The AFI announces its Top 10 for 2006 in film and TV

Posted Monday, December 11, 2006 at 3:16 PM Central

by Tim Briscoe

The Award Season has officially begun. In the first of what will seem like an endless series of "Best of" lists and award nominations, the American Film Institute has announced its seventh annual top 10 list. The AFI film jury has selected 10 movies (in no particular order) which they deem the best of 2006. Similarly, the AFI television jury has picked 10 TV shows or made-for-TV movies (again in no particular order) for their greatest of the year.

Below is each list in alphabetical order.

Film

• Babel
• Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Dreamgirls
• Half Nelson
• Happy Feet
• Inside Man
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Little Miss Sunshine
• United 93

Television

• Battlestar Galactica
• Dexter
• Elizabeth I
• Friday Night Lights
• Heroes
• The Office
• South Park
• 24
• The West Wing
• The Wire

Next up, the nominees for the 64th Annual Golden Golden Awards will be announced Thursday morning.