The prestigious AFI Motion Pictures of the Year list is out. The American Film Institute annually honors 10 specially chosen films and television programs ( see separate post for TV honorees ), and it is a key indicator of which way the Oscar winds may be blowing as well because its list often comes close to matching the Academy’s. In both 2024 and 2023 , AFI matched the Best Picture Oscar nominees with eight of the 10 films.

Avatar: Fire and Ash, Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Jay Kelly, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sinners, Train Dreams, and Wicked: For Good all made the cut. Additionally, the AFI voted a Special Award this year to Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner It Was Just an Accident. Special awards are occasionally given to internati

See Full Page