AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ Nyad,’ ‘Rustin’ Take Top Honors

AARP The Magazine has unveiled the winners of the annual Movies for Grownups (MFG) Awards with Killers of the Flower Moon taking the top honor for Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups with star Robert De Niro named Best Supporting Actor.

The duo of Annette Bening and Jodie Foster won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for Nyad, the story of long distance swimmer Diana Nyad’s record-setting swim from Cuba to Florida and Colman Domingo was named Best Actor for his portrayal of gay civil rights hero Bayard Rustin, the architect of the historic March on Washington in 1963, in Rustin.

In television the winners included Succession, The Golden Bachelor, Jennifer Coolidge and Bryan Cranston.

“It’s been a good year for shows and movies by and for people over 50,” says AARP TV and Film Critic Tim Appelo. “Grownup talent and stories are being recognized across the board, and ageism in Hollywood does seem to be gradually eroding, with help from AARP. In 2000, shortly before the Movies for Grownups Awards began, only one of the top ten box office stars was over 50; today, half are.”

Here is the complete list of the Annual Movies for Grownups Awards winners.

Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups: Killers of the Flower Moon

Nominees: Barbie, The Color Purple, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, and Oppenheimer

Best Actress: Annette Bening (Nyad)

Nominees:  Annette Bening (Nyad), Juliette Binoche (The Taste of Things), Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Origin), Helen Mirren (Golda), and Julia Roberts (Leave the World Behind)

Best Actor: Colman Domingo (Rustin)

Nominees: Nicolas Cage (Dream Scenario), Colman Domingo (Rustin), Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers), Anthony Hopkins (Freud’s Last Session), and Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)

Best Supporting Actress: Jodie Foster (Nyad)

Nominees: Viola Davis (Air), Jodie Foster (Nyad), Taraji P. Henson (The Color Purple), Julianne Moore (May December), and Leslie Uggams (American Fiction)

Best Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon)

Best Director: Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)

Nominees: Ben Affleck (Air), Michael Mann (Ferrari), Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer), Alexander Payne (The Holdovers), and Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon).

Best Screenwriter: Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig (Barbie),

Nominees: Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig (Barbie), David Hemingson (The Holdovers), Tony McNamara (Poor Things), Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) and Martin Scorsese and Eric Roth (Killers of the Flower Moon). 

Best Ensemble: The Color Purple

Nominees: American Fiction, The Color Purple, Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, and Rustin. 

Best Actress (TV): Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus),

Nominees: Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show), Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus), Jennifer Garner (The Last Thing He Told Me), Imelda Staunton (The Crown), and Meryl Streep (Only Murders in the Building)

Best Actor (TV): Bryan Cranston (Your Honor)

Nominees: Brian Cox (Succession), Bryan Cranston (Your Honor), Oliver Platt (The Bear), Rufus Sewell (The Diplomat), and Henry Winkler (Barry)

Best TV Movie/Series or Limited Series: Succession

Nominees: The Bear, Fargo, Only Murders in the Building, Succession, and The White Lotus

Best Reality TV Series: The Golden Bachelor

Nominees: The Amazing Race, America’s Got Talent, The Golden Bachelor, Jury Duty, and The Voice

Best Intergenerational Film: The Holdovers

Nominees: American Fiction, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, The Holdovers, Leave the World Behind, and Poor Things.

Best Time Capsule: Maestro

Nominees: Ferrari, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Priscilla, and Rustin

Best Documentary: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Nominees: Invisible Beauty, Judy Blume Forever, The Lost Weekend, The Pigeon Tunnel, and Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Foreign Film: The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)

Nominees: Amerikatsi (Armenia), Perfect Days (Japan), Radical (Mexico), The Taste of Things (France), and The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)

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