25th Annual AARP MOVIES FOR GROWNUPS Awards
Saturday, January 10, 2026
Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills, California
Hosted by Alan Cumming

HAMNET • Focus Features

Chloé Zhao | Director
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg | Producers

A House of Dynamite • Netflix

Kathryn Bigelow | Director
Greg Shapiro, Kathryn Bigelow, Noah Oppenheim | Producers

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER • Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers

Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers

Train Dreams • Netflix

Clint Bentley| Director
Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, Michael Heimler | Producers

Paul Thomas Anderson
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER • Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers

Kathryn Bigelow
A House of Dynamite • Netflix

Greg Shapiro, Kathryn Bigelow, Noah Oppenheim | Producers

Scott Cooper
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere • 20th Century Studios

Scott Cooper, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Eric Robinson, Scott Stuber | Producers

Guillermo del Toro
Frankenstein • Netflix

Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber | Producers

Spike Lee
Highest 2 Lowest • A24 / Apple Original Films

Todd Black, Jason Michael Berman | Producers

George Clooney
Jay Kelly • Netflix

Noah Baumbach | Director
Noah Baumbach, Amy Pascal, David Heyman | Producers

Leonardo DiCaprio
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER • Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers

Joel Edgerton
Train Dreams • Netflix

Clint Bentley| Director
Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, Michael Heimler | Producers

Ethan Hawke
Blue Moon • Sony Pictures Classics

Richard Linklater | Director
Mike Blizzard, Richard Linklater, John Sloss | Producers

Dwayne Johnson
The Smashing Machine • A24

Benny Safdie | Director
Benny Safdie, Dwayne Johnson, Eli Bush, Hiram Garcia, Dany Garcia, David Koplan | Producers

Laura Dern
Is This Thing On? • Searchlight Pictures

Bradley Cooper | Director
Bradley Cooper, Weston Middleton, Will Arnett, Kris Thykier | Producers

Jodie Foster
A Private Life • Sony Pictures Classics

Rebecca Zlotowski | Director
Frédéric Jouve | Producer

Lucy Liu
Rosemead • Vertical Entertainment

Eric Lin | Director
Andrew Corkin, Lucy Liu, Mynette Louie | Producers

Julia Roberts
After the Hunt • Amazon MGM Studios

Luca Guadagnino | Director
Brian Grazer, Luca Guadagnino, Jeb Brody, Allan Mandelbaum | Producers

June Squibb
Eleanor the Great • Sony Pictures Classics

Scarlett Johansson | Director
Jessamine Burgum, Kara Durrett, Keenan Flynn, Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Lia, Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler | Producers

Benicio Del Toro
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER • Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers

Delroy Lindo
Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers

Sean Penn
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER • Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers

Michael Shannon
Nuremberg • Sony Pictures Classics

James Vanderbilt | Director
Richard Saperstein, Bradley J. Fischer, James Vanderbilt, Frank Smith, William Sherak, Benjamin Tappan, Cherilyn Hawrysh, István Major, George Freeman | Producers

Stellan Skarsgård
Sentimental Value • NEON

Joachim Trier | Director
Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Maria Ekerhovd | Producers

Regina Hall
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER • Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers

Amy Madigan
WEAPONS • Warner Bros Pictures / New Line Cinema

Zach Cregger | Director
Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J. D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules | Producers

Helen Mirren
Goodbye June • Netflix

Kate Winslet | Director
Kate Solomon, Kate Winslet | Producers

Gwyneth Paltrow
Marty Supreme • A24

Josh Safdie | Director
Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas, Timothée Chalamet | Producers

Sigourney Weaver
Avatar: Fire And Ash • 20th Century Studios

James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale • Focus Features
Julian Fellowes | Writer

Simon Curtis | Director
Gareth Neame, Julian Fellowes, Liz Trubridge | Producers

Is This Thing On? • Searchlight Pictures
Bradley Cooper, Will Arnett, Mark Chappell | Writers

Bradley Cooper | Director
Bradley Cooper, Weston Middleton, Will Arnett, Kris Thykier | Producers

Jay Kelly • Netflix
Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer | Writers

Noah Baumbach | Director
Noah Baumbach, Amy Pascal, David Heyman | Producers

Nuremberg • Sony Pictures Classics
James Vanderbilt | Writer

James Vanderbilt | Director
Richard Saperstein, Bradley J. Fischer, James Vanderbilt, Frank Smith, William Sherak, Benjamin Tappan, Cherilyn Hawrysh, István Major, George Freeman | Producers

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER • Warner Bros. Pictures
Paul Thomas Anderson | Writer

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers

A House of Dynamite • Netflix

Kathryn Bigelow | Director
Greg Shapiro, Kathryn Bigelow, Noah Oppenheim | Producers

Jay Kelly • Netflix

Noah Baumbach | Director
Noah Baumbach, Amy Pascal, David Heyman | Producers

Nuremberg • Sony Pictures Classics

James Vanderbilt | Director
Richard Saperstein, Bradley J. Fischer, James Vanderbilt, Frank Smith, William Sherak, Benjamin Tappan, Cherilyn Hawrysh, István Major, George Freeman | Producers

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER • Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery • Netflix

