Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow

They want to live their own lives... Can you blame them?

Directed by Leo McCarey

Produced by Paramount Pictures

193792 min7.5 / 10

A devastating portrait of aging and abandonment, where an elderly couple's forced separation exposes the cruelty of familial obligation and the fragility of lifelong bonds.

An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

Questions people ask

  • Is Make Way for Tomorrow sad? Yes, very. More sad than 99% of films.

  • Is Make Way for Tomorrow violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Does Make Way for Tomorrow end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Make Way for Tomorrow scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Make Way for Tomorrow easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

86/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity84

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise87

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love88

How much audiences actually like it

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