The list of the 10 films chosen for the prestigious AFI Awards is out, and it is good news for Barbenheimer. Both summer blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer are among the elite group chosen for the 2023 list by the specially selected AFI jury of critics, filmmakers, scholars, and AFI Trustees.
Also named are American Fiction, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, May December, Past Lives, Poor Things and the animated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
The latter box office blockbuster is not only a rare animated feature making the list, but also the rare sequel to do it especially considering that 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse did not make the AFI list that year.
Netflix is represented by two films — Maestro and May December — and is the only distributor to have more than one of its movies on the list this year.
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