Romance / Drama /

Score: 78.9%( 11931 votes )

Overview: An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.

Cast:

Ryan Gosling
Noah Calhoun

Rachel McAdams
Allie Hamilton

Gena Rowlands
Older Allie

James Garner
Duke

Joan Allen
Anne Hamilton

David Thornton
John Hamilton

James Marsden
Lon Hammond

Kevin Connolly
Fin

Sam Shepard
Frank Calhoun

Starletta DuPois
Nurse Esther

Ed Grady
Harry

Jennifer Echols
Nurse Selma

Heather Wahlquist
Sara Tuffington

Cullen Moss
Bodee

Thunderbird Dinwiddie
Veronica

James Middleton
Aaron

Peter Rosenfeld
Professor

Obba Babatundé
Band Leader

Chuck Pacheco
Bus Driver

Todd Lewis
Reporter

Mark Johnson
Photographer

Robert Fraisse
Buyer #1

Barbara Weetman
Buyer #2

Daniel Chamblin
Buyer #3

Sasha Azevedo
Wife of Buyer #3

Jamie Anne Allman
Martha Shaw

Rebecca Koon
Aunt Georgia

Sandra Elise Williams
Aunt Jeanette

Deborah Hobart
Aunt Kitty

Sylvia Jefferies
Rosemary

Mark Garner
Lon's Employee

Scott Ritenour
Lon's Employee

Milton Buras
Lon's Employee

Elizabeth Bond
Lon's Secretary

Matthew Barry
Dr. Barnwell

Nancy De Mayo
Mary Allen

Renée Amber
Nurse at Counter

Tim O'Brien
Mr. Tuffington

Meredith O'Brien
Mrs. Tuffington

Geoffrey Knight
Barker

Andrew Schaff
Matthew Jamison III

Tim Ivey
Rower

Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas
Nurse Keith

Matt Shelly
Seabrook Boy

Michael D. Fuller
Seabrook Boy

Jonathan Parks Jordan
Seabrook Boy

Leslea Fisher
Seabrook Girl

Jude Kitchens
Tommy the Ferris Wheel Operator

Pat Leonard
Lieutenant Davis

Kweli Leapart
Willa

Frederick Bingham
Postman

Daniel Czekalski
Recruitment Officer

Bradley D. Capshaw
Injured Soldier

James Scott Deaton
Injured Soldier

Eve Kagan
Sarah Lawrence Girl

Stephanie Wheeler
Sarah Lawrence Girl

Erin Guzowski
Sarah Lawrence Girl

John Cundari
Maitre D'

Hugh Robertson
Pastor

Robert Washington
Elgin

Robert Ivey
Dressmaker

Sherril M. Turner
Linda Jean

Meredith Zealy
Maggie

Julianne Keller Lewis
Davanee

Madison Wayne Ellis
Noah, Jr.

Riley Novak
Edmond

Ronald Betts
Male Nurse

Paul Johansson
Allie's Mom's Ex Boyfriend (uncredited)

David Abrams
Recruit (uncredited)

Bruce Williamson
Carnival Patron (uncredited)

Bob Forrest
Man Having Dinner in Retirement Home (uncredited)

Taylor Engel
Guy in Movie Theatre (uncredited)