April 5, 2026
STEEL MAGNOLIAS (1989) – AFI Movie Club
Based on the off-Broadway play of the same name by Robert Harling, who also adapted his work for the screen, STEEL MAGNOLIAS (1989) features an all-star cast that includes Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Darryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts and Shirley MacLaine – who was honored with an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012. Visit...
January 15, 2026
M*A*S*H (1970) – AFI Movie Club
From director Robert Altman and an all-star cast that includes Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman and Robert Duvall, M*A*S*H (1970) was ranked by the American Film Institute among the greatest American films of all time and the greatest filmed comedies of all time – with its iconic theme song also named by...
December 11, 2025
CONTACT (1997) – AFI Movie Club
Adapting Carl Sagan’s novel for the screen with all the scope and majesty of cinema as an art form, Robert Zemeckis’ CONTACT (1997) poses timeless questions about the tensions and connections between science and religion – brought into sharp relief by the discovery of evidence confirming the existence of extraterrestrial life. With an all-star cast...
July 5, 2025
TOP GUN (1986) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Tony Scott and starring the incomparable Tom Cruise, TOP GUN (1986) features an iconic line counted by the American Film Institute among the most memorable movies quotes in the history of the art form: “I feel the need – the need for speed!” Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about TOP GUN....
February 15, 2025
ALIEN (1979) – AFI Movie Club
A terrifying science-fiction masterpiece from director Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver in the first of her iconic performances as Ripley, ALIEN (1979) was ranked as the seventh greatest sci-fi film of all time by the American Film Institute, in addition to earning a place on AFI’s accounting of the art form’s most thrilling narratives....
March 11, 2023
ALIEN (1979) – AFI Movie Club
A terrifying science-fiction masterpiece from director Ridley Scott, ALIEN (1979) was ranked as the seventh greatest sci-fi film of all time by the American Film Institute, in addition to earning a place on AFI’s accounting of the art form’s most thrilling narratives. The film’s uncanny extraterrestrial antagonist was also counted by AFI among cinema’s most...
July 29, 2020
AFI Movie Club: STEEL MAGNOLIAS
STEEL MAGNOLIAS stars Shirley MacLaine – who was honored with an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012 – and features the cinematography of AFI Conservatory alum John A. Alonzo. Watch Dakota Fanning announce STEEL MAGNOLIAS: Movie Trivia for STEEL MAGNOLIAS DID YOU KNOW? STEEL MAGNOLIAS is based on the off-Broadway play of the same name…
April 27, 2020
AFI Movie Club: M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H is ranked #54 on AFI’S 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES — 10th Anniversary Edition list of the greatest American films and #7 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Laughs list. And AFI named the M*A*S*H theme song one of the best movie songs in American film! Watch Jeff Goldblum announce the film: Movie Trivia about M*A*S*H -DID YOU KNOW that former military surgeon Dr….
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