AARP Movies for Grownups Award for TV Movie/Limited Series
Awarded forBest TV Movie or Limited Series made by or for people over the age of 50
CountryUnited States
Presented byAARP
First awarded2003 (for films aired during the 2002 television season)
Last awarded2023
Most recent winnerBlack Bird (2022)
Websitehttps://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/

The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best TV Movie/Limited Series is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP. The award honors the best television movie or limited series in a given year made by or featuring artists over the age of 50.[1]

The first television award given by AARP was titled Best TV Movie, and was given to Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay in 2003.[2] The category was discontinued after 2006 before returning with its current name in 2021 as part of a slate of four television awards, alongside Best Series, Best Actress, and Best Actor.[3][4]

Winners and Nominees

  indicates the winners.

2000s

Year Film Director(s) Network
2002
(2nd)
[5] 		Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay‡ Ed Gernon CBS
Martin and Lewis John Gray CBS
Path to War John Frankenheimer HBO
2003
(3rd)
[6] 		Angels in America‡ Mike Nichols HBO
My House in Umbria Richard Loncraine HBO
2004
(4th)
[7] 		The Five People You Meet in Heaven‡ Lloyd Kramer ABC
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Stephen Hopkins HBO
2005
(5th)
[8][9] 		The Girl in the Café‡ David Yates BBC One
Empire Falls Fred Schepisi HBO
Lackawanna Blues George C. Wolfe HBO
Sometimes in April Raoul Peck HBO
Warm Springs Joseph Sargent HBO

2020s

Year Film Director(s) Network
2020/21
(20th)
[10] 		The Queen's Gambit‡ Scott Frank Netflix
Mrs. America Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
Amma Asante
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Janicza Bravo 		FX on Hulu
Small Axe Steve McQueen BBC One
Unorthodox Maria Schrader Netflix
Watchmen[fn 1] Nicole Kassell
Stephen Williams
Andrij Parekh
Steph Green
David Semel
Frederick E.O. Toye 		HBO
2021
(21st)
[11][12] 		Mare of Easttown Craig Zobel HBO
Halston Daniel Minahan Netflix
Maid John Wells
Nzingha Stewart
Lila Neugebauer
Helen Shaver
Quyen Tran 		Netflix
Nine Perfect Strangers Jonathan Levine Hulu
The Underground Railroad Barry Jenkins Amazon Prime Video
2022
(22nd)
[13] 		Black Bird Michaël R. Roskam
Jim McKay
Joe Chappelle 		Apple TV+
The Dropout Michael Showalter
Francesca Gregorini
Erica Watson 		Hulu
Inventing Anna David Frankel
Tom Verica
Daisy von Scherler Mayer
Ellen Kuras
Nzingha Stewart 		Netflix
The Staircase Antonio Campos
Leigh Janiak 		HBO
The Watcher Ryan Murphy
Paris Barclay
Jennifer Lynch
Max Winkler 		Netflix

Footnotes

  1. ^ Watchmen aired all of its episodes in 2019. AARP did not issue an explanation as to why it was eligible for the awards for 2020/21.

References

  1. ^ Appelo, Tim. "About AARP Movies for Grownups Awards". AARP.
  2. ^ "Movies for Grownups Awards 2003 with Bill Newcott".
  3. ^ "2007 Movies for Grownup Awards | Voice of America - English".
  4. ^ Appelo, Tim. "Movies for Grownups Awards 2021 Winners: The Full List". AARP.
  5. ^ "Movies for Grownups Awards 2003 with Bill Newcott".
  6. ^ "Movies for Grownups Awards 2004 with Bill Newcott".
  7. ^ "Winners and Runners-Up of Movies for Grownups Awards, 2006 with Bill N".
  8. ^ "Movies for Grownups". CBS News.
  9. ^ Newcott, William R. (March 2006). ""Fifth Annual Movies for Grownups"". AARP the Magazine. Washington, DC. pp. 50–51.
  10. ^ "AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. 4 March 2021.
  11. ^ "'Belfast' Tops Nominees for AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 11 January 2022.
  12. ^ "AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: 'Belfast' Named Best Film; 'King Richard' Lone Double Winner – Full List". 19 March 2022.
  13. ^ "'The Fabelmans' Leads AARP's 2023 Movies for Grownups Awards Nominees".
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