AARP announces Movies for Grownups Awards nominations, led by ‘Conclave’

On Wednesday, AARP The Magazine announced its 2025 Movies for Grownups Awards nominations. Papal thriller “Conclave” leads with six nominations, including Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups, Best Director for Edward Berger, and Best Actor for Ralph Fiennes. Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” is in second place, with five nominations. TV nominees with multiple nominations include “Hacks,” “The Morning Show,” “Shōgun,” and “Slow Horses.”

The American Association of Retired People’s Movies for Grownups program champions movies and TV “for grownups, by grownups,” meaning 50-plus.

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“A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Emilia Perez,” “Gladiator II,” and “September 5” are the Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups nominees.

In the Best Actress category, nominees are Pamela Anderson (“The Last Showgirl”), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Hard Truths”), Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”), Demi Moore (“The Substance”), and June Squibb (“Thelma”). The Best Actor nominees are Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”), Daniel Craig (“Queer”), Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”), Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”), and Jude Law (“The Order”).

In the Best TV Series or Limited Series category, The nominees for Best TV Series or Limited Series are “The Crown,” “Hacks,” “Palm Royale,” “Shōgun,” and “Slow Horses.”

The MFG Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, January 11, 2025, at the Beverly Wilshire. Alan Cumming will host. The ceremony will be broadcast by “Great Performances” on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025 on PBS.

Here’s the full list of nominees:

• Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups: “A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Emilia Perez,” “Gladiator II,” and “September 5”

• Best Actress: Pamela Anderson (“The Last Showgirl”), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Hard Truths”), Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”), Demi Moore (“The Substance”), and June Squibb (“Thelma”).

• Best Actor: Adrian Brody (“The Brutalist”), Daniel Craig (“Queer”), Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”), Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”) and Jude Law (“The Order”).

• Best Supporting Actress: Joan Chen (“Didi”), Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (“Nickel Boys”), Lesley Manville (“Queer”), Connie Nielsen (“Gladiator II”), and Isabella Rossellini (“Conclave”).

• Best Supporting Actor: Clarence Maclin (“Sing Sing”), Guy Pearce (“The Brutalist”), Peter Sarsgaard (“September 5”), Stanley Tucci (“Conclave”) and Denzel Washington (“Gladiator II”).

• Best Director: Pedro Almodóvar (“The Room Next Door”), Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Pérez”), Edward Berger (“Conclave”), James Mangold (“A Complete Unknown”), and Ridley Scott (“Gladiator II”).

• Best Screenwriter: Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Nicolas Livecchi (“Emilia Pérez”), Jay Cocks and James Mangold (“A Complete Unknown”), Winnie Holzman (“Wicked”), Peter Straughan (“Conclave”), and Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts (“Dune: Part Two”).

• Best Ensemble: “A Complete Unknown,” “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice,” “His Three Daughters,” “September 5,” and “Sing Sing.”

• Best Actress (TV): Jennifer Aniston (“The Morning Show”), Jodie Foster (“True Detective: Night Country”), Jean Smart (“Hacks”), Meryl Streep (“Only Murders in the Building”) and Sofia Vergara (“Griselda”).

• Best Actor (TV): Billy Crudup (“The Morning Show”), Idris Elba (“Hijack”), Jon Hamm (“Fargo”), Gary Oldman (“Slow Horses”) and Hiroyuki Sanada (“Shōgun”).

• Best TV Series or Limited Series: “The Crown,” “Hacks,” “Palm Royale,” “Shōgun,” and “Slow Horses.”

• Best Intergenerational Film: “Didi,” “Here,” “His Three Daughters,” “The Piano Lesson,” and “Thelma.”

• Best Time Capsule: “A Complete Unknown,” “The Brutalist,” “Here,” “Maria,” and “September 5.”

• Best Documentary: “I Am: Celine Dion,” “Luther: Never Too Much,” “Piece by Piece,” “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,” and “Will & Harper.”

Movies for Grownups Awards proceeds benefit AARP Foundation, which works for and with vulnerable older adults to end senior poverty and reduce financial hardship by building economic opportunity.

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