The American Film Institute (AFI) on Monday announced its movies of the year, with five of the 10 honorees featuring predominantly non-white casts and stories.
The annual list, released ahead of the major 2021 award shows, is not ranked but is one of the first indications of the films expected to do well at the Oscars and
Golden Globes
.
It includes
Spike Lee's Vietnam drama 'Da 5 Bloods',
Chadwick Boseman's last movie 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom', 'One Night in Miami' about a meeting in 1964 between Black icons Cassius Clay, Sam Cooke, Malcolm X and Jim Brown, and
Black Panther
story 'Judas and the Black Messiah'.
'Minari', the story of a Korean immigrant family in search of the American dream in the 1980s, was also on the list, along with the animated movie '
Soul
', starring
Jamie Foxx, 'The
Trial of the Chicago 7
', 'Nomadland', and 'Mank'.
The movie version of the hip-hop musical '
Hamilton
', about the founding fathers of the United States, was given a special award.
The AFI Awards, chosen by a jury of filmmakers, critics, and academics, annually honours the entire creative teams of the 10 films and television shows of the past year that it deems most culturally and artistically representative.
The 10 television shows honoured were; 'Better Call Saul', 'Bridgerton', 'The Crown', 'The Good Lord Bird', 'Lovecraft Country', 'The Mandalorian', 'Mrs. America', 'The Queen's Gambit', 'Ted Lasso' and 'Unorthodox'.
The nominations for the Golden Globes are due to be announced next week, with
Oscar
nominations scheduled for March 15.
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