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)

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)

2023 NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY

Some of the twenty-five films selected for this year's National Film Registry includes the Disney animated classic, "Lady and the Tramp" about the romance between two dogs; Ang Lee's charming, queer-centered rom-com, "The Wedding Banquet"; "Desperately Seeking Susan", Susan Seidelman's edgy NYC romantic-comedy that introduced Madonna, a rising pop star at the time, in her first major film role; George Cukor's all-star, pre-code comedy, "Dinner at Eight", based on the popular play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Farber, about a wealthy family preparing a society dinner; "Apollo 13" which recounts the disastrous space mission on the fifth US trip to the moon from Ron Howard; the beloved holiday classic, "Home Alone" with Macaulay Culkin as a young boy who is accidently left behind on a family vacation; "Bamboozled", Spike Lee's controversial satire on the creation of a modern television minstrel show; the musical-drama, "Fame" which focuses on the students that attend the high school of performing arts in Manhattan (and one of my all-time favorite movies); "Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision" is a documentary on the artist behind the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC; and the Best Picture Oscar winner, "12 Years a Slave", Steve McQueen's harrowing yet deeply moving drama about a free African-American sold into slavery.

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 875.

Here is the complete list of the films selected to the 2023 National Film Registry:

"A Movie Trip Through Filmland" (1921)
"Dinner at Eight" (1933)



"Bohulano Family Film Collection"(1950s-1970s)
"Helen Keller: In Her Story" (1954)
"Lady and the Tramp" (1955)



"Edge of the City" (1957)



"We’re Alive" (1974)
"Cruisin’ J-Town" (1975)
"¡Alambrista!" (1977)
"Passing Through"(1977)
"Fame"(1980)



"Desperately Seeking Susan"(1985)



"The Lighted Field" (1987)
"Matewan" (1987)



"Home Alone" (1990)
"Queen of Diamonds" (1991)
"Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991)
"The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993)
"The Wedding Banquet" (1993)
"Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision" (1994)



"Apollo 13" (1995)
"Bamboozled" (2000)



"Love & Basketball" (2000)
"12 Years a Slave" (2013)
"20 Feet From Stardom" (2013)

2022 NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY

The Library of Congress has added twenty-five 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 850.

Some of the films selected into the registry include "The Little Mermaid", the animated musical that helped restart Disney's flagging animated feature film division at the time; "Super Fly", Gordon Parks Jr.'s blaxploitation crime drama; the romantic-comedy mystery drama, "Charade" that stars Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant; "Carrie", Brian DePalma's vision of Stephen King's debut horror novel; "Cyrano de Bergerac", the first English-language version of the 1897 French drama by Edmond Rostand and won star, José Ferrer an Oscar; "When Harry Met Sally...", the beloved romantic-comedy written by Nora Ephron, directed by Rob Reiner and starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan; "Hairspray", the offbeat comedy that brought cult filmmaker John Waters, the self-proclaimed "King of filth", into the mainstream; "Iron Man", the film that launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe; and several groundbreaking LGBTQ+ films: the documentaries, "Behind Every Good Man", "Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives" and "Tongues Untied", the bold, experimental work by filmmaker, Marlon Riggs; Kenneth Anger's "Scorpio Rising" and Dee Rees' debut feature, "Pariah".

Here is the complete list of the films selected to the 2022 National Film Registry:

"Mardi Gras Carnival" (1898)
"Cab Calloway Home Movies" (1948-1951)
"Cyrano de Bergerac" (1950)



"Charade" (1963)



"Scorpio Rising" (1963)
"Behind Every Good Man" (1967)
"Titicut Follies" (1967)



"Mingus" (1968)
"Manzanar" (1971)
"Betty Tells Her Story" (1972)
"Super Fly" (1972)



"Attica" (1974)
"Carrie" (1976)



"Union Maids" (1976)
"Word is Out: Stories of Our Lives" (1977)
"Bush Mama" (1979)
"The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez" (1982)



"Itam Hakim, Hopiit" (1984)
"Hairspray" (1988)
"The Little Mermaid" (1989)
"Tongues Untied" (1989)



"When Harry Met Sally" (1989)



"House Party" (1990)



"Iron Man" (2008)
"Pariah" (2011)

