Oscars Watch: 2023 AARP Movies For Grownups Awards

Best Picture | Best Movie for Grownups

“Killers of the Flower Moon”
(Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films)

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Produced by Martin Scorsese, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, and Daniel Lupi

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“Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“The Color Purple” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Maestro” (Netflix)
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

Best Director

Christopher Nolan
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan

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Ben Affleck – “Air” (Amazon Studios)
Michael Mann – “Ferrari” (NEON)
Alexander Payne – “The Holdovers” (Focus Features)
Martin Scorsese – “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films)

Best Actor

Colman Domingo
“Rustin” (Netflix)

Directed by George C. Wolfe
Produced by Bruce Cohen, Tonia Davis, and Priya Swaminathan

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Nicolas Cage – “Dream Scenario” (A24)
Paul Giamatti – “The Holdovers” (Focus Features)
Anthony Hopkins – “Freud’s Last Session” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Jeffrey Wright – “American Fiction” (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Actress

Annette Bening
“Nyad” (Netflix)

Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Produced by Andrew Lazar and Teddy Schwarzman

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Juliette Binoche – “The Taste of Things” (IFC Films)
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – “Origin” (NEON)
Helen Mirren – “Golda” (Bleecker Street)
Julia Roberts – “Leave the World Behind” (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actor

Robert De Niro
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
(Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films)

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Produced by Martin Scorsese, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, and Daniel Lupi

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Willem Dafoe – “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
Colman Domingo – “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Robert Downey Jr. – “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
Mark Ruffalo – “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Supporting Actress

Jodie Foster
“Nyad” (Netflix)

Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Produced by Andrew Lazar and Teddy Schwarzman

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Viola Davis – “Air” (Amazon Studios)
Taraji P. Henson – “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Julianne Moore – “May December” (Netflix)
Leslie Uggams – “American Fiction” (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Screenwriter

“Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach

Directed by Greta Gerwig
Produced by David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Robbie Brenner

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“The Holdovers” – David Hemingson (Focus Features)
“Killers of the Flower Moon” – Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese (Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films)
“Oppenheimer” – Christopher Nolan (Universal Pictures)
“Poor Things” – Tony McNamara (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Time Capsule

“Maestro” (Netflix)

Directed by Bradley Cooper
Produced by Bradley Cooper, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger,
Fred Berner and Amy Durning

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“Ferrari” (NEON)
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
“Priscilla” (A24)
“Rustin” (Netflix)

Best ENSEMBLE

“The Color Purple” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Ensemble Cast including Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, Gabriella Wilson “H.E.R.”, Halle Bailey, Louis Gossett Jr., Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Ciara, Jon Batiste, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and Fantasia Barrino

Directed by Blitz Bazawule
Produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders, and Quincy Jones

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“American Fiction” (Amazon MGM Studios)
“Killers of the Flower Moon” (Paramount Pictures + Apple Original Films)
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
“Rustin” (Netflix)

Best Intergenerational Film

“The Holdovers” (Focus Features)

Directed by Alexander Payne
Produced by Mark Johnson, Bill Block, and David Hemingson

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“American Fiction” (Amazon MGM Studios)
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (Walt Disney Pictures)
“Leave the World Behind” (Netflix)
“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Documentary

“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
(Apple Original Films)

Directed by Davis Guggenheim
Produced by Davis Guggenheim, Annetta Marion, and Jonathan King

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“Invisible Beauty” (Magnolia Pictures)
“Judy Blume Forever” (Amazon Studios)
“The Lost Weekend: A Love Story” (Briarcliff Entertainment)
“The Pigeon Tunnel” (Apple Original Films)

Best Foreign Film

“The Zone of Interest” (A24)

Directed by Jonathan Glazer
Produced by Belén Atienza and Sandra Hermida

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“Amerikatsi” (Armenia) (Variance Films)
“Perfect Days” (Japan) (NEON)
“Radical” (Mexico) (Pantelion Films)
“The Taste of Things” (France) (IFC Films)

