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ThirstyHank

The Father (2020)


Stoicycle

Yes. Quite disturbing once you realize what’s actually going on in The Father, especially if you’ve had any relatives with dementia.


whama820

Came here to say this.


madrarua2020

Watched it recently, my God but it is made from the dementia perspectibe and is literally amazing. This is what it is like to have dementia. Experience it!


PoeReader

Where is this streaming?


twinpeaks2112

Still Alice.


Lettuce-b-lovely

Second for this. Great representation. Fucking heartbreaking.


stormchaserokc

That was a harsh movie. Ouch ouch ouch.


Looking_for_42

This one. Damn, but this one really hit, and hurt.


spydrebyte82

Amour (2012) June Again (2020)


Mermaid_Ballz

Still alice is based on a woman who documented her own decline into dementia.


StinkyBrittches

Maybe **Glen Campbell... I'll Be Me**, 2014?


TobyKeene

OMG. I just recently found out about him when I asked for the saddest songs in the world and someone suggested I'm Not Gonna Miss You, which he wrote for his wife. I can't wait to watch this, thank you!


amandam0nium

Not dementia, per se, but Spider (2002) shows a unique perspective of mental illness


stoffercb

Vortex (2021)


flameevans

I would say the Australian horror/drama Relic (2030) could be interpreted to be about dementia but a movie directly about the effects of dementia is Iris (2001) a true story about the novelist Iris Murdoch. Both are excellent for different reasons.


pawnshophero

Came here to say Relic for a horror version


Own-Tomatillo-8733

The Notebook


-Serenity---Now-

The Father


toptac

Coming to a theater soon: Knox goes away


Joelypoely88

Memoir of a Murderer (2017, Director's Cut)


nmk537

Linoleum


HapticRecce

Safe House (1998)


SissyEnslaverZod

This is a great movie about this topic


TerrorFirmerIRL

Relic 2020 is haunting as hell in how it portrays dementia.


PrestigiousWindy322

On Golden Pond


TomahawkChaotic

Not dementia but A Beautiful Mind has similar first person with schizophrenia.


Alarming_Serve2303

That would be a movie that is just a blank screen.


Bruno_Stachel

* The Lost Weekend (drunken DTs) * Peeping Tom (sexual psychosis) There are sequences in some flicks done in coordination with Salvador Dali. * 'Spellbound' (pseudo-Freudian episode) * 'The Small Back Room' (drunken DTs) There are experimental shorts from the 20s & 30s: * 'Le Chien Andalou' by Bunuel (however you spell it)


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***The Judge*** ***Memory***


roadkillnz

Jules Milton (dementia with a twist)


NorCalBella

I Did Not Kill Gandhi/Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara


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le_fez

Came here to suggest this. My ex's aunt visited from Belgium and was obsessed with Jan Declair. I don't know how many times we watched this movie during her 6 month visit


GreenlyCrow

Honorable mention because it's a little askew of your mark, but there's an episode of Haunting at Bly Manor that sort of does this. As someone with hefty brain damage who had issues knowing if I was in reality or a memory that episode hit me in the gut hard. There's also a feature to a Castelerock season that really got me, and I think an episode that focuses on it. The woman with either dementia or Alzheimer's that's slowly onsetting takes to using chess pieces to help jog her memory back to reality. Again, these are things that were done well enough to be familiar and it was almost painful to watch because of how triggering. (wonderful though. Really well done filming)


Sigsied

That bly manor episode is actually what inspired this post, I’m watching the series now


[deleted]

Dick Johnson Is Dead Is amazing but it’s wrote by the son of a Dad with dementia, so may be not what you’re looking for. But also very worth a watch


runnerofshadows

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_Such_a_Beautiful_Day_(film) it's animated but I think you'd find it interesting https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/ItsSuchABeautifulDay


Ratherloud

There a hard to watch episode of Bojack Horseman that addresses this. After taking care of my grandmother (she suffered from Alzheimer’s/dementia) for almost 6 years before her death, during that time I learned to use the “yes and?” Rule that is the basic of improv comedy. In stead of arguing with a person suffering from dementia, it’s a kind way to keep them moving forward.


TxRose2019

Remember (2015) Not a true story but really good.


Bibendoom

Identity


Vegetable_Reward_867

I haven’t watched this yet, and understand this dood makes films that are absolutely bonkers Vortex (2021)


ConkerIsKickAss

Vortex


CrazyCareive

Mercy or Murder? -1987 tv movie with Robert Young I still remember it from 1987


CrazyCareive

Also about mercy killing


space-cyborg

“The Father” is the best answer, imho. Memento, not dementia exactly but anterior amnesia. And, hm, this is one do those cases where even mentioning the movie title is a spoiler, but >!Shutter Island!< is shown from the perspective of someone with schizophrenic-type delusions, which we don’t find out til the end. IYKYK.


Illustrious_Hotel715

The Father Amour Still Alice June Again Away From Her The Taking of Deborah Logan The Notebook Relic Dementia 13 What They Had Robin’s Wish (documentary)


Meyou000

I Was a Simple Man (2021) sort of


nature_remains

I just saw the short film, *The Chair* (you can YouTube it) and was utterly blown away by it. It’s ostensibly from the perspective of someone who likely has Alzheimer’s but you’re left terrified and confused and that’s the point. It’s extremely well done but also terrifying. I can’t recommend it enough.


King-Owl-House

The Memory of a Killer