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National Film Registry selections: 1996

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 25 films named to the Registry in 1996.
1. The Awful Truth
by Leo McCarey
  
2. Broken Blossoms
by D.W. Griffith
  
3. The Deer Hunter (Universal Legacy Series)
by Michael Cimino
  
4. Destry Rides Again
by George Marshall
  
5. Flash Gordon - Space Soldiers
by Frederick Stephani
  
6.
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 The Forgotten Frontier (1931 Documentary)
by Marvin Breckinridge
  
7.
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 Frank Film (1973 Short)
by Caroline Mouris & Frank Mouris
  
8. The Graduate
by Mike Nichols
  
9. The Heiress (Universal Cinema Classics)  
10. The Jazz Singer (DVD) 1927 - Al Jolson
by Alan Crosland
  
11.
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 The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980 Documentary)
by Connie Field
  
12. M*A*S*H (Widescreen Edition)
by Robert Altman
  
13. Mildred Pierce (Keepcase)
by Michael Curtiz
  
14. The Outlaw Josey Wales  
15. The Producers (Special Edition)  
16.
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 Pull My Daisy (1959 short)
by Robert Frank & Alfred Leslie
  
17. Road to Morocco
by David Butler
  
18.
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 She Done Him Wrong
by Lowell Sherman
  
19. Shock Corridor - Criterion Collection
by Samuel Fuller
  
20.
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 Edna Ferber's Show Boat - 1936 - Irene Dunne High Quality Import
by James Whale
  
21. The Thief of Bagdad (Deluxe Edition)
by Raoul Walsh
  
22. To Be or Not to Be
by Ernst Lubitsch
  
23.
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 Topaz (1945 documentary)
by Dave Tatsuno
  
24.
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 Verbena Trágica  
25. Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music (The Director's Cut)
by Michael Wadleigh
  
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Created by RobT2 on Jan 17, 2007.