The 5th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, presented by AARP the Magazine, honored films released in 2005 made by people over the age of 50. This was the first year that winners were announced at an in-person ceremony instead of being listed only in an issue of AARP the Magazine. The ceremony was hosted by Angela Lansbury and Shelley Berman at the Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles on February 7, 2006. Capote won Best Movie for Grownups, and David Strathairn won the award for Breakaway Accomplishment for Good Night, and Good Luck.
This was the last year that the AARP gave out awards for television (in the Best TV Movie category) until 2020. It was the first year an award was given for Best Comedy for Grownups.
Awards Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().
Capote Cinderella Man Crash Good Night, and Good Luck Walk the Line Steven Spielberg – Munich Woody Allen - Match Point Ron Howard - Cinderella Man Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain Fernando Meirelles - The Constant Gardener Jeff Daniels - The Squid and the Whale Anthony Hopkins - The World's Fastest Indian Kurt Russell - Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story Nathan Lane - The Producers Tom Wilkinson - Separate Lies Joan Plowright - Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont Judi Dench - Ladies in Lavender Shirley MacLaine - In Her Shoes Meryl Streep - Prime Liv Ullmann - Saraband Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana - Brokeback Mountain Pedro Almodóvar - Bad Education Paul Haggis - Crash Jim Jarmusch - Broken Flowers Sally Potter - Yes Cinderella Man Good Night, and Good Luck North Country Capote Munich Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story Because of Winn-Dixie In Her Shoes Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont The Squid and the Whale Craig T. Nelson and Diane Keaton - The Family Stone Kevin Costner and Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger Peter Falk and Olympia Dukakis - The Thing About My Folks Al Pacino and Rene Russo - Two for the Money The penguin pairs - March of the Penguins King Kong Batman Begins The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Wedding Crashers The Producers The Family Stone The 40-Year-Old Virgin In Her Shoes Rumor Has It... Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Grizzly Man March of the Penguins No Direction Home: Bob Dylan Tell Them Who You Are Ushpizin - Israel Bad Education - Spain Saraband - Sweden After You... - France Crónicas - Ecuador |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
The Girl in the Café Empire Falls Lackawanna Blues Sometimes in April Warm Springs
Breakaway accomplishment David Strathairn: "One of Hollywood's most reliable supporting actors is so good he's scary as Edward R. Murrow."
Runners up Pierce Brosnan for The Matador Tommy Lee Jones for directing The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Kate Montgomery for directing Christmas in the Clouds Susan Stroman for directing The Producers
Films with multiple nominations
+ Films that received multiple nominations Nominations Film 3 Cinderella Man In Her Shoes 2 Bad Education Brokeback Mountain Capote Crash Dreamer: Based on a True Story The Family Stone Good Night, and Good Luck March of the Penguins Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont Munich The Producers Saraband The Squid and the Whale
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