole labra]
- A writer returns home from World War I. He has developed a very bad case of post-traumatic
stress disorder. His genitalia were also blown away during the war. He
contemplates suicide, but becomes interested in the 12-year-old niece of the
innkeeper at the place where he is recuperating. He becomes deeply infatuated
with her, but can't physically consummate any kind of relationship with her.
She brightens his day, but her sexuality is just beginning to bud. When she
begins to prefer a male closer to her age than the writer, the finality of the
plot is set. [IMDB\Written by Ørnås].
Limelight (1952)
- Calvero (Charles Chaplin), once a famous stage clown but now a washed-up
drunk, saves a young dancer, Thereza Ambrose, alias Terry (Claire Bloom), from
suicide. Nursing her back to health, Calvero helps Terry regain her self-esteem
and resume her dancing career. In doing so he regains his own self-confidence,
but his attempts to make a comeback are less successful. Terry says she wants
to marry Calvero despite their age difference, although she has befriended
Neville, a young composer Calvero believes would be better suited to her. In
order to give them a chance, Calvero leaves home and becomes a street
entertainer [IMDB].
Lisa (1990)
- A 14-year-old girl mistakenly seduces a middle-aged serial killer with dire
consequences [IMDB].
The Little Thief (1988) [French: La petite voleuse] - In 1950, the 16-year-old Janine lives with her
uncle and aunt somewhere in France. She steals everything that she can find,
with a preference for fine lingerie and American cigarettes. She leaves school
and goes to work as a maid for a middle-class family. She has an affair with an
older married man as well as with a boy of her age, who is also a thief
[Wikipedia].
Lolita
(1962/1997) - A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a
14-year-old nymphet [IMDB].
Love, Math and Sex (1997) [French: C'est la tangente que je préfère] - Sabine, an adolescent girl with
a gift for mathematics becomes involved with Jiri, a 40-something man-of-the-theatre
from Prague. The story of their relationship and the gradual transformation of
Sabine's life as a result of it [IMDB].
Love in the Afternoon (1957) - Director Billy Wilder salutes his
idol, Ernst Lubitsch, with this comedy about a [upper] middle-aged playboy
[(Gary Cooper), who seduces a teenage girl (Audrey Hepburn) that broke into his
hotel suite.]
Me Without You (2001) - Two [young] best friends grow up on the Isle of
Wight and in Brighton in the 1970s and 1980s [and they both end up in age-discrepant
relationships- one with a college professor and other with her friend’s much
older brother].
Middle of the Night (1959) – A young receptionist and model begins
a relationship with her upper middle-aged boss that goes back and forth as he
becomes too attached and she questions the age difference.
Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) - It is the early 1900s. Distinguished
philosopher Leopold (Ferrer) and his much younger fiancée, Ariel (Farrow), are
going to spend a weekend in the country with Leopold's cousin Adrian
(Steenburgen) and her crackpot inventor husband Andrew (Allen). Also on the
guest list is womanizing doctor Maxwell (Roberts) and his latest girlfriend,
free-thinking nurse, Dulcy (Hagerty). Over the course of the weekend, old
romances reignite, new romances develop, and everyone ends up sneaking off
behind everyone else's backs [IMDB].
Mini's First Time (2006) - A rebellious [18-year-old] girl hooks
up with an escort agency where her stepfather [Alec Baldwin] is a client
[before they begin an affair and will do whatever it takes to no longer keep it
a secret.][IMDB].
My 5 Wives (2000) - Monte Peterson [Rodney Dangerfield], a rich real-estate
developer, is going through his third divorce. His friend Ray has found a good
site for a ski resort in Utah, and Monte comes to bid on the land, competing
with local banker Preston Gates. Monte knew that, in order to take possession
of the land, he would have to convert to the local religion, a sort of cross
between Mormonism and Amish…What he didn't know was that the deed to the land
also included the three [young] wives of the deceased former owner [IMDB\
Written by Jon Reeves].
Noce Blanche (1989) [French] - A [middle-aged] teacher of philosophy discovers a
complicated pupil, a seventeen years old girl with a quite cynic and lucid view
of the world... [IMDB]
The Misfits (1961) - A sexy [young] divorcée [Marilyn Monroe] falls for an
over-the-hill cowboy [Clark Gable] who is struggling to maintain his
romantically independent lifestyle in early-sixties Nevada [IMDB].
Oldboy (2003)
- The film follows the story of one Oh Dae-su, who is locked in a hotel room
for 15 years without knowing his captor's motives. When he is finally released,
Dae-su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and violence. His own
quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance when he falls for an
attractive [young] sushi chef. In 2008,
voters on CNN named it one of the ten best Asian films ever made. [Wikipedia].
The Opposite of Sex (1998) - A 16-year-old girl visits her [older]
gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all
of their lives [IMDB].
Palindromes (2004) - Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is
warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce
temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends
[age-discrepant relationships] and neighbors [IMDB].
Paper Man (2009)
- A washed-up writer forms an unlikely friendship with a teenager from Long
Island [until the lines of friendship begin to blurr] [IMDB].
Paris, Texas (1984) - The plot focuses on an amnesiac (Harry Dean Stanton) who,
after mysteriously wandering out of the Mojave Desert, attempts to
re-assimilate his life with his brother (Stockwell), his seven year old son
(Carson), as well as track down his former [young] wife ([Nastassja] Kinski)
[Wikipedia].
