The American Film Institute annually honors the ten best films and the ten best tv-shows of the year with an AFI Award. This year films such as
Star Wars: The Force Awakens and
Mad Max: Fury Road has been chosen, while
Game of Thrones,
Mr. Robot, and
Better Call Saul were honored in the television category. Traditionally, being awarded an AFI Award have been a good omen for a best-picture Oscar nomination, as 6 out of 10 of last years AFI Award honorees scored a best picture Oscar-nomination. Moreover, 7 out of 10 AFI Award honorees were also nominated for the best picture Oscar in the previous year. With this in mind, the chances for
Star Wars: The Force Awakens or
Mad Max: Fury Road being nominated for an Oscar for 'Best Picture' seem to be more than good.
The full list of AFI Award honorees are as follows:
AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR:
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
AFI TELEVISION PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR:
THE AMERICANS
BETTER CALL SAUL
BLACK-ISH
EMPIRE
FARGO
GAME OF THRONES
HOMELAND
MASTER OF NONE
MR. ROBOT
UNREAL
SPECIAL AWARD:
MAD MEN
Recipients of the AFI Award will be honored at an invitation-only luncheon January 8