20th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

20th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Presented on	March 28, 2021
Date	March 4, 2021
Hosted by	Hoda Kotb
Highlights
Most awards	The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2)
Television coverage
Network	PBS

The 20th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, presented by AARP the Magazine, honored films and television shows released in 2020 and were announced on March 4, 2021. The awards recognized films and television shows created by and about people over the age of 50. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, that year's awards also included films from the first two months of 2021, and there was no in-person ceremony. Instead, Hoda Kotb hosted a virtual ceremony produced by Great Performances on PBS, which aired on March 28, 2021.^[1]

This was the first year that the program included a slate of awards recognizing achievement in television, and the first to include any awards for television since the elimination of the award for TV movie after 2005.^[2] The nominations were announced on February 8, 2021.

Awards

Winners and Nominees

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

Best Movie for Grownups The United States vs. Billie Holiday‡ Minari Nomadland One Night in Miami... The Trial of the Chicago 7	Best Director Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7‡ Lee Daniels - The United States vs. Billie Holiday Regina King - One Night in Miami... Spike Lee - Da 5 Bloods George C. Wolfe - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Actor Anthony Hopkins - The Father‡ Ralph Fiennes - The Dig Tom Hanks - News of the World Delroy Lindo - Da 5 Bloods Gary Oldman - Mank	Best Actress Sophia Loren - The Life Ahead‡ Viola Davis - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Frances McDormand - Nomadland Michelle Pfeiffer - French Exit Robin Wright - Land
Best Supporting Actor Demián Bichir - Land‡ Bill Murray - On the Rocks Clarke Peters - Da 5 Bloods Paul Raci - Sound of Metal Mark Rylance - The Trial of the Chicago 7	Best Supporting Actress Jodie Foster - The Mauritanian‡ Candice Bergen - Let Them All Talk Ellen Burstyn - Pieces of a Woman Glenn Close - Hillbilly Elegy Yuh-Jung Youn - Minari
Best Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin - The Trial of the Chicago 7‡ Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee - Da 5 Bloods Ruben Santiago-Hudson - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Paul Greengrass, Luke Davies - News of the World Kemp Powers - One Night in Miami...	Best Ensemble One Night in Miami...‡ Da 5 Bloods Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Promising Young Woman The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Intergenerational Film Minari‡ The Father Hillbilly Elegy The Life Ahead On the Rocks	Best Buddy Picture Da 5 Bloods‡ Bad Boys for Life Bill & Ted Face the Music Let Them All Talk Standing Up, Falling Down
Best Time Capsule Mank‡ Ma Rainey's Black Bottom One Night in Miami... The Trial of the Chicago 7 The United States vs. Billie Holiday	Best Grownup Love Story Supernova‡ Emma Ordinary Love Wild Mountain Thyme Working Man
Best Documentary A Secret Love‡ Crip Camp Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy Dick Johnson Is Dead Sky Blossom: Diaries of the Next Greatest Generation	Best Foreign Film Collective - Romania‡ Another Round - Denmark Bacurau - Brazil The Life Ahead - Italy The Weasels' Tale - Argentina
Best Actor (TV) Mark Ruffalo - I Know This Much is True‡ Jason Bateman - Ozark Ted Danson - The Good Place Hugh Grant - The Undoing Ethan Hawk - The Good Lord Bird	Best Actress (TV) Catherine O'Hara - Schitt's Creek‡ Jennifer Aniston - The Morning Show Cate Blanchett - Mrs. America Regina King - Watchmen Laura Linney - Ozark
Best TV Series This Is Us‡ The Crown Perry Mason Succession Ted Lasso	Best TV Movie/Limited Series The Queen's Gambit‡ Mrs. America Small Axe Unorthodox Watchmen

Career Achievement Award

• George Clooney: "He personifies aging with grace, and he proves that with smarts and hard work, even extraordinary talent can improve with time. Clooney, who turns 60 this year, is a slam-dunk argument against ageism."^[2]

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
6	Da 5 Bloods
	The Trial of the Chicago 7
5	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
	One Night in Miami...
3	Minari
	The United States vs. Billie Holiday
2	The Father
	Hillbilly Elegy
	Land
	Let Them All Talk
	The Life Ahead
	Mank
	News of the World
	Nomadland
	On the Rocks

Films that received multiple awards

Wins	Film
2	The Trial of the Chicago 7

References

1. Hipes, Patrick (March 4, 2021). "AARP Movies For Grownups Awards Names 'The United States Vs. Billie Holiday' Best Picture".
2. Appelo, Tim. "Movies for Grownups Awards 2021 Winners: The Full List". AARP.
3. Lewis, Hilary (March 4, 2021). "AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter.