National Film Registry

National Film Registry
Founded
TypeFilm preservation
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The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) collection of films selected for preservation, each selected for its historical, cultural and aesthetic contributions since the NFPB's inception in 1988.[1][2]

History

Throughout the 1980s, several prominent filmmakers and industry personalities in the United States, such as Frank Capra and Martin Scorsese, advocated for Congress to enact a film preservation bill in order to avoid commercial modifications (such as pan and scan and editing for TV) of classic films, which they saw as negative. In response to the controversy over the colorization of originally black and white films in the decade specifically, Representatives Robert J. Mrazek and Sidney R. Yates introduced the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, which established the National Film Registry, its purpose, and the criteria for selecting films for preservation.[3] The Act was passed and the NFR's mission was subsequently reauthorized by further acts of Congress in 1992, 1996, 2005, 2008, and 2016.[4][5][6][7] The National Film Preservation Board's mission, to which the NFR contributes, is to ensure the survival, conservation, and increased public availability of America's film heritage.[8] The 1996 law also created the non-profit National Film Preservation Foundation which, although affiliated with the NFPB, raises money from the private sector.[9]

Selection criteria

Taken together, the ... films in the National Film Registry represent a stunning range of American filmmaking—including Hollywood features, documentaries, avant-garde and amateur productions, films of regional interest, ethnic, animated, and short film subjects—all deserving recognition, preservation and access by future generations. As we begin this new millennium, the registry stands among the finest summations of American cinema's wondrous first century.

The NFPB adds to the NFR up to 25 "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant films" each year in December, showcasing the range and diversity of American film heritage to increase awareness for its preservation.[10] A film becomes eligible for inclusion ten years after its original release.[11] For the first selection in 1989, the public nominated almost 1,000 films for consideration. Members of the NFPB then developed individual ballots of possible films for inclusion. The ballots were tabulated into a list of 25 films that was then modified by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington and his staff at the Library for the final selection.[10] Since 1997, members of the public have been able to nominate up to 50 films a year for the NFPB and Librarian to consider,[12] with an August submission deadline.

The NFR includes films ranging from Hollywood classics to orphan films.[13] A film is not required to be feature-length, nor is it required to have been theatrically released in the traditional sense. The Registry contains newsreels, silent films, student films, experimental films, short films, music videos, films out of copyright protection or in the public domain, film serials, home movies, documentaries, animation and independent films. As of the 2024 listing, there are 900 films in the Registry.

