The Way We Live Now(1970)
FEEL! He can't!
A mid-life crisis propels a disaffected advertising executive out of his marriage and into a series of disastrous love affairs with a series of women. He will eventually return to his wife, chastened.
Movie: The Way We Live Now
Top 9 Billed Cast
Lionel Aldridge
Amelia
Jane Aldridge
Martha
Lincoln
Sara Aldridge
Samantha
Recommendations Movies
Nothing in Common(en)
A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.
Solitary Man(en)
A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
American Beauty(en)
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
The Arrangement(en)
An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.
Box of Moonlight(en)
Al Fountain, a middle-aged electrical engineer, is on the verge of a mid-life crisis, when he decides to take his time coming home from a business trip, rents a car, and heads out looking for a lake he remembers from his childhood. But his wandering takes him into the life of Kid, a free-spirited young man who helps Al escape from the routine of everyday life and find freedom to enjoy himself.
In Good Company(en)
Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made worse when Dan's new supervisor becomes romantically involved with his daughter an 18 year-old college student Alex.
Hello I Must Be Going(en)
An affair with a 19-year old actor helps reinvigorate life for thirty-something Amy after she moves home to her parents’ house following her divorce.
The Pumpkin Eater(en)
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
Almost Friends(en)
A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become closer, the line between friendship and intimacy is blurred, and the situation forces both to examine where they are in their lives.
Petulia(en)
Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's vibrant personality hides her fear of her abusive husband, David, whose father is a powerful society figure. As Petulia and Archie's feelings for each other grow, they must decide what it is they truly want.
Faces(en)
Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the couple and those around them confront a seemingly futile search for what they've lost -- love, excitement, passion -- this classic American independent film explores themes of aging and alienation.
Come Sunday(en)
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Albatross(en)
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.
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee(en)
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
How to Please a Woman(en)
When her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself.
Heatwave(en)
A woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.
Effie Gray(en)
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
Sidewalks of New York(en)
The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on the street" interviews with scenes from the six characters' lives, the film weaves a humorous and biting commentary on the game of love -- easy to start, hard to finish.
Similar Movies
Second Chance(en)
A rich stockbroker buys a Nevada ghost town as a community for people who need a second chance in life.
Leonardo(es)
Inspired by Vitruvian Man and Leonardo DiCaprio syndrome, "Leonardo" imagines a near future where Néstor, after losing his partner, seeks comfort in an artificial replica of her. What begins as a desperate attempt to revive their relationship seems to work... until an unexpected event turns everything upside down.
Drawing The Line(en)
Paul struggles with growing older and longs for the days of his youth, because of this Paul is a coke addict trying to recapture the feelings he used to have, creating stress in his marriage to his "High School sweetheart" Sarah.
After Words(en)
Jane Taylor, a librarian, has lost her job. Depressed and suicidal, she decides to take a final wonderful trip to Costa Rica before swallowing a bottle of pills. Once there, she meets a younger man, Juan, a vibrant tour guide who takes her on an unexpected journey filled with adventure and romance.
Laddaland(th)
A family moves into a neighborhood where they encounter a series of terrifying paranormal events that lead them to the edge of sanity.
Number One(en)
A former football hero cannot accept his career is over. He loses himself in alcohol and women.
Being Gavin(en)
Gavin hides from the courage to tell the truth, until someone he loves forces his hand.
Mr. Worldwide?(en)
A down-on-his-luck South London rapper/music producer chases the next big viral sample track to Malaysia and discovers that his dreams may have been something simpler all along.
City Slickers(en)
Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.
Blockers(en)
When three parents discover that each of their daughters have a pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop the teens from sealing the deal.
Seconds(en)
An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity; one that comes with its own price.
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid(en)
As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, a middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the Caribbean, hears mysterious, wordless singing on an uninhabited rock in the bay. Fishing in the vicinity, he catches...a mermaid. He takes her home and, though she has no spoken language, falls in love with her. Of course, his wife won't believe that the thing in the bathtub is anything but a large fish.
Die Ältern(de)
A writer in a midlife and marital crisis, overwhelmed by his growing children and unable to accept change, meets another woman. A bit half-hearted and unintentionally funny, he tries to do something different.
What's Good for the Goose(en)
A middle-aged banker picks up two young, open-minded women on his way to a convention and falls head over heels for one of them.
Under the Eiffel Tower(en)
Stuart is a having a mid-life crisis. Desperate for something more in life, he tags along on his best friend's family vacation to Paris - then proposes to his friend's 24-year-old daughter, Rosalind, while standing under the Eiffel Tower.
Reunion(fi)
Luokkakokous is a story about three men that travel back to their hometown to attend their high school class reunion.
Mulheres Alteradas(pt)
Leandra is in her mid-30s: she wants to get married and have children, but she does not have a boyfriend. Her sister, Sonia, is married and has two children, but all she wants is a night of fun with her best friend, Marinati - a workaholic lawyer who went to fall in love just when her career is on the rise. Marinati is Keka's boss, who is looking forward to the trip she's scheduled to save her marriage.
Learning To See(en)
Struggling with a mid-life crisis, Robert Oelman leaves his psychology career in the early 1990s to photograph rare and exotic insects. After moving from the United States to Colombia, he forms a special bond with his subjects in the Amazon rainforest. This connection enables him to make striking photographic images of new and undocumented species. After more than 20 years of traveling, searching, and photographing, his quest culminates with a New York City gallery show where he finally shares his images with the public.
Jon Richardson: The Knitwit(en)
In his stand up show at the Hackney Empire, the Cats Does Countdown star asks the important questions. Will the recycling go out on the right day? Who's going to smooth over the top of the margarine?
