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The American Film Institute Awards (also known as the AFI Awards) are awards presented by the
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees.
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to recognize the top 10 films and television programs of the year. Unlike other accolades about the art form, the AFI Awards acknowledge the film and television productions deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year's most significant achievements in the art of the moving image in American cinema.
Media that does not fit the AFI's conventional eligibility criteria for the main categories, such as non-American productions as well as other types of media, are given recognition through the AFI Special Award.
2000
The 2000 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films of the year.Top 10 Films
* '' Almost Famous'' * '' Before Night Falls'' * ''Best in Show
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* '' Erin Brockovich''
* ''Gladiator
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* '' High Fidelity''
* '' Requiem for a Dream''
* '' Traffic''
* '' Wonder Boys''
* '' You Can Count on Me''
2001
The 2001 AFI Awards honored the best in film and television of the year. The nominations were announced on December 17, 2001, and the ceremony was broadcast on January 5, 2002, on CBS. It did not do well in the ratings (getting only 5.5 million viewers), so it would not be held in this format again. The AFI would go back to just listing the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year, and not have any technical nor acting categories. Each winner is in bold with the other nominees after:Movies
Movie of the Year
* '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' ** '' A Beautiful Mind'' ** '' Black Hawk Down'' ** '' In the Bedroom'' ** '' The Man Who Wasn't There'' ** '' Memento'' ** ''Monster's Ball
''Monster's Ball'' is a 2001 American drama film directed by Marc Forster, produced by Lee Daniels and written by Milo Addica and Will Rokos, who also appear in the film. It stars Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, Halle Berry, and Peter Boyle, ...
''
** '' Moulin Rouge!''
** '' Mulholland Drive''
** '' Shrek''
Director of the Year
*Robert Altman
Robert Bernard Altman ( ; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and is considered an enduring figure from the New H ...
– '' Gosford Park''
** Todd Field – '' In the Bedroom''
** David Lynch
David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, visual artist and actor. A recipient of an Academy Honorary Award in 2019, Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, and the César Award for Be ...
– '' Mulholland Drive''
** Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is a British film director and producer. Directing, among others, science fiction films, his work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Scott has received many accolades thr ...
– '' Black Hawk Down''
Actor of the Year – Male – Movies
*Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has been described as an actor who reconfigured "the concept of classic movie stardom". Throughout his career spanning over four decades, Washington ha ...
as Alonzo Harris – '' Training Day''
** Russell Crowe
Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an actor. He was born in New Zealand, spent ten years of his childhood in Australia, and moved there permanently at age twenty one. He came to international attention for his role as Roman General Maxi ...
as John Forbes Nash Jr. – '' A Beautiful Mind''
** Billy Bob Thornton as Ed Crane – '' The Man Who Wasn't There''
** Tom Wilkinson as Matt Fowler – '' In the Bedroom''
Actor of the Year – Female – Movies
* Sissy Spacek as Ruth Fowler – '' In the Bedroom'' **Halle Berry
Halle Maria Berry (; born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. She began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and coming in sixth in the Mis ...
as Leticia Musgrove – ''Monster's Ball
''Monster's Ball'' is a 2001 American drama film directed by Marc Forster, produced by Lee Daniels and written by Milo Addica and Will Rokos, who also appear in the film. It stars Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, Halle Berry, and Peter Boyle, ...
''
** Stockard Channing
Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard; February 13, 1944) is an American actress. She is known for playing Betty Rizzo in the film '' Grease'' (1978) and First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series ''The West Wing'' ( ...
as Julie Styron – '' The Business of Strangers''
** Naomi Watts as Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn – '' Mulholland Drive''
Featured Actor of the Year – Male – Movies
*Gene Hackman
Eugene Allen Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is an American retired actor and former novelist. In a career that has spanned more than six decades, Hackman has won two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes, one Screen Actors Guild Award, two BAFTAs ...
as Royal Tenenbaum – '' The Royal Tenenbaums''
** Steve Buscemi
Steven Vincent Buscemi ( ,As stated in interviews by Buscemi himself, some may insist that his pronunciation of his own name is "wrong" because it does not match the original Italian pronunciation as well. It is not uncommon for people to pronou ...
as Seymour – '' Ghost World''
** Brian Cox as Big John Harrigan – '' L.I.E.''
** Tony Shalhoub as Freddy Riedenschneider – '' The Man Who Wasn't There''
Featured Actor of the Year – Female – Movies
* Jennifer Connelly as Alicia Nash – '' A Beautiful Mind'' **Cate Blanchett
Catherine Elise Blanchett (; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor. Regarded as one of the finest performers of her generation, she is known for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. She has received nu ...
as Kate Wheeler – ''Bandits
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** Cameron Diaz as Julianna "Julie" Gianni – '' Vanilla Sky''
** Frances O'Connor
Frances Ann O'Connor (born 12 June 1967) is a British–born Australian actress and director. She is known for her roles in the films ''Mansfield Park'' (1999), '' Bedazzled'' (2000), ''A.I. Artificial Intelligence'' (2001), ''The Importance of ...
as Monica Swinton – '' A.I. Artificial Intelligence''
Production Designer of the Year
* Grant Major – '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' ** Stephen Altman – '' Gosford Park'' **Rick Carter
Rick Carter (born 1950, Los Angeles, California) is an American production designer and Art director#In film, art director. He is best known for his collaborations with directors Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis, particularly on the films ''B ...
