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Films Selected to the Library of Congress National Film Registry

1989-2010

(listed by year of film production/release)

1891

• NEWARK ATHLETE

1893

• BLACKSMITH SCENE

1894

• DICKSON EXPERIMENTAL SOUND FILM (1894-95)

1896

• THE KISS
• RIP VAN WINKLE

1901

• PRESIDENT MCKINLEY INAUGURATION FOOTAGE
• STAR THEATRE

1903

• THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

1904

• WESTINGHOUSE WORKS, 1904

1906

• A TRIP DOWN MARKET STREET
• SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE, APRIL 18, 1906

1909

• A CORNER IN WHEAT
• LADY HELEN'S ESCAPADE
• PRINCESS NICOTINE; OR THE SMOKE FAIRY

1910

• JEFFRIES-JOHNSON WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING CONTEST
• WHITE FAWN'S DEVOTION

1911

• LITTLE NEMO

1912

• FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS
• THE LAND BEYOND THE SUNSET

1913

• EVIDENCE OF THE FILM
• MATRIMONY'S SPEED LIMIT
• PRESERVATION OF THE SIGN LANGUAGE
• TRAFFIC IN SOULS

1914

• THE BARGAIN
• THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE
• GERTIE THE DINOSAUR
• IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD HUNTERS aka IN THE LAND OF THE WAR CANOES
• THE PERILS OF PAULINE
• MABEL'S BLUNDER
• TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY

1915

• THE BIRTH OF A NATION
• THE CHEAT
• FATTY'S TINTYPE TANGLE
• THE ITALIAN
• REGENERATION

1916

• CIVILIZATION
• THE CURSE OF QUON GWON
• HELL'S HINGES
• INTOLERANCE
• WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN?

1917

• THE IMMIGRANT
• THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL
• WILD AND WOOLLY

1918

• THE BLUE BIRD

1919

• BROKEN BLOSSOMS

1920

• HEROES ALL
• THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
• MAKING OF AN AMERICAN
• ONE WEEK
• WITHIN OUR GATES

1921

• THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE
• MANHATTA
• MISS LULU BETT
• TOL'ABLE DAVID

1922

• COPS
• FOOLISH WIVES
• NANOOK OF THE NORTH
• SALOME
• SKY HIGH

1923

• SAFETY LAST

1924

• THE CHECHAHCOS
• GREED
• PETER PAN
• SHERLOCK, JR.
• THE THIEF OF BAGDAD

1925

• THE BIG PARADE
• CLASH OF THE WOLVES
• THE FRESHMAN
• THE GOLD RUSH
• GRASS
• LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN
• THE LOST WORLD
• PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
• THEODORE CASE SOUND TEST: GUS VISSER AND HIS SINGING DUCK

1926

• BEN-HUR
• THE BLACK PIRATE
• HANDS UP
• MIGHTY LIKE A MOOSE
• SO'S YOUR OLD MAN
• THE SON OF THE SHEIK
• THE STRONG MAN

1927

• FLESH AND THE DEVIL
• THE GENERAL
• IT
• THE JAZZ SINGER
• THE LIFE AND DEATH OF 9413
• SEVENTH HEAVEN
• SUNRISE
• STARK LOVE
• WINGS

1928

• THE CAMERAMAN
• THE CROWD
• THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK
• THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
• FOX MOVIETONE NEWS: JENKINS ORPHANAGE BAND
• THE LAST COMMAND
• LONESOME
• PASS THE GRAVY
• THE POWER OF THE PRESS
• THE SEX LIFE OF THE POLYP
• SHOW PEOPLE
• STEAMBOAT WILLIE
• THERE IT IS
• THE WEDDING MARCH
• THE WIND

1929

• APPLAUSE
• BIG BUSINESS
• H2O
• HALLELUJAH
• LAMBCHOPS
• ST. LOUIS BLUES

1930

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
• THE BIG TRAIL
• FROM STUMP TO SHIP
• LITTLE CAESAR
• MOROCCO
• PUPS IS PUPS (Our Gang)

