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”

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The American Film Institute released their yearly top 10 list for both film and television today and there were few true surprises.

Before discussing, here are the sections themselves.

AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR
“Arrival”
“Fences”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Hell or High Water”
“La La Land”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight”
“Silence”
“Sully”
“Zootopia”

AFI TV PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR
“The Americans”
“Atlanta”
“Better Call Saul”
“The Crown”
“Game of Thrones”
“The Night of”
“The People vs.

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Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are both recipients of the AFI Life Achievement Award and now their “Godfather” co-star Diane Keaton is joining their ranks. AFI announced today that Keaton will be honored at a gala tribute on June 8, 2017 that will eventually air on TNT and Turner Classic Movies.

In a release from the institute, Sir Howard Stringer, Chair of the AFI Board of Trustees, remarked, “Diane Keaton is one of the most beloved leading ladies of American film.

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AFI Film Fest: Ridley Scott Talks ‘The Martian, His Influences, ‘Alien’ & More

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AFI Review: 'By The Sea' by Angelina Jolie Pitt, Co-Starring Brad Pitt and Mélanie Laurent

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