The American Film Institute announced its annual year-end list of top 10 films and television shows this afternoon. The mix of industry professionals and select press members usually selects around seven to eight of Oscar’s selections for Best Picture. Last year, for instance, they selected seven missing out on eventually nominees “Hidden Figures” and “Lion” (although the former may have not qualified).
This year’s selections for AFI’s Movies Of The Year are as follows:
“The Big Sick”
“Call Me By Your Name”
“Dunkirk”
“The Florida Project”
“Get Out”
“Lady Bird”
“The Post”
“The Shape of Water”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
“Wonder Woman”
The Shape of Water leads this year’s Critics’ Choice Award Nominations
AFI’s TV Programs of the Year include:
“Big Little Lies”
“The Crown”
“Feud: Bette and Joan”
“Game of Thrones”
“The Good Place”
“The Handmaid’s Tale”
“Insecure”
“Master of None”
“Stranger Things 2”
“This Is Us”
AFI Special Award
“The Vietnam War”
Editor-at-Large Gregory Ellwood is one of the entertainment industry's most respected journalists and critics. Based in Los Angeles, he's the only current awards expert who previously worked on Oscar campaigns at a major movie studio. Over the years, he has written for the LA Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and Vox, among others. He also co-founded the entertainment news site HitFix, which spawned a legion of influential Emmy and WGA Award-winning alumni.


