The American Film Institute has announced it’s top ten films of 2024.  And here they are!

AFI MOTION PICTURES OF THE YEAR

ANORA
THE BRUTALIST
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
CONCLAVE
DUNE: PART TWO
EMILIA PÉREZ
NICKEL BOYS
A REAL PAIN
SING SING
WICKED

AFI is considered to be one of the best precursors out there.  Though there have been some notable exceptions, the Academy’s Best Picture line-up tends to include the majority of the AFI’s list.  Typically, there will be maybe one or two nominees that didn’t appear on the AFI list but, with the way this year is playing out, I would not be surprised if the AFI goes 10/10 as far as predicting the 2024 Best Picture nominees is concerned.

So, that’s definitely good news for all the films listed above.  And it’s bad news for Gladiator II, Saturday Night, September 5, Juror #2, and all of the other potential nominees that did not make the AFI cut.