– '' A.I. Artificial Intelligence''
** Arthur Max
Arthur Max (born May 1, 1946) is an American production designer.
Biography
The native New Yorker began his career as a stage lighting designer in the music industry following graduation from New York University in the late 1960s. Those assign ...
– '' Black Hawk Down''
Digital Effects Artist of the Year
* Jim Rygiel – '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' ** Nick Davis, Roger Guyett, and Robert Legato – '' Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' ** Scott Farrar and Dennis Muren – '' A.I. Artificial Intelligence'' **Bob Sabiston
Bob Sabiston (born 1967) is an American film art director, computer programmer, and creator of the Rotoshop software program for computer animation. Sabiston began developing software as an undergraduate and then graduate researcher in the MIT ...
– '' Waking Life''
Cinematographer of the Year
* Roger Deakins – '' The Man Who Wasn't There'' ** Ericson Core – '' The Fast and the Furious'' **Sławomir Idziak
Sławomir Idziak (; born 25 January 1945) is a Polish cinematographer and director who has worked on over forty Polish and foreign films. He is especially known for his collaboration with director Krzysztof Kieślowski as well as Ridley Scott and ...
– '' Black Hawk Down''
** Janusz Kamiński – '' A.I. Artificial Intelligence''
Screenwriter of the Year
* Christopher Nolan – '' Memento'' ** Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff – '' Ghost World'' ** Robert Festinger and Todd Field – '' In the Bedroom'' ** Akiva Goldsman – '' A Beautiful Mind''Composer of the Year
* Craig Armstrong – '' Moulin Rouge!'' **Angelo Badalamenti
Angelo Daniel Badalamenti (March 22, 1937 – December 11, 2022) was an American composer, best known for his work scoring films for director David Lynch, notably '' Blue Velvet'', the ''Twin Peaks'' saga (1990–1992, 2017), ''The Straight St ...
– '' Mulholland Drive''
** Patrick Doyle – '' Gosford Park''
** Howard Shore
Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer and conductor noted for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores for ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit'' film trilogies. ...
– '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''
Editor of the Year
* Jill Bilcock – '' Moulin Rouge!'' ** Dody Dorn – '' Memento'' ** Pietro Scalia – '' Black Hawk Down'' ** Tim Squyres – '' Gosford Park''Television
Drama Series of the Year
* '' The Sopranos'' (HBO
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)
** ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer
''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. It is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film of the same name, also written by W ...
'' ( UPN)
** '' Six Feet Under'' (HBO
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)
** '' The West Wing'' ( NBC)
Comedy Series of the Year
* ''Curb Your Enthusiasm
''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' is an American television sitcom produced and broadcast by HBO since October 15, 2000, and created by Larry David, who stars as a semi-fictionalized version of himself. It follows David's life as a semi-retired televisio ...
'' (HBO
Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is ba ...
)
** '' Everybody Loves Raymond'' ( CBS)
** ''Malcolm in the Middle
''Malcolm in the Middle'' is an American family television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for Fox. The series premiered on January 9, 2000, and ended on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes.
The series follows a dysfunctional ...
'' (Fox
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)
** '' Sex and the City'' (HBO
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)
Movie or Mini-Series of the Year
* '' Band of Brothers'' (HBO
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)
** '' Anne Frank: The Whole Story'' ( ABC)
** ''Boycott
A boycott is an act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organization, or country as an expression of protest. It is usually for moral, social, political, or environmental reasons. The purpose of a boycott is to inflict som ...
'' (HBO
Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is ba ...
)
** '' Conspiracy'' (HBO
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)
Actor of the Year – Male – TV Series
* James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano – '' The Sopranos'' ** Michael C. Hall as David Fisher – '' Six Feet Under'' ** Chi McBride as Principal Steven Harper – '' Boston Public'' ** Ray Romano as Raymond Barone – '' Everybody Loves Raymond''Actor of the Year – Female – TV Series
* Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano – '' The Sopranos'' ** Allison Janney as C. J. Cregg – '' The West Wing'' ** Jane Kaczmarek as Lois – ''Malcolm in the Middle
''Malcolm in the Middle'' is an American family television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for Fox. The series premiered on January 9, 2000, and ended on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes.
The series follows a dysfunctional ...
