This year's selections by the Library of Congress of twenty-five movies to be added to the National Film Registry features a large number of heavy-hitters, an impressive collection of beloved classics, cult favorites, Oscar nominees and winners. Some of these include Steven Spielberg's groundbreaking dinosaur adventure, "Jurassic Park"; Disney's popular animated fairy tale, "Cinderella"; Stanley Kubrick's take of the Stephen King horror novel, "The Shining" which starred Jack Nicholson; "Eve’s Bayou", Kasi Lemmons' directorial debut about a Creole family in Louisiana and their tragic secrets; Alfred Hictchcock's romantic thriller, "Rebecca" which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1940; the popular Broadway musicals transformed in to popular Hollywood musicals, "On The Town" and the 1964 Best Picture winner, "My Fair Lady" and "Brokeback Mountain", Ang Lee's poignant love story between two Wyoming ranchers.
These films, which must be at least ten years old, have been named because of their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance and with these selections brings the number of films in the registry to 750. Here is the complete list of the films selected to the 2018 National Film Registry:
"Bad Day at Black Rock" (1955)
"Broadcast News" (1987)
"Brokeback Mountain" (2005)
"Cinderella" (1950)
"Days of Wine and Roses" (1962)
"Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency" (1908)
"Eve’s Bayou" (1997)
"The Girl Without a Soul" (1917)
"Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy-Headed People" (1984)
"Hearts and Minds" (1974)
"Hud" (1963)
"The Informer" (1935)
"Jurassic Park" (1993)
"The Lady From Shanghai" (1947)
"Leave Her to Heaven" (1945)
"Monterey Pop" (1968)
"My Fair Lady" (1964)
"The Navigator" (1924)
"On the Town" (1949)
"One-Eyed Jacks" (1961)
"Pickup on South Street" (1953)
"Rebecca" (1940)
"The Shining" (1980)
"Smoke Signals" (1998)
"Something Good: Negro Kiss" (1898)
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