AARP announced today the nominees for the upcoming Movies for Grownups® (MFG) Awards, honoring this year’s most outstanding films and television projects that celebrate the voices and stories of the 50-plus. Leading this year’s contenders for Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups are Hamnet, A House of Dynamite, One Battle After Another, Sinners and Train Dreams.

WASHINGTON —AARP announced today that Adam Sandler will receive this year’s Movies for Grownups® Career Achievement Award. Sandler, who this fall co-stars in the widely anticipated film Jay Kelly

AARP The Magazine today recognized the winners of the annual Movies for Grownups® Awards, celebrating 2024’s standout films and TV shows that speak directly to a powerful 50-plus audience. Honorees from The Brutalist, Emilia Pérez, Wicked, The Substance, Shōgun, Sing Sing, True Detective: Night Country, and more were in attendance, with A Complete Unknown awarded Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups.

Three-quarters (73%) of adults age 50 and older are more likely to support movies or TV that include characters similar to them in age and life experiences, according to new research from AARP. The survey, “Breaking Stereotypes: The Push for Real Representation of Older Adults in Movies and Television,” was released ahead of AARP’s Movies for Grownups® Awards, which takes place on Saturday, February 8, 2025, in Beverly Hills, California.

AARP today announced that the new date for the annual Movies for Grownups® Awards is confirmed for Saturday, February 8, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. The event had been originally scheduled on January 11, 2025, but was postponed due to the devastating wildfires impacting Los Angeles. AARP also announced that AARP Foundation, a charitable affiliate of AARP, will donate proceeds raised from the Movies for Grownups® Awards to local organizations to aid with Los Angeles’ wildfire recovery efforts for affected families and communities.