‘Belfast’ wins AARP Movies for Grownups Best Picture; ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘Mare of Easttown’ are TV winners

Erik Anderson March 19, 2022

Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical film Belfast won the AARP Movies for Grownups Best Picture award in a ceremony held March 18 via Great Performances on PBS and hosted by Alan Cumming. The film had led the nominations with eight but managed just the top award.

Film acting awards went to Will Smith (King Richard) and Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos) in lead and Jared Leto (House of Gucci) and Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard) in supporting. All but Leto are Oscar-nominated for their performances.

Jane Campion won Best Director for The Power of the Dog, her film’s only win, and Tony Kushner won named Best Screenwriter, West Side Story‘s sole win. The group’s special awards like Best Time Capsule, went to Spencer, while Best Buddy Picture went to the Tom Hanks robot and dog movie Finch.

In television the winners were Ted Lasso, Jean Smart, Michael Keaton and Mare of Easttown.

Lily Tomlin, recipient of eight Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Grammy Award, among many others, received this year’s Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award.

“We are thrilled to honor Lily Tomlin, a trailblazer whose six-decade career as an actress, comedian, writer and advocate continues to break through boundaries today,” said AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins. “She’s an icon across mediums – as fresh, innovative, and influential today as when she revolutionized TV on Laugh-In in the ‘60s. In her current role on Grace and Frankie, in which she portrays issues of aging with respect, originality and hilarity, she continues to dismantle outdated stereotypes, demonstrating why she remains at the leading edge of pop culture.”

Ms. Tomlin said, “I am honored to receive this award from AARP. There are so few grownups in the world. I am happy to be one. I feel I am not only a grownup, but I am mature for my age and that’s the truthhhhh!”

Here is the complete list of winners.

Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups

Belfast – WINNER
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Being the Ricardos

Best Actress

Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos) – WINNER
Frances McDormand (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
Halle Berry (Bruised)
Sandra Bullock (The Unforgivable)
Helen Mirren (The Duke)

Best Actor

Will Smith (King Richard) – WINNER
Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)
Peter Dinklage (Cyrano)
Jim Broadbent (The Duke)

Best Supporting Actress

Judi Dench (Belfast)
Marlee Matlin (CODA)
Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard) – WINNER
Cate Blanchett (Nightmare Alley)
Rita Moreno (West Side Story)

Best Supporting Actor

J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos)
Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)
Jared Leto (House of Gucci) – WINNER
Timothy Spall (Spencer)
David Strathairn (Nightmare Alley)

Best Director

Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog) – WINNER
Guillermo del Toro (Nightmare Alley)
Denis Villeneuve (Dune)
Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)

Best Screenwriter

Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
Guillermo del Toro/Kim Morgan (Nightmare Alley)
Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
Tony Kushner (West Side Story) – WINNER

Best Ensemble

The Harder They Fall
Nightmare Alley – WINNER
Don’t Look Up
House of Gucci
West Side Story

Best Intergenerational

C’mon, C’mon
Belfast
The Tender Bar
King Richard
CODA – WINNER

Best Buddy Picture

Queen Bees
Off the Rails
12 Mighty Orphans
Finch – WINNER
The Harder They Fall

Best Time Capsule

Spencer – WINNER
Licorice Pizza
Belfast
Being the Ricardos
West Side Story

Best Grownup Love Story

23 Walks
Belfast
The Duke
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Cyrano – WINNER

Best Documentary

Julia
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – WINNER
My Name is Pauli Murray
The Beatles: Get Back,
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

Best Foreign Film or Best International Film

Sheep Without a Shepherd (China) – WINNER
There Is No Evil (Iran/Germany)
The Hand of God (Italy)
Drive My Car (Japan)
Two of Us (France)

Best Actress (TV/Streaming)

Jean Smart (Hacks) – WINNER
Gillian Anderson (The Crown)
Sandra Oh (The Chair)
Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)
Andie MacDowell (Maid)

Best Actor (TV/Streaming)

Michael Keaton (Dopesick) – WINNER
Kevin Costner (Yellowstone)
Ewan McGregor (Halston)
Billy Porter (Pose)
Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)

Best TV Series

Hacks
Ted Lasso – WINNER
The Chair
The Crown
Succession

Best TV Movie/Limited Series

Mare of Easttown – WINNER
Halston
The Underground Railroad
Maid
Nine Perfect Strangers

Photo: Rob Youngson / Focus Features

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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.