''
** Doris Roberts as Marie Barone – '' Everybody Loves Raymond''
Actor of the Year – Male – TV Movie or Mini-Series
* Jeffrey Wright as Martin Luther King Jr. – ''Boycott
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''
** Kenneth Branagh as Reinhard Heydrich – '' Conspiracy''
** Ben Kingsley as Otto Frank – '' Anne Frank: The Whole Story''
** Giovanni Ribisi as Mikal Gilmore – '' Shot in the Heart''
Actor of the Year – Female – TV Movie or Mini-Series
* Judy Davis as Judy Garland – '' Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'' ** Tammy Blanchard as Young Judy Garland – '' Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'' ** Phylicia Rashad as Elizabeth – ''The Old Settler'' **Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Hannah Taylor-Gordon (born March 6, 1987) is a retired English actress. She made her film debut in the 1993 film ''The House of the Spirits''. She is best known for her role as Anne Frank in the TV miniseries '' Anne Frank: The Whole Story'' f ...
as Anne Frank – '' Anne Frank: The Whole Story''
2002
The 2002 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.Top 10 Films
* '' About a Boy'' * '' About Schmidt'' * '' Adaptation.'' * '' Antwone Fisher'' * '' Chicago'' * '' Frida'' * '' Gangs of New York'' * '' The Hours'' * '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' * '' The Quiet American''Top 10 Television Programs
* ''The Believer
Believer(s) or The Believer(s) may refer to:
Religion
* Believer, a person who holds a particular belief
** Believer, a person who holds a particular religious belief
*** Believers, Christians with a religious faith in the divine Christ
*** Beli ...
''
* '' Boomtown''
* '' Door to Door''
* '' Everybody Loves Raymond''
* '' The Gathering Storm''
* '' Gilmore Girls''
* '' The Simpsons''
* '' Six Feet Under''
* '' The Sopranos''
* '' The West Wing''
2003
The 2003 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.Top 10 Films
* '' American Splendor'' * ''Finding Nemo
''Finding Nemo'' is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was writ ...
''
* '' The Human Stain''
* '' In America''
* '' The Last Samurai''
* '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''
* '' Lost in Translation''
* '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World''
* ''Monster
A monster is a type of fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion. Monsters are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive with a strange, grotesque appearance that causes terror and fe ...
''
* '' Mystic River''
Top 10 Television Programs
* '' 24'' * '' Alias'' * '' Angels in America'' * '' Arrested Development'' * '' Everybody Loves Raymond'' * ''Joan of Arcadia
''Joan of Arcadia'' is an American fantasy family drama television series telling the story of teenager Joan Girardi (Amber Tamblyn), who sees and speaks with God and performs tasks she is given. The series originally aired on Fridays on CBS for ...
''
* '' Nip/Tuck''
* '' Playmakers''
* '' Soldier's Girl''
* '' The Wire''
2004
The 2004 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.Top 10 Films
* '' The Aviator'' * ''Collateral
Collateral may refer to:
Business and finance
* Collateral (finance), a borrower's pledge of specific property to a lender, to secure repayment of a loan
* Marketing collateral, in marketing and sales
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Collate ...
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* ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'' (also simply known as ''Eternal Sunshine'') is a 2004 American romantic science fiction drama film written by Charlie Kaufman, directed by Michel Gondry, and starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. P ...
''
* '' Friday Night Lights''
* '' The Incredibles''
* '' Kinsey''
* '' Maria Full of Grace''
* ''Million Dollar Baby
''Million Dollar Baby'' is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, scored by and starring Clint Eastwood from a screenplay written by Paul Haggis, based on stories from the 2000 collection ''Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner' ...
''
* '' Sideways''
* '' Spider-Man 2''
Top 10 Television Programs
* '' Arrested Development'' * ''Curb Your Enthusiasm
''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' is an American television sitcom produced and broadcast by HBO since October 15, 2000, and created by Larry David, who stars as a semi-fictionalized version of himself. It follows David's life as a semi-retired televisio ...
''
* ''Deadwood
Deadwood may refer to:
Places Canada
* Deadwood, Alberta
* Deadwood, British Columbia
* Deadwood River, a tributary of the Dease River in northern British Columbia
United States
* Deadwood, California (disambiguation), several communiti ...
''
* ''Desperate Housewives
''Desperate Housewives'' is an American comedy-drama soap opera television series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Marc Cherry, Cherry Productions. It aired for eight seasons on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from Octobe ...
''
* '' Lost''
* '' Nip/Tuck''
* '' The Shield''
* '' Something the Lord Made''
* '' The Sopranos''
* ''South Park
''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boys Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand th ...
''
2005
The 2005 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.Top 10 Films
* '' The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' * '' A History of Violence'' * '' Brokeback Mountain'' * ''Capote
Capote may refer to:
People
* Capote Band of Utes, a branch of the Ute people
* Truman Capote, an American author, screenwriter, playwright, and actor
Art, entertainment, and media
* ''Capote'' (film), a 2005 biographical film starring Philip S ...
