AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Comedy

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AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Comedy
Awarded forBest 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]

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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

YearFilmDirectorRef.
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

YearFilmDirectorRef.
2010
(10th)
City Island Raymond De Felitta [9]
Date Night Shawn Levy
Flipped Rob Reiner
Red Robert Schwentke
2011
(11th)
The Artist Michel Hazanavicius [10]
50/50 Jonathan Levine
Bridesmaids Paul Feig
Midnight in Paris Woody Allen
Tower Heist Brett Ratner
2012
(12th)
Bernie Richard Linklater [11]
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel John Madden
Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson
The Oranges Julian Farino
Parental Guidance Andy Fickman
2013
(13th)
The Way Way Back Nat Faxon
Jim Rash
[12]
Don Jon Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Last Vegas John Turtletaub
Mental P. J. Hogan
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Ben Stiller
2014
(14th)
Chef Jon Favreau [13] [14]
Land Ho! Martha Stephens
Aaron Katz
St. Vincent Theodore Melfi
This Is Where I Leave You Shawn Levy
Le Week-End Roger Michell
2015
(15th)
The Intern Nancy Meyers [15] [16]
5 Flights Up Richard Loncraine
Danny Collins Dan Fogelman
Joy David O. Russell
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel John Madden
2016
(16th)
La La Land Damien Chazelle [17]
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Mandie Fletcher
Florence Foster Jenkins Stephen Frears
Hello, My Name Is Doris Michael Showalter
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Kirk Jones

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