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{{Infobox award
| name        = [[AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|AARP Movies for Grownups Award]] for Best Screenwriter
| awarded_for = Best screenplay by a writer over 50
| presenter   = [[AARP]]
| country = [[United States]]
| year          = [[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]] for ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'' ([[2nd AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|2002]])
| image            = Noah Baumbach on Marriage Story scene.jpg
| caption       = The 2023<!--This number is not related to the year the actor received the award. This number refers to the year OF FILMS in which that actor was "the best actor"--> co-recipient: [[Noah Baumbach]]
| image_upright = 0.7
| holder      =  [[Noah Baumbach]] & [[Greta Gerwig]] for ''[[Barbie (film)|Barbie]]'' ([[23rd AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|2023]])
| website     = {{URL|https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/|https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/}}
}}
The '''AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Screenwriter''' is one of the [[AARP Movies for Grownups Awards]] presented annually by the [[AARP]]. The award honors a screenwriter over the age of 50 who has written an outstanding supporting screenplay for a film produced in a given year.<ref name="Appelo">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/annual-film-awards/awards-history.html|title=About AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|first=Tim|last=Appelo|website=AARP}}</ref> The award for Best Screenwriter was first given in [[2nd AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|2003]], when the awards expanded beyond their initial categories of [[AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Movie for Grownups|Best Movie for Grownups]], [[AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], [[AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], [[AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Documentary|Best Documentary]], [[AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]], and [[AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up|Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up]].<ref name="Appelo"/>
==Winners and Nominees==
:{{legend|#FAEB86|indicates the winners.}}
===2000s===
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!scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Nominees
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!scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" | [[2002 in film|2002]]<br /><small>[[2nd AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(2nd)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-2006/movies_for_grownups_2003.html|title = Movies for Grownups Awards 2003 with Bill Newcott}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Hours|''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]''}}'''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Hare|[[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]]}}'''
|-
|{{sort|Gangs|''[[Gangs of New York]]''}}
|{{sort|Cocks|[[Jay Cocks]]}}
|-
|{{sort|Quiet|''[[The Quiet American (2002 film)|The Quiet American]]''}}
|{{sort|Hampton|[[Christopher Hampton]]}}
|-
|''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]''
|{{sort|Harwood|[[Ronald Harwood]]}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" | [[2003 in film|2003]]<br /><small>[[3rd AARP Movies for Grownups Award|(3rd)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-2006/movies_for_grownups_2004.html|title = Movies for Grownups Awards 2004 with Bill Newcott}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[In America (film)|In America]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Sheridan|[[Jim Sheridan]]}}'''
|-
|''[[Something's Gotta Give (film)|Something's Gotta Give]]''
|{{sort|Meyers|[[Nancy Meyers]]}}
|-
|''[[Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain]]''
|{{sort|Minghella|[[Anthony Minghella]]}}
|-
|''[[Casa de los Babys]]''
|{{sort|Sayles|[[John Sayles]]}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" | [[2004 in film|2004]]<br /><small>[[4th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(4th)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-2006/movies_for_grownups_2006.html|title = Winners and Runners-Up of Movies for Grownups Awards, 2006 with Bill N}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[Spider-Man 2]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Sargent|[[Alvin Sargent]]}}'''
|-
|''[[Bad Education (2004 film)|Bad Education]]''
|{{sort|Almodóvar|[[Pedro Almodóvar]]}}
|-
|''[[Spanglish (film)|Spanglish]]''
|{{sort|Brooks|[[James L. Brooks]]}}
|-
|''[[Million Dollar Baby]]''
|{{sort|Haggis|[[Paul Haggis]]}} & {{sort|Toole|[[F.X. Toole]]}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2005 in film|2005]]<br /><small>[[5th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(5th)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/movies-for-grownups/|title = Movies for Grownups|website = [[CBS News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Newcott |first=William R. |date=March 2006 |title="Fifth Annual Movies for Grownups" |magazine=AARP the Magazine |pages=50–51 |location=Washington, DC}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|McMurtry|[[Larry McMurtry]]}} & {{sort|Ossana|[[Diana Ossana]]}}'''
|-
|''[[Bad Education (2004 film)|Bad Education]]''.
