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.
History 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.
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.
Winners and Nominees
2000s Year Film Director 2002(2nd) 2003(3rd) Down with LoveA Mighty WindSeabiscuit 2004(4th) De-LovelyThe AviatorBeyond the SeaThe NotebookVera Drake 2005(5th) Cinderella ManGood Night, and Good Luck.North CountryCapoteMunich 2006(6th) HollywoodlandBobbyFlags of Our FathersGlory RoadThe Queen 2007(7th) The award for Best Time Capsule was not given in 2008.N/A 2008(8th) N/AN/A 2009(9th) N/AN/A
2010s Year Film Director 2010(10th) N/AN/A 2011(11th) J. EdgarThe HelpThe Iron LadyMidnight in Paris 2012(12th) ArgoHitchcockHyde Park on Hudson 2013(13th) American HustleDavid O. RussellLee Daniels' The ButlerDallas Buyers ClubInside Llewyn DavisThe Wolf of Wall Street 2014(14th) Big EyesGet on UpJersey BoysSelma 2015(15th) Love & MercyCarolJoyThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.Straight Outta Compton 2016(16th) JackieHidden FiguresLovingRules Don't ApplyThe Founder 2017(17th) DunkirkBattle of the SexesDarkest HourI, TonyaThe Post 2018(18th) If Beale Street Could TalkBlacKkKlansmanBohemian RhapsodyFirst ManRoma 2019(19th) HarrietJudyLittle WomenMotherless BrooklynOnce Upon a Time...in Hollywood
2020s Year Film Director 2020/21The eligibility period for the 20th ceremony was extended through to February 28, 2021, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.(20th)Mank|style="background:#FAEB86" ||- |Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
|One Night in Miami...
|The Trial of the Chicago 7
|The United States vs. Billie Holiday
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | 2021(21st) |style="background:#FAEB86" |SpencerBeing the RicardosBelfastLicorice PizzaWest Side Story 2022(22nd)ElvisArmageddon TimeBabylonThe FabelmansTill 2023(23rd)MaestroFerrariOppenheimerPriscillaRustin 2024(24th)A Complete UnknownThe BrutalistHereMariaSeptember 5 2025(25th)Springsteen: Deliver Me from NowhereDead Man's WireMarty SupremeNurembergSinners
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