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AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

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    Career Achievement Award

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    • Adam Sandler
      Winner
      • Adam Sandler
      "We couldn't be prouder to present this year's Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award to Adam Sandler, a Hollywood legend whose remarkable career has set a new standard for comedic storytelling, captivating audiences across generations," said Myechia Minter-Jordan, CEO of AARP. "Adam's enduring success, his ability to reinvent himself, inspire laughter, and move us through dramatic performances is a testament to the power of creativity at every age."

    Movies for Grownups Award

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    Best Actor

    • George Clooney
      Winner
      • George Clooney
      • Jay Kelly
    • Leonardo DiCaprio at an event for Inception (2010)
      • Leonardo DiCaprio
      • One Battle After Another
    • Joel Edgerton
      • Joel Edgerton
      • Train Dreams
    • Dwayne Johnson
      • Dwayne Johnson
      • The Smashing Machine
    • Ethan Hawke at an event for One Last Thing... (2005)
      • Ethan Hawke
      • Blue Moon

    Best Actor - Television

    • Noah Wyle
      Winner
      • Noah Wyle
      • The Pitt
    • Gary Oldman
      • Gary Oldman
      • Slow Horses
    • Walton Goggins
      • Walton Goggins
      • The White Lotus
    • Stephen Graham
      • Stephen Graham
      • Adolescence
    • Pedro Pascal at an event for The Last of Us (2023)
      • Pedro Pascal
      • The Last of Us

    Best Actress

    • Laura Dern
      Winner
      • Laura Dern
      • Is This Thing On?
    • Lucy Liu
      • Lucy Liu
      • Rosemead
    • Julia Roberts at an event for Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
      • Julia Roberts
      • After the Hunt
    • June Squibb
      • June Squibb
      • Eleanor the Great
    • Jodie Foster
      • Jodie Foster
      • A Private Life

    Best Actress - Television

    • Kathy Bates
      Winner
      • Kathy Bates
      • Matlock
    • Jean Smart
      • Jean Smart
      • Hacks
    • Catherine O'Hara at an event for The Wild Robot (2024)
      • Catherine O'Hara
      • The Studio
    • Kathryn Hahn at an event for 40th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2025)
      • Kathryn Hahn
      • The Studio
    • Parker Posey
      • Parker Posey
      • The White Lotus

    Best Director

    • Guillermo del Toro at an event for Splice (2009)
      Winner
      • Guillermo del Toro
      • Frankenstein
    • Paul Thomas Anderson
      • Paul Thomas Anderson
      • One Battle After Another
    • Spike Lee
      • Spike Lee
      • Highest 2 Lowest
    • Scott Cooper at an event for 127 Hours (2010)
      • Scott Cooper
      • Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
    • Kathryn Bigelow
      • Kathryn Bigelow
      • A House of Dynamite

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        My Mom Jayne

      8.3 (5.3K)
    • [object Object]

        Becoming Led Zeppelin

      7.5 (9.5K)
    • [object Object]

        Cover-Up

      7.4 (4.1K)
    • [object Object]

        Riefenstahl

      7.2 (2.1K)
    • [object Object]

        Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost

      7.1 (1.6K)

    Best Ensemble

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        One Battle After Another

      7.6 (443K)
      Teyana Taylor
      Leonardo DiCaprio
      Sean Penn
      Benicio Del Toro
      Chase Infiniti
      Regina Hall
    • [object Object]

        Jay Kelly

      6.5 (42K)
      Adam Sandler
      George Clooney
      Billy Crudup
      Laura Dern
    • [object Object]

        Wake Up Dead Man

      7.3 (258K)
      Glenn Close
      Daniel Craig
      Josh O'Connor
      Kerry Washington
      Josh Brolin
      Jeremy Renner
      Thomas Haden Church
    • [object Object]

        A House of Dynamite

      6.4 (123K)
      Greta Lee
      Tracy Letts
      Jared Harris
      Rebecca Ferguson
    • [object Object]

        Nuremberg

      7.3 (117K)
      Russell Crowe
      Rami Malek
      Michael Shannon

    Best Foreign-Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Sentimental Value

      7.7 (88K)
    • [object Object]

        The Secret Agent

      7.2 (62K)
      Kleber Mendonça Filho
    • [object Object]

        No Other Choice

      7.5 (74K)
    • [object Object]

        It Was Just an Accident

      7.4 (39K)
    • [object Object]

        Nouvelle Vague

      7.3 (12K)

    Best Intergenerational Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Sentimental Value

      7.7 (88K)
    • [object Object]

        Eleanor the Great

      6.7 (7.9K)
    • [object Object]

        Rosemead

      6.5 (1.2K)
    • [object Object]

        Rental Family

      7.6 (66K)
    • [object Object]

        The Lost Bus

      6.8 (57K)

    Best Movie for Grownups

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Hamnet

      7.8 (133K)
    • [object Object]

        A House of Dynamite

      6.4 (123K)
    • [object Object]

        One Battle After Another

      7.6 (443K)
    • [object Object]

        Train Dreams

      7.5 (115K)
    • [object Object]

        Sinners

      7.5 (522K)

    Best Period Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

      6.6 (29K)
    • [object Object]

        Sinners

      7.5 (522K)
    • [object Object]

        Dead Man's Wire

      6.4 (14K)
    • [object Object]

        Marty Supreme

      7.5 (217K)
    • [object Object]

        Nuremberg

      7.3 (117K)

    Best Screenwriter

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        One Battle After Another

      7.6 (443K)
      Paul Thomas Anderson
    • [object Object]

        Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

      7.3 (20K)
      Julian Fellowes
    • [object Object]

        Jay Kelly

      6.5 (42K)
      Emily Mortimer
      Noah Baumbach
    • [object Object]

        Nuremberg

      7.3 (117K)
      James Vanderbilt
    • [object Object]

        Is This Thing On?

      6.7 (20K)
      Will Arnett
      Bradley Cooper
      Mark Chappell

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Delroy Lindo in Ransom (1996)
      Winner
      • Delroy Lindo
      • Sinners
    • Sean Penn
      • Sean Penn
      • One Battle After Another
    • Michael Shannon
      • Michael Shannon
      • Nuremberg
    • Stellan Skarsgård
      • Stellan Skarsgård
      • Sentimental Value
    • Benicio Del Toro
      • Benicio Del Toro
      • One Battle After Another

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Regina Hall at an event for Cadillac Records (2008)
      Winner
      • Regina Hall
      • One Battle After Another
    • Helen Mirren at an event for RED 2 (2013)
      • Helen Mirren
      • Goodbye June
    • Amy Madigan
      • Amy Madigan
      • Weapons
    • Gwyneth Paltrow at an event for The Jump (2019)
      • Gwyneth Paltrow
      • Marty Supreme
    • Sigourney Weaver
      • Sigourney Weaver
      • Avatar: Fire and Ash

    Best TV Series or Limited Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Pitt

      8.9 (168K)
    • [object Object]

        Adolescence

      8.1 (315K)
    • [object Object]

        The Studio

      8.0 (70K)
    • [object Object]

        The White Lotus

      8.0 (333K)
    • [object Object]

        Hacks

      8.2 (69K)

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