Hot screenings to pre-order (Top 20)

This program will broadcast live on December 17, 2025 at 8:00 pm to 9:30 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.

This program will broadcast live one December 2, 2025 at 8:00 pm to 10:15 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 AARP Theater.

This program will broadcast live on December 11, 2025 at 8:00 pm to 9:30 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

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.

This program will broadcast live on December 14, 2025 at 4:00 pm to 6:45 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.

AARP Members Only - 24 Hour On Demand Access on December 18, 2025

(77 mins) Our first Shorts Block of the festival contains these films: The Outsider, Undertone, Where the Shadows Feast, Five Star, The King in Yellow, Stargazer

(110 mins) Fungi from Yuggoth, Pandora, Inc., The Last I Heard from Samuel, Reciprocity Failure, The Model, The Red Hourglass, SHRINE OF ABOMINATIONS

(90 mins) Eerie & unsettling to brain bending nightmares: Face to Face, The Wreckers, After the Fall, There is no Antimemetics Division, Nothing but Wind, The Night Within

Yes, we're going through collapse, but joy is ever-palpable, alive-ness to be found everywhere around us. Follow your curiosity, revel in the symbolic, find meaning when you scratch below the surface.

The modern world has been designed to keep us siloed, separating us from each other and from nature. But there's plenty of evidence that time spent in nature (and with community) is the remedy for our over-stimulated, technology-heavy lives. When possible, some people are able to find that balance for themselves. Cheggit.

We get it - you're itching to do something positive for the world around you but you're tired after a long day of work, school or managing the home. This bucket is a place to start: because the good fight begins in the mind first. In this bucket of films, we nudge you to think about what activism means to you, and to give you some inspiration: here's what it looks like for people all over the world!

Outgrow the System, directed by Cecilia Paulsson and Anders Nilsson, explores innovative economic ideas replacing today's resource-draining model. Amid humanity's crisis, these pioneers present new perspectives with the potential to transform the world, offering solutions for sustainability, justice, and a resilient future.

Damon Gameau, award winning filmmaker behind 2040 and That Sugar Film, takes eight kids on the ultimate school excursion: a road trip across Europe to meet with powerful leaders and find solutions to our greatest ecological challenges, from the unique perspective of youth.

A young couple in a long-distance relationship imagine themselves as three different endangered species - Cameron Highland Sticky Frog, Proboscis Monkey, and Great Hornbill. Viral-meme-turned-film combines scripted drama with wildlife sequences for a refreshing cross-genre take on natural history and endangered species.

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 doorman is unexpectedly invited to a dinner at the secluded estate of one of the wealthy families he serves. But as the evening unfolds, he begins to suspect that the invitation wasn't just an act of kindness.