2019 NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY

The Library of Congress has added twenty-five movies to the National Film Registry which recognizes their artistic significance while helping to ensure their preservation for generations to come. These films selected include "Becky Sharp", the first full-length Hollywood movie filmed entirely in color from 1935; the Best Picture Oscar winners from 1984 ("Amadeus") and 1986 ("Platoon"); the Disney animated classic, "Sleeping Beauty";"The Coal Miner's Daughter", the biopic of country music legend, Loretta Lynn which starred, Sissy Spacek who went on to win the Best Actress Academy Award; Prince's semi-biographical musical fantasia, "Purple Rain"; "Body and Soul", the 1925 silent film written and directed by African-American film making pioneer, Oscar Micheaux and features Paul Robeson in his motion picture debut; and the feature film directorial debuts by Elaine May ("A New Leaf"), Kevin Smith ("Clerks") and Spike Lee ("She's Gotta Have It").

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 775. Here is the complete list of the films selected to the 2019 National Film Registry:

“Amadeus” (1984)



“Becky Sharp” (1935)



“Before Stonewall” (1984)



“Body and Soul” (1925)
“Boys Don’t Cry” (1999)
“Clerks” (1994)
“Coal Miner’s Daughter” (1980)
“Emigrants Landing at Ellis Island” (1903)
“Employees Entrance” (1933)
“Fog of War” (2003)



“Gaslight” (1944)



“George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute” (1937)
“Girlfriends” (1978)
“I Am Somebody” (1970)
“The Last Waltz” (1978)



“My Name Is Oona” (1969)
“A New Leaf” (1971)



“Old Yeller” (1957)
“The Phenix City Story” (1955)
“Platoon” (1986)
“Purple Rain” (1984)
“Real Women Have Curves” (2002)



“She’s Gotta Have It” (1986)
“Sleeping Beauty” (1959)



“Zoot Suit” (1981)