8th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

The 8th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, presented by AARP the Magazine, honored films released in 2008 made by people over the age of 50 and were announced on January 27, 2009.^[1] Pierce Brosnan won the award for Breakthrough Achievement for his performance in Mamma Mia!.^[2] Unlike most years, the ceremony did not feature an award for Career Achievement.^[3]

8th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Date	January 27, 2009
Highlights
Most nominations	Mamma Mia! (5)
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Awards

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[4][5]

Best Movie for Grownups Frost/Nixon‡ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Doubt Married Life The Wrestler	Best Director Gus Van Sant – Milk‡ Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire Jonathan Demme - Rachel Getting Married Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Best Actor Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon‡ Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino Chris Cooper - Married Life Richard Jenkins - The Visitor	Best Actress Meryl Streep - Doubt‡ Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading Catherine Deneuve - A Christmas Tale Alfre Woodard - Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys Annette Bening - The Women
Best Supporting Actor Bill Irwin - Rachel Getting Married‡ Bill Murray - City of Ember John Malkovich - Burn After Reading Dennis Quaid - The Express: The Ernie Davis Story Pierce Brosnan - Mamma Mia!	Best Supporting Actress Christine Baranski and Julie Walters - Mamma Mia! (tie)‡ Kim Cattrall - Sex and the City: The Movie Bette Midler - Then She Found Me Debra Winger - Rachel Getting Married Cloris Leachman - The Women
Best Comedy for Grownups Ghost Town‡ Smart People What Just Happened Baby Mama Be Kind Rewind	Best Screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski - Changeling‡ Woody Allen - Vicky Cristina Barcelona Joel and Ethan Coen - Burn After Reading Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Best Buddy Picture Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys‡ Mamma Mia! Soul Men The Women	Best Intergenerational Film The Visitor‡ Rachel Getting Married Gran Torino The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Smart People
Best Grownup Love Story Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey‡ Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan - Mamma Mia! Diane Lane and Richard Gere - Nights in Rodanthe Karen Allen and Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Mary Steenburgen and Richard Jenkins - Step Brothers	Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up Iron Man‡ WALL-E Kung Fu Panda City of Ember Marley & Me
Best Documentary Man on Wire‡ Young@Heart Chris & Don: A Love Story I.O.U.S.A. Flow: For Love of Water	Best Foreign Film The Edge of Heaven - Germany and Turkey‡ A Christmas Tale - France Late Bloomers - Switzerland Silent Light - Mexico The Class - France

Breakthrough Accomplishment

• Pierce Brosnan: "We just love the way he attacks the challenge of pop singing with such reckless abandon. Simon Cowell would be aghast, but we're charmed."^[6]

Films with multiple nominations and wins

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
5	Mamma Mia!
4	Doubt
	Rachel Getting Married
3	Burn After Reading
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
	Frost/Nixon
	The Women
2	A Christmas Tale
	City of Ember
	Gran Torino
	Married Life
	Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
	Smart People
	The Visitor
	The Wrestler

Films that received multiple awards

Wins	Film
3	Frost/Nixon
	Mamma Mia!