2021 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. This year some of the films selected include Hitchcock's psychological thriller based on the Patricia Highsmith novel, "Strangers on a Train"; John Waters' first feature and camp classic, "Pink Flamingos"; another camp classic featuring Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"; the first of the horror franchise that introduced us to Freddy Krueger, "A Nightmare on Elm Street"; the first installment in the trilogy, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" and several highlights of cinema focused on African-Americans that includes Cheryl Dunye's lesbian romantic-comedy, "The Watermelon Woman"; "The Murder of Fred Hampton", a documentary on the leader of the Illinois Black Panther Party; the coming-of-age, high-school comedy; "Cooley High"; "Richard Pryor: Live in Concert", a concert film featuring the comedy legend; and the Oscar-nominated drama set during the Great Depression in the South, "Sounder".

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 825. Here is the complete list of the films selected to the 2021 National Film Registry:

"Ringling Brothers Parade Film" (1902)
"Jubilo" (1919)
"The Flying Ace" (1926)
"Hellbound Train" (1930)
"Flowers and Trees" (1932)
"Strangers on a Train" (1951)



"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962)



"Evergreen" (1965)
"Requiem-29" (1970)
"The Murder of Fred Hampton" (1971)
"Pink Flamingos" (1972)
"Sounder" (1972)
"The Long Goodbye" (1973)



"Cooley High" (1975)



"Richard Pryor: Live in Concert" (1979)
"Chicana" (1979)
"The Wobblies" (1979)



"Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" (1983)
"A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984)



"Stop Making Sense" (1984)
"Who Killed Vincent Chin?" (1987)
"The Watermelon Woman" (1996)



"Selena" (1997)



"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001)
"WALL-E" (2008)

MELVIN VAN PEEBLES (1932 - 2021)

Melvin Van Peebles, an African-American creative force who was a performer, playwright, novelist, musician and indie filmmaker who boldly challenged what kind of stories could be told in American cinema, has sadly passed away on September 22nd at the age of eighty-nine.

After Van Peebles made one movie "Watermelon Man", a satire about a bigoted white man who wakes up one day Black, with a Hollywood studio in 1970, he declined a three-picture contract with Columbia Pictures (never working with a major studio again) and set about creating "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song". Shot in nineteen days with a $150,000 budget, Van Peebles co-produced, scored (performed by Earth, Wind and Fire), edited, wrote, directed and starred in this story about a Black man falsely accused of a crime and trying to escape from the police by any means necessary. This revolutionary film was one of the first entries in to what would be called blaxploitation cinema, becoming a major hit (earning over $15 million at the box-office) and remaining a highly influential film. "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" was selected last year for preservation in the US National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

Born Melvin Peebles in Chicago (he added 'Van' to his name during his time living in the Netherlands), he enlisted in the Air Force shortly after graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University, serving for over three years. When he returned home, Van Peebles became interested in filmmaking, making several short films. He took his work to Los Angeles with the hope of them helping him get a directing job but no studios were interested.

Like many African-American artists did at this time in the 1960's in order to be able to create freely, Van Peebles traveled to Europe. He made short films, recorded an album, wrote plays and a novel, "La Permission" in French while living in Paris. This lead to him making his feature film debut in 1967 with "The Story of a Three-Day Pass", which was based on his book, telling the story of a black American soldier who is demoted due to his relationship with a French White woman. This critically-praised drama proved to be an excellent showcase for his accomplishments as a filmmaker, helping him land his brief, Hollywood gig.

Van Peebles went on to create for the stage, writing the book and music for the musical production of "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death". This innovative dark comedy, using musical monologues to explore African-American street life, first opened off-Broadway before moving to Broadway through the 1971-72 season. The show earned seven Tony Award nominations including Best Musical and a revival is planned to open for the 2022 season. Van Peebles had another Broadway musical, "Don't Play Us Cheap!" that he produced and directed in addition to the creation of the show in 1972. He made a film version of the play later in the year.

He is survived by sons, Mario (who followed his father as an actor and filmmaker) and Max, and his daughter Marguerite. Melvin Van Peebles was an incredibly remarkable talent who created his work on his terms, never allowing himself to ever be compromised. He blazed a trail for future African-American filmmakers while showing to the world the beauty and the power of Black people through his artistry.

