LOS ANGELES - Press freedom movie "The Post," gay romance "Call Me By Your Name," World War Two film "Dunkirk" and superhero movie "Wonder Woman" were among 10 films of the year chosen by the American Film Institute (AFI) on Thursday, in a list likely to be echoed at Hollywood's high-profile awards shows next year.
Racial psychological thriller "Get Out," coming-of-age drama "Lady Bird," fantasy romance "The Shape of Water," romantic comedy "The Big Sick," dark comedy "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" and social drama "The Florida Project" were also on the AFI's annual list.
The AFI's list is non-competitive with no overall winner. The movies are selected because they "advance the art of the moving image, enhance the rich cultural heritage of America's art form, inspire audiences and artists alike and make a mark on American society," the AFI said in a statement.
The list was announced as Hollywood's awards season moves into high gear with nominations next week for the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild awards. Oscar nominations will be announced in January.
The AFI list covered a wide range of movies spanning personal, political, racial and women's issues. "Lady Bird" and "Wonder Woman" are both directed by women, while "The Big Sick," "The Shape of Water" and "Get Out" were written and directed by people of color.
The AFI also picked its top television shows of the year, with HBO's medieval fantasy "Game of Thrones," female-led drama "Big Little Lies," Netflix's 1980s science-fiction series "Stranger Things" and Hulu's dystopian thriller "The Handmaid's Tale" making the list.
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LOS ANGELES -- "Call Me By Your Name," a coming-of-age drama of two young men falling in love, led the Independent Spirit Awards nominations on Tuesday.
The film landed six nominations including best male lead for Timothee Chalamet, supporting male lead for Armie Hammer and best feature, which is the top prize.
Jordan Peele's sharp dissection of race relations in horror movie "Get Out" landed five nods and will also be competing for best feature, alongside coming-of-age tale "Lady Bird," heartland drama "The Rider" and "The Florida Project," about a young girl living on the outskirts of Disney World.
"Good Time," a nocturnal crime thriller starring Robert Pattinson, also landed five nominations.
The Spirit Awards, to be held on March 3 and hosted by the Film Independent organization, celebrate artistic films made under $20 million at an informal lunch on the Santa Monica, California beach the day before Hollywood's glitzy Oscars ceremony.
In the past four years, the best feature winner at the Spirit Awards has gone on to win best picture at the Oscars - "Moonlight," "Spotlight," "Birdman" and "12 Years A Slave."
Chalamet will compete in the best male lead category with Pattinson for "Good Time," James Franco for "The Disaster Artist," Daniel Kaluuya for "Get Out" and Harris Dickinson for "Beach Rats."
In the best female lead race, Salma Hayek was nominated for her role as a plain-speaking massage therapist in "Beatriz at Dinner," and is up against Saoirse Ronan for "Lady Bird," Margot Robbie for "I, Tonya," Frances McDormand for "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," Shinobu Terajima for "Oh Lucy!" and Regina Williams for "Life and Nothing More."
Notable omissions in the Spirit Awards nominations this year include Guillermo del Toro's fantasy "Shape of Water" and Greta Gerwig in the best directing category, after she made her solo directing debut with the critically praised "Lady Bird."
Gerwig, a staple of independent films, did land a best screenplay nod and the film landed four overall nominations.
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