Films

Film title Film type Year of release Year of induction Reference
2001: A Space Odyssey Narrative feature 1968 1991 [14]
3:10 to Yuma Narrative feature 1957 2012 [15]
4 Little Girls Documentary 1997 2017 [16]
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad Narrative feature 1958 2008 [17]
12 Angry Men Narrative feature 1957 2007 [18]
12 Years a Slave Narrative feature 2013 2023 [19]
13 Lakes Documentary/experimental film 2004 2014 [20]
20 Feet from Stardom Documentary 2013 2023 [19]
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Narrative feature 1916 2016 [21]
42nd Street Narrative feature 1933 1998 [22]
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Narrative feature 1948 2001 [23]
Ace in the Hole Narrative feature 1951 2017 [16]
Adam's Rib Narrative feature 1949 1992 [24]
The Adventures of Robin Hood± Narrative feature 1938 1995 [25]
The African Queen Narrative feature 1951 1994 [26]
Airplane! Narrative feature 1980 2010 [27]
Alambrista! Narrative feature 1977 2023 [19]
Alien Narrative feature 1979 2002 [28]
All About Eve Narrative feature 1950 1990 [29]
All My Babies Documentary 1953 2002 [28]
All Quiet on the Western Front Narrative feature 1930 1990 [29]
All That Heaven Allows Narrative feature 1955 1995 [25]
All That Jazz Narrative feature 1979 2001 [23]
All the King's Men Narrative feature 1949 2001 [23]
All the President's Men Narrative feature 1976 2010 [27]
Allures Short subject/experimental film 1961 2011 [30]
Amadeus Narrative feature 1984 2019 [31]
America America Narrative feature 1963 2001 [23]
American Graffiti Narrative feature 1973 1995 [25]
An American in Paris Narrative feature 1951 1993 [32]
American Me Narrative feature 1992 2024 [33]
Anatomy of a Murder Narrative feature 1959 2012 [15]
Angels with Dirty Faces Narrative feature 1938 2024 [33]
Annabelle Serpentine Dance Short subject 1895 2024 [33]
Annie Hall Narrative feature 1977 1992 [24]
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman Documentary 1974 2003 [34]
The Apartment Narrative feature 1960 1994 [26]
Apocalypse Now Narrative feature 1979 2000 [35]
Apollo 13 Narrative feature 1995 2023 [19]
Applause Narrative feature 1929 2006 [36]
The Asphalt Jungle Narrative feature 1950 2008 [17]
Atlantic City Narrative feature 1980 2003 [34]
The Atomic Cafe Documentary 1982 2016 [21]
Attica Documentary 1974 2022 [37]
The Augustas Home film 1930s–1950s 2012 [15]
The Awful Truth Narrative feature 1937 1996 [38]
Baby Face Narrative feature 1933 2005 [39]
Back to the Future Narrative feature 1985 2007 [18]
The Bad and the Beautiful Narrative feature 1952 2002 [28]
Bad Day at Black Rock Narrative feature 1955 2018 [40]
Badlands Narrative feature 1973 1993 [32]
Ball of Fire Narrative feature 1941 2016 [21]
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez Narrative feature 1982 2022 [37]
Bambi Animated narrative feature 1942 2011 [30]
Bamboozled Narrative feature 2000 2023 [19]
The Band Wagon Narrative feature 1953 1995 [25]
The Bank Dick Narrative feature 1940 1992 [24]
The Bargain Narrative feature 1914 2010 [27]
The Battle of San Pietro Documentary 1945 1991 [14]
The Battle of the Century Short subject 1927 2020 [41]
The Beau Brummels Short subject 1928 2016 [21]
Beauty and the Beast Animated narrative feature 1991 2002 [28]
Becky Sharp Narrative feature 1935 2019 [31]
Before Stonewall Documentary 1984 2019 [31]
Behind Every Good Man Documentary/short subject 1967 2022 [37]
Being There Narrative feature 1979 2015 [42]
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Narrative feature 1925 1997 [43]
Ben-Hur Narrative feature 1959 2004 [44]
Bert Williams: Lime Kiln Club Field Day Narrative feature 1913 2014 [20]
The Best Years of Our Lives Narrative feature 1946 1989 [45]
Betty Tells Her Story Documentary/short subject 1972 2022 [37]
Beverly Hills Cop Narrative feature 1984 2024 [33]
Big Business Short subject 1929 1992 [24]
The Big Heat Narrative feature 1953 2011 [30]
The Big Lebowski Narrative feature 1998 2014 [20]
The Big Parade Narrative feature 1925 1992 [24]
The Big Sleep Narrative feature 1946 1997 [43]
The Big Trail Narrative feature 1930 2006 [36]
The Birds Narrative feature 1963 2016 [21]
The Birth of a Nation Narrative feature 1915 1992 [24]
Black and Tan Short subject 1929 2015 [42]
The Black Pirate Narrative feature 1926 1993 [32]
The Black Stallion Narrative feature 1979 2002 [28]
Blackboard Jungle Narrative feature 1955 2016 [21]
Blacksmith Scene Short subject 1893 1995 [25]
Blade Runner Narrative feature 1982 1993 [32]
Blazing Saddles Narrative feature 1974 2006 [36]
Bless Their Little Hearts Narrative feature 1984 2013 [46]
The Blood of Jesus Narrative feature 1941 1991 [14]
The Blue Bird Narrative feature 1918 2004 [44]
The Blues Brothers Narrative feature 1980 2020 [47]
Body and Soul Narrative feature 1925 2019 [31]
Bohulano Family Film Collection Home films 1950s–1970s 2023 [19]
Bonnie and Clyde Narrative feature 1967 1992 [24]
Born Yesterday Narrative feature 1950 2012 [15]
Boulevard Nights Narrative feature 1979 2017 [16]
Boys Don't Cry Narrative feature 1999 2019 [31]
Boyz n the Hood Narrative feature 1991 2002 [28]
Brandy in the Wilderness Narrative feature 1969 2013 [46]
Bread Narrative feature 1918 2020 [47]
Breakfast at Tiffany's Narrative feature 1961 2012 [15]
The Breakfast Club Narrative feature 1985 2016 [21]
Bride of Frankenstein Narrative feature 1935 1998 [22]
The Bridge on the River Kwai Narrative feature 1957 1997 [43]
Bringing Up Baby Narrative feature 1938 1990 [29]
Broadcast News Narrative feature 1987 2018 [40]
Brokeback Mountain Narrative feature 2005 2018 [40]
Broken Blossoms Narrative feature 1919 1996 [38]
A Bronx Morning Short subject/experimental film 1931 2004 [44]
Buena Vista Social Club Documentary 1999 2020 [47]
The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man Documentary 1975 2005 [39]
Bullitt Narrative feature 1968 2007 [18]
Bush Mama Narrative feature 1979 2022 [37]
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Narrative feature 1969 2003 [34]
Cab Calloway's home movies Home films 1948–1951 2022 [37]
Cabaret Narrative feature 1972 1995 [25]
Cabin in the Sky Narrative feature 1943 2020 [47]
The Cameraman Narrative feature 1928 2005 [39]
Carmen Jones Narrative feature 1954 1992 [24]
Carrie Narrative feature 1976 2022 [37]
Casablanca Narrative feature 1942 1989 [45]
Castro Street Documentary/short subject/experimental film 1966 1992 [24]
Cat People Narrative feature 1942 1993 [32]
Chan Is Missing Narrative feature 1982 1995 [25]
Charade Narrative feature 1963 2022 [37]
The Cheat Narrative feature 1915 1993 [32]
The Chechahcos Narrative feature 1924 2003 [34]
Chelsea Girls Experimental film 1966 2024 [33]
Chicana Documentary 1979 2021 [48]
Chinatown Narrative feature 1974 1991 [14]
A Christmas Story Narrative feature 1983 2012 [15]
Chulas Fronteras Documentary 1976 1993 [32]
Cicero March Documentary/short subject 1966 2013 [46]
Cinderella Animated narrative feature 1950 2018 [40]
Citizen Kane Narrative feature 1941 1989 [45]
The City Documentary/short subject 1939 1998 [22]
City Lights Narrative feature 1931 1991 [14]
Civilization Narrative feature 1916 1999 [49]
The Clash of the Wolves Narrative feature 1925 2004 [44]
Clerks Narrative feature 1994 2019 [31]
A Clockwork Orange Narrative feature 1971 2020 [47]
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Narrative feature 1977 2007 [18]
Coal Miner's Daughter Narrative feature 1980 2019 [31]
Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther Documentary/short subject 1939 2001 [23]
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 Documentary/short subject 1940 2005 [39]
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Documentary 1989 2024 [33]
Compensation Narrative feature 1999 2024 [33]
A Computer Animated Hand Animated short subject/experimental film 1972 2011 [30]
The Conversation Narrative feature 1974 1995 [25]
Cool Hand Luke Narrative feature 1967 2005 [39]
Cooley High Narrative feature 1975 2021 [48]
