The 25th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, presented by AARP: The Magazine, honored films and television series released in 2025. The nominations were announced on November 19, 2025, with the action thriller One Battle After Another leading the nominations with eight, followed by the historical drama Nuremberg with four.
Created by and about people over the age of 50, the winners were announced on January 10, 2026. The ceremony took place at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles and was hosted by Alan Cumming. The event was broadcast by Great Performances on PBS on February 22, 2026.
Adam Sandler received the Career Achievement Award.
Awards
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Hamnet A House of Dynamite One Battle After Another Sinners Train Dreams Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another Kathryn Bigelow – A House of Dynamite Scott Cooper – Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere Spike Lee – Highest 2 Lowest George Clooney – Jay Kelly Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon Dwayne Johnson – The Smashing Machine Laura Dern – Is This Thing On? Jodie Foster – A Private Life Lucy Liu – Rosemead Julia Roberts – After the Hunt June Squibb – Eleanor the Great Delroy Lindo – Sinners Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another Sean Penn – One Battle After Another Michael Shannon – Nuremberg Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value Regina Hall – One Battle After Another Amy Madigan – Weapons Helen Mirren – Goodbye June Gwyneth Paltrow – Marty Supreme Sigourney Weaver – Avatar: Fire and Ash Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer – Jay Kelly Bradley Cooper, Will Arnett, and Mark Chappell – Is This Thing On? Julian Fellowes – Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale James Vanderbilt – Nuremberg One Battle After Another A House of Dynamite Jay Kelly Nuremberg Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery My Mom Jayne Becoming Led Zeppelin Cover-Up Riefenstahl Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost Sentimental Value It Was Just an Accident No Other Choice Nouvelle Vague The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Eleanor the Great The Lost Bus Rental Family Rosemead Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere Dead Man's Wire Marty Supreme Nuremberg Sinners The Pitt Adolescence Hacks The Studio The White Lotus Noah Wyle – The Pitt Walton Goggins – The White Lotus Stephen Graham – Adolescence Gary Oldman – Slow Horses Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us Kathy Bates – Matlock Kathryn Hahn – The Studio Catherine O'Hara – The Studio Parker Posey – The White Lotus Jean Smart – Hacks
Multiple nominations
Films with multiple nominations + Nominations Film 8 One Battle After Another 4 Nuremberg 3 A House of Dynamite Jay Kelly Sentimental Value Sinners 2 Eleanor the Great Is This Thing On? Marty Supreme Rosemead Springsteen Train Dreams
Series with multiple nominations + Nominations Series 3 The Studio The White Lotus 2 Adolescence Hacks The Pitt
Multiple wins
Films with multiple wins + Wins Film 3 One Battle After Another 2 Sentimental Value
Series with multiple wins + Wins Series 2 The Pitt
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