2020 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. This year some of the films selected include the musical-comedy, "The Blues Brothers"; the second installment of Christopher Nolan's groundbreaking Batman trilogy, "The Dark Knight"; the 2008 Best Picture winner, "The Hurt Locker" which was directed by the first woman to win the Best Director Oscar, Kathryn Bigelow; "Shrek", the computer-animated classic about a nasty ogre who falls in love with a princess; Sidney Poitier plays a former GI that a group of nuns believe has been sent by God to build them a new chapel in "Lillies of The Field" which the role made him the first African-American to win the Best Actor Oscar; the early blaxploitation action thriller, "Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song" which starred and was directed by Melvin Van Peebles; Based on the best-selling novel by Amy Tan, "The Joy Luck Club" follows four Chinese-American immigrant families in San Francisco and one of my all-time favorite movies, the screen-adaption of the Broadway musical, "Grease".

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 800. Here is the complete list of the films selected to the 2020 National Film Registry:

"The Battle Of The Century" (1927)
"The Blues Brothers" (1980)



"Bread" (1918)
"Buena Vista Social Club" (1999)



"Cabin In The Sky" (1943)
"A Clockwork Orange" (1971)
"The Dark Knight" (2008)
"The Devil Never Sleeps" (1994)
"Freedom Riders" (2010)



"Grease" (1978)



"The Ground" (1993-2001)
"The Hurt Locker" (2008)
"Illusions" (1982)
"The Joy Luck Club" (1993)



"Kid Auto Races At Venice" (1914)
"Lilies Of The Field" (1963)



"Losing Ground" (1982)
"The Man With the Golden Arm" (1955)



"Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege" (2006)
"Outrage" (1950)



"Shrek" (2001)
"Suspense" (1913)
"Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song" (1971)
"Wattstax" (1973)



"With Car And Camera Around The World" (1929)

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)

2018 NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY

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)

NATIONAL SCREENING ROOM

The U.S. Library of Congress has just launched a website called the National Screening Room. The Library has digitized hundreds of hours of film in their archive (which totals about more than 1.6 million items in its collection) that was otherwise unavailable to be viewed by most people and now accessible not only nationwide but around the world. And the best part is that it's completely free to use.

There are currently two hundred and eighty-one titles available on the site covering fiction, non-fiction, newsreels and even home movies spanning the years 1890 to 1999 with new content to be added every month. Some of the films include "All-American News", a newsreel series made specifically for African-American audiences from 1942 to 1945; seventeen home movies filmed by George and Ira Gershwin between 1928 and 1939; Views of San Francisco before and after the devastating 1906 earthquake which destroyed much of the city; newsreel footage of such important figures such as Frank Sinatra, Mary McLeod Bethune, Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt and titles selected to the National Film Registry including one of the first U.S. narrative films, "The Great Train Robbery" from 1903.

Please click below to check out this new website:

National Screening Room

2017 NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY

With the goal to showcase the extraordinary diversity and creativity of America’s film heritage and to preserve these films, the National Film Registry have selected twenty-five more films to be added to the list of diverse and important works of cinema that will be stored in the Library of Congress. These include the Kevin Costner baseball fantasy, "Field of Dreams"; "Dumbo", Disney's animated classic of a flying elephant with giant ears; the groundbreaking interracial romantic drama, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"; the action-thriller, "Die Hard" that made Bruce Willis a movie star; Spike Lee's moving documentary on the tragic 1963 church bombing in Alabama, "4 Little Girls"; the 1978 live-action feature film on the Man of Steel, "Superman"; Elia Kazan’s study of anti-Semitism, "Gentleman’s Agreement" and the ill-fated romance that involves a ship and an iceberg which became one of the biggest box-office hits of all-time, "Titanic" are just a few of the titles selected.

Spanning the period between 1905-2000, these films have been named because of their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance and with these selections brings the number of films in the registry to 725. Here is the complete list of the films selected to the 2017 National Film Registry:

"Ace in the Hole (aka Big Carnival)" (1951)



"Boulevard Nights" (1979)



"Die Hard"(1988)
"Dumbo" (1941)
"Field of Dreams" (1989)



"4 Little Girls" (1997)
"Fuentes Family Home Movies Collection" (1920's and 1930's)
"Gentleman’s Agreement" (1947)



"The Goonies" (1985)
"Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner" (1967)
"He Who Gets Slapped" (1924)
"Interior New York Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street" (1905)
"La Bamba" (1987)



"Lives of Performers" (1972)
"Memento" (2000)



