( CNN ) -- With just a few weeks left in 2013 , the American Film Institute has unveiled its list of the best movies and TV shows of the year . The honorees are largely unsurprising , with Netflix once again getting a clap on the back for its original programming and awards season front-runners like `` Her '' and `` Gravity '' receiving more recognition . The AFI Awards , now on its 14th edition , highlights 10 films and 10 TV series that have been `` deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year 's most significant achievements in the art of the moving image , '' a statement explains . The Institute relies on juries made up of critics , scholars , AFI members and trustees , as well as TV and film artists to help pick the winners . The point is n't so much to name a sole winner but to recognize `` the most outstanding achievements of the year ... not as competitors , but as a community . '' The AFI TV Programs of the Year : . `` The Americans '' `` Breaking Bad '' `` Game of Thrones '' `` The Good Wife '' `` House of Cards '' `` Mad Men '' `` Masters of Sex '' `` Orange is the New Black '' `` Scandal '' `` Veep '' The AFI Movies of the Year : . `` 12 Years A Slave '' `` American Hustle '' `` Captain Phillips '' `` Fruitvale Station '' `` Gravity '' `` Her '' `` Inside Llewyn Davis '' `` Nebraska '' `` Saving Mr. Banks '' `` The Wolf of Wall Street '' On January 10 , the AFI will recognize the cast and crew behind these projects at an invite-only luncheon in Los Angeles . In the past , the AFI Awards have highlighted some of the biggest awards season contenders , such as 2012 Best Picture winner `` Argo '' and 2011 Best Picture nominees `` Hugo , '' `` The Help '' and `` Moneyball , '' among others . Bob Gazzale , the institute 's president and CEO , wants the AFI Awards to be a moment `` for the most accomplished storytellers of 2013 to pause and be appreciated , '' he said in a statement . `` Acknowledging their collective contributions to America 's rich cultural legacy is both AFI 's national mandate -- and our honor . ''
The American Film Institute has named its best films and TV programs of the year . There are 10 winners in each category . Awards season front-runners `` Her , '' `` Gravity '' and `` 12 Years A Slave '' are highlighted . TL;DR This year's Oscar nominations include a number of movies that have been criticized for their depictions of slavery or racial inequality.