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American Film Institute's Top 10 Movies of the Year

2023

 
American Fiction (2023)
Barbie (2023)
The Holdovers (2023)
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Maestro (2023)
May December (2023)
Oppenheimer (2023)
Past Lives (2023)
Poor Things (2023)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

2022

 
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Elvis (2022)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
The Fabelmans (2022)
Nope (2022)
She Said (2022)
Tar (2022)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
The Woman King (2022)
Women Talking (2022)

2021

 
Coda (2021)
Don't Look Up (2021)
Dune (2021)
King Richard (2021)
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Nightmare Alley (2021)
The Power of the Dog (2021)
tick, tick...Boom! (2021)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
West Side Story (2021)

2020

 
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Mank (2020)
Minari (2020)
Nomadland (2020)
One Night In Miami (2020)
Soul (2020)
Sound of Metal (2019)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

2019

 
1917 (2019)
The Farewell (2019)
The Irishman (2019)
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Joker (2019)
Knives Out (2019)
Little Women (2019)
Marriage Story (2019)
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood (2019)
Richard Jewell (2019)

2018

 
Black Panther (2018)
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Eighth Grade (2018)
The Favourite (2018)
First Reformed (2017)
Green Book (2018)
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
A Quiet Place (2018)
A Star Is Born (2018)

2017

 
The Big Sick (2017)
Call Me By Your Name (2017)
Dunkirk (2017)
The Florida Project (2017)
Get Out (2017)
Lady Bird (2017)
The Post (2017)
The Shape of Water (2017)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Wonder Woman (2017)

2016

 
Arrival (2016)
Fences (2016)
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Hell Or High Water (2016)
La La Land (2016)
Manchester By the Sea (2016)
Moonlight (2016)
Silence (2016)
Sully (2016)
Zootopia (2016)

2015

 
The Big Short (2015)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Carol (2015)
Inside Out (2015)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
The Martian (2015)
Room (2015)
Spotlight (2015)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Straight Outta Compton (2015)

2014

 
American Sniper (2014)
Birdman (2014)
Boyhood (2014)
Foxcatcher (2014)
Interstellar (2014)
Into the Woods (2014)
Nightcrawler (2014)
Selma (2014)
The Imitation Game (2014)
Unbroken (2014)
Whiplash (2014)

2013

 
12 Years a Slave (2013)
American Hustle (2013)
Captain Phillips (2013)
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Gravity (2013)
Her (2013)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Nebraska (2013)
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

2012

 
Argo (2012)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Django Unchained (2012)
Les Miserables (2012)
Life of Pi (2012)
Lincoln (2012)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

2011

 
Bridesmaids (2011)
The Descendants (2011)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
The Help (2011)
Hugo (2011)
J. Edgar (2011)
Midnight In Paris (2011)
Moneyball (2011)
The Tree of Life (2011)
War Horse (2011)

2010

 
Black Swan (2010)
The Fighter (2010)
Inception (2010)
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
127 Hours (2010)
The Social Network (2010)
The Town (2010)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
True Grit (2010)
Winter's Bone (2010)

2009

 
Coraline (2009)
The Hangover (2009)
The Hurt Locker (2009)
The Messenger (2009)
Precious (2009)
A Serious Man (2009)
A Single Man (2009)
Sugar (2008)
Up (2009)
Up In the Air (2009)

2008

 
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Frozen River (2008)
Gran Torino (2008)
Iron Man (2008)
Milk (2008)
WALL*E (2008)
Wendy and Lucy (2008)
The Wrestler (2008)

2007

 
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Into the Wild (2007)
Juno (2007)
Knocked Up (2007)
Michael Clayton (2007)
No Country For Old Men (2007)
Ratatouille (2007)
The Savages (2007)
There Will Be Blood (2007)

2006

 
Babel (2006)
Borat (2006)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Dreamgirls (2006)
Half Nelson (2006)
Happy Feet (2006)
Inside Man (2006)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
United 93 (2006)

2005

 
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Capote (2005)
Crash (2005)
The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
A History of Violence (2005)
King Kong (2005)
Munich (2005)
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Syriana (2005)

2004

 
The Aviator (2004)
Collateral (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Friday Night Lights (2004)
The Incredibles (2004)
Kinsey (2004)
Maria Full of Grace (2004)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Sideways (2004)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)

2003

 
American Splendor (2003)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Human Stain (2003)
In America (2003)
The Last Samurai (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Lost In Translation (2003)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Monster (2003)
Mystic River (2003)

2002

 
About a Boy (2002)
About Schmidt (2002)
Adaptation (2002)
Antwone Fisher (2002)
Chicago (2002)
Frida (2002)
Gangs of New York (2002)
The Hours (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Quiet American (2002)

2001

 
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
In the Bedroom (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Memento (2000)
Monster's Ball (2001)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Shrek (2001)

2000

 
Almost Famous (2000)
Before Night Falls (2000)
Best In Show (2000)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Gladiator (2000)
High Fidelity (2000)
Requiem For a Dream (2000)
Traffic (2000)
Wonder Boys (2000)
You Can Count On Me (2000)