List of films featuring May–December romances

This is a list of mainstream films featuring significant 'May–December' romances, where the age differential between the two adults is wide enough to risk social disapproval. In some of the films listed below, the age difference is a major part of the film plot.

1 Older Man/Younger Woman
2 Older Woman/Younger Man
3 Older Man/Younger Man
4 Older Woman/Younger Woman
5 References

Older Man/Younger Woman

Absolon (2003)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye (2001)
American Beauty (1999)
An American Haunting (2006)
An American in Paris (1951)
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
An Education (2009)
As Good as it Gets (1997)
Atlantic City (1980)^[1]
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Autumn in New York (2000)^[2]
Baby Doll (1956)
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
Beautiful Girls (1996)
Big Daddy (1999)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Black Swan (2010)
Blame it on Rio (1984)
Blue Salt (2011) - about retried gangster boss and young hitwoman^[3]
Breezy (1973)
Bulworth (1998)
Casablanca (1942)
The Cat's Meow (2001)
Chaplin (1992)
Charade (1963)
Circle of Two (1980)
Code 46 (2003)
Crazy Heart (2009)
The Crush (1993)^[1]
La Cucina (2007)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Damage (1992)
Der blaue Engel (1930)
Dr. T and the Women (2000)
The Edge (1997)
Election (1999)
Elegy (2008)
Fair Love
The Fighting Temptations (2003)
Fish Tank (2009)
Forty Carats (1973)^[4]
Fresh Horses (1988)
Frida (2002)
Funny Face (1957)
Get Smart (2008)
Ghost World (2001)
Gigi (1958)
The Girl in the Cafe (2005)
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
Girl with Green Eyes (1964)^[1]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
Goldfish Memory (2003)
As Good as It Gets (1997)^[4]
The Governess (1998)
Gregory's Two Girls (1999)
Guinevere (1999)^[1]
Happy Endings (2005)
Hatari! (1962) : Doble May–December romances.
To Have and Have Not (1944)^[4]
Hello, Schoolgirl (2008) - 30-year-old civil servant and 17-year-old schoolgirl^[5]
High Society (1956)
Homo Faber (1991)
The Horse Whisperer (1998)^[4]
The Human Stain (2003)
Husbands and Wives (1992)
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Ikiru (1952)
Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)^[6]
Irresistible (2006)
Jane Eyre (1944)
The January Man (1989)
Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000)
Ken Park (2002)
Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
Kurukkante Kalyanam (1982)
L.A. Story (1991)
Labyrinth (1986)
Larry Crowne (2011)
Last Chance Harvey (2008)
Last Tango in Paris (1972)^[6]
The Last Time (2006)
Léon (1994)
Limelight (1952)
Lisa (1989)
Little Women (1994)
Lolita (1962)^[6]
Lolita (1997)
Lost in Translation (2003)^[6]
Love in the Afternoon (1957)^[6]
Manhattan (1979)^[7]
Me Without You (2001)
Middle of the Night (1959)
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Mini's First Time (2006)
The Misfits (1961)
Murphy's Romance (1985)
My First Mister (2001)
Network (1976)
North by Northwest (1959)
Oldboy (2003)
The Opposite of Sex (1998)
Pale Rider (1985)
Palindromes (2004)
Paris, Texas (1984)
A Perfect Murder (1998)^[4]
Petulia (1968)
Pineapple Express (2008)
Poison Ivy (1992)
Pretty Baby (1978)
The Quiet American (1958)
The Quiet American (2002)
Raja (2003)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Sabrina (1954)^[4]
Sabrina (1995)
Saturn 3 (1980)
Secretary (2001)
Shopgirl (2005)^[8]
Sin City (2005)^[9]^[10]
Six Days Seven Nights (1998)^[4]
Smart People (2008)
Something's Gotta Give (2003)^[6]
This Is My Father (1998)
The Sound of Music (1965)
South Pacific (1958)
Stardom (2000)
Starting Out in the Evening (2007)
Stealing Beauty (1996)
Suburban Girl (2008)
Sucker Punch (2011)
Susan Slept Here (1954)
It Started in Naples (1970)^[4]
Taxi Driver (1976)
Ten North Fredrick (1958)
Times Square (1980)
Towelhead (2007)
Twinky (1969)
Under Solen (1998)
Up Close & Personal (1996)
Venus (film) (2006)
Unknown (2011)
Watchmen (2009)
Whatever Works (2009)
Wild Target (2010)
Wish You Were Here (1987)
Wonder Boys (2000)
Shanghai Kiss (2007)

Older Woman/Younger Man

Flirting with Forty (2008)
40 Carats (1973) [1]
A Tiger's Tale (1987)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)^[6]
All About Eve
All That Heaven Allows^[6]
American Pie film series
Being Julia (2004)
Belle maman (Mother in Law) (1998)
Big (1988)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) (Character Paul "Fred" Varjak's relationship with an older "matron" figure.)
Bull Durham (1988)
Cheri (2009)
Class (1983)
Clément (2001)^[11]
Cougar Club (2007)
Crush (2001)
Diva (1981)
The Door in the Floor (2004)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Far from Heaven (2002)^[6]
The Good Girl (2002)
Goodbye Again (1961)
The Graduate (1967)^[6]
Harold and Maude (1971)^[6]
Hello Schoolgirl (2008) - 22-year-old man and 29-year-old woman^[12]
Heading South (2005)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)^[6]
I Am Love (2009) [2]
I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)
Impromptu (1992)
In Praise of Older Women (1978)
In the Bedroom (2001)
Life as a House (2001)
Losin' It (1983)
The Love Letter (1999)^[1]
Lovely & Amazing (2001)
Meeting Venus (1991)
The Mother (2003)^[1]
A Night in Heaven (1983)
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
P.S. (2005)^[13]
The Pallbearer (1996)
Prime (2005)
Private Lessons (1981)
The Rebound (2009)
The Reader (2008)
Reckless (1997)
Rushmore (1998)
Sanky Panky (2007)
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Summer of '42 (1971)
Tazza: The High Rollers (2006)
Tadpole (2002)
Tim (1979)^[6]
Tokyo Tower (2005)
Water for Elephants (2011)
White Palace (1990)
Unfaithful (2002)
Y tu mamá también (2001)

Older Man/Younger Man

Another Gay Movie (2006)
Chris & Don (2008)
Food of Love (2002)
L.I.E. (2001)
Love and Death on Long Island (1997)
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
Milk (2008)
Mulligans (2008)
The Opposite of Sex (1998)
A Single Man (2009)
Sugar (2004)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
Total Eclipse (1995)
Victim (1961)
Wilde (1997)
Beginners (2010)

Older Woman/Younger Woman

Bilitis (1977)
Desert Hearts (1985)
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)
High Art (1998)
Loving Annabelle (2006)
Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
Notes on a Scandal (2006)

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Nancy: I love you.
Hartigan: I love you, too. With all my heart.
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