September 11, 2026
APOLLO 13 (1995) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring one of the defining performances from beloved icon – and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree – Tom Hanks, director Ron Howard’s APOLLO 13 (1995) also appears on two of the American Film Institute’s lists recognizing excellence in the art form, with AFI naming it among cinema’s greatest inspirational narratives and its most famous line...
May 31, 2026
AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973) – AFI Movie Club
Groundbreaking for its use of popular music in lieu of a traditional score, AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973) was co-written and directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree George Lucas – based largely on his own experiences in Modesto, CA – and also features a breakout early role for AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Harrison Ford. Legendary...
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...
January 25, 2022
AFI Movie Club: AMERICAN GRAFFITI
Groundbreaking for its use of popular music in lieu of a traditional score, AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973) was co-written and directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree George Lucas – based largely on his own experiences in Modesto, CA – and also features a breakout early role for AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Harrison Ford. Legendary...
June 21, 2020
AFI Movie Club: PARENTHOOD
PARENTHOOD was directed by Ron Howard and stars Steve Martin, the recipient of the 43rd AFI Life Achievement Award. Watch Bryce Dallas Howard announce the film: Movie Trivia about TODAY’S FILM -DID YOU KNOW that director Ron Howard got the idea for PARENTHOOD on a flight to Argentina in 1985, traveling to the location for his film GUNG HO?…
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