OVER 50 AND FABULOUS: Ageing gracefully – Books and movies about living a luscious life after fifty

Need more convincing about the ability to keep embracing life over 50, despite the gray hairs becoming more common? Take a look at these books and films about ageing gracefully…

Here are some books about embracing life after turning 50:

• Living the Good Long Life: A Practical Guide to Caring for Yourself and Others by Martha Stewart
• Advanced Style by Ari Seth Cohen
• Fabulous at 50: Redefining midlife: body, mind and spirit by Janet Maccaro
• Style Yourself Over 40, 50 & Beyond by Sybil Henry
• Hot Granny: Fabulous at 50, 60 and Beyond! by Mel Walsh
• Fifty and Fabulous: The Best Years of a Woman’s Life by Jaki Scarcello
• Triple F: Fifty Fit and Fabulous by Sharon Simmons

• Fifty Things to Do When You Turn Fifty: Fifty Experts on the Subject of Turning Fifty by 

  Ronnie Sellers

• The Art of Growing Old: Aging with Grace by Marie de Hennezel 
• Staging Your Comeback: A Complete Beauty Revival for Women Over 45 by Christopher Hopkins
• Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Well-Being by Andrew Weil M.D. 
• Style Evolution: How to Create Ageless Personal Style in Your 40s and Beyond by Kendall Farr
• The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully by Joan Chittister 

• Amazing Grays: A Woman’s Guide to Making the Next 50 the Best 50 *Regardless of your hair color! by 

  Maggie Rose Crane

• Gracefully: Looking and Being Your Best at Any Age by Valerie Ramsey with Heather Hummel
• Going Gray: How to Embrace Your Authentic Self with Grace and Style by Anne Kreamer
• Who’s That Woman in the Mirror?: The Art of Ageing Gracefully by Keren Smedley

• Frumpy to Fabulous: Flaunting It: Your Ultimate Guide to Effortless Style by 

  Natalie Jobity

• Swag: Southern Women Aging Gracefully by Melinda Rainey Thompson
• Prime Time: Love, health, sex, fitness, friendship, spirit; Making the most of all of your life by Jane Fonda
• The Makeup Wakeup: Revitalizing Your Look at Any Age by Lois Joy Johnson and Sandy Linter
• The Best of Everything After 50: The Experts’ Guide to Style, Sex, Health, Money, and More by Barbara Hannah Grufferman
• Life Gets Better: The Unexpected Pleasures of Growing Older by Wendy Lustbader 

Movies to watch:

• Father of the Bride (1950) and Father’s Little Dividend (1951) starring Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett
• On Golden Pond (1982) starring Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman
• Cocoon (1985) starring Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Herta Ware, Tahnee Welch, and Linda Harrison
• Shirley Valentine (1989) starring Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Julia McKenzie and Alison Steadman
• Driving Miss Daisy (1989) starring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone and Esther Rolle
• Steel Magnolias (1989) starring Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Olympia Dukakis, Shirley Maclaine and Dolly Parton
• Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (1991) starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker
• Enchanted April (1991) starring Miranda Richardson, Alfred Molina, Joan Plowright and Polly Walker
• Father of the Bride (1991) and Father of the Bride II (1995) starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, George Newbern, Martin Short, B.D. Wong and Kieran Culkin
• The Joy Luck Club (1993) starring Ming-Na, Rosalind Chao, Lauren Tom, France Nuyen, Tamlyn Tomita, Kieu Chinh, Lisa Lu, Tsai Chin
• Grumpy Old Men (1993) and Grumpier Old Men (1995) starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Ann-Margret, with Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Sophia Loren
• The Shawshank Redemption (1994) starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler
• How to Make an American Quilt (1995) starring Winona Ryder, Maya Angelou, Ellen Burstyn and Anne Bancroft
• A Month by the Lake (1995) starring Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox, Uma Thurman, Alida Valli
• The Bridges of Madison County (1995) starring Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley and Victor Slezak
• Iris (2001) starring Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent and Hugh Bonneville
• Mrs Brown (1997) starring Judi Dench and Billy Connolly
• Tea with Mussolini (1999) starring Cher, Joan Plowright, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Lily Tomlin
• Saving Grace (2000) starring Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Martin Clunes, Tchéky Karyo
• The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2001) starring Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Leslie Caron, Olympia Dukakis
• About Schmidt (2002) starring Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) starring Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, James Garner, Maggie Smith, Fionnula Flanagan, Shirley Knight, Ashley Judd
• Mrs Caldicot’s Cabbage War (2002) starring Pauline Collins, John Alderton and Peter Capaldi
• My House in Umbria (2003) starring Maggie Smith, Ronnie Barker, Chris Cooper, Benno Fürmann
• Calendar Girls (2003) starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, with Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, and Geraldine James
• Something’s Gotta Give (2003) starring Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Keanu Reeves and Amanda Peet
• The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone (2003) starring  Helen Mirren, Olivier Martinez, Anne Bancroft and Brian Dennehy
• Sideways (2004) starring Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh
• The Notebook (2004) starring Gena Rowlands, James Garner, Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams
• Ladies in Lavender (2005) – Judi Dench and Maggie Smith
• Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) starring Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Kelly Reilly and Will Young
• Venus (2006) starring Peter O’Toole, Leslie Phillips, Beatrice Savoretti, Jodie Whittaker
• Away from Her (2006) starring Gordon Pinsent, Stacey LaBerge, Julie Christie, Michael Murphy
• Young@Heart (2007) starring Joe Benoit, Helen Boston, Louise Canady, Elaine Fligman
• The Bucket List (2007) starring Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd
• The Visitor (2007) starring Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass
• Mamma Mia! (2008) starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper, Christine Baranski, Juan Pablo Di Pace
• Last Chance Harvey (2008) starring Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins, Kathy Baker
• It’s Complicated (2009) starring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin
• Whatever Works (2009) starring Larry David, Adam Brooks, Evan Rachel Wood, Henry Cavill
• Julie & Julia (2009) starring Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, Amy Adams, and Chris Messina
• You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) starring Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Gemma Jones, Freida Pinto, Lucy Punch, Naomi Watts, Roger Ashton-Griffiths and Pauline Collins
• RED (2010) starring Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, and Karl Urban
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) starring Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup and Dev Patel
• Unfinished Song/Song for Marion (2012) starring Vanessa Redgrave, Terence Stamp, Gemma Arterton, Christopher Eccleston
• Hitchcock (2012) starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren
• Hope Springs (2012) starring Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carell
• Quartet (2012) starring Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Michael Gambon, Andrew Sachs

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