17th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

17th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Presented on	February 23, 2018[1]
Date	February 5, 2018
Hosted by	Alan Cumming
Highlights
Most awards	The Shape of Water (2)
Most nominations	The Post (5)
Television coverage
Network	PBS

The 17th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, presented by AARP the Magazine, honored films and television shows released in 2017 and were announced on February 5, 2018.[2] The awards recognized films created by and about people over the age of 50. The ceremony was hosted by actor Alan Cumming at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. This was the first year since 2015 that the ceremony was broadcast on television, airing on PBS as part of its Great Performances series on February 23, 2018.[1]

This year marked the debut of the Best Ensemble award.[3]

Awards

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[4][5]

Best Movie for Grownups Star Wars: The Last Jedi‡ Get Out Lady Bird The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Best Director Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water‡ Kenneth Branagh - Murder on the Orient Express Reginald Hudlin - Marshall Ridley Scott - All the Money in the World Steven Spielberg - The Post
Best Actor Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour‡ Steve Carell - Battle of the Sexes Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread Tom Hanks - The Post Denzel Washington - Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Best Actress Annette Bening - Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool‡ Judi Dench - Victoria & Abdul Salma Hayek - Beatriz at Dinner Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Meryl Streep - The Post
Best Supporting Actor Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water‡ Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project Laurence Fishburne - Last Flag Flying Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Christopher Plummer - All the Money in the World	Best Supporting Actress Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird‡ Holly Hunter - The Big Sick Allison Janney - I, Tonya Melissa Leo - Novitiate Lesley Manville - Phantom Thread
Best Ensemble Get Out‡ Girls Trip Last Flag Flying Mudbound Murder on the Orient Express	Best Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin - Molly's Game‡ Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water James Ivory - Call Me By Your Name Anthony McCarten - Darkest Hour Steven Rogers - I, Tonya
Best Time Capsule Dunkirk‡ Battle of the Sexes Darkest Hour I, Tonya The Post	Best Intergenerational Film The Florida Project‡ The Big Sick Lady Bird Marjorie Prime Wonder
Best Grownup Love Story The Greatest Showman‡ Breathe Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool The Leisure Seeker Our Souls at Night	Best Documentary I Am Not Your Negro‡ Dolores Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo
Best Foreign Film A Taxi Driver - South Korea‡ Chavela - Mexico The Insult - Lebanon Like Crazy - Italy The Women's Balcony - Israel	Readers' Choice Poll Wonder Woman‡ Beauty and the Beast Dunkirk Get Out Girls Trip Last Flag Flying Murder on the Orient Express The Post Star Wars: The Last Jedi Wonder

Career Achievement Award

• Helen Mirren: "Clearly the prime suspect for an award honoring an actress whose success grows with age: Ninety-three percent of her movies' $1.5 billion total earnings arrived after she turned 50, along with most of her top acting honors, including an Oscar for The Queen."[6]

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
5	The Post
4	The Shape of Water
3	Darkest Hour
	Get Out
	I, Tonya
	Lady Bird
	Last Flag Flying
	Murder on the Orient Express
	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2	All the Money in the World
	Battle of the Sexes
	The Big Sick
	Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
	The Florida Project
	Phantom Thread
	Star Wars: The Last Jedi
	Wonder

Films that received multiple awards

Wins	Film
2	The Shape of Water

References

1. "Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine ~ About the Movies For Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine | Great Performances | PBS". Great Performances. February 24, 2018.
2. "Helen Mirren to get Movies for Grownups career honor". 6 December 2017.
3. "AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards: Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. February 6, 2017.
4. "AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards: 'The Post' Leads Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. January 17, 2018.
5. Petski, Denise (January 17, 2018). "'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' & 'Lady Bird' Among Nominees For AARP's Movies For Grownups Awards".
6. Appelo, Tim. "Complete List of Winners at the 2018 Movies for Grownups Awards". AARP.