|{{sort|Almodóvar|[[Pedro Almodóvar]]}}
|-
|''[[Crash (2004 film)|Crash]]''
|{{sort|Haggis|[[Paul Haggis]]}}
|-
|''[[Broken Flowers]]''
|{{sort|Jarmusch|[[Jim Jarmusch]]}}
|-
|''[[Yes (film)|Yes]]''
|{{sort|Potter|[[Sally Potter]]}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2006 in film|2006]]<br /><small>[[6th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(6th)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/archive/2007-movies-grownup-awards|title = 2007 Movies for Grownup Awards &#124; Voice of America - English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-2007/moviesforgrownups_2007awards.html|title = Best Actress 50 and over, and Other Movies for Grownups Awards with Bi}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[Flags of Our Fathers (film)|Flags of Our Fathers]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Broyles|[[William Broyles Jr.]]}} & {{sort|Haggis|[[Paul Haggis]]}}'''
|-
|''[[Boynton Beach Club]]''
|{{sort|Seidelman|[[Susan Seidelman]]}}, David Cramer & Florence Seidelman
|-
|''[[For Your Consideration (film)|For Your Consideration]]''
|{{sort|Guest|[[Christopher Guest]]}} & {{sort|Levy|[[Eugene Levy]]}}
|-
|''[[Keeping Mum]]''
|{{sort|Russo|[[Richard Russo]]}}
|-
|''[[Catch a Fire (film)|Catch a Fire]]''
|{{sort|Slovo|[[Shawn Slovo]]}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2007 in film|2007]]<br /><small>[[7th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(7th)]]</small> <br /> <ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-03-2008/movies_grownups_awards_2008.html|title=Movies for Grownups Awards 2008 with Bill Newcott - AARP Magazine|first=Bill|last=Newcott|website=AARP}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2008-01-31-0801300710-story.html|title=Watching Old Movies is a Way of Connecting to Our Past|first=Korky Vann|last=Courant|website=courant.com|date=31 January 2008 }}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Harwood|[[Ronald Harwood]]}}'''
|-
|''[[No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men]]''
|{{sort|Coen|[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]}}
|-
|''[[In the Valley of Elah]]''
|{{sort|Haggis|[[Paul Haggis]]}}
|-
|''[[Atonement (2007 film)|Atonement]]''
|{{sort|Hampton|[[Christopher Hampton]]}}
|-
|''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]''
|{{sort|Zaillian|[[Steven Zaillian]]}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2008 in film|2008]]<br /><small>[[8th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(8th)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/archive/movies-grownups-awards-honor-films-50-plus-crowd|title = 'Movies for Grownups' Awards Honor Films for 50-Plus Crowd &#124; Voice of America - English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-01-2009/Movies_for_Grownups_Awards_2009.html|title = Movies for Grownups Awards 2009 from Bill Newcott of AARP}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[Changeling (film)|Changeling]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Straczynski|[[J. Michael Straczynski]]}}'''
|-
|''[[Vicky Cristina Barcelona]]''
|{{sort|Allen|[[Woody Allen]]}}
|-
|''[[Burn After Reading]]''
|{{sort|Coen|[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]}}
|-
|''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]''
|{{sort|Roth|[[Eric Roth]]}}
|-
|''[[Doubt (2008 film)|Doubt]]''
|{{sort|Shanley|[[John Patrick Shanley]]}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2009 in film|2009]]<br /><small>[[9th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(9th)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.courierherald.com/life/aarp-magazine-announces-movies-for-grownups-awards/|title = AARP Magazine announces Movies for Grownups Awards|date = 15 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aarp-the-magazine-recognizes-the-best-movies-for-the-50-audience-with-the-9th-annual-movies-for-grownupsr-awards-82819752.html|title = AARP the Magazine Recognizes the Best Movies for the 50+ Audience with the 9th Annual Movies for Grownups(R) Awards}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[It's Complicated (film)|It's Complicated]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Meyers|[[Nancy Meyers]]}}'''
|-
|''[[A Serious Man]]''
|{{sort|Coen|[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]}}
|-
|''[[Julie & Julia]]''
|{{sort|Ephron|[[Nora Ephron]]}}
|-
|''[[Taking Woodstock]]''
| [[James Schamus]]
|}
===2010s===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!scope="col" style="width:2%;"| Year
!scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Film
!scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Nominees
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!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2010 in film|2010]]<br /><small>[[10th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(10th)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-12-2010/top-10-movies-for-grownups.html|title=Top 10 Movies for Grownups of 2010 - Bill Newcott - Meg Grant}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-01-2011/2011-movies-for-grownups-awards.html|title = 2011 Movies for Grownups Awards}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[The Company Men]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Wells|[[John Wells (filmmaker)|John Wells]]}}'''