The Cool World Narrative feature 1963 1994 [26]
Cops Short subject 1922 1997 [43]
The Corbett–Fitzsimmons Fight Documentary 1897 2012 [15]
A Corner in Wheat Short subject 1909 1994 [26]
The Court Jester Narrative feature 1956 2004 [44]
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment Documentary 1963 2011 [30]
The Crowd Narrative feature 1928 1989 [45]
Cruisin' J-Town Documentary/short subject 1975 2023 [19]
The Cry of the Children Short subject 1912 2011 [30]
The Cry of Jazz Documentary/short subject 1959 2010 [27]
A Cure for Pokeritis Short subject 1912 2011 [30]
The Curse of Quon Gwon Short subject 1916–1917 2006 [36]
Cyrano de Bergerac Narrative feature 1950 2022 [37]
Czechoslovakia 1968 Documentary/short subject 1969 1997 [43]
D.O.A. Narrative feature 1950 2004 [44]
Dance, Girl, Dance Narrative feature 1940 2007 [18]
Dances With Wolves Narrative feature 1990 2007 [18]
The Dark Knight Narrative feature 2008 2020 [47]
Daughter of Dawn Narrative feature 1920 2013 [46]
Daughter of Shanghai Narrative feature 1937 2006 [36]
Daughters of the Dust Narrative feature 1991 2004 [44]
David Holzman's Diary Narrative feature 1967 1991 [14]
The Day the Earth Stood Still Narrative feature 1951 1995 [25]
Days of Heaven Narrative feature 1978 2007 [18]
Days of Wine and Roses Narrative feature 1962 2018 [40]
Dead Birds Documentary 1964 1998 [22]
Decasia Experimental film 2002 2013 [46]
The Decline of Western Civilization Documentary 1981 2016 [21]
The Deer Hunter Narrative feature 1978 1996 [38]
Deliverance Narrative feature 1972 2008 [17]
Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre Documentary/short subject 1901 2002 [28]
Desperately Seeking Susan Narrative feature 1985 2023 [19]
Destry Rides Again Narrative feature 1939 1996 [38]
Detour Narrative feature 1945 1992 [24]
The Devil Never Sleeps Documentary 1994 2020 [47]
The Dickson Experimental Sound Film Short subject/experimental film 1894 or 1895 2003 [34]
Die Hard Narrative feature 1988 2017 [16]
Dinner at Eight Narrative feature 1933 2023 [19]
Dirty Dancing Narrative feature 1987 2024 [33]
Dirty Harry Narrative feature 1971 2012 [15]
Disneyland Dream Home film 1956 2008 [17]
Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency Documentary/short subject 1908 2018 [40]
Do the Right Thing Narrative feature 1989 1999 [49]
The Docks of New York Narrative feature 1928 1999 [49]
Dodsworth Narrative feature 1936 1990 [29]
Dog Day Afternoon Narrative feature 1975 2009 [50]
Dog Star Man Short subject/experimental film series 1961–1964 1992 [24]
Dont Look Back Documentary 1967 1998 [22]
Double Indemnity Narrative feature 1944 1992 [24]
Down Argentine Way Narrative feature 1940 2014 [20]
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Narrative feature 1964 1989 [45]
Dracula Narrative feature 1931 2000 [35]
Dracula (Spanish version) Narrative feature 1931 2015 [42]
The Dragon Painter Narrative feature 1919 2014 [20]
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend Short subject 1906 2015 [42]
Drums of Winter Documentary 1988 2006 [36]
Duck Amuck Animated short subject 1953 1999 [49]
Duck and Cover Animated short subject 1951 2004 [44]
Duck Soup Narrative feature 1933 1990 [29]
Dumbo Animated narrative feature 1941 2017 [16]
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Narrative feature 1982 1994 [26]
Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer Documentary 1975 2015 [42]
Early Abstractions[I] Animated short subject 1939–1956 2006 [36]
East of Eden Narrative feature 1955 2016 [21]
Easy Rider Narrative feature 1969 1998 [22]
Eaux d'Artifice Short subject/experimental film 1953 1993 [32]
Edge of the City Narrative feature 1957 2023 [19]
Edison Kinetographic Record of a Sneeze Documentary/short subject 1894 2015 [42]
El Mariachi Narrative feature 1992 2011 [30]
El Norte Narrative feature 1983 1995 [25]
Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB Short subject 1967 2010 [27]
Ella Cinders Narrative feature 1926 2013 [46]
Emigrants Landing at Ellis Island Documentary/short subject 1903 2019 [31]
The Emperor Jones Narrative feature 1933 1999 [49]
Empire Experimental film 1964 2004 [44]
The Empire Strikes Back Narrative feature 1980 2010 [27]
Employees' Entrance Narrative feature 1933 2019 [31]
The Endless Summer Documentary 1966 2002 [28]
Enter the Dragon Narrative feature 1973 2004 [44]
Eraserhead Narrative feature 1977 2004 [44]
Eve's Bayou Narrative feature 1997 2018 [40]
Evergreen Short subject/experimental film 1965 2021 [48]
The Evidence of the Film Short subject 1913 2001 [23]
The Exiles Narrative feature 1961 2009 [50]
The Exorcist Narrative feature 1973 2010 [27]
The Exploits of Elaine[II] Serial film 1914 1994 [26]
A Face in the Crowd Narrative feature 1957 2008 [17]
Faces Narrative feature 1968 2011 [30]
Fake Fruit Factory Documentary/short subject/experimental film 1986 2011 [30]
The Fall of the House of Usher Short subject 1928 2000 [35]
Fame Narrative feature 1980 2023 [19]
Fantasia Animated narrative feature 1940 1990 [29]
Fargo Narrative feature 1996 2006 [36]
Fast Times at Ridgemont High Narrative feature 1982 2005 [39]
Fatty's Tintype Tangle Short subject 1915 1995 [25]
Felicia Documentary/short subject 1965 2014 [20]
Ferris Bueller's Day Off Narrative feature 1986 2014 [20]
Field of Dreams Narrative feature 1989 2017 [16]
Film Portrait Documentary 1972 2003 [34]
Five Easy Pieces Narrative feature 1970 2000 [35]
Flash Gordon[III] Serial film 1936 1996 [38]
Flesh and the Devil Narrative feature 1927 2006 [36]
Flowers and Trees Animated short subject 1932 2021 [48]
Flower Drum Song Narrative feature 1961 2008 [17]
The Flying Ace Narrative feature 1926 2021 [48]
The Fog of War Documentary 2003 2019 [31]
A Fool There Was Narrative feature 1915 2015 [42]
Foolish Wives Narrative feature 1922 2008 [17]
Footlight Parade Narrative feature 1933 1992 [24]
Forbidden Planet Narrative feature 1956 2013 [46]
Force of Evil Narrative feature 1948 1994 [26]
The Forgotten Frontier Documentary 1931 1996 [38]
Forrest Gump Narrative feature 1994 2011 [30]
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Narrative feature 1921 1995 [25]
Fox Movietone News: Jenkins Orphanage Band Newsreel 1928 2003 [34]
Frank Film Animated short subject 1973 1996 [38]
Frankenstein Narrative feature 1931 1991 [14]
Freaks Narrative feature 1932 1994 [26]
Free Radicals Animated short subject 1979 2008 [17]
Freedom Riders Documentary 2010 2020 [47]
The French Connection Narrative feature 1971 2005 [39]
The Freshman Narrative feature 1925 1990 [29]
From Here to Eternity Narrative feature 1953 2002 [28]
From Stump to Ship Short subject/industrial film 1930 2002 [28]
From the Manger to the Cross Narrative feature 1912 1998 [22]
The Front Page Narrative feature 1931 2010 [27]
Fuentes Family Home Movies Collection Home films 1920s–1930s 2017 [16]
Fuji Animated/live-action hybrid short subject/experimental film 1974 2002 [28]
Funny Girl Narrative feature 1968 2016 [21]
Fury Narrative feature 1936 1995 [25]
The Gang's All Here Narrative feature 1943 2014 [20]
Ganja & Hess Narrative feature 1973 2024 [33]
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers Documentary 1980 2004 [44]
Gaslight Narrative feature 1944 2019 [31]
The General Narrative feature 1926 1989 [45]
Gentleman's Agreement Narrative feature 1947 2017 [16]
George Stevens' World War II footage Documentary 1943–1946 2008 [17]
George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute Documentary/short subject 1937 2019 [31]
Gerald McBoing-Boing Animated short subject 1950 1995 [25]
Gertie the Dinosaur Animated short subject 1914 1991 [14]
Ghostbusters Narrative feature 1984 2015 [42]
Giant Narrative feature 1956 2005 [39]
Gigi Narrative feature 1958 1991 [14]
Gilda Narrative feature 1946 2013 [46]
The Girl Without a Soul Narrative feature 1917 2018 [40]
Girlfriends Narrative feature 1978 2019 [31]
Glimpse of the Garden Short subject/experimental film 1957 2007 [18]
The Godfather Narrative feature 1972 1990 [29]