1931

• A BRONX MORNING
• CITY LIGHTS
• DRACULA
• THE FORGOTTEN FRONTIER
• FRANKENSTEIN
• THE FRONT PAGE
• TABU

1932

• FREAKS
• GRAND HOTEL
• I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG
• LOVE ME TONIGHT
• THE MUSIC BOX
• RED DUST
• SCARFACE
• A STUDY IN REDS
• TROUBLE IN PARADISE

1933

• 42ND STREET
• BABY FACE
• DUCK SOUP
• THE EMPEROR JONES
• FOOTLIGHT PARADE
• GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933
• THE INVISIBLE MAN
• KING KONG
• SHE DONE HIM WRONG
• SNOW WHITE
• THREE LITTLE PIGS

1934

• IMITATION OF LIFE
• IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
• IT'S A GIFT
• LITTLE MISS MARKER
• PUNCH DRUNKS
• TARZAN AND HIS MATE
• THE THIN MAN

1935

• BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
• NAUGHTY MARIETTA
• A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
• TOP HAT

1936

• DODSWORTH
• FLASH GORDON serial
• FURY
• MASTER HANDS
• MODERN TIMES
• MY MAN GODFREY
• THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS
• POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR
• ROSE HOBART
• SHOW BOAT
• SWING TIME
• THE REVENGE OF PANCHO VILLA (1930-36)
• TRANCE AND DANCE IN BALI (1936-39)

1937

• THE AWFUL TRUTH
• DAUGHTER OF SHANGHAI
• HINDENBURG DISASTER NEWSREEL FOOTAGE
• THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA
• MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW
• THE PRISONER OF ZENDA
• REPUBLIC STEEL STRIKE RIOT NEWSREEL
• THE RIVER
• SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

1938

• THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
• BRINGING UP BABY
• JEZEBEL
• LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY
• MARCH OF TIME: INSIDE NAZI GERMANY--1938
• OUR DAY
• PORKY IN WACKYLAND
• UNDER WESTERN STARS

1939

• THE CITY
• COLOGNE: FROM THE DIARY OF RAY AND ESTHER
• DESTRY RIDES AGAIN
• EARLY ABSTRACTIONS #1-5, 7,10 (1939-56)
• GONE WITH THE WIND
• GUNGA DIN
• MARIAN ANDERSON: THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL CONCERT
• MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
• NINOTCHKA
• STAGECOACH
• TEVYE
• VERBENA TRAGICA
• THE WIZARD OF OZ
• THE WOMEN
• WUTHERING HEIGHTS
• YOUNG MR. LINCOLN

1940

• THE BANK DICK
• COMMANDMENT KEEPER CHURCH, BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 1940
• DANCE, GIR, DANCE
• FANTASIA
• THE GRAPES OF WRATH
• THE GREAT DICTATOR
• HIS GIRL FRIDAY
• KNUTE ROCKNE, ALL AMERICAN
• THE MARK OF ZORRO
• MELODY RANCH
• THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
• PINOCCHIO
• SIEGE
• THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
• TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE COLLAPSE
• TARANTELLA

1941

• THE BLOOD OF JESUS
• CITIZEN KANE
• HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
• KANNAPOLIS, NC
• THE LADY EVE
• THE MALTESE FALCON
• SERGEANT YORK
• SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS

1942

• CASABLANCA
• CAT PEOPLE
• GEORGE STEVENS WW2 COLOR FOOTAGE (1943-46)
• JAM SESSION
• THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
• MRS. MINIVER
• NOW, VOYAGER
• ROAD TO MOROCCO
• TO BE OR NOT TO BE
• TULIPS SHALL GROW
• WOMAN OF THE YEAR
• YANKEE DOODLE DANDY

1943

• LASSIE COME HOME
• MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON
• THE OX-BOW INCIDENT
• SHADOW OF A DOUBT
• STORMY WEATHER
• TOPAZ 1943-45 home movie footage taken at Japanese American Internment Camp, the Topaz War Relocation Authority Center
• WHY WE FIGHT (series of films, 1943-45)

1944

• DOUBLE INDEMNITY
• GOING MY WAY
• JAMMIN' THE BLUES
• LAURA
• MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS
• MEMPHIS BELLE
• MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK
• MOM AND DAD
• NATIONAL VELVET

