Watch Films on the National Film Registry

Due to copyright concerns, the Library of Congress is unable to post all National Film Registry selections. However, we do have some in the Library of Congress National Screening Room, some in the public domain, and other approved viewing links.

National Screening Room

The National Screening Room is a project of the Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. The goal of this digital collection is to present to the widest audience possible movies from the Library's extensive holdings, offering a broad range of historical and cultural documents as a contribution to education and lifelong learning. The National Screening Room offers over 550 films for viewing and below are viewing links to films on the National Film Registry.

These selections are presented as part of the record of the past. They are historical documents which reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. The Library of Congress does not endorse the views expressed in these movies, which may contain content offensive to users. For more information about these films, visit Brief Descriptions and Essays.

• All My Babies (1953) – Added to the Registry in 2002
• Bargain, The (1914) – Added to the Registry in 2010
• Bronx Morning, A (1931) - Added to the National Film Registry in 2004
• Corbett-Fitzsimmons Title Fight (1897) – Added to the Registry in 2012
• Corner in Wheat, A (1909) – Added to the Registry in 1994
• Cry of Jazz, The (1959) – Added to the Registry in 2010
• Duck and Cover (1951) – Added to the Registry in 2004
• Eaux d’artifice (1953)  - Added to the Registry in 1993
• Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894)  - Added to the Registry in 2015
• Flying Ace, The (1926) - Added to the Registry in 2021
• Forgotten Frontier, The (1931) – Added to the Registry in  1996
• Great Train Robbery (1903) - Added to the Registry in 1990
• H2O (1929) – Added to the Registry in 2005
• Hell-Bound Train (1930) – Added to the Registry in 2021
• Hitch-Hiker, The (1953) – Added to the Registry in 1998
• House I Live In, The (1945)  - Added to the Registry in 2007
• The House in the Middle (1954) - Added to the Registry in 2001
• In the Street (1948) - Added to the Registry in 2006
• Interior New York Subway 14th to 42nd (1905)  - Added to the Registry in 2017
• Italian, The (1915)  Added to the Registry in 1991
• Jam Session (1942) – Added to the Registry in 2001
• Kiss, The (1896) – Added to the Registry in 1999
• Making of an American, The (1920) – Added to the Registry in 2005
• Master Hands (1936)  Added to the Registry in 1999
• Memphis Belle (1944)  Added to the Registry in 2001
• Men and Dust (1940) - Added to the Registry in 2013
• Middleton Family at the New York World’s Fair (1939) - Added to the Registry in 2012
• Modesta (1956) – Added to the Registry in 1998
• Newark Athlete (1891)  - Added to the Registry in 2010
• Our Day (Home Movie) (1938) - Added to the Registry in 2007
• Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936) – Added to the Registry in 2004
• Preservation of Sign Language, The (1913) - Added to the Registry in 2010
• President McKinley Inauguration Footage (1901) – Added to the Registry in  2000
• River, The (1938) – Added to the Registry in 1990
• San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (1906) – Added to the Registry in 2005
• Sinking of the Lusitania, The (1918) – Added to the Registry in 2017
• St. Louis Blues (1929)  - Added to the Registry in 2006
• Study in Red, A (1959) - Added to the National Film Registry in 2009
• Trip Down Market Street, A (1906)  Added to the Registry in 2010
• Trance and Dance in Bali (1937-1939) - Added to the Registry in 1999
• Under Western Star (1938) – Added to the Registry 2009
• Verbena Tragica (1939) – Added to the Registry in 1996
• Within Our Gates (1920)  - Added to the Registry in 1992