|-
|''[[True Grit (2010 film)|True Grit]]''
|{{sort|Coen|[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]}}
|-
|''[[The Next Three Days]]''
|{{sort|Haggis|[[Paul Haggis]]}}
|-
|''[[Another Year (film)|Another Year]]''
|{{sort|Leigh|[[Mike Leigh]]}}
|-
|''[[The King's Speech]]''
|{{sort|Seidler|[[David Seidler]]}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2011 in film|2011]]<br /><small>[[11th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(11th)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-01-2012/movies-for-grownups-award-winners.html|title=Movies for Grownups Award Winners - The Descendents, J. Edgar, The Artist|first=Bill|last=Newcott|website=AARP}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/making-a-play-for-older-voters-and-moviegoers/|title=Making a Play for Older Voters (And Moviegoers)|date=7 February 2012}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[Midnight in Paris]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Allen|[[Woody Allen]]}}'''
|-
|''[[The Descendants]]''
|{{sort|Payne|[[Alexander Payne]]}}
|-
|''[[Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (film)|Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close]]''
|{{sort|Roth|[[Eric Roth]]}}
|-
|''[[A Better Life]]''
|{{sort|Simon|[[Roger L. Simon|Roger Simon]]}}
|-
|''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]''
|{{sort|Zaillian|[[Steven Zaillian]]}} & [[Aaron Sorkin]]
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2012 in film|2012]]<br /><small>[[12th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(12th)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-02-04|title=Just In! 2013 AARP Movies For Grownups Awards|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/movies-for-grownups-awards-2013_n_2614907|access-date=2021-04-21|website=HuffPost|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Newcott|first=Bill|title=2013 Movies for Grownups Awards|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-02-2013/movies-for-grownups-awards-list.html|access-date=2021-04-21|website=AARP|language=english}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=McKay|first=Hollie|date=2015-03-25|title=Who's Jennifer Lawrence? AARP hands out Movies for Grownups awards|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/whos-jennifer-lawrence-aarp-hands-out-movies-for-grownups-awards|access-date=2021-04-21|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|last=AARP|title=AARP The Magazine Announces The Winners of Its Twelfth Annual Movies for Grownups® Awards|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aarp-the-magazine-announces-the-winners-of-its-twelfth-annual-movies-for-grownups-awards-189177971.html|access-date=2021-04-21|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=O'Connor|first=Austin|title=10 Best Movies for Grownups 2012|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-12-2012/best-movies-2012.html|access-date=2021-04-21|website=AARP|language=english}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[The Sessions (2012 film)|The Sessions]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Lewin|[[Ben Lewin]]}}'''
|-
|''[[Amour (2012 film)|Amour]]''
|{{sort|Haneke|[[Michael Haneke]]}}
|-
|''[[Lincoln (2012 film)|Lincoln]]''
|{{sort|Kushner|[[Tony Kushner]]}}
|-
|''[[Hyde Park on Hudson]]''
|{{sort|Nelson|[[Richard Nelson (playwright)|Richard Nelson]]}}
|-
|''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]''
|{{sort|Russell|[[David O. Russell]]}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2013 in film|2013]]<br /><small>[[13th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(13th)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.capitalgazette.com/la-et-mn-aarp-movies-grownups-dench-dern-20140109-story.html|title=Bruce Dern and Judi Dench top AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards|first=Amy|last=Kaufman|website=capitalgazette.com}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-01-2014/2014-movies-for-grownups-film-awards.html|title=13th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards, 2014 Best Actor, Actress and F...|first=Bill|last=Newcott|website=AARP}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[Before Midnight]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Linklater|[[Richard Linklater]]}} with [[Julie Delpy]] and [[Ethan Hawke]]'''
|-
|''[[Inside Llewyn Davis]]''
|{{sort|Coen|[[Coen brothers|Joel and Ethan Coen]]}}
|-
|''[[About Time (2013 film)|About Time]]''
|{{sort|Curtis|[[Richard Curtis]]}}
|-
|''[[Enough Said]]''
|{{sort|Holofcener|[[Nicole Holofcener]]}}
|-
|''[[American Hustle]]''
|{{sort|Russell|[[David O. Russell]]}} & {{sort|Singer|[[Eric Warren Singer]]}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2014 in film|2014]]<br /><small>[[14th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(14th)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Newcott |first1=William R. |last2=Grant |first2=Meg |date=February 2015|title=14th Annual Best Movies for Grownups |magazine=AARP the Magazine |pages=44–47, 77 |location=Washington, DC}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[Wild (2014 film)|Wild]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Hornby|[[Nick Hornby]]}} & {{sort|Strayed|[[Cheryl Strayed]]}}'''
