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American Film Institute Awards
Awarded forTop films and television programs
CountryUnited States
Presented byAmerican Film Institute
First awarded2000
Websitewww.afi.com/afiawards

The American Film Institute Awards (also known as the AFI Awards) are awards presented by the American Film Institute 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.[citation needed]

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.[1]

2000[]

The 2000 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films of the year.[2]

Top 10 Films[]

  • Almost Famous
  • Before Night Falls
  • Best in Show
  • Erin Brockovich
  • Gladiator
  • 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:[3]

Movies[]

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Robert Altman, Director of the Year winner

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Denzel Washington, Actor of the Year – Male – Movies winner

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Sissy Spacek, Actress of the Year – Female – Movies winner

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Gene Hackman, Featured Actor of the Year – Male – Movies winner

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Jennifer Connelly, Featured Actress of the Year – Female – Movies winner

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Roger Deakins, Cinematographer of the Year winner

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Christopher Nolan, Screenwriter of the Year winner

Movie of the Year[]

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Director of the Year[]

Actor of the Year – Male – Movies[]

Actor of the Year – Female – Movies[]

  • Sissy Spacek as Ruth Fowler – In the Bedroom
    • Halle Berry as Leticia Musgrove – Monster's Ball
    • Stockard Channing as Julie Styron – The Business of Strangers
    • Naomi Watts as Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn – Mulholland Drive

Featured Actor of the Year – Male – Movies[]

Featured Actor of the Year – Female – Movies[]

Production Designer of the Year[]

Digital Effects Artist of the Year[]

  • Jim RygielThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Cinematographer of the Year[]

Screenwriter of the Year[]

Composer of the Year[]

  • Craig ArmstrongMoulin Rouge!
    • Angelo BadalamentiMulholland Drive
    • Patrick DoyleGosford Park
    • Howard ShoreThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Editor of the Year[]

Television[]

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James Gandolfini, Actor of the Year – Male – TV Series winner

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Edie Falco, Actor of the Year – Female – TV Series winner

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Jeffrey Wright, Actor of the Year – Male – TV Movie or Mini-Series winner

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Judy Davis, Actor of the Year – Female – TV Movie or Mini-Series winner

Drama Series of the Year[]

Comedy Series of the Year[]

Movie or Mini-Series of the Year[]

  • Band of Brothers (HBO)
    • Anne Frank: The Whole Story (ABC)
    • Boycott (HBO)
    • Conspiracy (HBO)

Actor of the Year – Male – TV Series[]

  • James Gandolfini as Tony SopranoThe Sopranos
    • Michael C. Hall as David FisherSix 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 SopranoThe Sopranos
    • Allison Janney as C. J. CreggThe West Wing
    • Jane Kaczmarek as Lois – Malcolm in the Middle
    • 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
    • Kenneth Branagh as Reinhard HeydrichConspiracy
    • Ben Kingsley as Otto FrankAnne 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 GarlandLife with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
    • Tammy Blanchard as Young Judy GarlandLife with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
    • Phylicia Rashad as Elizabeth – The Old Settler
    • Hannah Taylor-Gordon as Anne FrankAnne Frank: The Whole Story

2002[]

The 2002 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.[4]

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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

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

2003[]

The 2003 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.[5]

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Top 10 Films[]

  • American Splendor
  • Finding Nemo
  • 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
  • Mystic River

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

  • 24
  • Alias
  • Angels in America
  • Arrested Development
  • Everybody Loves Raymond
  • Joan of Arcadia
  • 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.[6]

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Top 10 Films[]

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

2005[]

The 2005 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.[7]

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Top 10 Films[]

  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin
  • A History of Violence
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Capote
  • Crash
  • Good Night, and Good Luck
  • King Kong
  • Munich
  • The Squid and the Whale
  • Syriana

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

2006[]

The 2006 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.[8]

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Top 10 Films[]

  • Babel
  • 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
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • United 93

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

Documentary[]

  • Blindsight (Audience Award)

2007[]

The 2007 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.[9]

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Top 10 Films[]

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

Documentary[]

  • Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (Audience Award)[10]

2008[]

The 2008 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.[11]

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Top 10 Films[]

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

2009[]

The 2009 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.[12]

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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
  • Up
  • Up in the Air

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

  • The Big Bang Theory
  • Big Love
  • Friday Night Lights
  • Glee
  • 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.[13]

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Top 10 Films[]

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

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.[14]

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Top 10 Films[]

  • Bridesmaids
  • The Descendants
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • The Help
  • Hugo
  • J. Edgar
  • Midnight in Paris
  • Moneyball
  • The Tree of Life
  • War Horse

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

  • Boardwalk Empire
  • Breaking Bad
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • Game of Thrones
  • The Good Wife
  • Homeland
  • Justified
  • Louie
  • Modern Family
  • Parks and Recreation

Special Awards[]

  • The Artist
  • Harry Potter

2012[]

The 2012 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.[15]

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Top 10 Films[]

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

2013[]

The 2013 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.[16]

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Top 10 Films[]

  • 12 Years a Slave
  • American Hustle
  • Captain Phillips
  • Fruitvale Station
  • Gravity
  • Her
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Nebraska
  • Saving Mr. Banks
  • The Wolf of Wall Street

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

2014[]

The 2014 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.[17]

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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

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

  • The Americans
  • Fargo
  • Game of Thrones
  • How to Get Away with Murder
  • Jane the Virgin
  • The Knick
  • Mad Men
  • Orange Is the New Black
  • Silicon Valley
  • Transparent

2015[]

The 2015 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.[18][19]

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Top 10 Films[]

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

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.[20][21]

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Top 10 Films[]

  • Arrival
  • Fences
  • Hacksaw Ridge
  • Hell or High Water
  • La La Land
  • Manchester by the Sea
  • Moonlight
  • Silence
  • Sully
  • Zootopia

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

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.[22][23]

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Top 10 Films[]

  • 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

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

AFI Special Award[]

  • The Vietnam War

2018[]

The 2018 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.[24][25]

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Top 10 Films[]

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

  • The Americans
  • The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
  • Atlanta
  • Barry
  • Better Call Saul
  • The Kominsky Method
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • Pose
  • Succession
  • 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.[26][27] The winners were announced on December 4, 2019, while the ceremony was held on January 3, 2020.[28]

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Top 10 Films[]

  • 1917
  • The Farewell
  • The Irishman
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • Joker
  • Knives Out
  • Little Women
  • Marriage Story
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • Richard Jewell

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

Game of Thrones 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[]

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.[29][30][31]

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Top 10 Films[]

  • Da 5 Bloods
  • Judas and the Black Messiah
  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  • Mank
  • Minari
  • Nomadland
  • One Night in Miami...
  • Soul
  • Sound of Metal
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

AFI Special Award[]

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.[32][33]

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Top 10 Films[]

  • CODA
  • Don't Look Up
  • Dune
  • King Richard
  • Licorice Pizza
  • Nightmare Alley
  • The Power of the Dog
  • Tick, Tick... Boom!
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth
  • West Side Story

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Top 10 Television Programs[]

AFI Special Award[]

  • Belfast
  • Squid Game
  • Summer of Soul

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