September 3, 2026
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (2011) – AFI Movie Club
“This is your mission, should you choose to accept it…” Helmed by director Brad Bird and once again positioning Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his crack team of IMF agents as the last bastion of defense against the forces that would corrupt and crumble the free world, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (2011) features stunning...
September 2, 2026
THE COURT JESTER (1955) – AFI Movie Club
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September 1, 2026
THE CAMERAMAN (1928) – AFI Movie Club
Silent film star Buster Keaton brings his signature humor – sweet, deadpan and impossibly athletic– to THE CAMERAMAN (1928), the story of a hapless tintype portrait photographer who upgrades to a film camera in order to impress a woman who works as a secretary for MGM Newsreels. A timeless and singular performer, Keaton was named...
August 31, 2026
BARBIE (2023) – AFI Movie Club
A movie moment that resonated beyond the screen and throughout our collective consciousness, director Greta Gerwig’s BARBIE (2023) made an undeniable mark on culture, earning acclaim from audiences and critics alike – as well as an AFI AWARD, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image....
August 30, 2026
DAYS OF THUNDER (1990) – AFI Movie Club
A high-octane NASCAR racing picture directed by Tony Scott from a screenplay by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Robert Towne, DAYS OF THUNDER (1990) marked an international breakthrough performance from AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Nicole Kidman. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about DAYS OF THUNDER. Where to stream DAYS OF THUNDER DAYS OF...
August 29, 2026
BEST IN SHOW (2000) – AFI Movie Club
A hilarious send-up of dog show competitions from a troupe who themselves consistently earn the proverbial blue ribbon within the creative community, BEST IN SHOW (2000) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding achievements of the year. According to the official rationale, “With BEST...
August 28, 2026
THE GRADUATE (1967) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Mike Nichols and starring Dustin Hoffman – both recipients of the AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor for a career in film – THE GRADUATE (1967) earned recognition cum laude across several of the AFI’s accounting of the best of American film’s finest. Among its well-deserved accolades, it appeared on both lists...
August 27, 2026
MARS ATTACKS! (1996) – AFI Movie Club
In addition to the violent invaders from the red planet, Tim Burton’s MARS ATTACKS! (1996) features an all-star ensemble that includes Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Tom Jones, Lukas Haas, Pam Grier, Natalie Portman, Jim Brown, Jack Black and AFI Life Achievement...
August 26, 2026
THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Brian De Palma from a script by David Mamet, THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) features an all-star cast that includes Kevin Costner, Andy Garcia and Charles Martin Smith, as well as two recipients of the AFI Life Achievement Award – Robert De Niro as Al Capone and Sean Connery in his Academy Award®-winning performance as...
August 25, 2026
THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1973) – AFI Movie Club
Starring John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro and Tom Baker in the second of three spectacular Sinbad films from special effects wizard – and AFI Honorary Degree recipient – Ray Harryhausen, THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1974) brought to life such fantastical tableaux as a ship’s figurehead magically animated to menace the crew; a swordfight between...
August 24, 2026
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Penny Marshall, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992) goes to bat with an all-star lineup that includes Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna, Rosie O’Donnell and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Tom Hanks, who taught us all that “There’s no crying in baseball!” – named by the American Film Institute as one of the...
August 23, 2026
DICK TRACY (1990) – AFI Movie Club
Adapted from the iconic comic strip by Chester Gould, DICK TRACY (1990) brought the four-panel crimefighter to the big screen in a candy-colored confection that stands as one of the genre’s great achievements in art direction – and for which the film earned an Academy Award, along with statues for Best Makeup and Best Original...
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