SUNDAY at 7:00PM

Alan Cumming returns as host for the 2026 AARP Movies for Grownups Awards Sunday night.  The awards honor standout films and television projects that celebrate the voices, creativity, and stories of people 50 and older. Honorees from Frankenstein, Is This Thing On?, Jay Kelly, Matlock, One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value, Sinners, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, The Pitt, and more were in attendance.  Hamnet was awarded Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups while Adam Sandler was honored with the Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award for his enduring impact and versatility as one of Hollywood’s most influential performers.

Adam Sandler received the Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award and brought down the house with a tongue-in-cheek “top ten” list of signs he’s officially growing up. Henry Winkler, a longtime friend of Sandler since being immortalized in his original Hannukah song, reflected on Sandler’s unwavering loyalty and genuine character, qualities that have defined their decades-long bond.

For more than 20 years, AARP’s Movies for Grownups has championed authentic storytelling for and by people 50-plus. The franchise advocates for the 50-plus audience, challenges industry ageism, and champions films and television that resonate with older viewers. By celebrating the creativity and experience of seasoned actors and filmmakers, Movies for Grownups continue to elevate stories that reflect the richness of life at every age.

The complete list of the annual Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP Nominees and Winners:

Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups:

• Winner: Hamnet
• Nominees: Hamnet, A House of Dynamite, One Battle After Another, Sinners, Train Dreams.

Best Actress:

• Winner: Laura Dern (Is This Thing On?)
• Nominees: Laura Dern (Is This Thing On?), Jodie Foster (A Private Life), Lucy Liu (Rosemead), Julia Roberts (After the Hunt), and June Squibb (Eleanor the Great).

Best Actor:

• Winner: George Clooney (Jay Kelly)
• Nominees: George Clooney (Jay Kelly), Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), and Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine).

Best Supporting Actress:

• Winner: Regina Hall (One Battle After Another)
• Nominees: Regina Hall (One Battle After Another), Amy Madigan (Weapons), Helen Mirren (Goodbye June), Gwyneth Paltrow (Marty Supreme), and Sigourney Weaver (Avatar: Fire and Ash).

Best Supporting Actor:

• Winner: Delroy Lindo (Sinners)
• Nominees: Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another), Delroy Lindo (Sinners), Sean Penn (One Battle After Another), Michael Shannon (Nuremberg), and Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value).

Best Director:

• Winner: Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein)
• Nominees: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another), Kathryn Bigelow (A House of Dynamite), Scott Cooper (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere), Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein), and Spike Lee (Highest 2 Lowest).

Best Screenwriter:

• Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
• Nominees: 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), and James Vanderbilt (Nuremberg).

Best Ensemble: 

• Winner: One Battle After Another
• Nominees: A House of Dynamite, Jay Kelly, Nuremberg, One Battle After Another, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.

Best Intergenerational Film:

• Winner: Sentimental Value
• Nominees: Eleanor the Great, The Lost Bus, Rental Family, Rosemead, Sentimental Value.

Best Period Film:

• Winner: Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
• Nominees: Dead Man’s Wire, Marty Supreme, Nuremberg, Sinners, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere.

Best Documentary:

• Winner: My Mom Jayne
• Nominees: Becoming Led Zeppelin, Cover Up, My Mom Jayne, Riefenstahl, Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost.

Best Foreign-Language Film:

• Winner: Sentimental Value
• Nominees: It Was Just an Accident, No Other Choice, Nouvelle Vague, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value.

Best TV Series or Limited Series:

• Winner: The Pitt
• Nominees: Adolescence, Hacks, The Pitt, The Studio, The White Lotus.

Best Actor (TV):

• Winner: Noah Wyle (The Pitt)
• Nominees: Walton Goggins (The White Lotus), Stephen Graham (Adolescence), Gary Oldman (Slow Horses), Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us), Noah Wyle (The Pitt).

Best Actress (TV):

• Winner: Kathy Bates (Matlock)
• Nominees: Kathy Bates (Matlock), Kathryn Hahn (The Studio), Catherine O’Hara (The Studio), Parker Posey (The White Lotus), Jean Smart (Hacks).