The Godfather Part II Narrative feature 1974 1993 [32]
Going My Way Narrative feature 1944 2004 [44]
Gold Diggers of 1933 Narrative feature 1933 2003 [34]
The Gold Rush Narrative feature 1925 1992 [24]
Gone with the Wind Narrative feature 1939 1989 [45]
Goodfellas Narrative feature 1990 2000 [35]
The Goonies Narrative feature 1985 2017 [16]
The Graduate Narrative feature 1967 1996 [38]
Grand Hotel Narrative feature 1932 2007 [18]
The Grapes of Wrath Narrative feature 1940 1989 [45]
Grass Documentary 1925 1997 [43]
Grease Narrative feature 1978 2020 [47]
The Great Dictator Narrative feature 1940 1997 [43]
The Great Train Robbery Short subject 1903 1990 [29]
Greed Narrative feature 1924 1991 [14]
Grey Gardens Documentary 1975 2010 [27]
The Ground Short subject/experimental film 1993–2001 2020 [47]
Groundhog Day Narrative feature 1993 2006 [36]
Growing Up Female Documentary 1971 2011 [30]
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Narrative feature 1967 2017 [16]
Gun Crazy Narrative feature 1950 1998 [22]
Gunga Din Narrative feature 1939 1999 [49]
H2O Short subject/experimental film 1929 2005 [39]
Hail the Conquering Hero Narrative feature 1944 2015 [42]
Hairspray Narrative feature 1988 2022 [37]
Hair Piece: A Film for Nappyheaded People Animated short subject 1984 2018 [40]
Hallelujah Narrative feature 1929 2008 [17]
Halloween Narrative feature 1978 2006 [36]
Hands Up! Narrative feature 1926 2005 [39]
Harlan County, USA Documentary 1976 1990 [29]
Harold and Maude Narrative feature 1971 1997 [43]
Hearts and Minds Documentary 1974 2018 [40]
He Who Gets Slapped Narrative feature 1924 2017 [16]
The Heiress Narrative feature 1949 1996 [38]
Helen Keller in Her Story Documentary 1954 2023 [19]
Hell's Hinges Narrative feature 1916 1994 [26]
Hellbound Train Narrative feature 1930 2021 [48]
Heroes All Documentary 1920 2009 [50]
Hester Street Narrative feature 1975 2011 [30]
High Noon Narrative feature 1952 1989 [45]
High School Documentary 1968 1991 [14]
Hindenburg disaster newsreel footage Newsreel 1937 1997 [43]
His Girl Friday Narrative feature 1940 1993 [32]
The Hitch-Hiker Narrative feature 1953 1998 [22]
The Hole Animated short subject 1962 2013 [46]
Home Alone Narrative feature 1990 2023 [19]
Hoop Dreams Documentary 1994 2005 [39]
Hoosiers Narrative feature 1986 2001 [23]
Hospital Documentary 1970 1994 [26]
The Hospital Narrative feature 1971 1995 [25]
Hot Dogs for Gauguin Short subject 1972 2009 [50]
Hours for Jerome: Parts 1 and 2 Experimental film 1980–1982 2012 [15]
The House I Live In Short subject 1945 2007 [18]
The House in the Middle Documentary/short subject 1954 2001 [23]
House of Usher Narrative feature 1960 2005 [39]
House of Wax Narrative feature 1953 2014 [20]
House Party Narrative feature 1990 2022 [37]
How Green Was My Valley Narrative feature 1941 1990 [29]
How the West Was Won Narrative feature 1962 1997 [43]
Hud Narrative feature 1963 2018 [40]
Humoresque Narrative feature 1920 2015 [42]
The Hunters Documentary 1957 2003 [34]
The Hurt Locker Narrative feature 2008 2020 [47]
The Hustler Narrative feature 1961 1997 [43]
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Narrative feature 1932 1991 [14]
I Am Joaquin Short subject 1969 2010 [27]
I Am Somebody Documentary/short subject 1970 2019 [31]
I, An Actress Short subject 1977 2011 [30]
Illusions Short subject 1982 2020 [47]
Imitation of Life Narrative feature 1934 2005 [39]
Imitation of Life Narrative feature 1959 2015 [42]
The Immigrant Short subject 1917 1998 [22]
In a Lonely Place Narrative feature 1950 2007 [18]
In Cold Blood Narrative feature 1967 2008 [17]
In the Heat of the Night Narrative feature 1967 2002 [28]
In the Land of the Head Hunters Narrative feature 1914 1999 [49]
In the Street Documentary/short subject 1948 2006 [36]
The Incredible Shrinking Man Narrative feature 1957 2009 [50]
The Informer Narrative feature 1935 2018 [40]
The Inner World of Aphasia Educational film 1968 2015 [42]
Interior New York Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street Documentary/short subject 1905 2017 [16]
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport Documentary 2000 2014 [20]
Intolerance Narrative feature 1916 1989 [45]
Invaders from Mars Narrative feature 1953 2024 [33]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers Narrative feature 1956 1994 [26]
The Invisible Man Narrative feature 1933 2008 [17]
The Iron Horse Narrative feature 1924 2011 [30]
Iron Man Narrative feature 2008 2022 [37]
It Narrative feature 1927 2001 [23]
It Happened One Night Narrative feature 1934 1993 [32]
It's a Gift Narrative feature 1934 2010 [27]
It's a Wonderful Life Narrative feature 1946 1990 [29]
The Italian Narrative feature 1915 1991 [14]
Itam Hakim, Hopiit Documentary/experimental film 1984 2022 [37]
Jailhouse Rock Narrative feature 1957 2004 [44]
Jam Session Short subject 1942 2001 [23]
Jammin' the Blues Short subject 1944 1995 [25]
Jaws Narrative feature 1975 2001 [23]
Jazz on a Summer's Day Documentary 1959 1999 [49]
The Jazz Singer Narrative feature 1927 1996 [38]
Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest Documentary 1910 2005 [39]
Jezebel Narrative feature 1938 2009 [50]
John Henry and the Inky-Poo Animated short subject 1946 2015 [42]
Johnny Guitar Narrative feature 1954 2008 [17]
The Joy Luck Club Narrative feature 1993 2020 [47]
Jubilo Narrative feature 1919 2021 [48]
Judgment at Nuremberg Narrative feature 1961 2013 [46]
The Jungle Short subject 1967 2009 [50]
Jurassic Park Narrative feature 1993 2018 [40]
Kannapolis, N.C. Documentary 1941 2004 [44]
The Kid Narrative feature 1921 2011 [30]
Kid Auto Races at Venice Short subject 1914 2020 [47]
The Kidnappers Foil[IV] Short subject 1930s–1950s 2012 [15]
Killer of Sheep Narrative feature 1978 1990 [29]
The Killers Narrative feature 1946 2008 [17]
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Documentary 1970 1999 [49]
King Kong Narrative feature 1933 1991 [14]
King of Jazz Narrative feature 1930 2013 [46]
The Kiss Short subject 1896 1999 [49]
Kiss Me Deadly Narrative feature 1955 1999 [49]
Knute Rockne, All American Narrative feature 1940 1997 [43]
Koko's Earth Control Animated short subject 1928 2024 [33]
Koyaanisqatsi Documentary 1982 2000 [35]
L.A. Confidential Narrative feature 1997 2015 [42]
La Bamba Narrative feature 1987 2017 [16]
Lady and the Tramp Animated narrative feature 1955 2023 [19]
The Lady Eve Narrative feature 1941 1994 [26]
The Lady from Shanghai Narrative feature 1947 2018 [40]
Lady Helen's Escapade Short subject 1909 2004 [44]
Lady Windermere's Fan Narrative feature 1925 2002 [28]
Lambchops Short subject 1929 1999 [49]
The Land Beyond the Sunset Short subject 1912 2000 [35]
Lassie Come Home Narrative feature 1943 1993 [32]
The Last Command Narrative feature 1928 2006 [36]
The Last of the Mohicans Narrative feature 1920 1995 [25]
The Last Picture Show Narrative feature 1971 1998 [22]
The Last Waltz Documentary 1978 2019 [31]
Laura Narrative feature 1944 1999 [49]
Lawrence of Arabia Narrative feature 1962 1991 [14]
The Lead Shoes Short subject/experimental film 1949 2009 [50]
A League of Their Own Narrative feature 1992 2012 [15]
The Learning Tree Narrative feature 1969 1989 [45]
Leave Her to Heaven Narrative feature 1945 2018 [40]
Let There Be Light Documentary 1946 2010 [27]
Let's All Go to the Lobby Animated short subject 1957 2000 [35]
Letter from an Unknown Woman Narrative feature 1948 1992 [24]
The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra Short subject/experimental film 1928 1997 [43]
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter Documentary 1980 1996 [38]
Life of an American Fireman Short subject 1903 2016 [21]
The Life of Emile Zola Narrative feature 1937 2000 [35]
The Lighted Field Experimental film 1987 2023 [19]
Lilies of the Field Narrative feature 1963 2020 [47]
The Lion King Animated narrative feature 1994 2016 [21]
Little Big Man Narrative feature 1970 2014 [20]
Little Caesar Narrative feature 1931 2000 [35]
