Harold and Maude

About Harold and Maude

A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest.

Harold and Maude (1971) is a comedy romance film directed by Hal Ashby. Ruth Gordon stars as Maude, Bud Cort as Harold, Vivian Pickles as Mrs. Chasen, and Cyril Cusack as Glaucus.

It runs 92 minutes and was released in December 1971. Written by Colin Higgins.

Members will find dying and death, depression, suicide attempt, and older woman younger man relationship in it. It scores 7.6 out of 10 from 1,253 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, A Silent Voice: The Movie, and Melancholia make useful companions to Harold and Maude, all filed under dead wish.