Rian Johnson | Director
Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman | Producers

Eleanor the Great • Sony Pictures Classics

Scarlett Johansson | Director
Jessamine Burgum, Kara Durrett, Keenan Flynn, Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Lia, Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler | Producers

The Lost Bus • Apple Original Films

Paul Greengrass | Director
Gregory Goodman, Jason Blum, Brad Ingelsby, Jamie Lee Curtis | Producers

Rental Family • Searchlight Pictures

HIKARI | Director
Eddie Vaisman, Julia Lebedev, HIKARI, Shin Yamaguchi | Producers

Rosemead • Vertical Entertainment

Eric Lin | Director
Andrew Corkin, Lucy Liu, Mynette Louie | Producers

Sentimental Value • NEON

Joachim Trier | Director
Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Maria Ekerhovd | Producers

Dead Man’s Wire • Row K Entertainment

Gus Van Sant | Director
Noor Alfallah, Remi Alfallah, Mark Amin, Andrea Bucko, Gordon Clark, Tom Culliver, Cassian Elwes, Billy Hines | Producers

Marty Supreme • A24

Josh Safdie | Director
Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas, Timothée Chalamet | Producers

Nuremberg • Sony Pictures Classics

James Vanderbilt | Director
Richard Saperstein, Bradley J. Fischer, James Vanderbilt, Frank Smith, William Sherak, Benjamin Tappan, Cherilyn Hawrysh, István Major, George Freeman | Producers

Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere • 20th Century Studios

Scott Cooper | Director
Scott Cooper, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Eric Robinson, Scott Stuber | Producers

Becoming Led Zeppelin • Sony Pictures Classics

Bernard MacMahon | Director
Allison McGourty, Bernard MacMahon | Producers

Cover-Up • Netflix

Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus | Directors
Yoni Golijov, Olivia Streisand, Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus | Producers

My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay • HBO Max

Mariska Hargitay | Director
Trish Adlesic, Mariska Hargitay | Producers

Riefenstahl • Kino Lorber

Andres Veiel | Director
Sandra Maischberger | Producer

Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost • Apple TV+

Ben Stiller | Director
Lizz Morhaim, John Lesher, Geoffrey Richman, Ben Stiller | Producers

It Was Just an Accident • NEON

Jafar Panahi | Director/Producer

No Other Choice • NEON

Park Chan-wook | Director
Park Chan-wook, Jisun Back, Michèle Ray-Gavras, Alexandre Gavras | Producers

Nouvelle Vague • Netflix

Richard Linklater | Director
Michele Halberstadt, Laurent Pétin, Michèle Pétin | Producers

The Secret Agent • NEON

Kleber Mendonça Filho | Director
Emilie Lesclaux, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Wagner Moura, Brent Travers | Producers

Sentimental Value • NEON

Joachim Trier | Director
Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Maria Ekerhovd | Producers

TELEVISION

Adolescence • Netflix

Philip Barantini | Director
Philip Barantini, Dede Gardner | Executive Producers

Hacks • HBO Max

Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, Jen Statsky | Creators
Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, Mike Schur, David Miner, Morgan Sackett | Executive Producers

The Pitt • HBO Max

R. Scott Gemmill | Creator
Simran Baidwan, R. Scott Gemmill, Michael Hissrich, Erin Jontow, John Wells, Noah Wyle | Executive Producers

The Studio • Apple TV+

Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Frida Perez, Alex Gregory| Creators
James Weaver, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Alex McAtee, Josh Fagen | Executive Producers

The White Lotus • HBO Max

Mike White | Creator
Mike White, David Bernad, Nick Hall | Executive Producers

Walton Goggins
The White Lotus • HBO Max

Mike White | Creator
Mike White, David Bernad, Nick Hall | Executive Producers

Stephen Graham
Adolescence • Netflix

Philip Barantini | Director
Philip Barantini, Dede Gardner | Executive Producers

Gary Oldman
Slow Horses • Apple TV+

Will Smith | Creator
Graham Yost, James Hawes, Will Smith, Douglas Urbanski, Gail Mutrux, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta | Executive Producers

Pedro Pascal
The Last Of Us • HBO Max

Peter Hoar | Director
Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin | Executive Producers

Noah Wyle
The Pitt • HBO Max

R. Scott Gemmill | Creator
Simran Baidwan, R. Scott Gemmill, Michael Hissrich, Erin Jontow, John Wells, Noah Wyle | Executive Producers

Kathy Bates
Matlock • CBS

Noah Baumbach | Creator
Noah Baumbach, Amy Pascal, David Heyman | Executive Producers

Kathryn Hahn
The Studio • Apple TV+

Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Frida Perez, Alex Gregory| Creators
James Weaver, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Alex McAtee, Josh Fagen | Executive Producers

Catherine O’Hara
The Studio • Apple TV+

Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Frida Perez, Alex Gregory| Creators
James Weaver, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Alex McAtee, Josh Fagen | Executive Producers

Parker Posey
The White Lotus • HBO Max

Mike White | Creator
Mike White, David Bernad, Nick Hall | Executive Producers

Jean Smart
Hacks • HBO Max

Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, Jen Statsky | Creators
Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, Mike Schur, David Miner, Morgan Sackett | Executive Producers

Adam Sandler

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.