Little Fugitive Narrative feature 1953 1997 [43]
The Little Mermaid Animated narrative feature 1989 2022 [37]
Little Miss Marker Narrative feature 1934 1998 [22]
Little Nemo Animated short subject 1911 2009 [50]
Lives of Performers Experimental film 1972 2017 [16]
The Living Desert Documentary 1953 2000 [35]
Lonesome Narrative feature 1928 2010 [27]
The Long Goodbye Narrative feature 1973 2021 [48]
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Narrative feature 2001 2021 [48]
Losing Ground Narrative feature 1982 2020 [47]
Lost Horizon Narrative feature 1937 2016 [21]
The Lost Weekend Narrative feature 1945 2011 [30]
The Lost World Narrative feature 1925 1998 [22]
Louisiana Story Narrative feature 1948 1994 [26]
Love & Basketball Narrative feature 2000 2023 [19]
Love Finds Andy Hardy Narrative feature 1938 2000 [35]
Love Me Tonight Narrative feature 1932 1990 [29]
The Lunch Date Short subject 1990 2013 [46]
Luxo Jr. Animated short subject 1986 2014 [20]
M*A*S*H Narrative feature 1970 1996 [38]
Mabel's Blunder Short subject 1914 2009 [50]
Magical Maestro Animated short subject 1952 1993 [32]
The Magnificent Ambersons Narrative feature 1942 1991 [14]
The Magnificent Seven Narrative feature 1960 2013 [46]
Make Way for Tomorrow Narrative feature 1937 2010 [27]
The Making of an American Short subject 1920 2005 [39]
Malcolm X Narrative feature 1992 2010 [27]
The Maltese Falcon Narrative feature 1941 1989 [45]
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Narrative feature 1962 2007 [18]
The Man with the Golden Arm Narrative feature 1955 2020 [47]
The Manchurian Candidate Narrative feature 1962 1994 [26]
Manhatta Documentary/short subject 1921 1995 [25]
Manhattan Narrative feature 1979 2001 [23]
Manzanar Documentary/short subject 1971 2022 [37]
Mardi Gras Carnival Documentary/short subject 1898 2022 [37]
The March Documentary/short subject 1964 2008 [17]
The March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany Newsreel 1938 1993 [32]
Marian Anderson: The Lincoln Memorial Concert Newsreel 1939 2001 [23]
The Mark of Zorro Narrative feature 1920 2015 [42]
The Mark of Zorro Narrative feature 1940 2009 [50]
Martha Graham dance films[V] Short subject 1931–1944 2013 [46][51]
Marty Narrative feature 1955 1994 [26]
Mary Poppins Narrative feature 1964 2013 [46]
Master Hands Documentary/short subject 1936 1999 [49]
Matewan Narrative feature 1987 2023 [19]
Matrimony's Speed Limit Short subject 1913 2003 [34]
The Matrix Narrative feature 1999 2012 [15]
Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege Documentary 2006 2020 [47]
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision Documentary 1994 2023 [19]
McCabe & Mrs. Miller Narrative feature 1971 2010 [27]
Mean Streets Narrative feature 1973 1997 [43]
Medium Cool Narrative feature 1969 2003 [34]
Meet Me in St. Louis Narrative feature 1944 1994 [26]
Melody Ranch Narrative feature 1940 2002 [28]
Memento Narrative feature 2000 2017 [16]
Memphis Belle Documentary 1944 2001 [23]
Men and Dust Documentary/short subject 1940 2013 [46]
Meshes of the Afternoon Short subject/experimental film 1943 1990 [29]
Michael Jackson's Thriller± Music video 1983 2009 [50]
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair Industrial film 1939 2012 [15]
Midnight Narrative feature 1939 2013 [46]
Midnight Cowboy Narrative feature 1969 1994 [26]
Mighty Like a Moose Short subject 1926 2007 [18]
Mildred Pierce Narrative feature 1945 1996 [38]
Mingus Documentary 1968 2022 [37]
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek Narrative feature 1944 2001 [23]
Miracle on 34th Street Narrative feature 1947 2005 [39]
The Miracle Worker Narrative feature 1962 2024 [33]
Miss Lulu Bett Narrative feature 1921 2001 [23]
Modern Times Narrative feature 1936 1989 [45]
Modesta Short subject 1956 1998 [22]
Mom and Dad Narrative feature 1945 2005 [39]
Monterey Pop Documentary 1968 2018 [40]
Moon Breath Beat Animated short subject 1980 2014 [20]
Morocco Narrative feature 1930 1992 [24]
Motion Painting No. 1 Animated short subject/experimental film 1947 1997 [43]
A Movie Short subject/experimental film 1958 1994 [26]
A Movie Trip Through Filmland Educational film 1921 2023 [19]
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Narrative feature 1939 1989 [45]
Mrs. Miniver Narrative feature 1942 2009 [50]
Multiple SIDosis Short subject 1970 2000 [35]
The Muppet Movie± Narrative feature 1979 2009 [50]
The Murder of Fred Hampton Documentary 1971 2021 [48]
The Music Box Short subject 1932 1997 [43]
The Music Man Narrative feature 1962 2005 [39]
The Musketeers of Pig Alley Short subject 1912 2016 [21]
My Darling Clementine Narrative feature 1946 1991 [14]
My Fair Lady Narrative feature 1964 2018 [40]
My Family Narrative feature 1995 2024 [33]
My Man Godfrey Narrative feature 1936 1999 [49]
My Name Is Oona Short subject/experimental film 1969 2019 [31]
My Own Private Idaho Narrative feature 1991 2024 [33]
The Naked City Narrative feature 1948 2007 [18]
The Naked Spur Narrative feature 1953 1997 [43]
Nanook of the North Documentary 1922 1989 [45]
Nashville Narrative feature 1975 1992 [24]
National Lampoon's Animal House Narrative feature 1978 2001 [23]
National Velvet Narrative feature 1944 2003 [34]
The Navigator Narrative feature 1924 2018 [40]
Naughty Marietta Narrative feature 1935 2003 [34]
Navajo Film Themselves[VI] Documentary/short subject 1966 2002 [28]
The Negro Soldier Documentary 1944 2011 [30]
Network Narrative feature 1976 2000 [35]
A New Leaf Narrative feature 1971 2019 [31]
Newark Athlete Short subject 1891 2010 [27]
Nicholas Brothers' home movies Home films 1930s–1940s 2011 [30]
A Night at the Opera Narrative feature 1935 1993 [32]
The Night of the Hunter Narrative feature 1955 1992 [24]
Night of the Living Dead Narrative feature 1968 1999 [49]
A Nightmare on Elm Street Narrative feature 1984 2021 [48]
The Nightmare Before Christmas Animated narrative feature 1993 2023 [19]
Ninotchka Narrative feature 1939 1990 [29]
No Country for Old Men Narrative feature 2007 2024 [33]
No Lies Short subject 1973 2008 [17]
Norma Rae Narrative feature 1979 2011 [30]
North by Northwest Narrative feature 1959 1995 [25]
(nostalgia) Documentary/short subject/experimental film 1971 2003 [34]
Notes on the Port of St. Francis Documentary/short subject 1951 2013 [46]
Nothing but a Man Narrative feature 1964 1993 [32]
Notorious Narrative feature 1946 2006 [36]
Now, Voyager Narrative feature 1942 2007 [18]
The Nutty Professor Narrative feature 1963 2004 [44]
OffOn Short subject/experimental film 1968 2004 [44]
Oklahoma! Narrative feature 1955 2007 [18]
The Old Mill Animated short subject 1937 2015 [42]
Old Yeller Narrative feature 1957 2019 [31]
On the Bowery Documentary 1957 2008 [17]
On the Town Narrative feature 1949 2018 [40]
On the Waterfront Narrative feature 1954 1989 [45]
Once Upon a Time in the West Narrative feature 1968 2009 [50]
One-Eyed Jacks Narrative feature 1961 2018 [40]
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Narrative feature 1975 1993 [32]
One Froggy Evening Animated short subject 1955 2003 [34]
One Survivor Remembers Documentary/short subject 1995 2012 [15]
One Week Short subject 1920 2008 [17]
Only Angels Have Wings Narrative feature 1939 2017 [16]
Our Daily Bread Narrative feature 1934 2015 [42]
Our Day Documentary/short subject/home film 1938 2007 [18]
Our Lady of the Sphere Short subject/experimental film 1972 2010 [27]
Out of the Past Narrative feature 1947 1991 [14]
The Outlaw Josey Wales Narrative feature 1976 1996 [38]
Outrage Narrative feature 1950 2020 [47]
The Ox-Bow Incident Narrative feature 1943 1998 [22]
Parable Short subject 1964 2012 [15]
Pariah Narrative feature 2011 2022 [37]
Paris Is Burning Documentary 1990 2016 [21]
Pass the Gravy Short subject 1928 1998 [22]
Passing Through Narrative feature 1977 2023 [19]
Paths of Glory Narrative feature 1957 1992 [24]
Patton Narrative feature 1970 2003 [34]
The Pawnbroker Narrative feature 1964 2008 [17]
The Pearl Narrative feature 1947 2002 [28]
