American Film Institute Awards 2010

The American Film Institute (AFI) Awards 2010 honored the best ten movies and ten television programs of the year. This is one of the few years where almost all of the films are Academy Award for Best Picture nominees (with the exception of The Town). This is also due to the fact that the year before the Academy changed its rules from only allowing five nominees for Best Picture, to ten. The Best Picture winner, The King's Speech was not eligible because it was British financed.

Movies

• Black Swan
• The Fighter
• Inception
• The Kids Are All Right (Golden Globe Award for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy)
• 127 Hours
• The Social Network (Golden Globe Award for Best Picture – Drama)
• The Town
• Toy Story 3 (Academy Award for Best Animated Feature / Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film / BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film)
• True Grit
• Winter's Bone

Television programs

• 30 Rock
• The Big C
• Boardwalk Empire
• Breaking Bad
• Glee
• Mad Men
• Modern Family
• The Pacific
• Temple Grandin
• The Walking Dead

AFI Special Awards

• The King's Speech (Academy Award for Best Picture / BAFTA Award for Best Film)
• Waiting for "Superman"

References

• http://blog.afi.com/main/index.php/2011/01/14/afi-awards-2010/
• http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-12-12-afi-top-10_N.htm