The American Film Institute has revealed its picks for the best 10 films and TV shows of 2025.
Its top films are, in alphabetical order: Avatar: Fire and Ash, Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Jay Kelly, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sinners, Train Dreams and Wicked: For Good.
AFI’s top 10 TV shows of the year are, in alphabetical order: Adolescence, Andor, Death by Lightning, The Diplomat, The Lowdown, The Pitt, Pluribus, Severance, The Studio and Task.
In addition, AFI is honoring It Was Just an Accident, from dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who earlier this week was sentenced by Iran to a year in prison in absentia, with a special award.
AFI’s honorees, which will be celebrated at a Jan. 9 luncheon in Los Angeles, recognize movies and TV shows deemed culturally and artistically representative of this year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image.
“For more than a quarter of a century, AFI Awards has held the flag high for community without competition,” AFI president and CEO Bob Gazzale said in a statement. “It is AFI’s honor to celebrate these creative ensembles as one, as together they have proved the power of art in challenging times.”
Read the full list of this year’s AFI honorees below.
AFI Motion Pictures of the Year
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Wicked: For Good
AFI Television Programs of the Year
Adolescence
Andor
Death by Lightning
The Diplomat
The Lowdown
The Pitt
Pluribus
Severance
The Studio
Task
AFI Special Award
It Was Just an Accident