|-
|''[[Birdman (2014 film)|Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)]]''
|{{sort|Iñárritu|[[Alejandro González Iñárritu]]}}
|-
|''[[Into the Woods (film)|Into the Woods]]''
|{{sort|Lapine|[[James Lapine]]}}
|-
|''[[Boyhood (2014 film)|Boyhood]]''
|{{sort|Linklater|[[Richard Linklater]]}}
|-
|''[[The Theory of Everything (2014 film)|The Theory of Everything]]''
|{{sort|McCarten|[[Anthony McCarten]]}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2015 in film|2015]]<br /><small>[[15th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(15th)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vimooz.com/2015/12/16/aarp-the-magazine-nominees-2015-movies-for-grownups-awards-brooklyn-spotlight/|title=AARP The Magazine Announces Nominees for 2015 Movies for Grownups Awards incl. 'Brooklyn' 'Spotlight'|date=December 16, 2015|website=VIMOOZ}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-2015/best-movies-2015-aarp-poll.html|title=Vote Now for 2015's Best Movies for Grownups|website=AARP}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[Joy (2015 film)|Joy]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86"|'''{{sort|Russell|[[David O. Russell]]}}'''
|-
|''[[Brooklyn (film)|Brooklyn]]''
|{{sort|Hornby|[[Nick Hornby]]}}
|-
|''[[The Intern (2015 film)|The Intern]]''
|{{sort|Meyers|[[Nancy Meyers]]}}
|-
|''[[Love & Mercy (film)|Love & Mercy]]''
|{{sort|Moverman|[[Oren Moverman]]}} & {{sort|Lerner|[[Michael Alan Lerner]]}}
|-
|''[[Steve Jobs (film)|Steve Jobs]]''
|{{sort|Sorkin|[[Aaron Sorkin]]}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2016 in film|2016]]<br /><small>[[16th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(16th)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2017-aarp-winners-movies-grownups-awards-966474|title=AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards: Complete Winners List|date=February 6, 2017|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86"|'''''[[Manchester by the Sea (film)|Manchester by the Sea]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86"|'''{{sort|Lonergan|[[Kenneth Lonergan]]}}'''
|-
|''[[Julieta (film)|Julieta]]''
|{{sort|Almodovar|[[Pedro Almodovar]]}}
|-
|''[[Silence (2016 film)|Silence]]''
|{{sort|Cocks|[[Jay Cocks]]}} & {{sort|Scorsese|[[Martin Scorsese]]}}
|-
|''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''
|{{sort|Rowling|[[J.K. Rowling]]}}
|-
|''[[Fences (film)|Fences]]''
|{{sort|Wilson|[[August Wilson]]}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2017 in film|2017]]<br /><small>[[17th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(17th)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/aarps-movies-grownups-awards-2018-post-leads-nominees-1075285|title=AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards: 'The Post' Leads Nominees|date=January 17, 2018|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri-lady-bird-among-nominees-for-aarps-movies-for-grownups-awards-1202244618/|title='Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' & 'Lady Bird' Among Nominees For AARP's Movies For Grownups Awards|first1=Denise|last1=Petski|date=January 17, 2018}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86"|'''''[[Molly's Game]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86"|'''{{sort|Sorkin|[[Aaron Sorkin]]}}'''
|-
|''[[The Shape of Water]]''
|{{sort|del Toro|[[Guillermo del Toro]]}}
|-
|''[[Call Me By Your Name (film)|Call Me By Your Name]]''
|{{sort|Ivory|[[James Ivory]]}}
|-
|''[[Darkest Hour (film)|Darkest Hour]]''
|{{sort|McCarten|[[Anthony McCarten]]}}
|-
|''[[I, Tonya]]''
|{{sort|Rogers|[[Steven Rogers (screenwriter)|Steven Rogers]]}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2018 in film|2018]]<br /><small>[[18th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(18th)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/2019-aarp-awards-green-book-best-movie-for-grownups.html|title=Green Book Is the 'Best Movie for Grownups' of 2018, According to the AARP|first=Katie|last=Rothstein|date=February 5, 2019|website=Vulture}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[Can You Ever Forgive Me?]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Holofcener|[[Nicole Holofcener]]}} & {{sort|Whitty|[[Jeff Whitty]]}}'''
|-
|''[[Green Book (film)|Green Book]]''
|{{sort|Farrelly|[[Peter Farrelly]]}}, Brian Hayes Curie & [[Nick Vallelonga]]
|-
|''[[The Favourite]]''
|Deborah Davis & {{sort|McNamara|[[Tony McNamara (writer)|Tony McNamara]]}}
|-
|''[[Ben Is Back]]''
|{{sort|Hedges|[[Peter Hedges]]}}
|-
|''[[First Reformed]]''
|{{sort|Schrader|[[Paul Schrader]]}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center;" | [[2019 in film|2019]]<br /><small>[[19th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(19th)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/aarp-movies-for-grownups-awards-2020-nominations-full-list.html|title=The Two Popes Earns 7 Nods in AARP's Movies for Grown-ups Awards|first=Zoe|last=Haylock|date=November 26, 2019|website=Vulture}}</ref><ref name="auto" />
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[Marriage Story]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Baumbach|[[Noah Baumbach]]}}'''
