18th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

18th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
18th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Presented on	February 15, 2019
Date	February 4, 2019
Hosted by	Martin Short
Highlights
Most awards	Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Green Book (2)
Most nominations	All is True, Green Book, Roma (4)
Television coverage
Network	PBS
	← 17th; AARP Movies for Grownups Awards; 19th →;

The 18th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, presented by AARP the Magazine, honored films and television shows released in 2018 and were announced on February 4, 2019. The awards recognized films created by and about people over the age of 50. The ceremony was hosted by actor and comedian Martin Short, and was broadcast on PBS on February 15, 2019 as part of its Great Performances series.^[2]

Awards

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[3]^[1]^[4]

Best Movie for Grownups Green Book‡ BlacKkKlansman Can You Ever Forgive Me? Roma A Star is Born	Best Director Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman‡ Kenneth Branagh - All is True Alfonso Cuaron - Roma Peter Farrelly - Green Book Mimi Leder - On the Basis of Sex
Best Actor Viggo Mortensen - Green Book‡ Willem Dafoe - At Eternity's Gate Hugh Jackman - The Front Runner Robert Redford - The Old Man & the Gun John C. Reilly - Stan & Ollie	Best Actress Glenn Close - The Wife‡ Sandra Bullock - Bird Box Viola Davis - Widows Nicole Kidman - Destroyer Julia Roberts - Ben Is Back
Best Supporting Actor Richard E. Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me?‡ Robert Duvall - Widows Sam Elliott - A Star is Born Robert Forster - What They Had Ian McKellen - All is True	Best Supporting Actress Judi Dench - All is True‡ Angela Bassett - Black Panther Blythe Danner - What They Had Nicole Kidman - Boy Erased Michelle Yeoh - Crazy Rich Asians
Best Screenwriter Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty - Can You Ever Forgive Me?‡ Peter Farrelly, Brian Hayes Curie, Nick Vallelonga - Green Book Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara - The Favourite Peter Hedges - Ben Is Back Paul Schrader - First Reformed	Best Ensemble Bohemian Rhapsody‡ Black Panther Crazy Rich Asians The Front Runner Widows
Best Intergenerational Film Mary Poppins Returns‡ A Quiet Place Beautiful Boy Ben Is Back Crazy Rich Asians	Best Grownup Love Story What They Had‡ All is True On the Basis of Sex Private Life The Old Man & the Gun
Best Time Capsule If Beale Street Could Talk‡ BlacKkKlansman Bohemian Rhapsody First Man Roma
Best Documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor?‡ Amazing Grace Bathtubs Over Broadway RBG The Rest I Make Up	Best Foreign Film Roma - Mexico‡ Cold War - Poland, France, United Kingdom Never Look Away - Germany Shoplifters - Japan The Guilty - Denmark

Career Achievement Award

Shirley MacLaine: "Few have done more for grownup filmmaking than MacLaine, who's averaged one new film or show every six months since turning 80."^[5]

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
4	All is True
	Green Book
	Roma
3	Ben Is Back
	BlacKkKlansman
	Can You Ever Forgive Me?
	Crazy Rich Asians
	What They Had
	Widows
2	Black Panther
	Bohemian Rhapsody
	The Front Runner
	The Old Man & the Gun
	On the Basis of Sex
	A Star is Born

Films that received multiple awards
Wins	Film
2	Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2	Green Book

References

^ ^a ^b "'Green Book' and 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' Win Big at AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. February 4, 2019.
^ "Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP The Magazine ~ About | Great Performances | PBS". Great Performances. December 18, 2018.
^ Gardner, Chris (January 3, 2019). "'Crazy Rich Asians,' 'Black Panther' Among Nominees for AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 22, 2023. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
^ Rothstein, Katie (February 5, 2019). "Green Book Is the 'Best Movie for Grownups' of 2018, According to the AARP". Vulture.
^ "Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Winners". AARP.

[auto-1] "'Green Book' and 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' Win Big at AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. February 4, 2019.

[2] "Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP The Magazine ~ About | Great Performances | PBS". Great Performances. December 18, 2018.

[3] Gardner, Chris (January 3, 2019). "'Crazy Rich Asians,' 'Black Panther' Among Nominees for AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 22, 2023. Retrieved October 22, 2023.

[4] Rothstein, Katie (February 5, 2019). "Green Book Is the 'Best Movie for Grownups' of 2018, According to the AARP". Vulture.

[5] "Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Winners". AARP.

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18th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Presented on	February 15, 2019^[1]
Date	February 4, 2019
Hosted by	Martin Short
Highlights
Most awards	Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Green Book (2)
Most nominations	All is True, Green Book, Roma (4)
Television coverage
Network	PBS
← 17th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 19th →