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National Film Registry selections: 1989

Every year since 1989, the Library of Congress adds 25 films of "cultural, historical or aesthetic importance" to its National Film Registry. These are the first 25 films to be named to the Registry.
1. The Best Years of Our Lives
by William Wyler
  
2. Casablanca (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Michael Curtiz
  
3. Citizen Kane
by Orson Welles
  
4.
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 The Crowd
by King Vidor
  
5. Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Stanley Kubrick
  
6. The General
by Clyde Bruckman
  
7. Gone with the Wind (Four-Disc Collector's Edition)
by Victor Fleming
  
8. The Grapes of Wrath
by John Ford
  
9. High Noon (Collector's Edition)
by Fred Zinnemann
  
10. Intolerance (1916) (Silent) (B&W)
by D.W. Griffith
  
11.
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 The Learning Tree
by Gordon Parks
  
12. The Maltese Falcon (Three-Disc Collector's Edition)
by John Huston
  
13. Modern Times (2 Disc Special Edition)  
14. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
by Frank Capra
  
15. Nanook of the North - Criterion Collection
by Robert J. Flaherty
  
16. On the Waterfront (Special Edition)  
17. The Searchers (Two-Disc Anniversary Edition)
by John Ford
  
18. Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Donen, Stanley
  
19. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney Special Platinum Edition)  
20. Some Like It Hot (Special Edition)  
21. Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope (1977 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
by George Lucas
  
22. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans  
23. Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)
by Billy Wilder
  
24. Vertigo (Collector's Edition)  
25. The Wizard of Oz (Three-Disc Collector's Edition)  
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Created by RobT2 on Dec 29, 2006.