Peege Short subject 1973 2007 [18]
The Perils of Pauline[VII] Serial film 1914 2008 [17]
Peter Pan Narrative feature 1924 2000 [35]
The Phantom of the Opera Narrative feature 1925 1998 [22]
The Phenix City Story Narrative feature 1955 2019 [31]
The Philadelphia Story Narrative feature 1940 1995 [25]
Pickup on South Street Narrative feature 1953 2018 [40]
Pillow Talk Narrative feature 1959 2009 [50]
Pink Flamingos Narrative feature 1972 2021 [48]
The Pink Panther Narrative feature 1963 2010 [27]
Pinocchio± Animated narrative feature 1940 1994 [26]
A Place in the Sun Narrative feature 1951 1991 [14]
Planet of the Apes Narrative feature 1968 2001 [23]
Platoon Narrative feature 1986 2019 [31]
Please, Don't Bury Me Alive! Narrative feature 1976 2014 [20]
The Plow That Broke the Plains Documentary/short subject 1936 1999 [49]
Point Blank Narrative feature 1967 2016 [21]
Point of Order Documentary 1964 1993 [32]
The Poor Little Rich Girl Narrative feature 1917 1991 [14]
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor Animated short subject 1936 2004 [44]
Porgy and Bess Narrative feature 1959 2011 [30]
Porky in Wackyland Animated short subject 1938 2000 [35]
Portrait of Jason Documentary 1967 2015 [42]
The Power and the Glory Narrative feature 1933 2014 [20]
The Power of the Press Narrative feature 1928 2005 [39]
Powers of Ten Documentary/short subject 1977 1998 [22]
Powwow Highway Narrative feature 1989 2024 [33]
Precious Images Short subject/compilation 1986 2009 [50]
Preservation of the Sign Language Documentary/short subject 1913 2010 [27]
President McKinley Inauguration Footage Documentary/short subject 1901 2000 [35]
The Pride of the Yankees Narrative feature 1942 2024 [33]
Primary Documentary 1960 1990 [29]
The Princess Bride Narrative feature 1987 2016 [21]
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy Short subject 1909 2003 [34]
The Prisoner of Zenda Narrative feature 1937 1991 [14]
The Producers Narrative feature 1967 1996 [38]
Psycho Narrative feature 1960 1992 [24]
The Public Enemy Narrative feature 1931 1998 [22]
Pull My Daisy Short subject 1959 1996 [38]
Pulp Fiction Narrative feature 1994 2013 [46]
Punch Drunks Short subject 1934 2002 [28]
Pups Is Pups Short subject 1930 2004 [44]
Purple Rain± Narrative feature 1984 2019 [52]
Putney Swope Narrative feature 1969 2016 [21]
Quasi at the Quackadero Animated short subject 1975 2009 [50]
Queen of Diamonds Narrative feature 1991 2023 [19]
The Quiet Man Narrative feature 1952 2013 [46]
Raging Bull Narrative feature 1980 1990 [29]
Raiders of the Lost Ark Narrative feature 1981 1999 [49]
A Raisin in the Sun Narrative feature 1961 2005 [39]
Real Women Have Curves Narrative feature 2002 2019 [31]
Rear Window Narrative feature 1954 1997 [43]
Rebecca Narrative feature 1940 2018 [40]
Rebel Without a Cause Narrative feature 1955 1990 [29]
The Red Book Animated short subject 1994 2009 [50]
Red Dust Narrative feature 1932 2006 [36]
Red River Narrative feature 1948 1990 [29]
Regeneration Narrative feature 1915 2000 [35]
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania Documentary/home film 1971–1972 2006 [36]
Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage Newsreel 1937 1997 [43]
Requiem-29 Documentary/short subject 1970 2021 [48]
Return of the Jedi Narrative feature 1983 2021 [48]
Return of the Secaucus 7 Narrative feature 1980 1997 [43]
The Revenge of Pancho Villa Narrative feature/compilation 1930–1936 2009 [50]
Reverend Solomon Sir Jones films Home films 1924–1928 2016 [21]
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert Documentary 1979 2021 [48]
Ride the High Country Narrative feature 1962 1992 [24]
The Right Stuff Narrative feature 1983 2013 [46]
Ringling Brothers Parade Film Documentary/short subject 1902 2021 [48]
Rio Bravo Narrative feature 1959 2014 [20]
Rip Van Winkle[VIII] Short subject 1903 1995 [25]
The River Documentary/short subject 1938 1990 [29]
Road to Morocco Narrative feature 1942 1996 [38]
Rocky Narrative feature 1976 2006 [36]
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Narrative feature 1975 2005 [39]
Roger & Me Documentary 1989 2013 [46]
Roman Holiday Narrative feature 1953 1999 [49]
Rose Hobart Short subject/experimental film 1936 2001 [23]
Rosemary's Baby Narrative feature 1968 2014 [20]
Ruggles of Red Gap Narrative feature 1935 2014 [20]
Rushmore Narrative feature 1998 2016 [21]
Sabrina Narrative feature 1954 2002 [28]
Safety Last! Narrative feature 1923 1994 [26]
Salesman Documentary 1969 1992 [24]
Salomé Narrative feature 1923 2000 [35]
Salt of the Earth Narrative feature 1954 1992 [24]
Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia Documentary/short subject 1989 2012 [15]
San Francisco Earthquake & Fire: April 18, 1906 Documentary/short subject 1906 2005 [39]
Saturday Night Fever± Narrative feature 1977 2010 [27]
Saving Private Ryan Narrative feature 1998 2014 [20]
Scarface Narrative feature 1932 1994 [26]
Schindler's List Narrative feature 1993 2004 [44]
Scorpio Rising Short subject/experimental film 1964 2022 [37]
Scratch and Crow Animated short subject 1995 2009 [50]
The Searchers Narrative feature 1956 1989 [45]
Seconds Narrative feature 1966 2015 [42]
Selena Narrative feature 1997 2021 [48]
Serene Velocity Short subject/experimental film 1970 2001 [23]
Sergeant York Narrative feature 1941 2008 [17]
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Narrative feature 1954 2004 [44]
Seventh Heaven Narrative feature 1927 1995 [25]
Sex, Lies, and Videotape Narrative feature 1989 2006 [36]
The Sex Life of the Polyp Short subject 1928 2007 [18]
Shadow of a Doubt Narrative feature 1943 1991 [14]
Shadows Narrative feature 1959 1993 [32]
Shaft± Narrative feature 1971 2000 [35]
Shane Narrative feature 1953 1993 [32]
The Shawshank Redemption Narrative feature 1994 2015 [42]
She Done Him Wrong Narrative feature 1933 1996 [38]
She's Gotta Have It Narrative feature 1986 2019 [31]
Sherlock Jr. Narrative feature 1924 1991 [14]
Sherman's March Documentary 1986 2000 [35]
The Shining Narrative feature 1980 2018 [40]
Shock Corridor Narrative feature 1963 1996 [38]
Shoes Narrative feature 1916 2014 [20]
The Shop Around the Corner Narrative feature 1940 1999 [49]
Show Boat Narrative feature 1936 1996 [38]
Show People Narrative feature 1928 2003 [34]
Shrek Animated narrative feature 2001 2020 [47]
Siege Documentary/short subject 1940 2006 [36]
The Silence of the Lambs Narrative feature 1991 2011 [30]
Singin' in the Rain Narrative feature 1952 1989 [45]
Sink or Swim Experimental film 1990 2015 [42]
The Sinking of the Lusitania Animated short subject 1918 2017 [16]
Sky High Narrative feature 1922 1998 [22]
Slacker Narrative feature 1990 2012 [15]
Sleeping Beauty Animated narrative feature 1959 2019 [31]
Smoke Signals Narrative feature 1998 2018 [40]
Snow White Animated short subject 1933 1994 [26]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Animated narrative feature 1937 1989 [45]
So's Your Old Man Narrative feature 1926 2008 [17]
The Social Network Narrative feature 2010 2024 [33]
Some Like It Hot Narrative feature 1959 1989 [45]
Something Good – Negro Kiss Short subject 1898 2018 [40]
The Son of the Sheik Narrative feature 1926 2003 [34]
Sons of the Desert Narrative feature 1933 2012 [15]
The Sound of Music± Narrative feature 1965 2001 [23]
Sounder Narrative feature 1972 2021 [48]
Spartacus Narrative feature 1960 2017 [16]
The Spook Who Sat by the Door Narrative feature 1973 2012 [15]
Spy Kids Narrative feature 2001 2024 [33]
St. Louis Blues Short subject 1929 2006 [36]
Stagecoach Narrative feature 1939 1995 [25]
Stand and Deliver Narrative feature 1988 2011 [30]
A Star Is Born Narrative feature 1954 2000 [35]
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Narrative feature 1982 2024 [33]
Star Wars± Narrative feature 1977 1989 [45]
Stark Love Narrative feature 1927 2009 [50]
State Fair Narrative feature 1933 2014 [20]
Steamboat Bill, Jr. Narrative feature 1928 2016 [21]
Steamboat Willie Animated short subject 1928 1998 [22]
