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
    by Lewis Milestone

  9. 11.
    All That Jazz
    by Bob Fosse

  10. 12.
    All the King's Men

  11. 13.
    All the President's Men (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Alan J. Pakula

  12. 14.
    ?
    Allures (1961 short)
    by Jordan Belson

  13. 15.
    America, America (1963)
    by Elia Kazan

  14. 16.

  15. 17.
    An American in Paris

  16. 18.
    Annie Hall
    by Woody Allen

  17. 19.
    Antonia - A Portrait of the Woman
    by Jill Godmilow

  18. 20.
    The Apartment

  19. 21.
    Apocalypse Now
    by Francis Ford Coppola

  20. 22.
    Applause
    by Rouben Mamoulian

  21. 23.
    ?
    The Asphalt Jungle

  22. 24.
    Atlantic City

  23. 25.
    The Awful Truth
    by Leo McCarey

  24. 26.
    Baby Face

  25. 27.
    Back to the Future

  26. 28.
    The Bad and the Beautiful

  27. 29.
    Badlands
    by Terrence Malick

  28. 30.
    Bambi (Two-Disc Diamond Edition)
    by James Algor

  29. 31.
    The Band Wagon (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Vincente Minnelli

  30. 32.
    The Bank Dick (The Criterion Collection)
    by Edward F. Cline

  31. 33.
    ?
    The Bargain (1914)

  32. 34.
    Battle of San Pietro
    by John Huston

  33. 35.
    Beauty and the Beast (Two-Disc Platinum Edition)
    by Gary Trousdale

  34. 36.
    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
    by Fred Niblo

  35. 37.
    Ben-Hur
    by William Wyler

  36. 38.
    The Best Years of Our Lives
    by William Wyler

  37. 39.
    Big Business (1929)
    by James W. Horne

  38. 40.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang

  39. 41.
    The Big Parade
    by King Vidor

  40. 42.
    The Big Sleep (Snap case)
    by Howard Hawks

  41. 43.
    The Big Trail (Full Screen Edition)
    by Louis R. Loeffler

  42. 44.
    The Birth of a Nation
    by D.W. Griffith

  43. 45.
    The Black Pirate
    by Albert Parker

  44. 46.
    The Black Stallion
    by Carroll Ballard

  45. 47.
    Blacksmith Scene (1893 Short)
    by William K. L. Dickson

  46. 48.
    Blade Runner (The Director's Cut)
    by Ridley Scott

  47. 49.
    Blazing Saddles

  48. 50.
    The Blood of Jesus (1941) DVD [Remastered Edition]
    by A2ZCDS.com

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Added 2011 Selections — 21 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 — 32 weeks ago

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


The Front Page — 1 year ago

Changed version from 1974 to correct one, 1931.


# 272 — 1 year ago

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


Also corrected Gerald McBoing Boing — 1 year ago

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


Corrected "Mabel's" error — 1 year 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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