James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown was awarded Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups at AARP The Magazine annual Movies for Grownups Awards.

Demi Moore won Best Actress for her role in The Substance, who remarked on the surprising joy she feels about getting older, saying, “I hope that this film and this moment serves as a reminder that we don’t fade. We evolve, and there is no expiration date for talent, passion, curiosity, and purpose.”

Chief Royal Ramey, a former inmate-turned-CEO of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, presented the award for Best Ensemble to Sing Sing, which was accepted by Colman Domingo and former inmate, Clarence Maclin, who thanked AARP for the honor.

Adrien Brody won Best Actor for The Brutalist, and provided an emotional speech about his upbringing, saying, “When I was a boy, an only child in Queens – surrounded by a lot of harshness and things I couldn’t understand, or defend myself or others in this world against – I prayed to God to be a grownup, so I would somehow be empowered to have a voice. I realize that prayer has been answered through my work.”

Glenn Close received the Career Achievement Award, the event’s top honor.

Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP The Magazine, which was hosted by Alan Cumming, the Tony and Emmy Award-winning host of the competition show The Traitors, will be broadcast nationwide by Great Performances on Sunday, February 23, 2025, at 7/6c on PBS (check local listings).

The complete list of the annual Movies for Grownups Awards Nominees and Winners:

Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups: A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Gladiator II and September 5.
Winner: A Complete Unknown

Best Actress: Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths), Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Demi Moore (The Substance) and June Squibb (Thelma).
Winner: Demi Moore (The Substance)

Best Actor: Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Daniel Craig (Queer), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) and Jude Law (The Order).
Winner: Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)

Best Supporting Actress: Joan Chen (Didi), Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Nickel Boys), Lesley Manville (Queer), Connie Nielsen (Gladiator II) and Isabella Rossellini (Conclave).
Winner: Joan Chen (Didi)

Best Supporting Actor: Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Peter Sarsgaard (September 5), Stanley Tucci (Conclave) and Denzel Washington (Gladiator II).
Winner: Peter Sarsgaard (September 5)

Best Director: Pedro Almodóvar (The Room Next Door), Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Edward Berger (Conclave), James Mangold (A Complete Unknown) and Ridley Scott (Gladiator II).
Winner: Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)

Best Screenwriter: Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Jay Cocks and James Mangold (A Complete Unknown), Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox (Wicked), Peter Straughan (Conclave), and Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts (Dune: Part Two).
Winner: Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox (Wicked)

Best Ensemble: Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, A Complete Unknown, His Three Daughters, September 5 and Sing Sing.
Winner: Sing Sing

Best Actress (TV): Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show), Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country), Jean Smart (Hacks), Meryl Streep (Only Murders in the Building) and Sofia Vergara (Griselda).
Winner: Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country)

Best Actor (TV): Billy Crudup (The Morning Show), Idris Elba (Hijack), Jon Hamm (Fargo), Gary Oldman (Slow Horses) and Hiroyuki Sanada (Shōgun).
Winner: Jon Hamm (Fargo)

Best TV Series or Limited Series: The Crown, Hacks, Palm Royale, Shōgun, and Slow Horses.
Winner: Shōgun

Best Intergenerational Film: Didi, Here, His Three Daughters, The Piano Lesson and Thelma.
Winner: Thelma

Best Time Capsule: The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Here, Maria and September 5.
Winner: A Complete Unknown

Best Documentary: I Am: Celine Dion, Luther: Never Too Much, Piece by Piece, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, and Will & Harper.
Winner: Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story