AFI Announces Top Films and TV Shows of the Year; Includes NIGHTCRAWLER, SELMA, and SILICON VALLEY

The American Film Institute has announced its
official AFI Awards 2014 selections for the
best films and TV programs of the year, and the
results are a little surprising. On the film side of
things, AFI expanded its Top 10 to a Top 11,
included some welcome additions like
Nightcrawler and Foxcatcher alongside this year’s
awards staples such as Boyhood and Birdman ,
but they also singled out Clint Eastwood’s
American Sniper , which is frankly a not-so-great
film. And no love for Gone Girl, although
they did recognize Into the Woods and
Interstellar . As for TV, the stellar The Americans
and The Knick made the Top 10, as did Amazon’s
critically hailed Transparent, HBO’s hilarious
Silicon Valley, and ABC’s addictive How to Get
Away with Murder .
Check out the full AFI Awards 2014 Top 11 Films
and Top 10 TV Programs after the jump.

AFI Movies of the Year
American Sniper
Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Nightcrawler
Selma
Unbroken
Whiplash

AFI TV Programs of the Year
The Americans
Fargo
Game of Thrones
How to Get Away with Murder
Jane the Virgin
The Knick
Mad Men
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent