Films Selected to The National Film Registry, Library of Congress 1989-2008
(listed by year of film production/release)
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1893
1894
- DICKSON EXPERIMENTAL SOUND FILM (1894-95)
1896
1901
- PRESIDENT MCKINLEY INAUGURATION FOOTAGE
- STAR THEATRE
1903
1904
1906
- 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
1912
- FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS
- THE LAND BEYOND THE SUNSET
1913
- EVIDENCE OF THE FILM
- MATRIMONY'S SPEED LIMIT
- TRAFFIC IN SOULS
1914
- 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
- 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 WOOLY
1918
1919
1920
- 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
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
- WINGS
1928
- THE CAMERAMAN
- THE CROWD
- THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK
- THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
- FOX MOVIETONE NEWS: JENKINS ORPHANAGE BAND
- PASS THE GRAVY
- THE LAST COMMAND
- 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
- TABU
1932
- FREAKS
- GRAND HOTEL
- I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG
- LOVE ME TONIGHT
- THE MUSIC BOX
- RED DUST
- SCARFACE
- 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
- 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
- TRANCE AND DANCE IN BALI (1936-39)
1937
- THE AWFUL TRUTH
- DAUGHTER OF SHANGHAI
- HINDENBURG DISASTER NEWSREEL FOOTAGE
- THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA
- 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
- LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY
- MARCH OF TIME: INSIDE NAZI GERMANY--1938
- OUR DAY
- PORKY IN WACKYLAND
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
- MELODY RANCH
- THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
- PINOCCHIO
- SIEGE
- THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
- TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE COLLAPSE
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
- 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 HOUSE I LIVE IN
- MILDRED PIERCE
- THE BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO
1946
- THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
- THE BIG SLEEP
- DETOUR
- IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
- THE KILLERS
- 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
- 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]
- 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
- JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY
- NORTH BY NORTHWEST
- 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
- 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
- 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
- THE GRADUATE
- IN COLD BLOOD
- IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
1968
- BULLITT
- CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968
- DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY
- HIGH SCHOOL
- NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
- OFFON
- PLANET OF THE APES
- THE PRODUCERS
- 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
- WHY MAN CREATES
1969
- BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
- EASY RIDER
- THE LEARNING TREE
- MEDIUM COOL
- MIDNIGHT COWBOY
- 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
- NOSTALGIA
- REMINSCENCES OF A JOURNEY TO LITHUANIA
- SHAFT
1972
- CABARET
- DELIVERANCE
- THE GODFATHER
- HAROLD AND MAUDE
- THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
- PEEGE
1973
- AMERICAN GRAFFITI
- BADLANDS
- ENTER THE DRAGON
- 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
- THE BUFFALO CREEK FLOOD: AN ACT OF MAN
- JAWS
- NASHVILLE
- ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
- THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
1976
- CHULAS FRONTERAS
- 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
- 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
1980
- ATLANTIC CITY
- GARLIC IS AS GOOD AS TEN MOTHERS
- THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROSIE THE RIVETER
- RAGING BULL
- RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS 7
1981
1982
- BLADE RUNNER
- CHAN IS MISSING
- E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
- FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
- TOOTSIE
1983
1984
- STRANGER THAN PARADISE
- THE TERMINATOR
- THIS IS SPINAL TAP
1985
1986
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
1993
- GROUNDHOG DAY
- SCHINDLER'S LIST
1994
1995
1996
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