Hot screenings to pre-order (Top 20)

This program will broadcast live on January 12, 2026 at 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm EST. You will not be able to pause or rewind. You cannot access the show once the broadcast ends. Log into your AARP.org account or create one to register for this Movies for Grownups screening.

When a frustrated playwright and middle school theater teacher finds out his ex-girlfriend has started dating his nemesis, the school’s principal, he decides to ruin the principal’s chances of winning the Blue Ribbon of Academic Excellence.

A teenage girl stages an elaborate musical about the one day her high school wishes it could forget.

After losing both her job and boyfriend, Jamie retreats to her small Texas hometown, where friends and flings from a fateful high school summer turn her life upside down.

This program will broadcast live on February 20, 2026 at 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm EDT. You will not be able to pause or rewind. You cannot access the show once the broadcast ends. Log into your AARP.org account or create one to register for this AARP Theater

This program will broadcast live on February 9, 2026 at 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm ET. You will not be able to pause or rewind. You cannot access the show once the broadcast ends. Log into your AARP.org account or create one to register for this Movies for Grownups screening.

This program will broadcast live on February 3, 2026 at 8:00 pm to 9:40 pm EST. You will not be able to pause or rewind. You cannot access the show once the broadcast ends. Log into your AARP.org account or create one to register for this Movies for Grownups screening.

Starring Camille Cottin (Call My Agent!), this moving comedy-drama tells the story of Toni, a single mother raising five children.

When a couple's phones begin recording on their own during a camping trip, what they capture isn't just darkness. It's something that wants to be seen.

A young woman from rural Oregon overcomes poverty and tragedy, finding purpose again in far-off galaxies with help from childhood friends and perfect strangers.

Preservation and continuity- of language and culture, of sanity, and of vital ecosystems- link this block's films. Click here to see all of the films in this block.