AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Time Capsule | |
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Awarded for | Best encapsulation of a specific historical period |
Country | United States |
Presented by | AARP |
First award | Catch Me If You Can (2002) |
Currently held by | Maestro (2023) |
Website | https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/ |
The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Time Capsule is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP. The award honors the film that best encapsulates a specific period in history, usually from the twentieth century. [1]
The award for Best Time Capsule was first given in 2003, when the awards expanded beyond their initial categories of Best Movie for Grownups, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Documentary, Best Foreign Film, and Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up. [1]
No films were nominated for or awarded Best Time Capsule between 2006 and 2011. No explanation was given for the award's disappearance, or for its return with the 2011 awards. [2]
Year | Film | Director |
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2002 (2nd) [3] | Catch Me If You Can ‡ | Steven Spielberg |
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | George Clooney | |
Far from Heaven | Todd Haynes | |
Road to Perdition | Sam Mendes | |
2003 (3rd) [4] | Down with Love ‡ | Peyton Reed |
A Mighty Wind | Christopher Guest | |
Seabiscuit | Gary Ross | |
2004 (4th) [5] | De-Lovely ‡ | Irwin Winkler |
The Aviator | Martin Scorsese | |
Beyond the Sea | Kevin Spacey | |
The Notebook | Nick Cassavetes | |
Vera Drake | Mike Leigh | |
2005 (5th) [6] [7] | Cinderella Man ‡ | Ron Howard |
Good Night, and Good Luck . | George Clooney | |
North Country | Niki Caro | |
Capote | Bennett Miller | |
Munich | Steven Spielberg | |
2006 (6th) [8] [9] | Hollywoodland ‡ | Allen Coulter |
Bobby | Emilio Estevez | |
Flags of Our Fathers | Clint Eastwood | |
Glory Road | James Gartner | |
The Queen | Stephen Frears | |
2007 (7th) [10] [11] [12] | The award for Best Time Capsule was not given in 2008. | N/A |
2008 (8th) [13] [14] | N/A | N/A |
2009 (9th) [15] [16] | N/A | N/A |