A beloved family classic that finds a diminutive alien hiding in the suburbs with the help of some children – which includes a foray out into the neighborhood for Halloween trick-or-treating, and a passing meeting with a green screen icon from another galaxy – E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL appears on six of the American Film Institute’s...

Directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Martin Scorsese and edited by his longtime collaborator, AFI Honorary Degree recipient Thelma Schoonmaker, GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD in 2002, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale,...

A western epic with a story that follows a family across the early 20th century, LEGENDS OF THE FALL (1994) stars Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidana Quinn, Julia Ormond and Henry Thomas – and features the work of a number of AFI Conservatory Alumni, including director Edward Zwick (Class of 1975), producer Marshall Herskovitz (Class...