June 14, 2026
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (2011) – AFI Movie Club
Adapting the runaway international bestseller by Stieg Larsson, director David Fincher’s THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (2011) was recognized in the year of its release with a 2011 AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO invites audiences into...
January 28, 2026
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Ron Howard and starring Russell Crowe, A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001) was honored with an AFI AWARD, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official rationale, “A BEAUTIFUL MIND is one of the few films ever to suggest that the life...
December 20, 2025
THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) – AFI Movie Club
Starring AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Julie Andrews in one of her most iconic roles – and, indeed, one of the most iconic roles across the art form itself! – THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) earned its place across six of the American Film Institute’s lists celebrating film’s finest – first appearing on the original...
April 16, 2025
THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975) – AFI Movie Club
An epic adventure adapted from the short novel of the same name by Rudyard Kipling, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975) follows two scoundrels with delusions of grandeur – played by Michael Caine and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Sean Connery – and is co-written and directed by another recipient of that same award:...
April 8, 2025
KNIVES OUT (2019) – AFI Movie Club
KNIVES OUT (2019) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD in 2019, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “KNIVES OUT simply slays – a modern 'whodunit' pulsing with Hitchcockian thrills in this stylish staging of murder most foul. Reflecting the strata...
June 21, 2022
SOMEWHERE IN TIME (1980) – AFI Movie Club
With Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour appearing as star-crossed lovers in a timeless love story that transcends time itself, SOMEWHERE IN TIME (1980) was adapted by iconic author Richard Matheson from his own novel. Seymour recently appeared at the AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute to Julie Andrews. Learn more about SOMEWHERE IN TIME in the...
June 2, 2021
AFI Movie Club: BEGINNERS
A celebration of life brimming with wit and artistry, BEGINNERS is a semi-autobiographical story from director Mike Mills – whose father came out to his family at age 75 and lived his final years embracing the LGBTQ community and exploring his own identity as a gay man. HOW TO WATCH Where to stream BEGINNERS BEGINNERS - Reelgood GET THE LATEST FROM AFI MOVIE...
January 15, 2021
AFI Movie Club: UP
The hit film UP chronicles the poignant story of Carl Fredricksen, an aging widower who attempts to fulfill his late wife Ellie’s dream to travel to the beautiful South American destination of Paradise Falls. The movie, which features the vocal talents of Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer and newcomer Jordan Nagai as Pixar's first lead Asian character, was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2009, recognizing it as one of the 10 most outstanding...
April 25, 2020
AFI Movie Club: THE SOUND OF MUSIC
THE SOUND OF MUSIC appears on six of AFI’s lists of the greatest American films – and shows up three times on AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 SONGS – with “The Sound of Music” ranked at #10, “My Favorite Things” at #64 and “Do Re Mi” at #88! Today would have marked the 48th AFI Life Achievement…
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