AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up

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AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up
Awarded forBest film targeted at people below the age of 50
Country United States
Presented by AARP
First awarded 2002 (for films released during the 2001 film season)
Last awarded 2017
Most recent winner Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Website https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/

The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up was one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP. The award honored the best film in a given year that, while targeted at people below the age of 50, could still be enjoyed by an older audience. [1] The 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 Film, and Best Documentary. [2] The award was discontinued after the 16th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards in 2017. [3]

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Winners and Nominees

  indicates the winners.

2000s

YearFilmDirectorRef.
2001
(1st)
Shrek Double-dagger-14-plain.png Andrew Adamson
Vicky Jenson
[4]
2002
(2nd)
Spirited Away Double-dagger-14-plain.png Hayao Miyazaki [5]
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Chris Columbus
Ice Age Chris Wedge
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie Phil Vischer
Mike Nawrocki
2003
(3rd)
School of Rock Double-dagger-14-plain.png Richard Linklater [6]
Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton
Kill Bill: Volume 1 Quentin Tarantino
2004
(4th)
The Incredibles Double-dagger-14-plain.png Brad Bird [7]
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Adam McKay
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Rawson Marshall Thurber
Mean Girls Mark Waters
The Polar Express Robert Zemeckis
2005
(5th)
King Kong Double-dagger-14-plain.png Peter Jackson [8]
Batman Begins Christopher Nolan
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Andrew Adamson
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Nick Park
Steve Box
Wedding Crashers David Dobkin
2006
(6th)
Lassie Double-dagger-14-plain.png Charles Sturridge [9]
Charlotte's Web Gary Winick
Nacho Libre Jared Hess
Nanny McPhee Kirk Jones
Night at the Museum Shawn Levy
2007
(7th)
Enchanted Double-dagger-14-plain.png Kevin Lima [10]
Ratatouille Brad Bird
Mr. Bean's Holiday Steve Bendelack
Knocked Up Judd Apatow
The Simpsons Movie David Silverman
2008
(8th)
Iron Man Double-dagger-14-plain.png Jon Favreau [11]
Wall-E Andrew Stanton
Kung Fu Panda John Stevenson
Mark Osborne
City of Ember Gil Kenan
Marley & Me David Frankel
2009
(9th)
Star Trek Double-dagger-14-plain.png J. J. Abrams [12]
Coraline Henry Selick
The Princess and the Frog Ron Clements
John Musker
Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson
Up Pete Docter

2010s

YearFilmDirectorRef.
2010
(10th)
The Karate Kid Double-dagger-14-plain.png Harald Zwart [13]
Alice in Wonderland Tim Burton
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Thor Freudenthal
How to Train Your Dragon Chris Sanders
Dean DeBlois
Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich
2011
(11th)
The Muppets Double-dagger-14-plain.png James Bobin [14]
Dolphin Tale Charles Martin Smith
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 David Yates
Hugo Martin Scorsese
2012
(12th)
Moonrise Kingdom Double-dagger-14-plain.png Wes Anderson [15]
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Peter Jackson
Mirror Mirror Tarsem Singh
The Three Stooges Bobby Farrelly
Peter Farrelly
Wreck-It Ralph Rich Moore
2013
(13th)
Saving Mr. Banks Double-dagger-14-plain.png John Lee Hancock [16]
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Frozen Chris Buck
Jennifer Lee
The Lone Ranger Gore Verbinski
2014
(14th)
The Lego Movie Double-dagger-14-plain.png Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
[17] [18]
Big Hero 6 Don Hall
Chris Williams
Maleficent Robert Stromberg
Muppets Most Wanted James Bobin
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Shawn Levy
2015
(15th)
Inside Out Double-dagger-14-plain.png Pete Docter [19] [20]
Kingsman: The Secret Service Matthew Vaughn
Paddington Paul King
The Peanuts Movie Steve Martino
Shaun the Sheep Movie Mark Burton
Richard Starzak
2016
(16th)
Kubo and the Two Strings Double-dagger-14-plain.png Travis Knight [21]
Moana Ron Clements
John Musker
Sing Garth Jennings
The Jungle Book Jon Favreau
Zootopia Byron Howard
Rich Moore

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