''
* '' Crash''
* '' Good Night, and Good Luck''
* '' King Kong''
* '' Munich''
* '' The Squid and the Whale''
* '' Syriana''
Top 10 Television Programs
* '' 24'' * ''Battlestar Galactica
''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The franchise began with the Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series), original television series in 1978, and was followed by a short-run sequel se ...
''
* ''Deadwood
Deadwood may refer to:
Places Canada
* Deadwood, Alberta
* Deadwood, British Columbia
* Deadwood River, a tributary of the Dease River in northern British Columbia
United States
* Deadwood, California (disambiguation), several communiti ...
''
* '' Grey's Anatomy''
* ''House
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''
* '' Lost''
* '' Rescue Me''
* '' Sleeper Cell''
* '' Sometimes in April''
* '' Veronica Mars''
2006
The 2006 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.Top 10 Films
* ''Babel
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Arts and media Written works Books
*Babel (book), ''Babel'' (book), by Patti Smith
* Babel (2012 manga), ''Babel'' (2012 manga), by Narumi Shigematsu
* Babel (20 ...
''
* '' Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan''
* '' The Devil Wears Prada''
* '' Dreamgirls''
* '' Half Nelson''
* '' Happy Feet''
* '' Inside Man''
* ''Letters from Iwo Jima
is a 2006 Japanese-language American war film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, starring Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. The film portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers and is a companion pie ...
''
* ''Little Miss Sunshine
''Little Miss Sunshine'' is a 2006 American tragicomedy road film and the feature film directorial debut of the husband–wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by first-time writer Michael Arndt. The film sta ...
''
* '' United 93''
Top 10 Television Programs
* '' 24'' * ''Battlestar Galactica
''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The franchise began with the Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series), original television series in 1978, and was followed by a short-run sequel se ...
''
* ''Dexter
Dexter may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Dexter, the main character of the American animated series ''Dexter's Laboratory'' that aired from 1996 to 2003
* Dexter, a fictional character in the British Diary of a Bad Man#Main, web series ''Diar ...
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* '' Elizabeth I''
* '' Friday Night Lights''
* '' Heroes''
* '' The Office''
* ''South Park
''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boys Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand th ...
''
* '' The West Wing''
* '' The Wire''
Documentary
* '' Blindsight'' (Audience Award)2007
The 2007 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.Top 10 Films
* '' Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'' * '' The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'' * '' Into the Wild'' * '' Juno'' * '' Knocked Up'' * '' Michael Clayton'' * '' No Country for Old Men'' * '' Ratatouille'' * '' The Savages'' * '' There Will Be Blood''Top 10 Television Programs
* ''30 Rock
''30 Rock'' is an American satirical sitcom television series created by Tina Fey that originally aired on NBC from October 11, 2006, to January 31, 2013. The series, based on Fey's experiences as head writer for ''Saturday Night Live'', takes ...
''
* ''Dexter
Dexter may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Dexter, the main character of the American animated series ''Dexter's Laboratory'' that aired from 1996 to 2003
* Dexter, a fictional character in the British Diary of a Bad Man#Main, web series ''Diar ...
''
* '' Everybody Hates Chris''
* '' Friday Night Lights''
* ''Longford
Longford () is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It has a population of 10,008 according to the 2016 census. It is the biggest town in the county and about one third of the county's population lives there. Longford lies at the meet ...
''
* '' Mad Men''
* '' Pushing Daisies''
* '' The Sopranos''
* '' Tell Me You Love Me''
* '' Ugly Betty''
Documentary
* ''Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
''Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story'' is a 2007 American biographical documentary film directed by Jeffrey Schwarz about legendary Hollywood showman William Castle, who specialized in producing low-budget shockers.
Production
Hailed as a " ...
'' (Audience Award)
2008
The 2008 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.Top 10 Films
* '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' * '' The Dark Knight'' * '' Frost/Nixon'' * '' Frozen River'' * '' Gran Torino'' * ''Iron Man
Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The charact ...
''
* '' Milk''
* '' WALL-E''
* '' Wendy and Lucy''
* '' The Wrestler''
Top 10 Television Programs
* ''Breaking Bad
''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underpaid, overqualified, and dispirited hig ...
''
* '' In Treatment''
* '' John Adams''
* '' Life''
* '' Lost''
* '' Mad Men''
* '' The Office''
* '' Recount''
* '' The Shield''
* '' The Wire''
2009
The 2009 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.Top 10 Films
* '' Coraline'' * '' The Hangover'' * '' The Hurt Locker'' * '' The Messenger'' * '' Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire'' * '' A Serious Man'' * '' A Single Man'' * ''Sugar
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''
* '' Up''
* '' Up in the Air''
Top 10 Television Programs
* '' The Big Bang Theory'' * '' Big Love'' * '' Friday Night Lights'' * ''Glee
Glee means delight, a form of happiness.
