Precursor: 22nd AARP Movies for Grownups Nominations (2022)

Although the AARP is ostensibly targeting adult-oriented films, their selections are surprisingly in tune with the critics organizations this year, though The Fabelmans was their top nomination-getter.

Nominations Tallies

(6) The Fabelmans
(5) Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Woman King
(4) She Said, Tar
(3) Elvis, Women Talking

The Nominations

Best Movie for Grownups

Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
The Woman King
Women Talking

Best Director

James Cameron – Avatar: The Way of Water
Todd Field – Tár
Baz Luhrmann – Elvis
Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

Best Actor

Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Tom Hanks – A Man Called Otto
Bill Nighy – Living
Adam Sandler – Hustle

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – Tár
Viola Davis – The Woman King
Lesley Manville – Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Emma Thompson – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor

Andre Braugher – She Said
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Woody Harrelson – Triangle of Sadness
Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Patricia Clarkson – She Said
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Judith Ivey – Women Talking
Gabrielle Union – The Inspection