The prestigious annual list with the best 10 movies and series of the year has been revealed by American Film Institute (AFI).
The selections from the film category are favorite projects to be the biggest contenders for the 2026 Oscar Award in various categories.
Over the past decade, the AFI listings have aligned with the Academy Award best picture nominations. In both 2024 and 2023, the AFI matched the Oscar nominees for Best Picture with eight of the ten chosen.
Those chosen this year, in alphabetical order are: Avatar: Fire and Ash by James Cameron, Bugonia by Yorgos Lanthimos, Frankenstein by Guillermo del Toro, Hamnet de Chloe Zhao, Jay Kelly de Noah Baumbach, Marty Supreme de Josh Safdie, One Battle After Another by Paul Thomas Anderson, Sinners deRyan Coogler, Train Dreams by Clint Bentley, and Wicked: For Good de Jon M. Chu.
The Special Prize was awarded to It Was Just an Accident from the Iranian director Jafar Panahi.
The eligible films with the most notable absences are F1, A House of Dynamite, Núremberg, Rental Family y Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere.
Netflix y Universal Pictures They lead the list as the studies with the most mentions on the list, each with three; Netflix with Frankenstein, Jay Kelly y Train Dreamsand Universal with Wicked: For Good, Bugonia, y Hamnetfrom its specialized division Focus Features.
Bob Gazzale, President and CEO of AFI stated (via official site):
“For more than a quarter of a century, the AFI Awards have held high the flag of community without competition. It is an honor for AFI to celebrate these creative ensembles as one, as together they have demonstrated the power of art in difficult times.”
The jury is made up of multiple critics, academics and film professionals. The AFI has the mission to “celebrate the arts of film and television.”
The honorees will meet on Friday, January 9, 2026 to be recognized at the annual AFI Awards private luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hillsa private event applauded by the entertainment community for its casual intimacy and inclusive recognition of excellence.
AFI BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR 2025
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (20th Century Studios)
BUGONIA (Focus Features)
FRANKENSTEIN (Netflix)
HAMNET (Focus Features)
JAY KELLY (Netflix)
MARTY SUPREME (A24)
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Warner Bros.)
SINNERS (Warner Bros.)
TRAIN DREAMS (Netflix)
WICKED: FOR GOOD (Universal Pictures)
AFI BEST TV SERIES OF THE YEAR 2025
ADOLESCENCE (Netflix)
ANDOR (Disney+)
DEATH BY LIGHTNING (Netflix)
THE DIPLOMAT (Netflix)
THE LOWDOWN (FX)
THE PITT (HBO Max)
PLUR1BUS (Apple TV+)
SEVERANCE (Apple TV+)
THE STUDIO (Apple TV+)
TASK (HBO Max)
Source: https://cine3.com/el-afi-selecciona-las-10-mejores-peliculas-y-series-de-2025/