|-
|''[[Harriet (film)|Harriet]]''
|{{sort|Lemmons|[[Kasi Lemmons]]}} & {{sort|Howard|[[Gregory Allen Howard]]}}
|-
|''[[The Two Popes]]''
|{{sort|McCarten|[[Anthony McCarten]]}}
|-
|''[[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]]''
|{{sort|Tarentino|[[Quentin Tarantino]]}}
|-
|''[[The Irishman]]''
|{{sort|Zaillian|[[Steven Zaillian]]}}
|}
===2020s===
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! width="30%" | Nominees
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!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2020 in film|2020/21]]<br /><small>[[20th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(20th)]]</small><br /><ref>The eligibility period for the 20th ceremony was extended through to February 28, 2021, due to the impact of the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema|COVID-19 pandemic]].</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/aarp-movies-for-grownups-awards-the-united-states-vs-billie-holiday-named-best-picture-4143393/|title=AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' Named Best Picture|first1=Hilary|last1=Lewis|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=March 4, 2021}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[The Trial of the Chicago 7]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Sorkin|[[Aaron Sorkin]]}}'''
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|''[[Da 5 Bloods]]''
|{{sort|Bilson|[[Danny Bilson]]}}, {{sort|De Meo|[[Paul De Meo]]}}, {{sort|Willmott|[[Kevin Willmott]]}}, {{sort|Lee|[[Spike Lee]]}}
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|''[[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (film)|Ma Rainey's Black Bottom]]''
|{{sort|Santiago-Hudson|[[Ruben Santiago Hudson]]}}
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|''[[News of the World (film)|News of the World]]''
|{{sort|Greengrass|[[Paul Greengrass]]}} & {{sort|Davies|[[Luke Davies]]}}
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|''[[One Night in Miami...]]''
|{{sort|Powers|[[Kemp Powers]]}}
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!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2021 in film|2021]]<br /><small>[[21st AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(21st)]]</small><br /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/aarp-movies-for-grownups-awards-nominations-belfast-1235072346/|title = 'Belfast' Tops Nominees for AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (Exclusive)|website = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date = 11 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/aarp-movies-for-grownups-awards-2022-winners-will-smith-belfast-1234980867/|title = AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: 'Belfast' Named Best Film; 'King Richard' Lone Double Winner – Full List|date = 19 March 2022}}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[West Side Story (2021 film)|West Side Story]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Kushner|[[Tony Kushner]]}}'''
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|''[[Licorice Pizza]]''
|{{sort|Anderson|[[Paul Thomas Anderson]]}}
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|''[[Belfast (film)|Belfast]]''
|{{sort|Branagh|[[Kenneth Branagh]]}}
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|''[[The Power of the Dog (film)|The Power of the Dog]]''
|{{sort|Campion|[[Jane Campion]]}}
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|''[[Nightmare Alley (2021 film)|Nightmare Alley]]''
|{{sort|Del Toro|[[Guillermo del Toro]]}} & Kim Morgan
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!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2022 in film|2022]]<br /><small>[[22nd AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(22nd)]]</small><br /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-2022/21st-annual-film-awards-nominations.html | title='The Fabelmans' Leads AARP's 2023 Movies for Grownups Awards Nominees }}</ref>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[Living (2022 film)|Living]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Ishiguro|[[Kazuo Ishiguro]]}}'''
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|''[[Tár|TÁR]]''
|{{sort|Field|[[Todd Field]]}}
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|''[[The Fabelmans]]''
|{{sort|Kushner|[[Tony Kushner]] & [[Steven Spielberg]]}}
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|''[[She Said (film)|She Said]]''
|{{sort|Lenkiewicz|[[Rebecca Lenkiewicz]]}}
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|''[[The Woman King]]''
|{{sort|Stevens|[[Dana Stevens (screenwriter)|Dana Stevens]]}}
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!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2023 in film|2023]]<br /><small>[[23rd AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(23rd)]]</small>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[Barbie (film)|Barbie]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Baumbach|[[Noah Baumbach]] & [[Greta Gerwig]]}}'''
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|''[[The Holdovers]]''
|{{sort|Hemingson|[[David Hemingson]]}}
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|''[[Poor Things (film)|Poor Things]]''
