American Film Institute Awards

Unlike other accolades about the art form, the AFI Awards acknowledge the film and television productions deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year's most significant achievements in the art of the moving image in American cinema.^{[citation needed]}

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.

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

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 (UPN)
  • 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

The 2002 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.

The 2003 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.

The 2004 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.

The 2005 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.

The 2006 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.

Documentary

• Blindsight (Audience Award)

The 2007 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.

Documentary

• Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (Audience Award)

The 2008 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.

The 2009 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.

The 2010 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.

Special Awards

• The King's Speech
• Waiting for "Superman"

The 2011 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.

Special Awards

• The Artist
• Harry Potter

The 2012 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.

The 2013 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.

The 2014 AFI Awards honored the Top 11 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.

The 2015 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.

Special Award

The AFI Special Award was given to Mad Men, which for "its contributions to America's cultural legacy". The show has been listed in AFI's awards list seven times.

The 2016 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.

Special Award

• O.J.: Made in America

The 2017 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.

AFI Special Award

• The Vietnam War

The 2018 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year.

AFI Special Award

• Roma

The 2019 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The winners were announced on December 4, 2019, while the ceremony was held on January 3, 2020.

Game of Thrones earned its eighth mention, setting a new record. It also became the first and only continuing series to be awarded for all of its eligible seasons.

AFI Special Award

• Parasite
• Fleabag

The 2020 AFI Awards were announced on January 25, 2021, and the selections were honored in a virtual event on February 26, 2021. The juries were led by Jeanine Basinger and Richard Frank.

AFI Special Award

• Hamilton

The 2021 AFI Awards were announced on December 8, 2021. The ceremony was scheduled to be held on January 7, 2022, but was postponed to March 11, 2022, due to COVID-19.

AFI Special Award

• Belfast
• Squid Game
• Summer of Soul

The 2022 AFI Awards were announced on December 9, 2022. The juries were led by Jeanine Basinger and Richard Frank.

AFI Special Award

• The Banshees of Inisherin

The 2023 AFI Awards were announced on December 7, 2023.