TELEVISION

Best Actor | TELEVISION

Bryan Cranston
“Your Honor” (Showtime)

Executive Produced by Alon Aranya, Edward Berger, Bryan Cranston, James Degus, Liz Glotzer,
Rob Golenberg, Michelle King, Robert King, and Peter Moffat

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Brian Cox – “Succession” (HBO)
Oliver Platt – “The Bear” (FX Networks)
Rufus Sewell – “The Diplomat” (Netflix)
Henry Winkler – “Barry” (HBO)

Best Actress | TELEVISION

Jennifer Coolidge
“The White Lotus” (HBO)

Executive Produced by Mike White, David Bernad, and Nick Hall

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Jennifer Aniston – “The Morning Show” (Apple TV+)
Jennifer Garner – “The Last Thing He Told Me” (Apple TV+)
Imelda Staunton – “The Crown” (Netflix)
Meryl Streep – “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)

Best SERIES

“Succession” (HBO)

Executive Produced by Jesse Armstrong, Adam McKay, Frank Rich, Kevin J. Messick, Will Ferrell,
Jane Tranter, Mark Mylod, Tony Roche, and Scott Ferguson

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“The Bear” (FX Networks)
“Fargo” (FX Networks)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
“The White Lotus” (HBO)

Best REALITY SERIES

“The Golden Bachelor“ (ABC)

Executive Produced by Claire Freeland, Jason Ehrlich, Bennett S. Graebner, Andrew Frank, and Bennett S. Graebner

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“The Amazing Race” (CBS)
“America’s Got Talent” (NBC)
“Jury Duty” (Amazon Freevee)
“The Voice” (NBC)

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“Killers of the Flower Moon”
Christopher Nolan — “Oppenheimer”
Colman Domingo — “Rustin”
Annette Bening — “Nyad”
Robert De Niro — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Jodie Foster — “Nyad”
“Barbie” — Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach
“Maestro”
“The Color Purple”
“The Holdovers”
“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
“The Zone of Interest”
Bryan Cranston — “Your Honor”
Jennifer Coolidge — “The White Lotus”
“Succession”
“The Golden Bachelor”

ABOUT AARP The Magazine’s Movies for Grownups

AARP The Magazine’s Movies for Grownups Awards grew from a modest idea: Editors wanted to encourage Hollywood to make more movies of interest to an audience 50 and older. In 2002, with a magazine feature honoring 10 top talents in that year’s films, the Movies for Grownups Awards were born. Each of the honorees was sent their award, a golden movie seat.

By 2006, the awards, showcased in the magazine every year, grew into a Hollywood ceremony, the first of which was hosted by Angela Lansbury and Shelley Berman at the Bel-Air Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Dana Delany, Michael York, Jacqueline Bisset and about 125 other guests applauded winners including Jeff Daniels, Joan Plowright and Steven Spielberg.

Hollywood really did start making more films with and for grownups, and the list of nominees each year grew from 10 to over 60 with no diminution of standards for artistic excellence. In subsequent years the Movies for Grownups celebration has grown to become an important part of award season in Hollywood, a bellwether for Oscars and a ceremony that draws top talent and major media coverage. Relocated to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, the ceremony became a dinner with a far bigger guest list, where A-list filmmakers mix and mingle. In 2018, the award show was televised for the first time, with Alan Cumming as host. Career achievement winner Helen Mirren walked the red carpet crowded with media members from dozens of outlets. This year, television awards in six categories will be given for the first time.

The annual Movies for Grownups Awards continue to advocate for talent and viewers over 50, and raise funds for AARP Foundation, AARP’s affiliated charity, which helps 50-plus Americans transform their lives through programs, services and vigorous legal advocacy. The foundation works to increase economic opportunity and social connections to prevent and reduce senior poverty.