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Best films for grownups, by grownups, in a star-studded ceremony in “Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP The Magazine 2025″on GREAT PERFORMANCES – Feb. 23 at 7pm


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GREAT PERFORMANCES

Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP The Magazine 2025

Sunday, February 23 at 7:00 pm

 

AARP The Magazine recognizes the annual Movies for Grownups® Awards, celebrating 2024’s standout films and TV shows  that speak directly to a powerful 50-plus audience.

Host Alan Cumming. Credit: Steve Vaccariello
Host Alan Cumming.
Credit: Steve Vaccariello

For more than two decades, AARP’s Movies for Grownups has recognized the talent and experience of older actors and filmmakers. AARP continues to champion movies for grownups, by grownups, by advocating for the 50-plus audience, and encouraging films and TV shows that resonate with older viewers.

“People are living longer, healthier and more vibrant lives than ever before, and AARP created Movies for Grownups to celebrate entertainment that better reflects this reality,” said AARP CEO Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan. “These movies and TV shows reflect and connect with older adults, and help audiences of all ages have a better appreciation of living throughout all their years.”

The event, hosted by Alan Cumming, the Tony and Emmy Award-winning host of the widely lauded competition show The Traitors, will be broadcast nationwide by Great Performances on Sunday, February 23, 2025, at 7:00 pm on PBS. Critically acclaimed stage and screen actress Glenn Close received the Career Achievement Award, the event’s top honor.

To learn more about AARP The Magazine’s Movies for Grownups, visit http://www.aarp.org/moviesforgrownups.

Career Achievement Award Winner Glenn Close. Credit: Andy Anderson
Career Achievement Award Winner Glenn Close.
Credit: Andy Anderson

The complete list of the annual Movies for Grownups Awards Nominees:

  • Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups: A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Gladiator II and September 5.
  • Best Actress: Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths), Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Demi Moore (The Substance) and June Squibb (Thelma).
  • Best Actor: Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Daniel Craig (Queer), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) and Jude Law (The Order).
  • Best Supporting Actress: Joan Chen (Didi), Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Nickel Boys), Lesley Manville (Queer), Connie Nielsen (Gladiator II) and Isabella Rossellini (Conclave).
  • Best Supporting Actor: Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Peter Sarsgaard (September 5), Stanley Tucci (Conclave) and Denzel Washington (Gladiator II).
  • Best Director: Pedro Almodóvar (The Room Next Door), Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Edward Berger (Conclave), James Mangold (A Complete Unknown) and Ridley Scott (Gladiator II).
  • Best Screenwriter: Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Jay Cocks and James Mangold (A Complete Unknown), Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox (Wicked), Peter Straughan (Conclave), and Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts (Dune: Part Two).
  • Best Ensemble: Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, A Complete Unknown, His Three Daughters, September 5 and Sing Sing.
  • Best Actress (TV): Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show), Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country), Jean Smart (Hacks), Meryl Streep (Only Murders in the Building) and Sofia Vergara (Griselda).
  • Best Actor (TV): Billy Crudup (The Morning Show), Idris Elba (Hijack), Jon Hamm (Fargo), Gary Oldman (Slow Horses) and Hiroyuki Sanada (Shōgun).
  • Best TV Series or Limited Series: The Crown, Hacks, Palm Royale, Shōgun, and Slow Horses.
  • Best Intergenerational Film: Didi, Here, His Three Daughters, The Piano Lesson and Thelma.
  • Best Time Capsule: The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Here, Maria and September 5.
  • Best Documentary: I Am: Celine Dion, Luther: Never Too Much, Piece by Piece, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, and Will & Harper.