2024 NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY

This year's selections for the National Film Registry have been announced and twenty-five films have been inducted, ranging from Hollywood blockbusters, independent films and historical footage. Some of these films include "Ganja & Hess", an African-American vampire film by Bill Gunn that is as sensual as it is horrifying; the low budget, influential horror movie, "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" that would ignite a franchise; "Up In Smoke", the stoner comedy starring the stand-up act, Cheech & Chong; The sci-fi classic, "Invaders from Mars" which is notable for being one of the first films to show aliens and their spacecraft in vivid color; "Chelsea Girls", an experimental underground feature directed by the pop artist, Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey which was presented in a split screen, alternating between soundtracks, black-and-white and color photography; the wildly popular, romantic drama, "Dirty Dancing"; "The Miracle Worker", the film adaptation of the Broadway play based on the life of the blind-deaf child, Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, winning acting Oscars for the stars, Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke; "Beverly Hills Cop" was the breakout film that made former SNL comedian, Eddie Murphy a major movie star; Gary Cooper starred as NY Yankees first baseman, Lou Gehrig in the inspirational sports tribute, "The Pride of the Yankees"; the early, queer cult classic by Gus Van Sant, "My Own Private Idaho" that featured River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves; "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" is the first of the enduring, science-fiction adventure franchise created by Gene Roddenberry in 1966 to be entered into the Registry and the 2007 Best Picture Oscar winner, "No Country for Old Men" from the Coen Brothers and based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy.

The Library of Congress has added these movies this year to the National Film Registry which recognizes their artistic significance while helping to ensure their preservation for generations to come. 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 900.

This is the complete list of films selected for the 2024 National Film Registry:

"Annabelle Serpentine Dance" (1895)
"KoKo's Earth Control" (1928)
"Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938)



"Pride of the Yankees" (1942)
"Invaders from Mars" (1953)



"The Miracle Worker" (1962)
"The Chelsea Girls"(1966)
"Ganja & Hess" (1973)



"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974)
"Uptown Saturday Night" (1974)



"Zora Lathan Student Films" (1975-76)
"Up in Smoke" (1978)



"Will" (1981)
"Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan" (1982)



"Beverly Hills Cop" (1984)
"Dirty Dancing" (1987)
"Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt" (1989)



"Powwow Highway" (1989)
"My Own Private Idaho" (1991)



"American Me" (1992)



"Mi Familia (1995)
"Compensation" (1999)
"Spy Kids" (2001)



"No Country for Old Men" (2007)
"The Social Network" (2010)