Glee may also refer to:
* Glee (music), a type of English choral music
* ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy
* ''Glee'' (Bran Van 30 ...
''
* '' Mad Men''
* '' Modern Family''
* '' The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency''
* '' Nurse Jackie''
* '' Party Down''
* '' True Blood''
2010
The 2010 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.Top 10 Films
* ''127 Hours
''127 Hours'' is a 2010 biographical psychological survival drama film co-written, produced and directed by Danny Boyle. The film stars James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn and Clémence Poésy. In the film, canyoneer Aron Ralston must find a ...
''
* ''Black Swan
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''
* '' The Fighter''
* '' Inception''
* '' The Kids Are All Right''
* '' The Social Network''
* '' The Town''
* '' Toy Story 3''
* '' True Grit''
* '' Winter's Bone''
Top 10 Television Programs
* ''30 Rock
''30 Rock'' is an American satirical sitcom television series created by Tina Fey that originally aired on NBC from October 11, 2006, to January 31, 2013. The series, based on Fey's experiences as head writer for ''Saturday Night Live'', takes ...
''
* '' The Big C''
* ''Boardwalk Empire
''Boardwalk Empire'' is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast on the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of the 1920s and ...
''
* ''Breaking Bad
''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underpaid, overqualified, and dispirited hig ...
''
* ''Glee
Glee means delight, a form of happiness.
Glee may also refer to:
* Glee (music), a type of English choral music
* ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy
* ''Glee'' (Bran Van 30 ...
''
* '' Mad Men''
* '' Modern Family''
* ''The Pacific
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''
* '' Temple Grandin''
* '' The Walking Dead''
Special Awards
* '' The King's Speech'' * '' Waiting for "Superman"''2011
The 2011 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.Top 10 Films
* '' Bridesmaids'' * '' The Descendants'' * '' The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' * '' The Help'' * '' Hugo'' * '' J. Edgar'' * '' Midnight in Paris'' * ''Moneyball
''Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game'' is a book by Michael Lewis, published in 2003, about the Oakland Athletics baseball team and its general manager Billy Beane. Its focus is the team's analytical, evidence-based, sabermetric approa ...
''
* '' The Tree of Life''
* '' War Horse''
Top 10 Television Programs
* ''Boardwalk Empire
''Boardwalk Empire'' is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast on the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of the 1920s and ...
''
* ''Breaking Bad
''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underpaid, overqualified, and dispirited hig ...
''
* ''Curb Your Enthusiasm
''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' is an American television sitcom produced and broadcast by HBO since October 15, 2000, and created by Larry David, who stars as a semi-fictionalized version of himself. It follows David's life as a semi-retired televisio ...
''
* ''Game of Thrones
''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...
''
* '' The Good Wife''
* '' Homeland''
* '' Justified''
* ''Louie Louie may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Louie'' (American TV series), by comedian Louis C.K.
* ''Louie'' (French TV series), animated series about a young rabbit who draws pictures which come to life
* "Louie" (song), by Blood Raw
* ''L ...
''
* '' Modern Family''
* ''Parks and Recreation
''Parks and Recreation'' (also known as ''Parks and Rec'') is an American political satire mockumentary sitcom television series created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur. The series aired on NBC from April 9, 2009, to February 24, 2015, for 125 ...
''
Special Awards
* '' The Artist'' * ''Harry Potter
''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...
''
2012
The 2012 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.Top 10 Films
* ''Argo
In Greek mythology the ''Argo'' (; in Greek: ) was a ship built with the help of the gods that Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcos to Colchis to retrieve the Golden Fleece. The ship has gone on to be used as a motif in a variety of sour ...
''
* '' Beasts of the Southern Wild''
* '' The Dark Knight Rises''
* '' Django Unchained''
* '' Les Misérables''
* '' Life of Pi''
* '' Lincoln''
* '' Moonrise Kingdom''
* '' Silver Linings Playbook''
* '' Zero Dark Thirty''
Top 10 Television Programs
* '' American Horror Story: Asylum'' * ''Breaking Bad
''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underpaid, overqualified, and dispirited hig ...
''
* '' Game Change''
* ''Game of Thrones
''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...
''
* '' Girls''
* '' Homeland''
* ''Louie Louie may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Louie'' (American TV series), by comedian Louis C.K.
* ''Louie'' (French TV series), animated series about a young rabbit who draws pictures which come to life
* "Louie" (song), by Blood Raw
* ''L ...
''
* '' Mad Men''
* '' Modern Family''
* '' The Walking Dead''
2013
The 2013 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.Top 10 Films
* ''12 Years a Slave
''Twelve Years a Slave'' is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by American Solomon Northup as told to and written by David Wilson. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York state, details himself being tricked to go to Washington, D.C., ...