The Sting Narrative feature 1973 2005 [39]
Stop Making Sense Documentary 1984 2021 [48]
Stormy Weather Narrative feature 1943 2001 [23]
The Story of G.I. Joe Narrative feature 1945 2009 [50]
The Story of Menstruation Animated short subject 1946 2015 [42]
Stranger Than Paradise Narrative feature 1984 2002 [28]
Strangers on a Train Narrative feature 1951 2021 [48]
A Streetcar Named Desire± Narrative feature 1951 1999 [49]
The Strong Man Narrative feature 1926 2007 [18]
A Study in Reds Short subject 1932 2009 [50]
Study of a River Short subject/experimental film 1997 2010 [27]
Sullivan's Travels Narrative feature 1941 1990 [29]
Sunrise Narrative feature 1927 1989 [45]
Sunset Boulevard Narrative feature 1950 1989 [45]
Super Fly± Narrative feature 1972 2022 [37]
Superman Narrative feature 1978 2017 [16]
Suspense Short subject 1913 2020 [47]
Suzanne, Suzanne Documentary/short subject 1982 2016 [21]
Sweet Smell of Success Narrative feature 1957 1993 [32]
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song Narrative feature 1971 2020 [47]
Swing Time Narrative feature 1936 2004 [44]
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One Documentary/experimental film 1968 2015 [42]
The T.A.M.I. Show Documentary 1964 2006 [36]
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas Narrative feature 1931 1994 [26]
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse Home film 1940 1998 [22]
The Tall T Narrative feature 1957 2000 [35]
Tarantella Short subject/experimental film 1940 2010 [27]
Tarzan and His Mate Narrative feature 1934 2003 [34]
Taxi Driver Narrative feature 1976 1994 [26]
The Tell-Tale Heart Animated short subject 1953 2001 [23]
The Ten Commandments Narrative feature 1956 1999 [49]
The Terminator Narrative feature 1984 2008 [17]
Terminator 2: Judgment Day Narrative feature 1991 2023 [19]
Tess of the Storm Country Narrative feature 1914 2006 [36]
Tevya Narrative feature 1939 1991 [14]
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Narrative feature 1974 2024 [33]
Thelma & Louise Narrative feature 1991 2016 [21]
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser Documentary 1988 2017 [16]
Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and His Singing Duck Short subject/experimental film 1925 2002 [28]
There It Is Short subject 1928 2004 [44]
They Call It Pro Football Documentary 1967 2012 [15]
The Thief of Bagdad Narrative feature 1924 1996 [38]
The Thin Blue Line Documentary 1988 2001 [23]
The Thin Man Narrative feature 1934 1997 [43]
The Thing from Another World Narrative feature 1951 2001 [23]
Think of Me First as a Person Home film 1960–1975 2006 [36]
This Is Cinerama Documentary 1952 2002 [28]
This Is Spinal Tap Narrative feature 1984 2002 [28]
Three Little Pigs Animated short subject 1933 2007 [18]
Time and Dreams Documentary 1976 2017 [16]
A Time for Burning Documentary 1966 2005 [39]
A Time Out of War Short subject 1954 2006 [36]
The Times of Harvey Milk Documentary 1984 2012 [15]
Tin Toy Animated short subject 1988 2003 [34]
Titanic Narrative feature 1997 2017 [16]
Titicut Follies Documentary 1967 2022 [37]
To Be or Not to Be Narrative feature 1942 1996 [38]
To Fly! Documentary/short subject 1976 1995 [25]
To Kill a Mockingbird Narrative feature 1962 1995 [25]
To Sleep with Anger Narrative feature 1990 2017 [16]
Tol'able David Narrative feature 1921 2007 [18]
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son Experimental film 1969–1971 2007 [18]
Tongues Untied Documentary/experimental film 1989 2022 [37]
Tootsie Narrative feature 1982 1998 [22]
Top Gun Narrative feature 1986 2015 [42]
Top Hat Narrative feature 1935 1990 [29]
Topaz Home film 1943–1945 1996 [38]
Touch of Evil Narrative feature 1958 1993 [32]
Toy Story Animated narrative feature 1995 2005 [39]
Traffic in Souls Narrative feature 1913 2006 [36]
Trance and Dance in Bali Documentary/short subject 1936–1939[IX] 1999 [49]
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Narrative feature 1948 1990 [29]
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Narrative feature 1945 2010 [27]
A Trip Down Market Street Documentary/short subject 1906 2010 [27]
Trouble in Paradise Narrative feature 1932 1991 [14]
Tulips Shall Grow Animated short subject 1942 1997 [43]
Twelve O'Clock High Narrative feature 1949 1998 [22]
Twentieth Century Narrative feature 1934 2011 [30]
Two-Color Kodachrome Test Shots No. III Short subject/experimental film 1922 2012 [15]
Two-Lane Blacktop Narrative feature 1971 2012 [15]
Uncle Tom's Cabin Narrative feature 1914 2012 [15]
Under Western Stars Narrative feature 1938 2009 [50]
Unforgiven Narrative feature 1992 2004 [44]
Union Maids Documentary 1976 2022 [37]
Unmasked Narrative feature 1917 2014 [20]
Up in Smoke Narrative feature 1978 2024 [33]
Uptown Saturday Night Narrative feature 1974 2024 [33]
V-E +1 Documentary/short subject 1945 2014 [20]
Verbena Tragica Narrative feature 1939 1996 [38]
Vertigo Narrative feature 1958 1989 [45]
A Virtuous Vamp Narrative feature 1919 2013 [46]
A Walk in the Sun Narrative feature 1945 2016 [21]
WALL-E Animated narrative feature 2008 2021 [48]
Wanda Narrative feature 1970 2017 [16]
The War of the Worlds Narrative feature 1953 2011 [30]
Water and Power Documentary/experimental film 1989 2008 [17]
The Watermelon Woman Narrative feature 1996 2021 [48]
Wattstax Documentary 1973 2020 [47]
The Way of Peace Animated short subject 1947 2014 [20]
The Wedding Banquet Narrative feature 1993 2023 [19]
The Wedding March Narrative feature 1928 2003 [34]
We're Alive Documentary/short subject 1974 2023 [19]
West Side Story Narrative feature 1961 1997 [43]
Westinghouse Works, 1904[X] Short subject/industrial film 1904 1998 [22]
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Narrative feature 1962 2021 [48]
What's Opera, Doc? Animated short subject 1957 1992 [24]
When Harry Met Sally... Narrative feature 1989 2022 [37]
Where Are My Children? Narrative feature 1916 1993 [32]
White Fawn's Devotion Short subject 1910 2008 [17]
White Heat Narrative feature 1949 2003 [34]
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Animated/live-action hybrid narrative feature 1988 2016 [21]
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Narrative feature 1966 2013 [46]
Who Killed Vincent Chin? Documentary 1987 2021 [48]
Why Man Creates Animated documentary/short subject 1968 2002 [28]
Why We Fight[XI] Documentary/propaganda film series 1943–1945 2000 [35]
Wild and Woolly Narrative feature 1917 2002 [28]
Wild Boys of the Road Narrative feature 1933 2013 [46]
The Wild Bunch Narrative feature 1969 1999 [49]
Wild River Narrative feature 1960 2002 [28]
Will Narrative feature 1981 2024 [33]
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Narrative feature 1957 2000 [35]
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Narrative feature 1971 2014 [20]
Winchester '73 Narrative feature 1950 2015 [42]
The Wind Narrative feature 1928 1993 [32]
Wings Narrative feature 1927 1997 [43]
The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England Narrative feature 1914 2012 [15]
With Car and Camera Around the World Documentary 1929 2020 [47]
With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain Documentary 1937–1938 2017 [16]
Within Our Gates Narrative feature 1920 1992 [24]
The Wizard of Oz± Narrative feature 1939 1989 [45]
The Wobblies Documentary 1979 2021 [48]
Woman of the Year Narrative feature 1942 1999 [49]
A Woman Under the Influence Narrative feature 1974 1990 [29]
The Women Narrative feature 1939 2007 [18]
Woodstock Documentary 1970 1996 [38]
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives Documentary 1977 2022 [37]
Wuthering Heights Narrative feature 1939 2007 [18]
Yankee Doodle Dandy Narrative feature 1942 1993 [32]
Young Frankenstein Narrative feature 1974 2003 [34]
Young Mr. Lincoln Narrative feature 1939 2003 [34]
Zapruder film Home film 1963 1994 [26]
Zoot Suit Narrative feature 1981 2019 [31]
Zora Lathan student films Set of student films 1975–1976 2024 [33]