Poison Ivy (1992) - A seductive [15-year-old] teen [Drew Barrymore] befriends an
introverted high school student [Sara Gilbert] and schemes her way into the lives
of her wealthy family [and seduces her father (Tom Skerritt)] [IMDB].
Pretty Maids All in a Row
(1971) - A high school teacher (Rock Hudson) is seduced by
his students and when they get too attached he murders them, but will the
town's detective (Telly Savalas) be able to link the teacher to the murders.
The Quiet American (2002) - An older British reporter [Michael
Caine] vies against a young American [Brendan Fraser] for the affections of a
[young] Vietnamese beauty [IMDB].
Quills (2000) -
In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade
[a writer, who writes about violent age-discrepant relationships], fights a
battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.
Sade (2000)
[French] - The fictional story takes place during the Reign of Terror in France
and centers around the Marquis de Sade (played by Daniel Auteuil) who is
imprisoned on a country estate with several other noble families, all awaiting
an uncertain future. The marquis relives the adventures of his youth and
befriends a [very] young woman, Emilie de Lancris (played by Isild Le Besco),
whom he instructs in the secrets of love.
The Savior (1971) [French: Le sauveur] -
… Nanette, a fourteen-year-old peasant girl, meets a slightly injured young man
near the farm she lives on. Named Claude, he claims to be an English
paratrooper, sent there to organize resistance to the Nazis. Although her
parents have taught her to worship Pétain and the Germans and hate the English,
Nanette accepts to hide him in the attic. Day after day she brings him food and
cares for him. It does not take long before she falls in love with him and
discovers the ecstasy of physical love. But after she has helped Claude to come
into contact with the local resistance fighters, he disappears [IMDB\Written by
Guy Bellinger].
Something's Gotta Give (2003) - A swinger [Jack Nicholson] on the cusp
of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an
accomplished woman closer to his age [IMDB].
Susan Slept Here (1954) - Comedy about a struggling Hollywood
scriptwriter [Dick Powell] who, one Christmas Eve, receives a much unexpected
present – [12-year-old] juvenile delinquent Debbie Reynolds [IMDB].
Ten North Frederick (1958) - Distinguished attorney Joseph Chapin
[Gary Cooper] runs for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, but is forced to
withdraw from the race after his young daughter secretly marries an older
trumpet player and gets pregnant. Once Joseph’s daughter learns that her
husband was blackmailed into leaving her, she moves to New York City where her
past middle aged father starts an affair with her young roommate
[Wikipedia].
Towelhead (2007)
- 13-year-old Lebanese American girl named Jasira experiences a sexual
awakening, sparked in part by the adult magazines she finds when baby-sitting
the next-door neighbor boy Zach Vuoso. She has mixed feelings about Zach's
father Mr. Vuoso (Aaron Eckhart). She prefers her classmate Thomas Bradley
(Eugene Jones), who is sexually interested in her, but does not act without permission.
She then goes on to be sexually active with him. Nevertheless, she accepts when
Mr. Vuoso, pretending he has to go to Iraq the next morning, asks to have sex
with her [Wikipedia].
Twinky (1970)/Lola (1970) - A middle aged writer [Charles Bronson] of
pornographic novels meets and falls in love with a sixteen year old school girl
[IMDB]. [The marriage goes well until Twinky will not let him finish his next
novel.
Wish You Were Here (1987) - Sixteen-year-old Lynda Mansell (Emily
Lloyd) is feisty and precocious and always shocks other people with her vulgar
and saucy tongue. Bored with conventional jobs and her town's dull young men,
Lynda has her first sexual experience with Dave (Jesse Birdsall) but after she
has slept with one of her father's middle-aged friends (Tom Bell), her life
changes [Wikipedia]
Shanghai Kiss (2007) - Liam Liu (Ken Leung), a Chinese actor dwelling in Los Angeles
unwittingly gets involved with a high school girl [Hayden Panettiere]. He
suddenly has to go to China after learning from his father that he has
inherited his grand-mother's home in Shanghai. He's not very appreciative of
his Chinese roots and at first only wants to sell the house and get back to the
U.S. as fast as possible. He gets a taste of Chinese customs after meeting a
girl and ends up having some big decisions to make [Wikipedia].
Stealing Beauty (1996) - Lucy Harmon, an American teenager, is
arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who
lives in a beautiful villa there. Once she arrives, Lucy meets and befriends a
variety of eccentric locals who were companions of her mother, and begins to
form relationships and connections with each of them. Lucy has decided to lose
her virginity and becomes an object of intense interest to the men of the
household, but the suitor she finally selects is not the initial object of her
affection [Wikipedia].
Venus (2006)
- The plot concerns Maurice (Peter O'Toole), an elderly actor who finds himself
increasingly attracted to his friend Ian's great-niece Jessie (Jodie Whittaker),
while simultaneously finding himself in deteriorating health due to prostate
cancer. Maurice's friend describes the great-niece as a trouble maker and a
nuisance, but Maurice discovers that Jessie warms up to him when he starts interacting
with her. During the course of the film we see her do everything from
exploiting him (trying to get him to buy her presents, trying to use his flat
to have sex with a boy), taking care of him, flirting with him, rejecting him
sexually to engaging with him as a friend [Wikipedia].