Monday, December 10, 2012

'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Lincoln' make AFI top-10 list

FILE - This undated publicity image provided by Universal Pictures shows Isabelle Allen, left, as a young Cosette and Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean in a scene from the motion-picture adaptation of "Les Mis?rables,? directed by Tom Hooper. AFI's top-10 announced Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, include Ben Affleck's Iran hostage-crisis drama "Argo;" Benh Zeitlin's low-budget hit "Beasts of the Southern Wild;" Quentin Tarantino's slavery saga "Django Unchained;" Tom Hooper's Victor Hugo musical "Les Miserables;" Ang Lee's shipwreck story "Life of Pi;" Wes Anderson's first-love romance "Moonrise Kingdom;" and David O. Russell's misfit love story "Silver Linings Playbook," among other films. (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Laurie Sparham, File)

FILE - This undated publicity image provided by Universal Pictures shows Isabelle Allen, left, as a young Cosette and Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean in a scene from the motion-picture adaptation of "Les Mis?rables,? directed by Tom Hooper. AFI's top-10 announced Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, include Ben Affleck's Iran hostage-crisis drama "Argo;" Benh Zeitlin's low-budget hit "Beasts of the Southern Wild;" Quentin Tarantino's slavery saga "Django Unchained;" Tom Hooper's Victor Hugo musical "Les Miserables;" Ang Lee's shipwreck story "Life of Pi;" Wes Anderson's first-love romance "Moonrise Kingdom;" and David O. Russell's misfit love story "Silver Linings Playbook," among other films. (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Laurie Sparham, File)

FILE - This undated publicity film image provided by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. shows elite Navy SEALs raiding Osama Bin Laden's compound in the dark night in Columbia Pictures' gripping new thriller directed by Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty." Bigelow's Osama bin Laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty," Steven Spielberg's Civil War epic "Lincoln" and Christopher Nolan's superhero tale "The Dark Knight Rises" are among the American Film Institute's top-10 movies of the year., announced on Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Jonathan Olley, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty," Steven Spielberg's Civil War epic "Lincoln" and Christopher Nolan's superhero tale "The Dark Knight Rises" are among the American Film Institute's top-10 movies of the year.

Also on the AFI top-10 announced Monday: Ben Affleck's Iran hostage-crisis drama "Argo;" Benh Zeitlin's low-budget hit "Beasts of the Southern Wild;" Quentin Tarantino's slavery saga "Django Unchained;" Tom Hooper's Victor Hugo musical "Les Miserables;" Ang Lee's shipwreck story "Life of Pi;" Wes Anderson's first-love romance "Moonrise Kingdom;" and David O. Russell's misfit love story "Silver Linings Playbook."

The AFI also picked its top-10 television shows for the year: "American Horror Story;" ''Breaking Bad;" ''Game Change;" ''Game of Thrones;" ''Girls;" ''Homeland;" ''Louie;" ''Mad Men;" ''Modern Family;" and "The Walking Dead."

Creative ensembles for the films and TV shows will be honored Jan. 11 at a luncheon in Los Angeles.

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Online:

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Associated Press

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