Library of Congress's "National Film Registry"

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Since 1989, the Library of Congress has chosen up to 25 films covering 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 of 2011, there were 575 films selected. The films that are selected must meet two criteria:

1. they must be culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant

2. they must be at least ten years old

Films are listed alphabetically, with an index [as of 2011]:

1. Ab-Bl _ 5. Ha-Ja_ _ 9. Po-Se

2. Bl-Da _ 6. Ja-Ma _10. Se-Ta

3. Da-Fi _ 7. Ma-Ne _11. Ta-We

4. Fi-H2 _ 8. Ne-Po _ 12. We-Za

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  1. 1.
    Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
    by Charles Barton

  2. 2.
    Adam's Rib

  3. 4.
    The African Queen
    by John Huston

  4. 5.
    Airplane!
    by Jim Abrahams

  5. 6.
    Alien
    by Ridley Scott

  6. 7.
    All About Eve
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

  7. 8.
    All My Babies (1953 Documentary)
    by George C. Stoney

  8. 9.
    All Quiet on the Western Front

  9. 11.
    All That Jazz

  10. 12.
    All the King's Men

  11. 14.
    ?
    Allures (1961 short)
    by Jordan Belson

  12. 15.
    America, America (1963)
    by Elia Kazan

  13. 16.

  14. 17.
    An American in Paris

  15. 18.
    Annie Hall
    by Woody Allen

  16. 19.
    Antonia - A Portrait of the Woman
    by Jill Godmilow

  17. 20.
    The Apartment

  18. 21.
    Apocalypse Now
    by Francis Ford Coppola

  19. 22.
    Applause
    by Rouben Mamoulian

  20. 23.
    ?
    The Asphalt Jungle

  21. 24.
    Atlantic City

  22. 25.
    The Awful Truth

  23. 26.
    Baby Face

  24. 27.
    Back to the Future

  25. 28.
    The Bad and the Beautiful

  26. 29.
    Badlands
    by Terrence Malick

  27. 30.
    Bambi (Two-Disc Diamond Edition)
    by James Algor

  28. 31.
    The Band Wagon (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Vincente Minnelli

  29. 32.
    The Bank Dick (The Criterion Collection)
    by Edward F. Cline

  30. 33.
    ?
    The Bargain (1914)

  31. 34.
    Battle of San Pietro
    by John Huston

  32. 35.
    Beauty and the Beast (Two-Disc Platinum Edition)
    by Gary Trousdale

  33. 36.
    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
    by Fred Niblo

  34. 37.
    Ben-Hur
    by William Wyler

  35. 38.
    The Best Years of Our Lives
    by William Wyler

  36. 39.
    Big Business (1929)
    by James W. Horne

  37. 40.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang

  38. 41.
    The Big Parade
    by King Vidor

  39. 42.
    The Big Sleep (Snap case)
    by Howard Hawks

  40. 43.

  41. 44.
    The Birth of a Nation
    by D.W. Griffith

  42. 45.
    The Black Pirate
    by Albert Parker

  43. 46.
    The Black Stallion
    by Carroll Ballard

  44. 47.
    Blacksmith Scene (1893 Short)
    by William K. L. Dickson

  45. 48.
    Blade Runner (The Director's Cut)
    by Ridley Scott

  46. 49.
    Blazing Saddles

  47. 50.
    The Blood of Jesus (1941) DVD [Remastered Edition]
    by A2ZCDS.com

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Added 2011 Selections — 6 weeks ago

Added and alphabetized 25 selections for 2011.

Also updated index.

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2011/11-240.html


Power of the Press — 16 weeks ago

Replaced Lew Landers’ Version with the correct 1928 Frank Capra Version


The Front Page — 41 weeks ago

Changed version from 1974 to correct one, 1931.


# 272 — 46 weeks ago

Replaced Little Miss Marker with correct 1934, Shirley Temple version.


Also corrected Gerald McBoing Boing — 50 weeks ago

Should be the initial short animation, not a collection of shorts.


Corrected "Mabel's" error — 50 weeks ago

Should be Mabel’s Blunder, not Mabel’s Strange Predicament. Fixed.


2010 Selections — 1 year ago

Added 25 selections for 2010

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2010/10-273.html


#127 — 1 year ago

Replaced “Fall Of The House Of Usher”, was the 1960 version on there. Sorry there isn’t a pic.


Added 2009 Selections — 2 years ago

Added the 25 films selected for 2009

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2009/09-250.html


Added 2008 Selections — 3 years ago

Added the 25 films selected for 2008 http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2008/08-237.html



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