The American Film Institute has announced its choices for top 10 movies and films of 2020. They gave a special award to the filmed version of “Hamilton,” shown on Disney Plus, because no one can agree if it’s a movie, a play, a TV show,or what.
AFI choices used to mean a lot, I don’t know if they do anymore. They left off “The Father,” the Florian Zeller film that should be on the list. Also, “News of the World” from Paul Greengrass and Tom Hanks. But these 10 are very good, and could comprise the Oscar Best Picture list. On the TV side, they omitted “Mrs. Maisel,” which is a mistake.
Five of the films are from Netflix. Four of the TV shows are, too. Amazon got two in movies, “Sound of Metal” and “One Night in Miami.” This is a big advance for them, and the movies are excellent.
No big, exclusive lunch this year at the Four Seasons. I guess they’ll Zoom it in on the Friday before the Golden Globes in March.
AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR
DA 5 BLOODS
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
MANK
MINARI
NOMADLAND
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI…
SOUL
SOUND OF METAL
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
BETTER CALL SAULBRIDGERTON
THE CROWN
THE GOOD LORD BIRD
LOVECRAFT COUNTRY
THE MANDALORIAN
MRS. AMERICA
THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT
TED LASSO
UNORTHODOX
AFI SPECIAL AWARD
HAMILTON
