20 movies about older people that the youth should appreciate

Remember the hit series This Is Us? Well, before series creator Dan Fogelman was making everyone cry weekly, he penned a hilarious and heartwarming movie about friendship called Last Vegas. Four friends linking up in Vegas for shenanigans and a bachelor party, yes, please!

To get the kids interested, It’s Complicated has John Krasinski, a.k.a. Jim Halpert from The Office. Okay, now that ears are perked: It’s Complicated actually stars Meryl Streep as a divorced baker who falls into a new situation. How does the title play in? Well, Streep also finds herself back in bed with her ex. See, very Avril Lavigne — complicated.

Poms requires tissues, but before one has to utilize them, it’s a great movie about not caring what others think and finding friendship and courage in one’s later years.

For kids who don’t know, seeing icons like Julia Roberts and George Clooney in the same movie is a gift.

People often think life ends at a certain age and there’s no point in trying new things. The Intern shows that people can and should do what they want with whatever time they have left, even if that includes interning in a new realm.

One of the top 10 reasons millennial women are such feminists is The First Wives Club . This movie taught "girl power" before Spice Girls took over the world. Plus, for all the young Ariana Grande fans out there, when she performed “Thank U, Next” on Ellen, she paid homage to this film's final scene. That’s how important it is.

The Odd Couple started as a play. It was adapted into a movie starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. That would lead to a TV series in the ‘70s and again in 2015. Between those shows, though, the OGs from the movie got back together in 1998 for what is one of the funniest road trip-esque movies out there, with Lemmon and Matthau’s kids deciding to get hitched.

A remake of a 1979 movie starring George Burns, the 2017 version stars Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin as longtime friends who witness a bank robbery and are later inspired to do one themselves when financial distress hits them.

Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen star as best friends who’ve known one another since college and have had a monthly book club for years. Book Club intertwines the popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey and the ruts each woman is experiencing in her own life. Don’t worry; it never gets as risque as Fifty Shades.

The second chapter in the Book Club series finds the friends on an international bachelorette trip where nothing seems to go right. It’s less about books and more about the adventure in this one.

Wild Hogs has a stacked cast with two major comedic gems from the ‘90s and a pair of men who’ve shown nothing but range in their careers who set out on a motorcycle road trip after one winds up losing just about everything in a divorce.

Father of the Bride was great, but Father of the Bride II puts Steve Martin’s midlife crisis in the center of the action, and it’s nothing but hilarious to watch him dye his signature gray hair while trying to then flirt with a younger woman.

Bruce Dern plays a man with a drinking problem and a supposed prize waiting for him in Nebraska; his son, David, knows it’s a scam but takes him on the trip anyway. So those in the mood for some heartfelt drama between a father and son on the road, look no further than this black and white film that scored six Oscar nominations.

Comedian Bill Burr co-wrote and directed this Netflix film to highlight what it’s like for men of a particular age when it comes to parenting, dating, work, and life in general in the 21st century.

Just know that if Nancy Meyers is behind a rom-com and that rom-com stars Diane Keaton, there is no missing.

Everyone has a bucket list, but it’s just a matter of time before they stop looking at it and start marking things off.

Tom Hanks proves it is never too late to go back to school and find love in 2011’s Larry Crowne.

High school reunions are expected. Summer camp reunions, though? Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates, and Alfre Woodard are best friends who have gotten distracted by life and decide to take advantage of seeing one another at their summer camp reunion alongside some other heavy hitters like Eugene Levy, Dennis Haysbert, and everyone’s favorite vacation mom, Beverly D'Angelo.

Some actors were just made to work together. Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are two of those actors. They star as neighbors who cannot stand one another but ultimately find common ground in Grumpy Old Men after a series of comedic fiascos.

So nice they had to make it twice. Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau get some companions in the 1995 sequel, Grumpier Old Men.