The American Film Institute Awards (also known as the AFI Awards) are awards presented by the American Film Institute to recognize the top ten films and television programs of the year. The AFI Awards honor ten American films and ten American television programs each year, selected by AFI as culturally and artistically representative of that year's significant achievements in moving-image storytelling.
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.
2000 The 2000 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films of the year.
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:
Movies
Movie of the Year The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring A Beautiful Mind Black Hawk Down In the Bedroom The Man Who Wasn't There Memento Monster's Ball Moulin Rouge! Mulholland Drive Shrek
Director of the Year Robert Altman – Gosford Park Todd Field – In the Bedroom David Lynch – Mulholland Drive Ridley Scott – Black Hawk Down
Actor of the Year – Male – Movies Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris – Training Day Russell Crowe as John Forbes Nash Jr. – A Beautiful Mind Billy Bob Thornton as Ed Crane – The Man Who Wasn't There Tom Wilkinson as Matt Fowler – In the Bedroom
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 Gene Hackman as Royal Tenenbaum – The Royal Tenenbaums Steve Buscemi as Seymour – Ghost World Brian Cox as Big John Harrigan – L.I.E. Tony Shalhoub as Freddy Riedenschneider – The Man Who Wasn't There
Featured Actor of the Year – Female – Movies Jennifer Connelly as Alicia Nash – A Beautiful Mind Cate Blanchett as Kate Wheeler – Bandits Cameron Diaz as Julianna "Julie" Gianni – Vanilla Sky Frances O'Connor as Monica Swinton – A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Production Designer of the Year Grant Major – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Stephen Altman – Gosford Park Rick Carter – A.I. Artificial Intelligence Arthur Max – Black Hawk Down
Digital Effects Artist of the Year Jim Rygiel – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Nick Davis, Roger Guyett, and Robert Legato – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Scott Farrar and Dennis Muren – A.I. Artificial Intelligence Bob Sabiston – Waking Life
Cinematographer of the Year Roger Deakins – The Man Who Wasn't There Ericson Core – The Fast and the Furious Sławomir Idziak – Black Hawk Down Janusz Kamiński – A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Screenwriter of the Year Christopher Nolan – Memento Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff – Ghost World Robert Festinger and Todd Field – In the Bedroom Akiva Goldsman – A Beautiful Mind
Composer of the Year Craig Armstrong – Moulin Rouge! Angelo Badalamenti – Mulholland Drive Patrick Doyle – Gosford Park Howard Shore – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Editor of the Year Jill Bilcock – Moulin Rouge! Dody Dorn – Memento Pietro Scalia – Black Hawk Down Tim Squyres – Gosford Park
Television
Drama Series of the Year The Sopranos (HBO) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (WB) Six Feet Under (HBO) The West Wing (NBC)
Comedy Series of the Year Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Malcolm in the Middle (Fox) Sex and the City (HBO)
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 Soprano – The Sopranos Michael C. Hall as David Fisher – Six 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 Soprano – The Sopranos Allison Janney as C. J. Cregg – The 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 Heydrich – Conspiracy Ben Kingsley as Otto Frank – Anne 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 Garland – Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows Tammy Blanchard as Young Judy Garland – Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows Phylicia Rashad as Elizabeth – The Old Settler Hannah Taylor-Gordon as Anne Frank – Anne Frank: The Whole Story
2002 The 2002 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.
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
Top 10 Television Programs The Believer Boomtown Door to Door Everybody Loves Raymond The Gathering Storm Gilmore Girls The Simpsons Six Feet Under The Sopranos The West Wing
2003 The 2003 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.
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
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.
Top 10 Films The Aviator Collateral Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Friday Night Lights The Incredibles Kinsey Maria Full of Grace Million Dollar Baby Sideways Spider-Man 2
Top 10 Television Programs Arrested Development Curb Your Enthusiasm Deadwood Desperate Housewives Lost Nip/Tuck The Shield Something the Lord Made The Sopranos South Park
2005 The 2005 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.
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
Top 10 Television Programs 24 Battlestar Galactica Deadwood Grey's Anatomy House Lost Rescue Me Sleeper Cell Sometimes in April Veronica Mars
2006 The 2006 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.
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
Top 10 Television Programs 24 Battlestar Galactica Dexter Elizabeth I Friday Night Lights Heroes The Office South Park The West Wing The Wire
Documentary Blindsight (Audience Award)
2007 The 2007 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.
Top 10 Films Before the Devil Knows You're Dead The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Into the Wild Juno Knocked Up Michael Clayton No Country for Old Men Ratatouille The Savages There Will Be Blood
Top 10 Television Programs 30 Rock Dexter Everybody Hates Chris Friday Night Lights Longford Mad Men Pushing Daisies The Sopranos Tell Me You Love Me Ugly Betty
Documentary Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (Audience Award)
2008 The 2008 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.
Top 10 Films The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Frost/Nixon Frozen River Gran Torino Iron Man Milk WALL-E Wendy and Lucy The Wrestler
Top 10 Television Programs Breaking Bad In Treatment John Adams Life Lost Mad Men The Office Recount The Shield The Wire
2009 The 2009 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.
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
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.
Top 10 Films 127 Hours Black Swan The Fighter Inception The Kids Are All Right The Social Network The Town Toy Story 3 True Grit Winter's Bone
Top 10 Television Programs 30 Rock The Big C Boardwalk Empire Breaking Bad Glee Mad Men Modern Family The Pacific Temple Grandin The Walking Dead
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.
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
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.
Top 10 Films Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild The Dark Knight Rises Django Unchained Les Misérables Life of Pi Lincoln Moonrise Kingdom Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty
Top 10 Television Programs American Horror Story: Asylum Breaking Bad Game Change Game of Thrones Girls Homeland Louie Mad Men Modern Family The Walking Dead
2013 The 2013 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.
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
Top 10 Television Programs The Americans Breaking Bad Game of Thrones The Good Wife House of Cards Mad Men Masters of Sex Orange Is the New Black Scandal Veep
2014 The 2014 AFI Awards honored the Top 11 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.
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
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.
Top 10 Films The Big Short Bridge of Spies Carol Inside Out Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian Room Spotlight Star Wars: The Force Awakens Straight Outta Compton
Top 10 Television Programs The Americans Better Call Saul Black-ish Empire Fargo Game of Thrones Homeland