Director(s): Hal Ashby

Rating & Run Time: (PG) 1 hour and 31 minutes

Release Year: 1971

Director Hal Ashby brings us another unforgettable and enigmatic slice of American life, with his titular characters playing out an unusual and endearing love story with life-and-death stakes. Harold’s teen-angst fueled obsession with the morbid, bitter end of life sets him on a path to meet Maude, whose own compulsion to squeeze every last drop from her time on earth makes her an unlikely match and mentor to the young man. Stars Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort, and features a wonderful original soundtrack by Cat Stevens.