|{{sort|McNamara|[[Tony McNamara (writer)|Tony McNamara]]}}
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|''[[Oppenheimer (film)|Oppenheimer]]''
|{{sort|Nolan|[[Christopher Nolan]]}}
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|''[[Killers of the Flower Moon (film)|Killers of the Flower Moon]]''
|{{sort|Scorsese]|[[Martin Scorsese]] & [[Eric Roth]]}}
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!scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[2024 in film|2024]]<br /><small>[[24th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|(24th)]]</small>
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''''[[Wicked (2024 film)|Wicked]]'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" |'''{{sort|Holzman|[[Winnie Holzman]] and [[Dana Fox]]}}'''
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|''[[Emilia Pérez]]''
|{{sort|Audiard|[[Jacques Audiard]], [[Thomas Bidegain]] & Nicolas Livecchi}}
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|''[[A Complete Unknown]]''
|{{sort|Cocks|[[Jay Cocks]] & [[James Mangold]]}}
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|''[[Conclave (film)|Conclave]]''
|{{sort|Straughan|[[Peter Straughan]]}}
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|''[[Dune: Part Two]]''
|{{sort|Villeneuve]]|[[Denis Villeneuve]] & [[Jon Spaihts]]}}
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==Writers with multiple nominations and wins==
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The following individuals received two or more Best Screenwriter awards:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
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! scope="col" width="55" | Wins
! scope="col" | Screenwriter
! scope="col" width="55" | Nominations
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| rowspan=2| 2
| [[Aaron Sorkin]]
| 4
|}
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The following individuals received multiple Best Screenwriter nominations:
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! scope="col" width="55" | Nominations
! scope="col" align="center" | Screenwriter
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|rowspan=3 styles="text-align:center" | 5
| [[Coen brothers|Ethan Coen]]
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| [[Coen brothers|Joel Coen]]
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| [[Paul Haggis]]
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|rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" | 4
|[[Aaron Sorkin]]
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|rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 3
| [[Pedro Almodovar]]
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| [[Tony Kushner]]
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| [[Anthony McCarten]]
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| [[Nancy Meyers]]
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| [[David O. Russell]]
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| [[Steven Zaillian]]
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|rowspan=8 style="text-align:center" |2
| [[Woody Allen]]
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| [[Jay Cocks]]
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| [[Guillermo del Toro]]
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| [[Ronald Harwood]]
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| [[Nicole Holofcener]]
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| [[Nick Hornby]]
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| [[Richard Linklater]]
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| [[Eric Roth]]
|}
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==Age superlatives==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
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! scope="col" | Record
! scope="col" | Screenwriter
! scope="col" | Film
! scope="col" | Age (in years)
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| Oldest winner
| [[Alvin Sargent]]
| ''[[Spider-Man 2]]''
| 77
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| Oldest nominee
| [[James Ivory]]
| ''[[Call Me by Your Name (film)|Call Me By Your Name]]''
| 89
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| Youngest winner
| [[Ethan Hawke]]
| ''[[Before Midnight]]''
| 44
|- style="height:4.5em;"
| Youngest nominee
| [[Ethan Hawke]]
| ''[[Before Midnight]]''
| 44
|}
==See also==
* [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay]]
* [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]]
* [[Academy Award for Best Story]]
* [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay]]
* [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay]]
* [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]]
* [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay]]
* [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay]]
* [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay]]
* [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Screenwriter}}
{{AARP Movies for Grownups Awards}}
[[Category:AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|Screenwriter]]
[[Category:Screenwriting awards for film]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2003]]