Today marks the eleventh anniversary of the US release of the film “Love Actually.” There are many characters that people may remember this movie for: Hugh Grant as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Alan Rickman as the cheating husband, Liam Neeson as a mourning step-father. But one of the most memorable characters (for us, at least) is Laura Linney as Sarah: an employee of Alan Rickman’s character, in love with her coworker, and a caregiver of her brother. We won’t spoil the film, but it does show the hard balance that a caregiver strives for, between their personal life, and providing support to their caree.

In more recent years, a spade of caregiving-related films have been released, including “Amour,” “Robot & Frank,” “August: Osage County,” “Nebraska,” and more. Each explores the relationship that a caregiver has with their charge. Some of the films show the frustration that a caregiver can feel, and some show the frustration that a caree can feel with themselves, their diagnosis or their caregiver.

This relationship is one that is so complex, and so different depending on the pair and the caregiving team, that a thousand movies could be made on the subject. And, of course, there are also documentaries. While “Alive Inside,” isn’t about caregivers necessarily, it does feature them occasionally, as they react to the film’s goal of providing music to seniors with dementia. The documentary does such a good job of showing the effect of music on the elderly and their memory, it won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival this year.

Which of these movies have you seen? Which do you love? What are other movies featuring caregivers that you would recommend?