The American Film Institute has announced its picks for the ten best American films of 2025. For better or worse, the AFI is usually a pretty good precursor so, in all probability, the Best Picture nominations will look a lot like what’s listed below. That said, one should keep in mind that Sentimental Value, The Secret Agent, and It Was Just An Accident were not eligible for the AFI’s top ten. If I had to guess, I’d say that Bugonia is probably going to be replaced by Sentimental Value.
AFI Motion Pictures of the Year
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Wicked: For Good
Through the Shattered Lens 
The Oscar season is firming up: most felt that “Sentimental Value” would make the best pic list but left off here…also Jay Kelly a bit of a surprise as it’s not getting a lot of Oscar buzz…we will see and so much great stuff to watch!
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