1945

• THE BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO
• THE HOUSE I LIVE IN
• MILDRED PIERCE
• THE STORY OF G.I. JOE
• A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN

1946

• THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
• THE BIG SLEEP
• DETOUR
• IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
• THE KILLERS
• LET THERE BE LIGHT
• MY DARLING CLEMENTINE
• NOTORIOUS

1947

• MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
• MOTION PAINTING NO. 1
• OUT OF THE PAST

1948

• ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN
• FORCE OF EVIL
• LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN
• IN THE STREET (1948/52)
• LOUISIANA STORY
• THE NAKED CITY
• THE PEARL
• RED RIVER
• THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE

1949

• ADAM'S RIB
• ALL THE KING'S MEN
• GUN CRAZY
• THE HEIRESS
• THE LEAD SHOES
• TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH
• WHITE HEAT

1950

• ALL ABOUT EVE
• THE ASPHALT JUNGLE
• D.O.A.
• IN A LONELY PLACE
• SUNSET BOULEVARD

1951

• THE AFRICAN QUEEN
• AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
• THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
• DUCK AND COVER
• A PLACE IN THE SUN
• A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
• THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD

1952

• THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
• HIGH NOON
• MAGICAL MAESTRO
• SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
• THIS IS CINERAMA

1953

• ALL MY BABIES
• THE BAND WAGON
• DUCK AMUCK
• EAUX D'ARTIFICE
• FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
• THE HITCH-HIKER
• THE LITTLE FUGITIVE
• THE LIVING DESERT
• THE NAKED SPUR
• ROMAN HOLIDAY
• SHANE
• THE TELL-TALE HEART

1954

• CARMEN JONES
• THE HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE
• JOHNNY GUITAR
• ON THE WATERFRONT
• REAR WINDOW
• SABRINA
• SALT OF THE EARTH
• SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
• A STAR IS BORN
• A TIME OUT OF WAR

1955

• ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS
• KISS ME DEADLY
• MARTY
• THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
• OKLAHOMA!
• REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE

1956

• THE COURT JESTER
• DISNEYLAND DREAM
• GIANT
• INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
• MODESTA
• ONE FROGGY EVENING
• THE SEARCHERS
• THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

1957

• THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
• A FACE IN THE CROWD
• GLIMPSE OF THE GARDEN
• THE HUNTERS [KALAHARI DESERT TRIBE ANTHROPOLOGICAL FILM]
• THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN
• JAILHOUSE ROCK
• LET'S ALL GO TO THE LOBBY
• ON THE BOWERY
• PATHS OF GLORY
• SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
• THE TALL T
• 12 ANGRY MEN
• WHAT'S OPERA, DOC?
• WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?

1958

• GIGI
• A MOVIE
• THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD
• TOUCH OF EVIL
• VERTIGO

1959

• BEN-HUR
• CRY OF JAZZ
• JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY
• NORTH BY NORTHWEST
• PILLOW TALK
• PULL MY DAISY
• SHADOWS
• SOME LIKE IT HOT

1960

• THE APARTMENT
• HOUSE OF USHER
• PRIMARY
• PSYCHO
• THINK OF ME FIRST AS A PERSON (1960-75)
• WILD RIVER

1961

• THE EXILES
• FLOWER DRUM SONG
• THE HUSTLER
• A RAISIN IN THE SUN
• WEST SIDE STORY

1962

• HOW THE WEST WAS WON
• LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
• THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
• THE MUSIC MAN
• RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY
• THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

1963

• AMERICA, AMERICA
• THE COOL WORLD
• THE NUTTY PROFESSOR
• SHOCK CORRIDOR
• ZAPRUDER FILM

1964

• DEAD BIRDS
• DOG STAR MAN
• DR. STRANGELOVE or, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
• EMPIRE
• THE MARCH
• NOTHING BUT A MAN
• THE PINK PANTHER
• POINT OF ORDER
• THE T.A.M.I. SHOW

