Eye For Film >> News >> AFI lists its top films of the year

AFI lists its top films of the year

Winners to be celebrated at awards luncheon.

by Jennie Kermode

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, one of this year's selections
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, one of this year's selections

The American Film Institute (AFI) has revealed the list of what it considers to be this year's "most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image." The films are listed in alphabetical order and re not ranked. "This is the goal of AFI Awards — to bring together our community as colleagues, not competitors, and to shine a proper light on their collective efforts to entertain and enlighten the world," said AFI President & CEO Bob Gazzale.

This year's jury was chaired by Tom Pollock, former Vice Chairman of MCA and Chairman of Universal Pictures. The winners will receive their wards at a gala luncheon in Los Angeles on January 8, when the jurors will discuss the reasons for their support for each film.

Share this with others on...

Movies out this week include:

Abode Dead Lover Don't Be Prey Everybody To Kenmure Street La Grazia The Killer The Land Of Sometimes Moulin Rouge! A Pale View Of Hills Project Hail Mary The Revenant The Straight Story The Tasters
News

Changing hearts and minds Lexi Powner, Friedel Dausab, Rosanna Flamer-Caldera and James Lewis on Out Laws

Somewhere over the rainbow Arco director on how he managed to follow his dream with help from Natalie Portman

A place to belong Liam O Mochain on anthology filmmaking, hidden stories and making Abode

Bear necessities Jack Weisman and Gabriel Osio Vanden on working together and making naivety work for them in Nuisance Bear

In ascension Isaac 'Drift' Wright and Deon Taylor on climbing, spiritual development and Drift

Looking back Kei Ishikawa on memory, ambiguity and A Pale View Of Hills

More news and features

News
Festival Image

We're currently bringing you news, reviews and more direct from BFI Flare and SXSW.



We're looking forward to Fantaspoa and Overlook.



We've recently brought you coverage of the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, the NY Rendezvous with French Cinema, the Glasgow Film Festival, the Berlinale, Sundance and Palm Springs.



Read our full for more.


Visit our festivals section.

Interact
Competition Picture

Don't forget that you can follow us on YouTube for trailers of festival films and more. You can also find us on Mastodon and Bluesky.

It's a busy time for festivals and here's the latest from the spring events:

GSFF 19th edition opens in Glasgow with Downriver A Tiger

Cannes Barbra Streisand to receive honorary Palme d'Or

Thessaloniki Golden Alexanders announced

Cannes Lighton and McGoldrick join La Résidence

Cannes Park Chan-Wook named as Jury head