AFI Top Ten Films TBA, A Preview

The American Film Institute will be putting out its top ten list today.  They are far more industry leaning than many of the critics awards we’ve seen fly by so far. And they have a strong matching record with AMPAS, at least in the last three years.  They will announce this morning some time. My predictions after the jump.

Last year’s top ten, Oscar nominees in bold:

ARGO
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
DJANGO UNCHAINED
LES MISÉRABLES
LIFE OF PI
LINCOLN
MOONRISE KINGDOM
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
ZERO DARK THIRTY

8 out of 9, not including Amour.  Year before that:

Bridesmaids
The Descendants  
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Help
Hugo
J. Edgar
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

7 out of 9, missing Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and … The Artist, which was ineligible, like Amour last year.

Year before that:

Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right 
127 Hours
The Social Network  
The Town
Toy Story 3 
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

These were 9/10 – missing only … The King’s Speech, also ineligible.

Year before THAT:

Coraline
The Hangover (Golden Globe Award for Best Musical or Comedy Picture)
The Messenger
Precious
A Serious Man
A Single Man
Sugar
Up (Academy Award for Best Animated Feature)
Up in the Air
The Hurt Locker (Academy Award for Best Motion Picture)

Missing 5/10.

You get the picture.   My predictions:

12 Years a Slave
Nebraska
The Butler
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Captain Phillips
American Hustle
Saving Mr. Banks
The Wolf of Wall Street
No Guts, No Glory: All is Lost