AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Comedy
Film award
AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Comedy | |
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Awarded for | Best comedy film about or made by people above the age of 50 |
Country | United States |
Presented by | AARP |
First awarded | 2006 (for films released during the 2005 film season) |
Last awarded | 2017 |
Most recent winner | La La Land (2016) |
Website | https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/ |
The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Comedy was one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP. The award honored the best comedy in a given year made by or featuring artists over the age of 50.[1] The first award for Best Comedy was given to The Producers at AARP's first in-person awards ceremony in 2006.[1][2]
In 2017, the AARP changed the category name to Best Comedy/Musical for just one year, discontinuing the award before the next year's ceremony.[3][4]
Winners and Nominees
- indicates the winners.
2000s
Year | Film | Director | Ref. |
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2005 (5th) | The Producers‡ | Susan Stroman | [2] |
The Family Stone | Thomas Bezucha | ||
The 40-Year-Old Virgin | Judd Apatow | ||
In Her Shoes | Curtis Hanson | ||
Rumor Has It... | Rob Reiner | ||
2006 (6th) | Little Miss Sunshine‡ | Jonathan Dayton Valerie Faris | [5] |
Failure to Launch | Tom Dey | ||
For Your Consideration | Christopher Guest | ||
Keeping Mum | Niall Johnson | ||
Thank You for Smoking | Jason Reitman | ||
2007 (7th) | The Darjeeling Limited‡ | Wes Anderson | [6] |
Dan in Real Life | Peter Hedges | ||
Death at a Funeral | Frank Oz | ||
Juno | Jason Reitman | ||
Wild Hogs | Walt Becker | ||
2008 (8th) | Ghost Town‡ | David Koepp | [7] |
Smart People | Noam Murro | ||
What Just Happened | Barry Levinson | ||
Baby Mama | Michael McCullers | ||
Be Kind Rewind | Michael Gondry | ||
2009 (9th) | It's Complicated‡ | Nancy Meyers | [8] |
Away We Go | Sam Mendes | ||
In the Loop | Armando Iannucci | ||
Pirate Radio | Richard Curtis | ||
The Informant! | Steven Soderbergh |
2010s
References
- ^ a b Appelo, Tim. "About AARP Movies for Grownups Awards". AARP.
- ^ a b Newcott, William R. (March 2006). ""Fifth Annual Movies for Grownups"". AARP the Magazine. Washington, DC. pp. 50–51.
- ^ "AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards: Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. February 6, 2017.
- ^ Petski, Denise (January 17, 2018). "'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' & 'Lady Bird' Among Nominees For AARP's Movies For Grownups Awards".
- ^ "Best Actress 50 and over, and Other Movies for Grownups Awards with Bi".
- ^ "Movies for Grownups Awards 2008 with Bill Newcott - AARP Magazine".
- ^ "Movies for Grownups Awards 2009 from Bill Newcott of AARP".
- ^ "AARP the Magazine Recognizes the Best Movies for the 50+ Audience with the 9th Annual Movies for Grownups(R) Awards" (Press release).
- ^ "2011 Movies for Grownups Awards".
- ^ "Movies for Grownups Award Winners - the Descendents, J. Edgar, the Artist".
- ^ "2013 Movies for Grownups Awards".
- ^ "13th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards, 2014 Best Actor, Actress and F".
- ^ Newcott, William R.; Grant, Meg (February 2015). "14th Annual Best Movies for Grownups". AARP the Magazine. Washington, DC. pp. 44–47, 77.
- ^ "14th Annual Movies for Grownups Award winners from AARP the Magazine Announced with Top Honors Going to Julianne Moore, Steve Carell, Rene Russo and J.K. Simmons #AwardSeason #AARPtheMagazine". 10 January 2015.
- ^ "AARP the Magazine Announces Nominees for 2015 Movies for Grownups Awards incl. 'Brooklyn' 'Spotlight'". 16 December 2015.
- ^ "'Spotlight' Named Best 'Movie for Grownups' by AARP". 5 January 2016.
- ^ "AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards: Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 February 2017.
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AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Comedy
- The Producers (2005)
- Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
- The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
- Ghost Town (2008)
- It's Complicated (2009)
- City Island (2010)
- The Artist (2011)
- Bernie (2012)
- The Way, Way Back (2013)
- Chef (2014)
- The Intern (2015)
- La La Land (2016)