1. "Alien" (1979); where one learns that "in space no one can hear you scream"
2. "All My Babies" (1953); George Stoney's landmark educational film used to educate midwives in Georgia and throughout the South
3. "The Bad and the Beautiful" (1952); featuring Kirk Douglas as a ruthless film producer in one of Hollywood's most memorable examinations of its culture
4. "Beauty and the Beast" (1991); Disney's delightful adaptation of the classic fairy tale and the first animated feature to earn an Oscar nomination as Best Picture
5. "The Black Stallion" (1979); Carroll Ballard's evocative and visually stunning children's classic
6. "Boyz N the Hood" (1991); John Singleton's landmark debut film, an innovative look at life and the tough choices present for kids growing up in South Central Los Angeles
7. "Theodore Case Sound Tests: Gus Visser and His Singing Duck" (1925); famed tests of sound on film which influenced studio boss William Fox, in this case a hilarious recreation of a vaudeville act
8. "The Endless Summer" (1966); Bruce Brown's droll documentary of two surfers and their around-the-world quest for the "perfect wave," which made millions of dollars despite an unorthodox distribution strategy
9. "From Here to Eternity" (1953); the James Jones novel powerfully brought to screen with a dynamite cast, featuring one of the most romantic, and imitated, outdoor scenes ever
10. "From Stump to Ship" (1930); a once-forgotten 1930 logging film that has become a touchstone of cultural identity for Maine residents
11. "Fuji" (1974); Robert Breer's avant-garde replication (blending techniques of rotoscope, live-action imagery and line drawing) of a train ride past Mt. Fuji
12. "In the Heat of the Night" (1967); Sidney Poitier stars as the memorable "Mister Tibbs," who solves a crime his way
13. "Lady Windermere's Fan" (1925); famed silent adaption of the Oscar Wilde play, marked by deft illustrations of "the Lubitsch touch" from director Ernst Lubitsch
14. "Melody Ranch" (1938); one of the best vehicles for Gene Autry as the singing cowboy
15. "The Pearl" (1948); a landmark among English-language Mexican classics released for Hispanic audiences in the United States, which features breathtaking cinematography by Gabriel Figueroa
16. "Punch Drunks" (1934); rollicking Three Stooges farce in which Curly goes from Milquetoast to champion boxer whenever "Pop Goes the Weasel" is played
Humphrey Bogart vies for the affections of Audrey Hepburn (in the title role as the daughter of a chauffeur) in "Sabrina" (1954), a Billy Wilder-directed vehicle selected for this year's National Film Registry.
17. "Sabrina" (1954); classic romantic comedy, where Audrey Hepburn most choose between Humphrey Bogart and William Holden
18. "Star Theatre" (1901); a dazzling 1901 time-lapse special effects film showing demolition of the New York City theater
19. "Stranger Than Paradise" (1984); director Jim Jarmusch's influential, minimalist view of three persons' journey across America
20. "This Is Cinerama" (1952); a breathtaking, sensational travelog, and the public debut of the new Cinerama wide-screen process, using three cameras and three projectors
21. "This Is Spinal Tap" (1984); Rob Reiner's deft "mockumentary" parody of a fictitious, touring heavy metal band that places its faith in "the amplifier which goes to 11"
22. "Through Navajo Eyes" (series, 1966); a pioneering series of anthropological films
23. "Why Man Creates" (1968); an animated paean to the concept of creativity byn legendary film title sequence designer Saul Bass
24. "Wild and Woolly" (1917);
25. "Wild River" (1960); Elia Kazan's moving, evocative look at 1930s Depression-era Tennessee, where Tennessee Valley Authority agent Montgomery Clift tries to persuade an elderly woman to leave home so a dam can be built
