# 20th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

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.
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. 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 (‡).
| 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."

### Films with multiple nominations and awards

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