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2017 Movies for Grownups Award Nominees

Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Annette Bening and Gary Oldman are among the stars nominated for AARP The Magazine’s 17th annual Movies for Grownups Awards, which honor films by and for people 50 or older. The nominees announced today will be honored in 13 categories, among them the best movie for grownups, best actor, best actress and best grownup love story, at a ceremony on Feb. 5 in Beverly Hills, Calif. , the event will be televised for the first time on PBS, as part of the Great Performances series, on Feb. 23 at 9 p.m. (Check your local listings.) Event proceeds will benefit AARP Foundation, which works to end senior poverty by building economic opportunity and social connections for vulnerable older adults in Los Angeles and across the country.

Actress Helen Mirren will receive the Movies for Grownups career achievement award at the event and be recognized for her 52-year career, which began with a stage role as Cleopatra.

With 85 percent of the world’s top-grossing film stars over 50, and with entertainment industry trends shifting slightly in favor of mature talents, there was a wide array of Movies for Grownups Awards candidates in 2017. “It’s a banner year for smart, compelling filmmaking, dazzling performances and entertainment that is worth grownups’ time,” says Myrna Blyth, senior vice president and editorial director for AARP Media.

Here is the full list of nominees

Best Movie for Grownups

Get Out Lady Bird The Shape of Water Star Wars: The Last Jedi Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Director

Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water Reginald Hudlin, Marshall Ridley Scott, All the Money in the World Steven Spielberg, The Post Kenneth Branagh, Murder on the Orient Express

Best Actress

Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul Salma Hayek, Beatriz at Dinner Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Meryl Streep, The Post Annette Bening, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Best Actor

Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread Tom Hanks, The Post Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Best Supporting Actress

Holly Hunter, The Big Sick Allison Janney, I, Tonya Melissa Leo, Novitiate Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird

Best Supporting Actor

Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project Laurence Fishburne, Last Flag Flying Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World

Best Screenwriter

James Ivory, Call Me by Your Name Anthony McCarten, Darkest Hour Steven Rogers, I, Tonya Aaron Sorkin, Molly's Game Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water — written with Vanessa Taylor

Best Ensemble

Get Out Girls Trip Last Flag Flying Mudbound Murder on the Orient Express

Best Grownup Love Story

Breathe Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool The Greatest Showman The Leisure Seeker Our Souls at Night

Best Time Capsule

Battle of the Sexes Darkest Hour Dunkirk I, Tonya The Post

Best Intergenerational Movie

The Big Sick The Florida Project Lady Bird Marjorie Prime Wonder

Best Documentary

Dolores Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story I Am Not Your Negro Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo

Best Foreign Film

Chavela (Mexico)
The Insult (Lebanon) Like Crazy (Italy) A Taxi Driver (South Korea) The Women’s Balcony (Israel)

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