‘Conclave’, ‘A Complete Unknown’ Lead AARP’s Movies For Grownups Awards Nominations

Edward Berger’s papal thriller Conclave and the upcoming Timothée Chalamet-starring Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown lead the nominations for the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, which annually champion movies for grownups, by grownups and encourage films and TV shows that resonate with older viewers.

Focus Features’ Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes, scored a leading six nominations, while Searchlight’s James Mangold-directed Complete Unknown, which hits theaters on December 25, had five noms. The two pics are nominated for the MFG’s marquee Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups Awards, alongside Paramount’s Gladiator II and September 5 (which had four noms apiece) and Netflix’s Emilia Pérez, (three noms).

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Last year’s Best Picture winner, Killers of the Flower Moon, went on to nab 10 Oscar nominations.

Other notable nominees include Robert Zemeckis’ Miramax-produced, Sony-distributed generation-spanning Here, starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright and penned by Eric Roth in a reunion of the team behind the Oscar-winning Forrest Gump. The pic scored noms in MFG’s signature categories of Best Intergenerational Movie (joined by Focus Features’ Didi, Netflix’s His Three Daughters and The Piano Lesson and Magnolia Pictures’ Thelma) and Best Time Capsule (along with A Complete Unknown, A24’s The Brutalist, Netflix’s Maria and September 5).

Among the MFG’s TV categories are double nominees from HBO | Max’s Hacks, Apple TV+’s Slow Horses and FX’s Shōgun.

Winners will be announced at the AARP The Magazine’s Movies for Grownups Awards ceremony January 11 at the Beverly Wilshire, hosted by Alan Cumming. Glenn Close will receive the group’s Career Achievement Award during the show, which will be taped to broadcast February 23 on PBS’ Great Performances.

“Passionate for sophisticated, high-quality content, older audiences have the ability to propel film and TV content into mainstream popularity,” AARP film and TV critic Tim Appelo said in a release announcing today’s news. “With this year’s Movies for Grownups nominations, AARP spotlights the talents and work that resonate with this powerful demographic. Here are the storylines, filmmakers, and actors that honor and serve this often overlooked audience.”

Here’s the full list of nominees:

MOTION PICTURES

Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Gladiator II

September 5

Best Actress

Pamela Anderson
The Last Showgirl

Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hard Truths

Nicole Kidman
Babygirl

Demi Moore
The Substance

June Squibb
Thelma

Best Actor

Adrien Brody
The Brutalist

Daniel Craig
Queer

Colman Domingo
Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes
Conclave

Jude Law
The Order

Best Supporting Actress

Joan Chen
Didi

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Nickel Boys

Lesley Manville
Queer

Connie Nielsen
Gladiator II

Isabella Rossellini
Conclave

Best Supporting Actor

Clarence Maclin
Sing Sing

Guy Pearce
The Brutalist

Peter Sarsgaard
September 5

Stanley Tucci
Conclave

Denzel Washington
Gladiator II

Best Director

Pedro Almodóvar
The Room Next Door

Jacques Audiard
Emilia Pérez

Edward Berger
Conclave

James Mangold
A Complete Unknown

Ridley Scott
Gladiator II

Best Screenwriter

Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Nicolas Livecchi
Emilia Pérez

Jay Cocks and James Mangold
A Complete Unknown

Winnie Holzman
Wicked

Peter Straughan
Conclave

Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts
Dune: Part Two

Best Ensemble

A Complete Unknown

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

His Three Daughters

September 5

Sing Sing

Best Documentary

I Am: Celine Dion

Luther: Never Too Much

Piece by Piece

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Will & Harper

Best Intergenerational Film

Didi

Here

His Three Daughters

The Piano Lesson

Thelma

Best Time Capsule

A Complete Unknown

The Brutalist

Here

Maria

September 5

TELEVISION

Best TV Series or Limited Series

The Crown

Hacks

Palm Royale

Shōgun

Slow Horses

Best Actress

Jennifer Aniston
The Morning Show

Jodie Foster
True Detective: Night Country

Jean Smart
Hacks

Meryl Streep
Only Murders in the Building

Sofia Vergara
Griselda

Best Actor

Billy Crudup
The Morning Show

Idris Elba
Hijack

Jon Hamm
Fargo

Gary Oldman
Slow Horses

Hiroyuki Sanada
Shōgun

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