25th AARP Movies for Grownups Nominations

Each year, the AARP nominees hew closer and closer to the Academy’s and this has to be one of the most consistently Oscar-friendly set of nominations yet. Sure, there are selections for films like A Private Life and Goodbye June that have no chance with the Academy but most of these selections are at least potential Oscar contenders.

Nominations Tallies

(8) One Battle After Another
(4) Nuremberg
(3) A House of Dynamite, Jay Kelly, Sentimental Value, Sinners
(2) Eleanor the Great, Is This Thing On?, Marty Supreme, Rosemead, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Train Dreams
(1) After the Hunt, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Becoming Led Zeppelin, Blue Moon, Cover Up, Dead Man’s Wire, Downon Abbey: The Grand Finale, Frankenstein, Goodbye June, Hamnet, Highest 2 Lowest, It Was Just an Accident, The Lost Bus, My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay, No Other Choice, Nouvelle Vague, A Private Life, Rental Family, Riefenstahl, The Secret Agent, The Smashing Machine, Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Weapons

The Nominations

Best Movie for Grownups

Hamnet
A House of Dynamite
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Kathryn Bigelow – A House of Dynamite
Scott Cooper – Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Spike Lee – Highest 2 Lowest

Best Actor

George Clooney – Jay Kelly
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Dwayne Johnson – The Smashing Machine

Best Actress

Laura Dern – Is This Thing On?
Jodie Foster – A Private Life
Lucy Liu – Rosemead
Julia Roberts – After the Hunt
June Squibb – Eleanor the Great

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Michael Shannon – Nuremberg
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress

Regina Hall – One Battle After Another
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Helen Mirren – Goodbye June
Gwyneth Paltrow – Marty Supreme
Sigourney Weaver – Avatar: Fire and Ash