Movies For Grownups Awards – Complete Winners List

Happy 20th anniversary to the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards. The awards were handed out virtually as part of PBS’s Great Performances. Alan Cumming hosted the special which honored Lily Tomlin with the Lifetime Achievement Award and honored “Belfast” with Best Picture and “Ted Lasso” with Best TV Series.

Below is a complete list of winners.

Check out a complete list of the nominees below:

Best Picture
• Belfast — WINNER
• 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 — WINNER
• Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley
• Denis Villeneuve – Dune
• Steven Spielberg – West Side Story

Best Actress
• Nicole Kidman – Being The Ricardos WINNER
• Frances McDormand – The Tragedy of Macbeth
• Halle Berry – Bruised
• Sandra Bullock – The Unforgivable
• Helen Mirren – The Duke

Best Actor
• Will Smith – King Richard – WINNER
• 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 – WINNER
• Cate Blanchett – Nightmare Alley
• Rita Moreno – West Side Story

Best Supporting Actor
• J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos
• Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
• Jared Leto – House of Gucci – WINNER
• Timothy Spall – Spencer
• David Strathairn – Nightmare Alley

Best Grownup Love Story
• 23 Walks
• Belfast
• The Duke
• The Tragedy of Macbeth
• Cyrano — WINNER

Best Intergenerational Film
• C’mon, C’mon
• The Tender Bar
• King Richard
• CODA -WINNER
• Belfast

Best Buddy Picture
• Queen Bees
• 12 Mighty Orphans
• Off the Rails
• Finch — WINNER
• The Harder They Fall

Best Ensemble​
• The Harder They Fall
• Don’t Look Up
• Nightmare Alley – WINNER
​​• House of Gucci
• West Side Story

Best Time Capsule
• Spencer ​​​– WINNER
• Licorice Pizza​ ​​
• Belfast ​
• Being the Ricardos ​
• West Side Story

Best Documentary​
• Julia ​​
• Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – WINNER
​​​• 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 — WINNER
​• 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 – WINNER

TV Awards
Best Actress
• Jean Smart – Hacks – WINNER
• Gillian Anderson – The Crown
• Sandra Oh – Killing Eve
• Lily Tomlin – Grace and Frankie
• Andie MacDowell – Maid

Best Actor
• Michael Keaton – Dopesick – WINNER
• Kevin Costner – Yellowstone
• Ewan McGregor – Halston
• Billy Porter – Pose
• Martin Short – The Only Murders in the Building

Best TV Series
• Hacks
• Ted Lasso – WINNER
• The Chair
• The Crown
• Succession

Best Limited Series / TV Movie
• Mare of Easttown — WINNER
• Halston
• The Underground Railroad
• Maid
• Nine Perfect Strangers

Lifetime Achievement Award
Lily Tomlin