# 21st AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

The 21st AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, presented by AARP the Magazine, honored films and television shows released in 2021 created by and about people over the age of 50. The ceremony hosted by Alan Cumming was held on March 18, 2022, and was broadcast on PBS as part of its Great Performances series. This was Cumming's second time hosting, having also hosted in 2018 in the first year the awards were broadcast on PBS. Nominations were announced on January 11, 2022, in The Hollywood Reporter.

## Awards
### Winners and nominees

| Best Movie for Grownups Belfast King Richard The Power of the Dog West Side Story Being the Ricardos | Best Director Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog Kenneth Branagh – Belfast Guillermo del Toro - Nightmare Alley Steven Spielberg - West Side Story Denis Villeneuve - Dune |
| Best Actor Will Smith - King Richard Javier Bardem - Being the Ricardos Jim Broadbent - The Duke Peter Dinklage - Cyrano Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth | Best Actress Nicole Kidman - Being the Ricardos Halle Berry - Bruised Sandra Bullock - The Unforgivable Frances McDormand - The Tragedy of Macbeth Helen Mirren - The Duke |
| Best Supporting Actor Jared Leto - House of Gucci Ciarán Hinds - Belfast J.K. Simmons - Being the Ricardos Timothy Spall - Spencer David Strathairn - Nightmare Alley | Best Supporting Actress Aunjanue Ellis - King Richard Cate Blanchett - Nightmare Alley Judi Dench - Belfast Marlee Matlin - CODA Rita Moreno - West Side Story |
| Best Screenwriter Tony Kushner - West Side Story Paul Thomas Anderson - Licorice Pizza Kenneth Branagh - Belfast Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan - Nightmare Alley | Best Ensemble Nightmare Alley Don't Look Up The Harder They Fall House of Gucci West Side Story |
| Best Intergenerational Film CODA Belfast C'mon C'mon King Richard The Tender Bar | Best Buddy Picture Finch The Harder They Fall Off the Rails Queen Bees 12 Mighty Orphans |
| Best Time Capsule Spencer Being the Ricardos Belfast Licorice Pizza West Side Story | Best Grownup Love Story Cyrano Belfast The Duke The Tragedy of Macbeth 23 Walks |
| Best Documentary Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) The Beatles: Get Back Julia My Name is Pauli Murray Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America | Best Foreign Film Sheep Without a Shepherd - China Drive My Car - Japan The Hand of God - Italy There Is No Evil - Iran, Germany Two of Us - France |
| Best Actor (TV) Michael Keaton - Dopesick Kevin Costner - Yellowstone Ewan McGregor - Halston Billy Porter - POSE Martin Short - Only Murders in the Building | Best Actress (TV) Jean Smart - Hacks Gillian Anderson - The Crown Andie MacDowell - Maid Sandra Oh - The Chair Lily Tomlin - Grace and Frankie |
| Best Series Ted Lasso The Chair The Crown Hacks Succession | Best TV Movie/Limited Series Mare of Easttown Halston Maid Nine Perfect Strangers The Underground Railroad |

### Career Achievement Award

* Lily Tomlin

### Films with multiple nominations

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 7 | Belfast |
| 6 | West Side Story |
| 5 | Being the Ricardos |
| 5 | Nightmare Alley |
| 4 | King Richard |
| 3 | The Duke |
| 3 | The Power of the Dog |
| 2 | CODA |
| 2 | Cyrano |
| 2 | The Harder They Fall |
| 2 | House of Gucci |
| 2 | Licorice Pizza |
| 2 | Spencer |
| 2 | The Tragedy of Macbeth |
Films that received multiple awards :
| Wins | Film |
| 2 | King Richard |