A number of theatre-adjacent screen projects are included in the American Film Institute鈥檚 2021 Top 10 List. Officially known as the 2021 AFI Awards, the honorees for movies and television (two separate lists) included West Side Story; tick, tick鈥OOM!; The Tragedy of Macbeth; and Schmigadoon!.
The honorees will be celebrated on January 7, 2022, at a private ceremony.

West Side Story, directed by Steven Spielberg and adapted by Tony Kushner from Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim, and Jerome Robbins鈥� 1957 musical, December 10. tick, tick鈥OOM!, adapted from Jonathan Larson鈥檚 semi-autobiographical musical and Lin-Manuel Miranda, began streaming November 19. Joel Coen鈥檚 take on Shakespeare鈥檚 tragedy, starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, January 14 after a limited cinema run starting Christmas Day.
Joining those three movies on the best films list were Coda, Don鈥檛 Look Up, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, and The Power Of The Dog.
Schmigadoon!, , was honored alongside Hacks, Maid, Mare Of Easttown, Reservation Dogs, Succession, Ted Lasso, The Underground Railroad, Wandavision, and The White Lotus.
In addition, Kenneth Branagh鈥檚 film Belfast鈥攚hich is not American and therefore ineligible鈥攚ill receive a special citation. Netflix鈥檚 South Korean thriller Squid Game and Questlove鈥檚 documentary Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) will also be honored.