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2017 AFI Awards - TV Program of the Year WinnerAmerican Crime StoryAn anthology series centered around America's most notorious crimes and criminals.AmazonAtlantaBased in Atlanta, Earn and his cousin Alfred try to make their way in the world through the rap scene. Along the way they come face to face with social and economic issues touching on race, relationships, poverty, status, and parenthood.AmazonBetter Call SaulThe trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Jimmy McGill in the time before he established his strip-mall law office in Albuquerque, New Mexico.AmazonGame of ThronesNine noble families fight for control over the mythical lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for thousands of years.AmazonStranger ThingsWhen a young boy disappears, his mother, ...

2018 AFI Awards - TV Program of the Year WinnerBig Little LiesThe apparently perfect lives of upper-class mothers, at a prestigious elementary school, unravel to the point of murder when a single-mother moves to their quaint Californian beach town.AmazonFeud: Bette and JoanPlanned anthology series centering on famous feuds, including Bette Davis and Joan Crawford that is discontinued at the moment.AmazonGame of ThronesNine noble families fight for control over the mythical lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for thousands of years.AmazonInsecureFollows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.AmazonMaster of NoneThe personal and professional life of Dev, a 30-year-old actor in New York.AmazonStranger ThingsWhen a...

2019 AFI Awards - TV Program of the Year WinnerAmerican Crime StoryAn anthology series centered around America's most notorious crimes and criminals.AmazonAtlantaBased in Atlanta, Earn and his cousin Alfred try to make their way in the world through the rap scene. Along the way they come face to face with social and economic issues touching on race, relationships, poverty, status, and parenthood.AmazonBarryA hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.AmazonBetter Call SaulThe trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Jimmy McGill in the time before he established his strip-mall law office in Albuquerque, New Mexico.AmazonPosePose is set in the world of 1987 and "looks at the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in New...

2020 AFI Awards - TV Program of the Year WinnerChernobylIn April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.AmazonFosse/VerdonAn inside look at the romantic and creative partnership between influential choreographer/director, Bob Fosse, and Gwen Verdon, one of the greatest Broadway dancers of all time.AmazonGame of ThronesNine noble families fight for control over the mythical lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for thousands of years.AmazonPosePose is set in the world of 1987 and "looks at the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in New York: the rise of the luxury universe, the downtown social and literary scene and the ball cul...

2001 AFI Awards - Movie of the Year WinnerAlmost FamousA high-school boy is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.AmazonBefore Night FallsThe life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas.AmazonBest in ShowA colorful array of characters compete at a national dog show.AmazonErin BrockovichAn unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.AmazonGladiatorA former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.AmazonHigh FidelityRob, a record store owner and compulsive list maker, recounts his top five breaku...

2002 AFI Awards - Movie of the Year WinnerThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingA meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.AmazonA Beautiful MindAfter John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.AmazonBlack Hawk Down160 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.AmazonIn the BedroomA New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.AmazonMementoA man with short-term memory loss attempts to tra...

2003 AFI Awards - Movie of the Year WinnerAbout a BoyA cynical, immature young man is taught how to act like a grown-up by a little boy.AmazonAbout SchmidtA man upon retirement, embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.AmazonAdaptation.A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.AmazonAntwone FisherAntwone Fisher, a young navy man, is forced to see a psychiatrist after a violent outburst against a fellow crewman. During the course of treatment a painful past is revealed and a new hope begins.AmazonChicagoTwo death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.Am...

2004 AFI Awards - Movie of the Year WinnerAmerican SplendorAn original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.AmazonFinding NemoAfter his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.AmazonIn AmericaA family of Irish immigrants adjust to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.AmazonLost in TranslationA faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.AmazonMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldDuring the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.AmazonMonsterBas...

2005 AFI Awards - Movie of the Year WinnerCollateralA cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.AmazonEternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindWhen their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories.AmazonFriday Night LightsBased on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.AmazonKinseyA look at the life of Alfred Kinsey, a pioneer in the area of human sexuality research, whose 1948 publication "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was one of the first recorded works that saw science address sexual behavior.AmazonMaria Full...

2006 AFI Awards - Movie of the Year WinnerA History of ViolenceA mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core in this action thriller.AmazonBrokeback MountainThe story of a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys, and their lives over the years.AmazonCapoteIn 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.AmazonCrashLos Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.AmazonGood Night, and Good Luck.Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow l...