National Film Preservation Board

National Film Registry

In late 1996, the United States Congress passed landmark legislation creating the independent, nonprofit National Film Preservation Foundation, a public-private partnership to benefit the film preservation efforts of American film archives, historical societies and similar institutions. Visit the Web page of the private sector National Film Preservation Foundation for information on its programs and groundbreaking DVD anthologies, Treasures From American Film Archives and More Treasures from American Film Archives.

Looking for an easy--and free--way to support film preservation? Do your Internet searches via GoodSearch and designate our charitable affiliate, the National Film Preservation Foundation, as the recipient. Good Search donates a penny per search to the charity.

• 2008 National Film Registry selections (announced Tuesday, December 30)
• 2007 National Film Registry selections (announced Thursday, December 27)
• National Film Registry, 1989-2008:
  (Titles listed A-Z)
• National Film Registry, 1989-2008:
  (Titles listed by production year/release date)
• Unofficial National Film Registry personnel credits 1989-2006 (sorted alphabetically by performer)
• Unofficial National Film Registry personnel credits 1989-2006 (sorted by craft)
• National Film Registry, 1989-2007: Internet Movie Database listing of NFR films (with credits) by year of induction into the Registry)
• Wikipedia entries for each Registry film and year of induction
• Vote on films for the National Film Registry!
• Need Ideas for Films to Nominate? Here are Some Films Not Yet Named to the National Film Registry
• How do I obtain DVD's or videos of National Film Registry titles? The National Film Preservation Board does not possess rights to any of the NFR titles and thus we cannot sell video copies to the public. Most, though not all, of the Registry titles are available at the usual retail outlets. Facets Multi-Media has a special catalog for National Film Registry titles, which provides an easy way to check title availability.

Candidates for the National Film Registry: The Public Reviews

• Find out information on this ongoing film series at the Library of Congress' Mary Pickford Theater. Check out the film introductions-- Camille, Choose Me, Daughter of Shanghai, The Desert Song, Face Behind the Mask, Fang and Claw & Tiger Fangs, The Florentine Dagger, From Here to Eternity, King of the Khyber Rifles, Outcast and Legion of Terror, 1776, Those Three French Girls and A Damsel in Distress, Two-Lane Blacktop, The Wild One and Gimme Shelter, and With Williamson Beneath the Sea.
• Information on the current Pickford Theater series.
• Program notes from old series: Small Town America