AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Comedy explained

AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Comedy
Awarded For:	Best comedy film about or made by people above the age of 50
Presenter:	AARP
Country:	United States
Year:	2006 (for films released during the 2005 film season)
Holder Label:	Most recent winner
Holder:	La La Land (2016)

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]}

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

2000s

Year	Film	Director
2005	The Producers	Susan Stroman
The Family Stone	Thomas Bezucha
The 40-Year-Old Virgin	Judd Apatow
In Her Shoes	Curtis Hanson
Rumor Has It...	Rob Reiner
2006	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	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	Ghost Town	David Koepp	^[7]
Smart People	Noam Murro
What Just Happened	Barry Levinson
Baby Mama	Michael McCullers
Be Kind Rewind	Michael Gondry
2009	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

Year	Film	Director
2010	City Island	Raymond De Felitta	^[9]
Date Night	Shawn Levy
Flipped	Rob Reiner
Red	Robert Schwentke
2011	The Artist	Michel Hazanavicius	^[10]
50/50	Jonathan Levine
Bridesmaids	Paul Feig
Midnight in Paris	Woody Allen
Tower Heist	Brett Ratner
2012	Bernie	Richard Linklater	^[11]
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	John Madden
Moonrise Kingdom	Wes Anderson
The Oranges	Julian Farino
Parental Guidance	Andy Fickman
2013	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	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	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	La La Land	Damien Chazelle	^[17]
	Mandie Fletcher
Florence Foster Jenkins	Stephen Frears
Hello, My Name Is Doris	Michael Showalter
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2	Kirk Jones

Notes and References

1. News: About AARP Movies for Grownups Awards. Tim. Appelo. AARP.
2. Newcott . William R. . March 2006 . "Fifth Annual Movies for Grownups" . AARP the Magazine . 50–51 . Washington, DC.
3. Web site: AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards: Complete Winners List. February 6, 2017. The Hollywood Reporter.
4. Web site: 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' & 'Lady Bird' Among Nominees For AARP's Movies For Grownups Awards. Denise. Petski. January 17, 2018.
5. Web site: Best Actress 50 and over, and Other Movies for Grownups Awards with Bi.
6. Web site: Movies for Grownups Awards 2008 with Bill Newcott - AARP Magazine.
7. Web site: Movies for Grownups Awards 2009 from Bill Newcott of AARP.
8. AARP the Magazine Recognizes the Best Movies for the 50+ Audience with the 9th Annual Movies for Grownups(R) Awards.
9. Web site: 2011 Movies for Grownups Awards.
10. Web site: Movies for Grownups Award Winners - the Descendents, J. Edgar, the Artist.
11. Web site: 2013 Movies for Grownups Awards.
12. Web site: 13th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards, 2014 Best Actor, Actress and F.
13. Newcott . William R. . Grant . Meg . February 2015. 14th Annual Best Movies for Grownups . AARP the Magazine . 44–47, 77 . Washington, DC.
14. Web site: 14th Annual Movies for Grownups Award winners from AARP the Magazine Announced with Top Honors Going to Julianne Moore, Steve Carell, Rene Russo and J.K. Simmons #AwardSeason #AARPtheMagazine. 10 January 2015.
15. Web site: AARP the Magazine Announces Nominees for 2015 Movies for Grownups Awards incl. 'Brooklyn' 'Spotlight'. 16 December 2015.
16. Web site: 'Spotlight' Named Best 'Movie for Grownups' by AARP. 5 January 2016.
17. Web site: AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards: Complete Winners List. . 6 February 2017.