Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” led with three wins at the 2026 AARP Movies For Grownups Awards, taking home prizes for best screenwriter (Anderson), best ensemble and best supporting actress (Regina Hall). Celebrating entertainment by and for people ages 50 and up, the annual awards were presented at the Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles on Saturday. The full ceremony will premiere on “Great Performances” on PBS on Feb. 22.
Following “One Battle After Another,” Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” received two wins for best foreign-language film and best intergenerational film. On the TV front, “The Pitt” led with two wins for best TV series or limited series and a best actor win for star Noah Wyle. Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet” took home the prize for best picture/best movie for grownups.
See the full list of nominees and winners below.
Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups
- “Hamnet” – Winner
- “A House of Dynamite”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Sinners”
- “Train Dreams”
Best Actress
- Laura Dern (“Is This Thing On?”) – Winner
- Jodie Foster (“A Private Life”)
- Lucy Liu (“Rosemead”)
- Julia Roberts (“After the Hunt”)
- and June Squibb (“Eleanor the Great”)
Best Actor
- George Clooney (“Jay Kelly”) – Winner
- Leonardo DiCaprio ( “One Battle After Another”)
- Joel Edgerton (“Train Dreams”)
- Ethan Hawke (“Blue Moon”)
- Dwayne Johnson (“The Smashing Machine”)
Best Supporting Actress
- Regina Hall (“One Battle After Another”) – Winner
- Amy Madigan (“Weapons”)
- Helen Mirren (“Goodbye June”)
- Gwyneth Paltrow (“Marty Supreme”)
- Sigourney Weaver (“Avatar: Fire and Ash”)
Best Supporting Actor
- Benicio del Toro ( “One Battle After Another”)
- Delroy Lindo (“Sinners”) – Winner
- Sean Penn (“One Battle After Another”)
- Michael Shannon (“Nuremberg”)
- Stellan Skarsgård (“Sentimental Value”)
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”) – Winner
- Spike Lee (“Highest 2 Lowest”)
Best Screenwriter
- Paul Thomas Anderson ( “One Battle After Another”) – Winner
- Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer (“Jay Kelly”)
- Bradley Cooper, Will Arnett, and Mark Chappell (“Is This Thing On?”)
- Julian Fellowes (“Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale”)
- James Vanderbilt (“Nuremberg”)
Best Ensemble
- “A House of Dynamite”
- “Jay Kelly”
- “Nuremberg”
- “One Battle After Another” – Winner
- “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”
Best Intergenerational Film
- “Eleanor the Great”
- “The Lost Bus”
- “Rental Family”
- “Rosemead”
- “Sentimental Value” – Winner
Best Period Film
- “Dead Man’s Wire”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “Nuremberg”
- “Sinners”
- “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” – Winner
Best Documentary
- “Becoming Led Zeppelin”
- “Cover Up”
- “My Mom Jayne” – Winner
- “Riefenstahl”
- “Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost”
Best Foreign-Language Film
- “It Was Just an Accident”
- “No Other Choice”
- “Nouvelle Vague”
- “The Secret Agent”
- “Sentimental Value” – Winner
Best TV Series or Limited Series
- “Adolescence”
- “Hacks”
- “The Pitt” – Winner
- “The Studio”
- “The White Lotus”
Best Actor (TV)
- Walton Goggins (“The White Lotus”)
- Stephen Graham (“Adolescence”)
- Gary Oldman (“Slow Horses”)
- Pedro Pascal (“The Last of Us”)
- Noah Wyle (“The Pitt”) – Winner
Best Actress (TV)
- Kathy Bates (“Matlock”) – Winner
- Kathryn Hahn (“The Studio”)
- Catherine O’Hara (“The Studio”)
- Parker Posey (“The White Lotus”)
- Jean Smart (“Hacks”)