1965

• THE PAWNBROKER
• THE SOUND OF MUSIC

1966

• CASTRO STREET
• THE ENDLESS SUMMER
• THROUGH NAVAJO EYES (SERIES)
• A TIME FOR BURNING

1967

• BONNIE AND CLYDE
• COOL HAND LUKE
• DON'T LOOK BACK
• ELECTRONIC LABYRINTH: THX 1138 4EB
• THE GRADUATE
• IN COLD BLOOD
• IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
• THE JUNGLE

1968

• BULLITT
• CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968
• DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY
• HIGH SCHOOL
• NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
• OFFON
• ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
• PLANET OF THE APES
• THE PRODUCERS
• 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
• WHY MAN CREATES

1969

• BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
• EASY RIDER
• I AM JOAQUIN
• THE LEARNING TREE
• MEDIUM COOL
• MIDNIGHT COWBOY
• OUR LADY OF THE SPHERE
• SALESMAN
• TOM, TOM THE PIPER'S SON
• THE WILD BUNCH

1970

• FILM PORTRAIT
• FIVE EASY PIECES
• HOSPITAL
• KING: A FILMED RECORD... MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS
• M*A*S*H
• MULTIPLE SIDOSIS
• PATTON
• SERENE VELOCITY
• WOODSTOCK

1971

• THE FRENCH CONNECTION
• THE HOSPITAL
• MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER
• NOSTALGIA
• REMINSCENCES OF A JOURNEY TO LITHUANIA
• SHAFT

1972

• CABARET
• DELIVERANCE
• THE GODFATHER
• HAROLD AND MAUDE
• HOT DOGS FOR GAUGUIN
• THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
• PEEGE

1973

• AMERICAN GRAFFITI
• BADLANDS
• ENTER THE DRAGON
• THE EXORCIST
• FRANK FILM
• MEAN STREETS
• NO LIES
• THE STING

1974

• ANTONIA: A PORTRAIT OF THE WOMAN
• BLAZING SADDLES
• CHINATOWN
• THE CONVERSATION
• FUJI
• THE GODFATHER, PART II
• A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE
• YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

1975

• DOG DAY AFTERNOON
• THE BUFFALO CREEK FLOOD: AN ACT OF MAN
• JAWS
• NASHVILLE
• ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
• QUASI AT THE QUACKADERO
• THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

1976

• ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
• CHULAS FRONTERAS
• GREY GARDENS
• HALLOWEEN
• HARLAN COUNTY, U.S.A.
• NETWORK
• THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES
• ROCKY
• TAXI DRIVER
• TO FLY

1977

• ANNIE HALL
• CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
• KILLER OF SHEEP
• SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
• STAR WARS

1978

• DAYS OF HEAVEN
• THE DEER HUNTER
• ERASERHEAD
• NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE
• POWERS OF TEN

1979

• ALIEN
• ALL THAT JAZZ
• APOCALYPSE NOW
• FREE RADICALS
• THE BLACK STALLION
• MANHATTAN
• THE MUPPET MOVIE

1980

• AIRPLANE!
• ATLANTIC CITY
• THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
• GARLIC IS AS GOOD AS TEN MOTHERS
• THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROSIE THE RIVETER
• RAGING BULL
• RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS 7

1981

• RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

1982

• BLADE RUNNER
• CHAN IS MISSING
• E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
• FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
• TOOTSIE

1983

• EL NORTE
• KOYAANISQATSI
• THRILLER

1984

• STRANGER THAN PARADISE
• THE TERMINATOR
• THIS IS SPINAL TAP

1985

• BACK TO THE FUTURE

1986

• HOOSIERS
• PRECIOUS IMAGES
• SHERMAN'S MARCH

1988

• DRUMS OF WINTER
• THE THIN BLUE LINE
• TIN TOY

1989

• DO THE RIGHT THING
• SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE
• WATER AND POWER

1990

• DANCES WITH WOLVES
• GOODFELLAS

1991

• BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
• BOYZ N THE HOOD
• DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST

1992

• MALCOLM X
• UNFORGIVEN

1993

• GROUNDHOG DAY
• SCHINDLER'S LIST

1994

• HOOP DREAMS
• THE RED BOOK

1995

• SCRATCH AND CROW
• TOY STORY

1996

• FARGO
• STUDY OF A RIVER