"Only Angels Have Wings" (1939)
"The Sinking of the Lusitania" (1918)
"Spartacus" (1960)
"Superman" (1978)

"Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser" (1988)
"Time and Dreams" (1976)
"Titanic"(1997)
"To Sleep with Anger" (1990)



"Wanda" (1971)
"With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain" (1937-1938)

2016 NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY

The female-buddy thriller, "Thelma & Louise"; Rob Reiner's comic fantasy,  "The Princess Bride"; Hitchcock's horror masterpiece, "The Birds"; "Steamboat Bill, Jr.", the Buster Keaton silent; the '80's teen classic, "The Breakfast Club"; Frank Capra's 1941 screwball comedy, "Ball of Fire"; Barbra Streisand's film debut in the musical, "Funny Girl" and the animated films, "The Lion King" and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" are just a few of the twenty-five films inducted in to this year's National Film Registry.  These widely varied films were selected because of their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance and to showcase and preserve the diversity of the American film heritage.

Here is the complete list of the films selected to the 2016 National Film Registry. The films chosen must be at least ten years old and this now brings the total to 700 films in the registry:

"The Atomic Cafe" (1982)
"Ball of Fire" (1941)



"The Beau Brummels" (1928)
"The Birds" (1963)



"Blackboard Jungle" (1955)



"The Breakfast Club" (1982)
"The Decline of Western Civilization " (1981)



"East of Eden" (1955)



"Funny Girl" (1968)

"Life of an American Fireman" (1903)
"The Lion King" (1994)
"Lost Horizon" (1937)
"The Musketeers of a Pig Alley" (1912)
"Paris Is Burning" (1990)
"Point Blank" (1967)



"The Princess Bride" (1987)



"Putney Swope" (1969)



"Rushmore" (1998)



"Solomon Sir Jones" films (1924-28)
"Steamboat Bill, Jr." (1928)

"Suzanne, Suzanne" (1982)



"Thelma & Louise" (1991)
"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1916)
"TA Walk in The Sun" (1945)
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988)

2015 NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY

The National Film Registry has announced the twenty-five films selected this year to be preserved in the Library of Congress. This distinguished and varied group includes one of the earliest film recordings by Thomas Edison involving a sneeze; the Douglas Sirk classic melodrama, "Imitation of Life"; the Morgan Freeman/Tim Robbins prison drama, "The Shawshank Redemption"; a fascinating character study, "Portrait of Jason"; "Top Gun", the action film that made Tom Cruise a major star; "Black and Tan", an early musical short that features jazz legend, Duke Ellington and "Ghostbusters", the comedy about a trio out to save the world from the evil supernatural. The goal of the registry is to showcase the extraordinary diversity of America’s film heritage and by preserving these films, protecting a crucial element of American creativity, culture and history.

Here is the complete list of the films selected in to the 2015 National Film Registry. The films chosen must be at least ten years old and this now brings the total to 675 films in the registry:

"Being There" (1979)



"Black and Tan" (1929)



"Dracula" (Spanish language version) (1931)
"Dream of a Rarebit Fiend" (1906)
"Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer" (1975)
"Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze" (1894)
"A Fool There Was" (1915)
"Ghostbusters" (1984)
"Hail the Conquering Hero" (1944)



"Humoresque" (1920)
"Imitation of Life" (1959)



"The Inner World of Aphasia" (1968)
"John Henry and the Inky-Poo" (1946)
"L.A. Confidential" (1997)



"The Mark of Zorro" (1920)
"The Old Mill" (1937)
"Our Daily Bread" (1934)
"Portrait of Jason" (1967)



"Seconds" (1966)



"The Shawshank Redemption" (1994)



"Sink or Swim" (1990)
"The Story of Menstruation" (1946)
"Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One" (1968)
"Top Gun" (1986)
"Winchester ’73" (1950)

2014 NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY

The National Film Registry announced the twenty-five films that have been inducted for this year. These works range from the first Pixar computer-generated short ("Luxo, Jr."), the first Hollywood 3-D film ("House of Wax"), a horror classic ("Rosemary's Baby"), a stoner detective noir ("The Big Lebowski") and the beloved children's film that introduced us to Oompa-Loompas ("Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory"). The goal of the registry is to showcase the extraordinary diversity of America’s film heritage and by preserving these films, protecting a crucial element of American creativity, culture and history.

