# AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up

The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up was one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP. The award honored the best film in a given year that, while targeted at people below the age of 50, could still be enjoyed by an older audience.

## History

The award is one of the seven original trophies issued by AARP the Magazine, along with awards for Best Movie for Grownups, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Foreign Film, and Best Documentary. The award was discontinued after the 16th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards in 2017.

## Winners and Nominees

    indicates the winners.

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Director |
| 2001 (1st) | Shrek‡ | Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson |
| 2002 (2nd) | Spirited Away‡ | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 2002 (2nd) | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Chris Columbus |
| 2002 (2nd) | Ice Age | Chris Wedge |
| 2002 (2nd) | Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie | Phil Vischer & Mike Nawrocki |
| 2003 (3rd) | School of Rock‡ | Richard Linklater |
| 2003 (3rd) | Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton |
| 2003 (3rd) | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | Quentin Tarantino |
| 2004 (4th) | The Incredibles‡ | Brad Bird |
| 2004 (4th) | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Adam McKay |
| 2004 (4th) | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | Rawson Marshall Thurber |
| 2004 (4th) | Mean Girls | Mark Waters |
| 2004 (4th) | The Polar Express | Robert Zemeckis |
| 2005 (5th) | King Kong‡ | Peter Jackson |
| 2005 (5th) | Batman Begins | Christopher Nolan |
| 2005 (5th) | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Andrew Adamson |
| 2005 (5th) | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Nick Park & Steve Box |
| 2005 (5th) | Wedding Crashers | David Dobkin |
| 2006 (6th) | Lassie‡ | Charles Sturridge |
| 2006 (6th) | Charlotte's Web | Gary Winick |
| 2006 (6th) | Nacho Libre | Jared Hess |
| 2006 (6th) | Nanny McPhee | Kirk Jones |
| 2006 (6th) | Night at the Museum | Shawn Levy |
| 2007 (7th) | Enchanted‡ | Kevin Lima |
| 2007 (7th) | Ratatouille | Brad Bird |
| 2007 (7th) | Mr. Bean's Holiday | Steve Bendelack |
| 2007 (7th) | Knocked Up | Judd Apatow |
| 2007 (7th) | The Simpsons Movie | David Silverman |
| 2008 (8th) | Iron Man‡ | Jon Favreau |
| 2008 (8th) | Wall-E | Andrew Stanton |
| 2008 (8th) | Kung Fu Panda | John Stevenson & Mark Osborne |
| 2008 (8th) | City of Ember | Gil Kenan |
| 2008 (8th) | Marley & Me | David Frankel |
| 2009 (9th) | Star Trek‡ | J. J. Abrams |
| 2009 (9th) | Coraline | Henry Selick |
| 2009 (9th) | The Princess and the Frog | Ron Clements & John Musker |
| 2009 (9th) | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Wes Anderson |
| 2009 (9th) | Up | Pete Docter |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Director |
| 2010 (10th) | The Karate Kid‡ | Harald Zwart |
| 2010 (10th) | Alice in Wonderland | Tim Burton |
| 2010 (10th) | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Thor Freudenthal |
| 2010 (10th) | How to Train Your Dragon | Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois |
| 2010 (10th) | Toy Story 3 | Lee Unkrich |
| 2011 (11th) | The Muppets‡ | James Bobin |
| 2011 (11th) | Dolphin Tale | Charles Martin Smith |
| 2011 (11th) | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | David Yates |
| 2011 (11th) | Hugo | Martin Scorsese |
| 2012 (12th) | Moonrise Kingdom‡ | Wes Anderson |
| 2012 (12th) | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Peter Jackson |
| 2012 (12th) | Mirror Mirror | Tarsem Singh |
| 2012 (12th) | The Three Stooges | Farrelly brothers |
| 2012 (12th) | Wreck-It Ralph | Rich Moore |
| 2013 (13th) | Saving Mr. Banks‡ | John Lee Hancock |
| 2013 (13th) | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller |
| 2013 (13th) | Frozen | Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee |
| 2013 (13th) | The Lone Ranger | Gore Verbinski |
| 2014 (14th) | The Lego Movie‡ | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller |
| 2014 (14th) | Big Hero 6 | Don Hall & Chris Williams |
| 2014 (14th) | Maleficent | Robert Stromberg |
| 2014 (14th) | Muppets Most Wanted | James Bobin |
| 2014 (14th) | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Shawn Levy |
| 2015 (15th) | Inside Out‡ | Pete Docter |
| 2015 (15th) | Kingsman: The Secret Service | Matthew Vaughn |
| 2015 (15th) | Paddington | Paul King |
| 2015 (15th) | The Peanuts Movie | Steve Martino |
| 2015 (15th) | Shaun the Sheep Movie | Mark Burton & Richard Starzak |
| 2016 (16th) | Kubo and the Two Strings‡ | Travis Knight |
| 2016 (16th) | Moana | Ron Clements & John Musker |
| 2016 (16th) | Sing | Garth Jennings |
| 2016 (16th) | The Jungle Book | Jon Favreau |
| 2016 (16th) | Zootopia | Byron Howard & Rich Moore |