History OlderThanTheyLook / FIlm

** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Charles, Erik, Hank and Alex Summers all physically look pretty much the same as they did in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', despite the fact that it's been over a decade since the events of that film. (Mystique is excused, since her mutation slows her aging process.)

* In the ''Film/XMen'' films, Logan (aka Wolverine) is over a hundred years old, despite looking like to be in late thirties or early forties. This is proved true in the prequels.

* While Christopher Mintz, as well as his character in ''{{Superbad}}'' looks appropriately like a high school student, this trope happens as a in-movie example as the liquor shop clerk implicitly assumes that her 25-year old customer is simply older than he looks.

** Since''Film/XMenFirstClass'' is in the same continuity as the original films, Mystique would also qualify an another extreme example, being played by Rebecca Romijn despite being only a few years younger than Magento and Xavier. Justified by her ability to shapeshift (why age if you never have to?) and a comment made in ''First Class'' about her mutation slowing her aging.

* In "Film/XMen'' films, Logan (aka Wolverine) is over a hundred years old, despite looking like to be in late thirties or early forties. This is proved true in the prequels.

* Steve Rogers (a.k.a. [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Captain America]]) falls into this. It's implied that the reason he survived crashing the Valkyrie and becoming a HumanPopsicle is because of the SuperSerum he was given - not only is his body in perfect condition, but his aging process was paused during his time in the ice, so in the present day, he is still physically in his early to mid 20's despite being born in 1918.

* Steve Rogers (a.k.a. [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Captain America]]) falls into this. It's implied that the reason he survived crashing the Valkyrie and becoming a HumanPopsicle is because of the SuperSerum he was given - not only is his body in perfect condition, but his aging process was paused during his time in the ice, so in the present day, he is still physically in his late 20's despite being born in 1918.

* The pairing of SteveCarell and his twenty years younger costar Creator/AnneHathaway in the movie ''Film/GetSmart'' might have made the romantic subplot a bit icky, if not for Hathaway's character explaining that the MagicPlasticSurgery that completely altered looks also took years off her apparent age and that she was in fact not much younger than him. As a plot point, it also serves to explain their pairing (99's plastic surgery and Smart's lack of experience made them the only two agents KAOS didn't know after Control was compromised.)

* Steve Rogers (a.k.a. [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Captain]] [[Film/TheAvengers Amer]][[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier ica]]) falls into this. It's implied that the reason he survived crashing the Valkyrie and becoming a HumanPopsicle is because of the SuperSerum he was given - not only is his body in perfect condition, but his aging process was paused during his time in the ice, so in the present day, he is still physically in his late 20's despite being born in 1918.

* Steve Rogers (a.k.a. [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Captain]] [[Film/TheAvengers Amer]][[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier ica]]) falls into this. It's implied that the reason he survived crashing the Valkyrie and becoming a HumanPopsicle is because of the SuperSerum he was given to make him a [[HeroicBuild man mountain]] - so his aging process was paused during his time in the ice, so in the present day, he is still physically in his late 20's despite being born in 1918.

* Lord Shen in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' appears to be in his early twenties, but the fact that he was exiled for thirty years and looked the same then would instead put him in his ''fifties''.

* Most of the characters in ''Film/TheHobbit'' have this. In the book, most of the dwarves look their age, but here Fíli and Kíli, who look like they're in their twenties, are actually in their seventies. Thorin counts as well, as he was actually the oldest dwarf in the book but only looks to be in his forties in the movie.

* In ''Film/{{Airheads}}'', 36-year old SteveBuscemi plays a twenty-something heavy metal guitarist, and ends up looking more authentic than twenty-somethings Brendan Fraser and Creator/AdamSandler. Let's just say metal fans aren't really known for taking care of themselves.

* In ''[[Film/AnotherTimeAnotherPlace]]'' this may overlap with DawsonCasting, since Janie's age is never actually clarified. She looks about 19 or 20 at a push, and even younger in certain lights. Phyllis Logan was actually 27 at the time the film was made, so could be anywhere between 20 and 30.

* In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', Sebastian Shaw looks to be in his late forties or early fifties when Erik first meets him in 1944. He looks more or less the same when they meet again in 1962, a fact that he credits to his EnergyAbsorption powers.

* Lord Shen in KungFuPanda2 appears to be in his early twenties, but the fact that he was exiled for thirty years and looked the same then would instead put him in his ''fifties''.

* The pairing of SteveCarell and his twenty years younger costar AnneHathaway in the movie ''Film/GetSmart'' might have made the romantic subplot a bit icky, if not for Hathaway's character explaining that the MagicPlasticSurgery that completely altered looks also took years off her apparent age and that she was in fact not much younger than him. As a plot point, it also serves to explain their pairing (99's plastic surgery and Smart's lack of experience made them the only two agents KAOS didn't know after Control was compromised.)
* In ''{{Inception}}'', [[spoiler:Both Cobb and Mal were in Limbo for around 50 years, making them mentally in their late 70s to early 80s. Saito too. And, depending on how long Cobb was in Limbo hunting him, he may be north of a hundred by now]].

* Most of the characters in ''Film/TheHobbit'' have this. In the book, most of the dwarves look their age, but here Fili and Kili, who look like they're in their twenties, are actually in their seventies. Thorin counts as well, as he was actually the oldest dwarf in the book but only looks to be in his forties in the movie.