Movies for Grownups Awards 2022: Complete List of Nominees

Movies For Grownups Nominees

AARP Magazine announced their nominees for the 20th annual Movies for Grownups Awards. Now including TV, the awards will be announced to a virtual special to air on March 18 on PBS as part of the network’s Great Performances series.

Check out a complete list of the nominees below:

Best Picture

• Belfast

• King Richard 

• The Power of the Dog 

• West Side Story 

• Being the Ricardos 

Best Director

• Kenneth Branagh  Belfast

• Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog

• Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley

• Denis Villeneuve – Dune

• Steven Spielberg  – West Side Story

Best Actress

• Nicole Kidman – Being The Ricardos

• Frances McDormandThe Tragedy of Macbeth

• Halle Berry – Bruised

• Sandra Bullock – The Unforgivable

• Helen Mirren – The Duke

Best Actor

• Will Smith – King Richard

• Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

• Javier Bardem Being The Ricardos

• Jim Broadbent – The Duke

• Peter Dinklage – Cyrano

Best Supporting Actress

• Judi Dench – Belfast

• Marlee Matlin – CODA

• Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard

• Cate Blanchett – Nightmare Alley

• Rita Moreno – West Side Story

Best Supporting Actor

• J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos

• Ciarán Hinds – Belfast

Jared LetoHouse of Gucci

• Timothy Spall – Spencer

• David Strathairn – Nightmare Alley

Best Grownup Love Story

• 23 Walks

• Belfast

• The Duke

• The Tragedy of Macbeth

• Cyrano

Best Intergenerational Film

• C’mon, C’mon

• The Tender Bar

• King Richard

• CODA

• Belfast

Best Buddy Picture

• Queen Bees

• 12 Mighty Orphans

• Off the Rails

• Finch

• The Harder They Fall

Best Ensemble

• The Harder They Fall

• Don’t Look Up

• Nightmare Alley

​​• House of Gucci

• West Side Story

Best Time Capsule

• Spencer ​​

• Licorice Pizza​ ​

• Belfast

• Being the Ricardos

• West Side Story

Best Documentary​

• Julia ​​

• Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

​​​• The Beatles: Get Back

•​ My Name is Pauli Murray

 Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

Best Foreign Film

• Sheep Without a Shepherd

• There Is No Evil

• The Hand of God

• Drive My Car

• Two of Us

Best Screenwriter

• Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog

• Kenneth Branagh – Belfast

• Guillermo del Toro/Kim Morgan – Nightmare Alley

• Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza

• Tony Kushner – West Side Story

TV Awards

Best Actress

• Jean Smart – Hacks

• Gillian Anderson – The Crown

• Sandra Oh – Killing Eve

• Lily Tomlin – Grace and Frankie

• Andie MacDowell – Maid

Best Actor

• Michael Keaton – Dopesick

• Kevin Costner – Yellowstone

• Ewan McGregor – Halston

• Billy Porter – Pose

• Martin Short – The Only Murders in the Building

Best TV Series

• Hacks

• Ted Lasso

• The Chair

• The Crown

• Succession

Best Limited Series / TV Movie

• Mare of Easttown

• Halston

• The Underground Railroad

• Maid

• Nine Perfect Strangers

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