''
* ''American Hustle
''American Hustle'' is a 2013 American historical black comedy crime film directed by David O. Russell. It was written by Eric Warren Singer and Russell, inspired by the FBI Abscam operation of the late 1970s and early 1980s. It stars Christia ...
''
* '' Captain Phillips''
* ''Fruitvale Station
''Fruitvale Station'' is a 2013 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ryan Coogler. It is Coogler's feature directorial debut and is based on the events leading to the death of Oscar Grant, a young man killed in 2009 by B ...
''
* '' Gravity''
* '' Her''
* ''Inside Llewyn Davis
''Inside Llewyn Davis'' () is a 2013 period black comedy musical drama film written, directed, produced, and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen. Set in 1961, the film follows one week in the life of Llewyn Davis, played by Oscar Isaac in his breakthr ...
''
* '' Nebraska''
* '' Saving Mr. Banks''
* '' The Wolf of Wall Street''
Top 10 Television Programs
* '' The Americans'' * ''Breaking Bad
''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underpaid, overqualified, and dispirited hig ...
''
* ''Game of Thrones
''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...
''
* '' The Good Wife''
* '' House of Cards''
* '' Mad Men''
* '' Masters of Sex''
* ''Orange Is the New Black
''Orange Is the New Black'' (sometimes abbreviated to ''OITNB'') is an American comedy-drama streaming television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir '' Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Wo ...
''
* '' Scandal''
* '' Veep''
2014
The 2014 AFI Awards honored the Top 11 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.Top 11 Films
* '' American Sniper'' * '' Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)'' * '' Boyhood'' * '' Foxcatcher'' * '' The Imitation Game'' * '' Interstellar'' * '' Into the Woods'' * '' Nightcrawler'' * '' Selma'' * '' Unbroken'' * '' Whiplash''Top 10 Television Programs
* '' The Americans'' * ''Fargo Fargo usually refers to:
* Fargo, North Dakota, United States
* ''Fargo'' (1996 film), a crime film by the Coen brothers
* ''Fargo'' (TV series), an American black comedy–crime drama anthology television series
Fargo may also refer to:
Othe ...
''
* ''Game of Thrones
''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...
''
* '' How to Get Away with Murder''
* '' Jane the Virgin''
* '' The Knick''
* '' Mad Men''
* ''Orange Is the New Black
''Orange Is the New Black'' (sometimes abbreviated to ''OITNB'') is an American comedy-drama streaming television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir '' Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Wo ...
''
* '' Silicon Valley''
* '' Transparent''
2015
The 2015 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.Top 10 Films
* '' The Big Short'' * '' Bridge of Spies'' * '' Carol'' * ''Inside Out
Inside Out may refer to:
*Backwards (disambiguation) or inverse
Books
* '' Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd'', by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason
* ''Inside Out'', Christian book by Larry Crabb
* ''Inside Out'', novel by Barry Eisler
...
''
* '' Mad Max: Fury Road''
* '' The Martian''
* '' Room''
* '' Spotlight''
* '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens''
* ''Straight Outta Compton
''Straight Outta Compton'' is the debut studio album by rap group N.W.A, which, led by Eazy-E, formed in Los Angeles County's City of Compton in early 1987. Released by his label, Ruthless Records, on August 8, 1988, the album was produced b ...
''
Top 10 Television Programs
* '' The Americans'' * ''Better Call Saul
''Better Call Saul'' is an American crime and legal drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, '' Breaking Bad'', and serves as a ...
''
* '' Black-ish''
* '' Empire''
* ''Fargo Fargo usually refers to:
* Fargo, North Dakota, United States
* ''Fargo'' (1996 film), a crime film by the Coen brothers
* ''Fargo'' (TV series), an American black comedy–crime drama anthology television series
Fargo may also refer to:
Othe ...
''
* ''Game of Thrones
''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...
''
* '' Homeland''
* '' Master of None''
* '' Mr. Robot''
* '' UnREAL''
Special Award
The AFI Special Award was given to '' Mad Men'', which for "its contributions to America's cultural legacy". The show has been listed in AFI's awards list seven times.2016
The 2016 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.Top 10 Films
* '' Arrival'' * '' Fences'' * '' Hacksaw Ridge'' * '' Hell or High Water'' * '' La La Land'' * '' Manchester by the Sea'' * ''Moonlight
Moonlight consists of mostly sunlight (with little earthlight) reflected from the parts of the Moon's surface where the Sun's light strikes.
Illumination
The intensity of moonlight varies greatly depending on the lunar phase, but even the ful ...
''
* '' Silence''
* '' Sully''
* ''Zootopia
''Zootopia'' (titled ''Zootropolis'' in various regions) is a 2016 American computer-animated buddy cop action comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 55th Disney animated feature film, ...
''
Top 10 Television Programs
* '' The Americans'' * '' Atlanta'' * ''Better Call Saul
''Better Call Saul'' is an American crime and legal drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, '' Breaking Bad'', and serves as a ...
