Movies For Grownups Awards 2025 Nominations Announced

November 21, 2024 Phyllis Thomas Award Shows
Gladiator II
Denzel Washington in Gladiator II (Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures)

The Movies For Grownups Awards announced its nominations for the best in movies and television. This year’s 2025 Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award goes to Glenn Close. The ceremony will take place on January 11, 2025 and will air as a part of Great Performances on February 23, 2025, on PBS.

Here are this year’s nominees in the top categories.

Best Picture
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Gladiator II
September 5
A Complete Unknown

Best Director
Jacques Audiard, 72, Emilia Pérez
Edward Berger, 54, Conclave
Ridley Scott, 87, Gladiator II
Pedro Almodóvar, 75, The Room Next Door
James Mangold, 60, A Complete Unknown

Best Actor
Colman Domingo, 55, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, 61, Conclave
Daniel Craig, 56, Queer
Jude Law, 51, The Order
Adrien Brody, 51, The Brutalist

Thelma
Richard Roundtree as Ben and June Squibb as Thelma in ‘Thelma’
(Photo Credit: Magnolia Pictures)

Best Actress
Demi Moore, 62, The Substance
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, 57, Hard Truths
June Squibb, 95, Thelma
Nicole Kidman, 57, Babygirl
Pamela Anderson, 57, The Last Showgirl

Best TV Series or Limited Series
Shōgun
Hacks
The Crown
Slow Horses
Palm Royale

Best Supporting Actor
Peter Sarsgaard, September 5
Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Stanley Tucci, Conclave
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing

Best Supporting Actress
Joan Chen, Didi
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Aunjanue Ellis, Nickel Boys
Lesley Manville, Queer
Connie Nielsen, Gladiator II

Best Screenwriter
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Nicolas Livecchi, Emilia Perez
Jay Cocks and James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
Peter Straughan, Conclave
Winnie Holzman, Wicked
Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, Dune: Part Two

Best Intergenerational Movie
Thelma
His Three Daughters
Didi
Here
The Piano Lesson

Best Ensemble
His Three Daughters
Sing Sing
A Complete Unknown
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
September 5

Best Time Capsule
September 5
Maria
A Complete Unknown
Here
The Brutalist

Documentary
Will & Harper
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
I Am: Celine Dion
Luther: Never Too Much
Piece by Piece

Best Actor, Television
Idris Elba, Hijack
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun
Jon Hamm, Fargo

Best Actress, Television
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Meryl Streep, Only Murders in the Building
Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country
Sofia Vergara, Griselda
Jean Smart, Hacks

Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Winner: Glenn Close

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