AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE’S
10 most outstanding films of the year
“CODA”
Directed by Sian Heder
(Apple Original Films)
“Don’t Look Up”
Directed by Adam McKay
(Netflix)
“Dune”
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
“King Richard”
Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Licorice Pizza”
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
(MGM)
“Nightmare Alley”
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
(20th Century Studios)
“The Power of the Dog”
Directed by Jane Campion
(Netflix)
“tick, tick… Boom!”
Directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda
(Netflix)
“The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Directed by Joel Coen
(A24)
“West Side Story”
Directed by Steven Spielberg
(20th Century Studios)
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE’S
10 most outstanding television programs of the year
“Hacks”
(HBO Max)
“Maid”
(Netflix)
“Mare Of Easttown”
(HBO)
“Reservation Dogs”
(FX on Hulu)
“Schmigadoon!”
(Apple TV+)
“Succession”
(HBO)
“Ted Lasso”
(Apple TV+)
“The Underground Railroad”
(Amazon Prime Video)
“WandaVision”
(Disney+)
“The White Lotus”
(HBO)
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE’S
special awards
(for work of excellence outside the Institute’s criteria for American film and television)
“Belfast”
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
(Focus Features)
“Squid Game”
(Netflix)
“Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
(Searchlight )