Here is the complete list of the films selected in to the 2014 National Film Registry. The films chosen must be at least ten years old and this now brings the total to 650 films in the registry:

"13 Lakes" (2004)
"Bert Williams Lime Kiln Club Field Day" (1913)
"The Big Lebowski"(1998)



"Down Argentine Way" (1940)
"The Dragon Painter" (1919)
"Felicia" (1965)
"Ferris Bueller’s Day Off" (1986)
"The Gang’s All Here" (1943)
"House of Wax" (1953)



"Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport" (2000)



"Little Big Man" (1970)
"Luxo Jr." (1986)
"Moon Breath Beat" (1980)
"Please Don’t Bury Me Alive!" (1976)
"The Power and the Glory" (1933)
"Rio Bravo" (1959)



"Rosemary’s Baby" (1968)



"Ruggles of Red Gap"(1935)
"Saving Private Ryan"(1998)
"Shoes" (1916)
"State Fair"(1933)
"Unmasked" (1917)
"V-E + 1" (1945)
"The Way of Peace" (1947)
"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" (1971)

2013 NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY

An impressive collection of American shorts, documentaries and feature films have been selected by the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. Every year, twenty-five motion pictures are decided to be preserved that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" and are at least ten years old. Some titles, such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", "The Magnificent Seven" and "Pulp Fiction" may be very familiar to audiences but others like "Bless Their Little Hearts", an African-American drama from the '90's or "The Lunch Date", a ten-minute short film that won a student Academy Award may be less well-known. The Librarian makes the annual selections to the registry after reviewing hundreds of titles nominated by the public and conferring with library film curators and members of the National Film Preservation Board.

Here is the complete list of films selected for the 2013 National Film Registry:

“Bless Their Little Hearts” (1984)

“Brandy in the Wilderness” (1969)

“Cicero March” (1966)

“Daughter of Dawn” (1920)

“Decasia” (2002)

“Ella Cinders” (1926)

“Forbidden Planet” (1956)



“Gilda” (1946)

“The Hole” (1962)

“Judgment at Nuremberg” (1961)



“King of Jazz” (1930)

“The Lunch Date” (1989)

“The Magnificent Seven” (1960)



“Martha Graham Dance film” (1944)

“Mary Poppins” (1964)



“Men & Dust” (1940)

“Midnight” (1939)

“Notes on the Port of St. Francis” (1951)

“Pulp Fiction” (1994)

“The Quiet Man” (1952)



“The Right Stuff (1983)



“Roger & Me” (1989)

“A Virtuous Vamp” (1919)

“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (1966)



“Wild Boys of the Road” (1933)

2012 NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY

The National Film Registry of the Library of Congress has selected twenty-five American films that are culturally, historically or aesthetically significant and will be preserved for future generations. The films range from the oldest; the 1897 document which chronicles the famed boxing match between "Gentleman Jim" and Bob Fitzgerald held on St Patrick's Day to the first filmed version of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to the Audrey Hepburn classic, "Breakfast At Tiffany's" to the iconic 1971 Clint Eastwood film, "Dirty Harry" to the sci-fi thriller, "The Matrix".

The Librarian makes the annual selections to the registry after reviewing hundreds of titles nominated by the public and conferring with library film curators and members of the National Film Preservation Board. This year's selections bring the number of films in the registry to 600 since the program began in 1989.

These are the following films selected to the 2012 National Film Registry:

"The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Title Fight" (1897)

"The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England" (1914)

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1914)

"Kodachrome Color Motion Picture Tests" (1922)

"The Augustas" (1930s-1950s)

"The Kidnappers Foil" (1930s-1950s)

"Sons of the Desert" (1933)

"The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair" (1939)

"Born Yesterday" (1950)



"3:10 to Yuma" (1957)

"Anatomy of a Murder" (1959)

"Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961)



"Parable" (1964)

"They Call It Pro Football" (1967)

"Dirty Harry" (1971)



"Two-Lane Blacktop" (1971)



"The Spook Who Sat by the Door" (1973)

"Hours for Jerome: Parts 1 and 2" (1980-82)

"A Christmas Story" (1983)

"The Times of Harvey Milk" (1984)



"Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia" (1990)

"Slacker" (1991)



"A League of Their Own" (1992)



"One Survivor Remembers" (1995)

"The Matrix" (1999)