''
* '' The Crown''
* ''Game of Thrones
''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...
''
* '' The Night Of''
* '' The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story''
* ''Stranger Things
''Stranger Things'' is an American science fiction horror drama television series created by the Duffer Brothers, who also serve as showrunners and are executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen. Produced by Monkey Massacre Prod ...
''
* '' This Is Us''
* '' Veep''
Special Award
* '' O.J.: Made in America''2017
The 2017 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.Top 10 Films
* '' The Big Sick'' * '' Call Me by Your Name'' * ''Dunkirk
Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.The Florida Project''
* '' Get Out''
* '' Lady Bird''
* '' The Post''
* ''
The Shape of Water
''The Shape of Water'' is a 2017 romantic fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor. It stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer. Se ...
''
* ''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' is a 2017 crime drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Martin McDonagh and starring Frances McDormand as a Missouri woman who rents three roadside billboards to draw attention to her daugh ...
''
* '' Wonder Woman''
Top 10 Television Programs
* '' Big Little Lies'' * '' The Crown'' * '' Feud: Bette and Joan'' * ''Game of Thrones
''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...
''
* '' The Good Place''
* '' The Handmaid's Tale''
* '' Insecure''
* '' Master of None''
* ''Stranger Things
''Stranger Things'' is an American science fiction horror drama television series created by the Duffer Brothers, who also serve as showrunners and are executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen. Produced by Monkey Massacre Prod ...
''
* '' This Is Us''
AFI Special Award
* '' The Vietnam War''2018
The 2018 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.Top 10 Films
* ''Black Panther
A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of the leopard (''Panthera pardus'') and the jaguar (''Panthera onca''). Black panthers of both species have excess black pigments, but their typical rosettes are also present. They have been d ...
''
* '' BlacKkKlansman''
* ''Eighth Grade
Eighth grade (or grade eight in some regions) is the eighth post-kindergarten year of formal education in the US. The eighth grade is the ninth school year, the second, third, fourth, or final year of middle school, or the second and/or final ye ...
''
* '' The Favourite''
* ''First Reformed
''First Reformed'' is a 2017 American drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader. It stars Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, and Cedric Kyles, and follows a Protestant minister (Hawke) struggling with his faith while serving as pastor of a dw ...
''
* '' Green Book''
* '' If Beale Street Could Talk''
* '' Mary Poppins Returns''
* '' A Quiet Place''
* '' A Star Is Born''
Top 10 Television Programs
* '' The Americans'' * '' The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story'' * '' Atlanta'' * ''Barry Barry may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Barry (name), including lists of people with the given name, nickname or surname, as well as fictional characters with the given name
* Dancing Barry, stage name of Barry Richards (born c. 195 ...
''
* ''Better Call Saul
''Better Call Saul'' is an American crime and legal drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, '' Breaking Bad'', and serves as a ...
''
* '' The Kominsky Method''
* '' The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel''
* ''Pose
Human positions refer to the different physical configurations that the human body can take.
There are several synonyms that refer to human positioning, often used interchangeably, but having specific nuances of meaning.
*''Position'' is a gen ...
''
* ''Succession
Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence.
Governance and politics
*Order of succession, in politics, the ascension to power by one ruler, official, or monarch after the death, resignation, or removal from office of ...
''
* '' This Is Us''
AFI Special Award
* '' Roma''2019
The 2019 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The winners were announced on December 4, 2019, while the ceremony was held on January 3, 2020.Top 10 Films
* ''1917
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...
''
* '' The Farewell''
* '' The Irishman''
* '' Jojo Rabbit''
* '' Joker''
* '' Knives Out''
* ''Little Women
''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888).
Alcott wrote the book, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives ...
''
* '' Marriage Story''
* ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Bona Film Group, Heyday Films, and Visiona Romantica and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is a ...
''
* '' Richard Jewell''
Top 10 Television Programs
* '' Chernobyl'' * '' The Crown'' * '' Fosse/Verdon'' * ''Game of Thrones
''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...
''
* ''Pose
Human positions refer to the different physical configurations that the human body can take.
There are several synonyms that refer to human positioning, often used interchangeably, but having specific nuances of meaning.
*''Position'' is a gen ...
''
* ''Succession
Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence.
Governance and politics
*Order of succession, in politics, the ascension to power by one ruler, official, or monarch after the death, resignation, or removal from office of ...
''
* '' Unbelievable''
* '' Veep''
* '' Watchmen''
* '' When They See Us''
''Game of Thrones
''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...
'' earned its eighth mention, setting a new record. It also became the first and only continuing series to be awarded for all of its eligible seasons.