Notes

  1. ^ Numbers 1–5, 7, and 10
  2. ^ A serial of fourteen short films
  3. ^ A serial of thirteen short films
  4. ^ Remade at least 25 times; the NFR entry encompasses all versions
  5. ^ Heretic, Frontier, Lamentation, and Appalachian Spring
  6. ^ A series of seven short films
  7. ^ A serial of twenty short films
  8. ^ A series of eight short films
  9. ^ Not released until 1952
  10. ^ A collection of twenty-one short films
  11. ^ A series of seven feature films

Number of films by release year

As of the 2024 induction there are 900 total films. For purposes of this list, multi-year serials are counted only once (as they are in the Registry) by year of completion.

Year of release Number of films
1891 1
1893 1
1894 1
1895 1
1896 2
1897 1
1898 1
1901 2
1902 1
1903 3
1904 1
1905 1
1906 3
1909 3
1910 2
1911 1
1912 5
1913 6
1914 10
1915 6
1916 6
1917 5
1918 3
1919 4
1920 8
1921 4
1922 6
1923 2
1924 7
1925 11
1926 8
1927 10
1928 18
1929 8
1930 8
1931 9
1932 10
1933 16
1934 9
1935 6
1936 12
1937 11
1938 10
1939 20
1940 18
1941 10
1942 12
1943 7
1944 13
1945 11
1946 11
1947 5
1948 9
1949 7
1950 9
1951 12
1952 6
1953 16
1954 10
1955 10
1956 10
1957 16
1958 5
1959 13
1960 7
1961 8
1962 9
1963 11
1964 11
1965 3
1966 7
1967 14
1968 15
1969 14
1970 12
1971 17
1972 13
1973 11
1974 9
1975 11
1976 13
1977 8
1978 9
1979 14
1980 10
1981 3
1982 11
1983 6
1984 12
1985 3
1986 9
1987 3
1988 8
1989 9
1990 7
1991 6
1992 4
1993 4
1994 8
1995 3
1996 2
1997 5
1998 4
1999 3
2000 2
2001 3
2002 2
2003 1
2004 1
2005 1
2006 1
2007 1
2008 4
2010 2
2011 1
2013 2
Unknown 3

Age of Registry selections

The oldest film in the registry, Newark Athlete, was released in 1891, while the most recent, 12 Years a Slave and 20 Feet from Stardom, were each released in 2013.

Time span from release to selection

Released in 1895, and selected in December 2024, Annabelle Serpentine Dance experienced the longest wait, at 129 years (considering the fact that the film was already almost a century old before the Registry was even established, the "wait" was technically only 35 years), while Raging Bull, released theatrically in the United States on December 19, 1980, and inducted in October 1990, holds the record for the shortest delay, having been inducted slightly shy of the 10-year minimum.[29] Only nine films have been inducted at the 10-year mark: Raging Bull, Do the Right Thing,[53] Goodfellas,[54] Toy Story,[55] Fargo,[56] 13 Lakes,[57] Freedom Riders,[58] 12 Years a Slave and 20 Feet from Stardom.[59]

Directors with multiple entries (two or more)

Academy Award–winning director John Ford has the most entries with 11 films.
Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock, responsible for inductees ranging from the 1940 Academy Award for Best Picture winner Rebecca to 1963's The Birds.
Orson Welles, acclaimed filmmaker behind inductees Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Lady from Shanghai (1948) and Touch of Evil (1958).
Stanley Kubrick, master auteur responsible for inductees ranging from 1957's Paths of Glory to his 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining.
Aside from animated shorts/features by producer Walt Disney alongside multiple directors, animator Dave Fleischer has the most animated titles on the Registry with four (some featuring timeless characters Koko the Clown, Betty Boop and Popeye).

Reference:[60]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Bahr, Sarah (December 14, 2021). "'Return of the Jedi' and 'The Fellowship of the Ring' Join National Film Registry". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023.
  3. ^ Eagan, Daniel (2010). America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry. New York: Continuum. p. x. ISBN 978-1-4411-1647-5. OCLC 676697377.
  4. ^ "Reagan Signs Law on Film". The New York Times. September 28, 1988. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
  5. ^ "Legislative Authorization". National Film Preservation Board. Archived from the original on August 29, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
  6. ^ "Public Law 110–336—Oct. 2, 2008" (PDF). United States Government Printing Office. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved August 15, 2009.
  7. ^ Chuck, Grassley (July 29, 2016). "S.2893 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): Library of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation Programs Reauthorization Act of 2016". Congress.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
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