2025 NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY

The Library of Congress has finally revealed their selections of the twenty-five movies added this year to the National Film Registry. Usually announced in December, 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 925.

Some of the films selected include an animated adventure involving a family of super-heroes from Pixar, "The Incredibles"; two musicals that starred Bing Crosby, the holiday classic, "White Christmas" and "High Society", the musical remake of "The Philadelphia Story" with songs by Cole Porter and co-stars, Frank Sinatra and Grace Kelly; "The Big Chill", the comedy-drama about the reunion of college friends after the death of a classmate brings them together; an early silent film with an all-black cast, "Ten Nights in a Barroom"; two films that featured Denzel Washington: the Civil War drama, "Glory" which earned the actor his first Academy Award and "Philadelphia" which teamed him with Tom Hanks in a legal drama about an attorney suing his former law firm for discrimination over firing him for being a gay man with HIV; Amy Heckerling's quintessential coming-of-age comedy, "Clueless", loosely based on Jane Austen's novel, "Emma"; "Sparrows", a silent drama that starred one of the first movie stars, Mary Pickford that had become even more powerful at this point by moving into producing her films and "Inception", Christopher Nolan's twisty, sci-fi thriller that featured an all-star cast lead by Leonardo DiCaprio.

Turner Classic Movies will screen a selection of these inductees on March 19th with TCM host and film historian, Jacqueline Stewart, who also happens to be chair of the National Film Preservation Board, will introduce the films.

Here is the complete list of the recent entries into the 2025 National Film Registry:

"The Tramp and the Dog" (1896)
"The Oath of the Sword" (1914)
"The Maid of McMillan" (1916)
"The Lady" (1925)
"Sparrows" (1926)



"Ten Nights in a Barroom" (1926)



"White Christmas" (1954)
"High Society" (1956)



"Brooklyn Bridge" (1981)
"Say Amen, Somebody" (1982)



"The Thing" (1982)
"The Big Chill" (1983)



"The Karate Kid" (1984)



"Glory" (1989)
"Philadelphia" (1993)
"Before Sunrise" (1995)



"Clueless" (1995)
"The Truman Show" (1998)
"Frida" (2002)



"The Hours" (2002)



"The Incredibles" (2004)
"The Wrecking Crew" (2008)
"Inception" (2010)
"The Loving Story" (2011)



"The Grand Budapest Hotel" (2014)