AFI Special Award
* '' Parasite'' * '' Fleabag''2020
The 2020 AFI Awards were announced on January 25, 2021, and the selections were honored in a virtual event on February 26, 2021. The juries were led by Jeanine Basinger and Richard Frank.Top 10 Films
*'' Da 5 Bloods'' *'' Judas and the Black Messiah'' (a 2021 film) *'' Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' *''Mank
''Mank'' is a 2020 American black-and-white Biographical film, biographical Drama (film and television), drama film about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his Screenplay for Citizen Kane, development of the screenplay for ''Citizen Kane' ...
''
*'' Minari''
*''Nomadland
''Nomadland'' is a 2020 American drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Chloé Zhao. Based on the 2017 nonfiction book '' Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century'' by Jessica Bruder, it stars Frances McDormand ...
''
*'' One Night in Miami...''
*'' Soul''
*'' Sound of Metal''
*'' The Trial of the Chicago 7''
Top 10 Television Programs
*''Better Call Saul
''Better Call Saul'' is an American crime and legal drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, '' Breaking Bad'', and serves as a ...
''
*'' Bridgerton''
*'' The Crown''
*''The Good Lord Bird
''The Good Lord Bird'' is a 2013 novel by James McBride about Henry Shackleford, an enslaved person, who unites with John Brown in Brown's abolitionist mission. The novel won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2013 and received generally po ...
''
*'' Lovecraft Country''
*'' The Mandalorian''
*'' Mrs. America''
*'' The Queen's Gambit''
*'' Ted Lasso''
*'' Unorthodox''
AFI Special Award
*'' Hamilton''2021
The 2021 AFI Awards were announced on December 8, 2021. The ceremony was scheduled to be held on January 7, 2022, but was postponed to March 11, 2022, due to COVID-19.Top 10 Films
*''CODA
Coda or CODA may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* Movie coda, a post-credits scene
* ''Coda'' (1987 film), an Australian horror film about a serial killer, made for television
*''Coda'', a 2017 American experimental film from Na ...
''
*'' Don't Look Up''
*''Dune
A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune system or a dune complex. A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, f ...
''
*''King Richard King Richard normally refers to the three English monarchs.
English monarchs
*Richard I of England or Richard the Lionheart (1157–1199)
*Richard II of England (1367–1400)
*Richard III of England (1452–1485)
Although no monarch has assumed th ...
''
*'' Licorice Pizza''
*'' Nightmare Alley''
*'' The Power of the Dog''
*'' Tick, Tick... Boom!''
*'' The Tragedy of Macbeth''
*'' West Side Story''
Top 10 Television Programs
*'' Hacks'' *''Maid
A maid, or housemaid or maidservant, is a female domestic worker. In the Victorian era domestic service was the second largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work. In developed Western nations, full-time maids ...
''
*'' Mare of Easttown''
*''Reservation Dogs
''Reservation Dogs'' is an Indigenous American teen comedy drama television series created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi for FX Productions. It is the first series to feature all Indigenous writers and directors, along with an almost ...
''
*'' Schmigadoon!''
*''Succession
Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence.
Governance and politics
*Order of succession, in politics, the ascension to power by one ruler, official, or monarch after the death, resignation, or removal from office of ...
''
*'' Ted Lasso''
*'' The Underground Railroad''
*'' WandaVision''
*'' The White Lotus''
AFI Special Award
*'' Belfast'' *'' Squid Game'' *''Summer of Soul
''Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)'' is a 2021 American documentary film about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in his directorial debut. It had its world premiere at the ...
''
2022
The 2022 AFI Awards were announced on December 9, 2022. The juries were led by Jeanine Basinger and Richard Frank.Top 10 Films
*'' Avatar: The Way of Water'' *'' Elvis'' *''Everything Everywhere All at Once
''Everything Everywhere All at Once'' is a 2022 American absurdist comedy-drama film written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (collectively known as "Daniels"), who produced it with Anthony and Joe Russo. The plot centers on a ...
''
*'' The Fabelmans''
*'' Nope''
*'' She Said''
*'' Tár''
*'' Top Gun: Maverick''
*'' The Woman King''
*'' Women Talking''
Top 10 Television Programs
*'' Abbott Elementary'' *'' The Bear'' *''Better Call Saul
''Better Call Saul'' is an American crime and legal drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, '' Breaking Bad'', and serves as a ...
''
*'' Hacks''
*'' Mo''
*'' Pachinko''
*''Reservation Dogs
''Reservation Dogs'' is an Indigenous American teen comedy drama television series created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi for FX Productions. It is the first series to feature all Indigenous writers and directors, along with an almost ...
''
*''Severance
Severance may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Severance'' (film), a 2006 British horror film
* ''Severance'' (novel), a 2018 novel by Ling Ma
*''Severance'', a 2006 short-story collection by Robert Olen Butler
* ''Severance'' (TV series), ...
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*'' Somebody Somewhere''
*'' The White Lotus''
AFI Special Award
*'' The Banshees of Inisherin''References
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