AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Documentary

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AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Documentary
Awarded forBest documentary film by or about people over 50
Country United States
Presented by AARP
First awarded 2002 (for films released during the 2001 film season)
Currently held by Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down (2022)
Website https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/

The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Documentary is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP. The award honors the best documentary film from a given year that is made by or focuses on people over the age of 50. [1] The Best Documentary Award is one of the seven original trophies issued by AARP the Magazine , along with awards for Best Movie for Grownups, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up. [2]

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Winners and Nominees

  indicates the winners.

2000s

YearFilmDirector(s)Ref.
2001
(1st) 		Fighter ‡ Amir Bar-Lev [3]
2002
(2nd) 		Standing in the Shadows of Motown ‡Paul Justman [4]
Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore
Carnauba: A Son's Memoir Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr.
Rivers and Tides Thomas Riedelsheimer
2003
(3rd) 		Concert for George ‡ David Leland [5]
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary André Heller
Othmar Schmiderer
The Fog of War Errol Morris
2004
(4th) 		Festival Express ‡Bob Smeaton [6]
Control Room Jehane Noujaim
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Joe Berlinger
Bruce Sinofsky
Riding Giants Stacy Peralta
The Story of the Weeping Camel Byambasuren Davaa
Luigi Falnori
2005
(5th) 		Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room ‡ Alex Gibney [7]
Grizzly Man Werner Herzog
March of the Penguins Luc Jacquet
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan Martin Scorsese
Tell Them Who You AreMark Wexler
2006
(6th) 		51 Birch Street ‡ Doug Block [8]
49 Up Michael Apted
An Inconvenient Truth Davis Guggenheim
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater Julie Anderson
Wordplay Patrick Creadon
2007
(7th) 		In the Shadow of the Moon (tie)‡ David Sington
Christopher Riley 		[9]
Sicko (tie)‡ Michael Moore
For the Bible Tells Me So Daniel G. Karslake
Hear and Now Irene Taylor Brodsky
Run Granny, Run Marlo Poras
2008
(8th) 		Man on Wire ‡ James Marsh [10]
Young@Heart Stephen Walker
Chris & Don: A Love Story Guido Santi
Tina Mascara
I.O.U.S.A. Patrick Creadon
FLOW: For Love of Water Irena Salina
2009
(9th) 		The Way We Get By ‡ Aron Gaudet [11]
Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement Susan Muska
Gréta Ólafsdóttir
Gotta Dance Dori Berinstein
The Philosopher Kings Patrick Shen
Still Bill Damani Baker
Alex Vlack

2010s

YearFilmDirector(s)Ref.
2010
(10th) 		Waste Land ‡ Lucy Walker [12]
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Alex Gibney
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work Ricki Stern
Anne Sundberg
Waiting for "Superman" Davis Guggenheim
Marwencol Jeff Malmberg
2011
(11th) 		Bill Cunningham New York ‡Richard Press [13]
Hot Coffee Susan Saladoff
The Interrupters Steve James
Project Nim James Marsh
Undefeated Daniel Lindsay
T. J. Martin
2012
(12th) 		Searching for Sugar Man ‡ Malik Bendjelloul [14]
Betting the Farm Jason Mann
Cecily Pingree
Charles Bradley: Soul of America Poull Brien
How to Survive a Plague David France
Surviving Hitler: A Love StoryJohn Keith Wasson
2013
(13th) 		20 Feet from Stardom ‡ Morgan Neville [15]
Herb & Dorothy 50x50 Megumi Sasaki
Muscle Shoals Greg "Freddy" Camalier
Running from Crazy Barbara Kopple
Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde Suzanne Mitchell
2014
(14th) 		Keep On Keepin' On ‡Alan Hicks [16] [17]
Advanced Style Lina Plioplyte
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me James Keach
Perfect StrangersJane Krawitz
The Trials of Muhammad Ali Bill Siegel
2015
(15th) 		The Last Man on the Moon ‡Mark Craig [18] [19]
Best of Enemies Robert Gordon
Morgan Neville
In Transit Albert Maysles
Lynn True
David Usui
Radical GraceRebecca Parrish
Very Semi-Serious Leah Wolchok
2016
(16th) 		The Beatles: Eight Days a Week ‡ Ron Howard [20]
Big SoniaLeah Warshawski
Todd Soliday
Everything Is Copy Jacob Bernstein
Nick Hooker
Maya Angelou: And Still I RiseRita Coburn Whack
Bob Hercules
Tower Keith Maitland
2017
(17th) 		I Am Not Your Negro ‡ Raoul Peck [21]
Dolores Peter Bratt
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love StoryDaniel Raim
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold Griffin Dunne
Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of ApolloDavid Fairhead
2018
(18th) 		Won't You Be My Neighbor ‡ Morgan Neville [22]
Amazing Grace Alan Elliott
Sydney Pollack (uncredited)
Bathtubs Over Broadway Dava Whisenant
RBG Betsy West
Julie Cohen
The Rest I Make UpMichelle Memran
2019
(19th) 		Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice ‡ Rob Epstein
Jeffrey Friedman 		[23]
Apollo 11 Todd Douglas Miller
Ask Dr. Ruth Ryan White
The ApolloRoger Ross Williams
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

2020s

YearFilmDirector(s)Ref.
2020/21
(20th) 		A Secret Love ‡Chris Bolan [24]
Crip Camp Nicole Newnham
James Lebrecht
Diana Kennedy: Nothing FancyElizabeth Carroll
Dick Johnson Is Dead Kirsten Johnson
Sky Blossom Richard Lui
2021
(21st) 		Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) ‡ Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson [25] [26]
The Beatles: Get Back Peter Jackson
Julia Julie Cohen
Betsy West
My Name is Pauli Murray Betsy West
Julie Cohen
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America Emily Kunstler
2022
(22nd) 		Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down ‡Julie Cohen
Betsy West 		[27]
Lucy and Desi Amy Poehler
The Pez OutlawAmy Bandlien Storkel
Bryan Storkel
Sidney Reginald Hudlin
Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off Sam Jones

Directors with Multiple Nominations and Wins

The following directors have received multiple nominations for Best Documentary:

WinsDirectorNominations
2 Morgan Neville 3
1 Alex Gibney 2
James Marsh 2
Michael Moore 2
0Julie Cohen & Betsy West 4
Patrick Creadon 2
Davis Guggenheim 2

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