AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Grownup Love Story
AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Grownup Love Story | |
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Awarded for | Best romance for an audience of people 50 and above |
Country | United States |
Presented by | AARP |
First awarded | 2003 (for films released during the 2002 film season) |
Most recent winner | Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci Supernova (2020) |
Website | https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/ |
The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Grownup Love Story is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by AARP the Magazine. The award honors the film with the best romance focused on adult characters, usually focusing on characters or performers over the age of 50.[1] The award for Best Grownup Love Story was first given in 2003, when the awards expanded beyond their initial four categories of Best Movie for Grownups, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.[2]
Despite its name, the award recognizes performers who portray the love story onscreen, not the film's screenwriter.[3] While AARP the Magazine typically limits its winners and nominees to films by and about people over 50, there have been nine films nominated for Best Grownup Love Story whose romantic leads were below that age: The Painted Veil, J. Edgar, Before Midnight, Carol, Breathe, The Greatest Showman, On the Basis of Sex, Emma., and Wild Mountain Thyme. To date, The Greatest Showman is the only winner of Best Grownup Love Story in which all romantic leads were below the age of 50.[4]
Winners and Nominees[]
- indicates the winners.
2000s[]
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2010s[]
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Meryl_Streep_At_The_2014_SAG_Awards_%2812024455556%29_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/145px-Meryl_Streep_At_The_2014_SAG_Awards_%2812024455556%29_%28cropped_2%29.jpg)
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2020s[]
Year | Performers | Film | Ref. |
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2020/21 (20th) |
Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci | Supernova ![]() |
[24] |
Anya Taylor-Joy and Johnny Flynn | Emma. | ||
Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson | Ordinary Love | ||
Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan | Wild Mountain Thyme | ||
Talia Shire and Peter Gerety | Working Man | ||
2021 (21st) |
Dave Johns and Alison Steadman | 23 Walks | [25] |
Caitríona Balfe & Jamie Dornan and Ciarán Hinds & Judi Dench | Belfast | ||
Haley Bennett and Peter Dinklage | Cyrano | ||
Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren | The Duke | ||
Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington | The Tragedy of Macbeth |
Actors with multiple wins and nominations[]
Multiple wins[]
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Multiple nominations[]
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Age superlatives[]
Record | Performer | Film | Age (in years) |
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Oldest winner | Morgan Freeman | 5 Flights Up | 78 |
Oldest nominee | Michael Constantine | My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | 89 |
Youngest winner | Michelle Williams | The Greatest Showman | 37 |
Youngest nominee | Anya Taylor-Joy | Emma. | 24 |
References[]
- ^ Appelo, Tim. "About AARP Movies for Grownups Awards". AARP.
- ^ Appelo, Tim. "About AARP Movies for Grownups Awards". AARP.
- ^ "Movies for Grownups". CBS News.
- ^ "'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Named Best Movie for Grownups at AARP Gala". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Movies for Grownups Awards 2003 with Bill Newcott".
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- ^ "Winners and Runners-Up of Movies for Grownups Awards, 2006 with Bill N".
- ^ Newcott, William R. (March 2006). ""Fifth Annual Movies for Grownups"". AARP the Magazine. Washington, DC. pp. 50–51.
- ^ "Best Actress 50 and over, and Other Movies for Grownups Awards with Bi".
- ^ "Movies for Grownups Awards 2008 with Bill Newcott - AARP Magazine".
- ^ "Movies for Grownups Awards 2009 from Bill Newcott of AARP".
- ^ "AARP the Magazine Recognizes the Best Movies for the 50+ Audience with the 9th Annual Movies for Grownups(R) Awards".
- ^ "2011 Movies for Grownups Awards".
- ^ "Movies for Grownups Award Winners - the Descendents, J. Edgar, the Artist".
- ^ "2013 Movies for Grownups Awards".
- ^ "13th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards, 2014 Best Actor, Actress and F".
- ^ "14th Annual Movies for Grownups Award winners from AARP the Magazine Announced with Top Honors Going to Julianne Moore, Steve Carell, Rene Russo and J.K. Simmons #AwardSeason #AARPtheMagazine". 10 January 2015.
- ^ "AARP the Magazine Announces Nominees for 2015 Movies for Grownups Awards incl. 'Brooklyn' 'Spotlight'". 16 December 2015.
- ^ "'Spotlight' Named Best 'Movie for Grownups' by AARP". 5 January 2016.
- ^ "AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards: Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 February 2017.
- ^ "AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards: 'The Post' Leads Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. 17 January 2018.
- ^ "'Green Book' and 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' Win Big at AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. 4 February 2019.
- ^ "The Two Popes Earns 7 Nods in AARP's Movies for Grown-ups Awards". 26 November 2019.
- ^ "AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. 4 March 2021.
- ^ "'Belfast' Tops Nominees for AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 11 January 2022.
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