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 2012, there were 600 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 2012]:

1. Ab-Bl 5. Gr-It 9. Pe-Ro

2. Bl-Cu 6. It-Li 10. Sa-St

3. Cz-Fa 7. Li-Mu 11. St-To

4. Fa-Gr 8. Mu-Pe 12. To-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. 10.
    All That Heaven Allows (The Criterion Collection)
    by Douglas Sirk

  10. 11.
    All That Jazz
    by Bob Fosse

  11. 12.
    All the King's Men

  12. 13.
    All the President's Men (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Alan J. Pakula

  13. 14.
    ?
    Allures (1961 short)
    by Jordan Belson

  14. 15.
    America, America (1963)
    by Elia Kazan

  15. 16.
    American Graffiti (Collector's Edition)
    by George Lucas

  16. 17.
    An American in Paris
    by Vincente Minnelli

  17. 18.
    Anatomy of a Murder (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
    by Otto Preminger

  18. 19.
    Annie Hall
    by Woody Allen

  19. 20.
    Antonia - A Portrait of the Woman
    by Jill Godmilow

  20. 21.
    The Apartment

  21. 22.
    Apocalypse Now
    by Francis Ford Coppola

  22. 23.
    Applause
    by Rouben Mamoulian

  23. 24.
    ?
    The Asphalt Jungle

  24. 25.
    Atlantic City
    by Louis Malle

  25. 26.
    ?
    The Augustas
    by Scott Nixon

  26. 27.
    The Awful Truth
    by Leo McCarey

  27. 28.
    Baby Face

  28. 29.
    Back to the Future

  29. 30.
    The Bad and the Beautiful
    by Vincente Minnelli

  30. 31.
    Badlands
    by Terrence Malick

  31. 32.
    Bambi (Two-Disc Edition)
    by James Algor

  32. 33.
    The Band Wagon (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Vincente Minnelli

  33. 34.
    The Bank Dick (The Criterion Collection)
    by Edward F. Cline

  34. 35.
    ?
    The Bargain (1914)

  35. 36.
    Battle of San Pietro
    by John Huston

  36. 37.
    Beauty and the Beast (Platinum Edition)
    by Gary Trousdale

  37. 38.
    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
    by Fred Niblo

  38. 39.
    Ben-Hur
    by William Wyler

  39. 40.
    The Best Years of Our Lives
    by William Wyler

  40. 41.
    Big Business (1929)
    by James W. Horne

  41. 42.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang

  42. 43.
    The Big Parade
    by King Vidor

  43. 44.
    The Big Sleep (Snap case)
    by Howard Hawks

  44. 45.
    The Big Trail (Full Screen Edition)
    by Louis R. Loeffler

  45. 46.
    The Birth of a Nation
    by D.W. Griffith

  46. 47.
    The Black Pirate
    by Albert Parker

  47. 48.
    The Black Stallion
    by Carroll Ballard

  48. 49.
    Blacksmith Scene (1893 Short)
    by William K. L. Dickson

  49. 50.
    Blade Runner (The Director's Cut)
    by Ridley Scott

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Added 2012 Selections — 21 weeks ago

Added and alphabetized 25 selections for 2012.

Also updated index.

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-226.html


Added 2011 Selections — 1 year 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 — 1 year ago

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


The Front Page — 2 years ago

Changed version from 1974 to correct one, 1931.


# 272 — 2 years ago

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


Also corrected Gerald McBoing Boing — 2 years ago

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


Corrected "Mabel's" error — 2 years ago

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


2010 Selections — 2 years ago

Added 25 selections for 2010

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


#127 — 2 years ago

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


Added 2009 Selections — 3 years ago

Added the 25 films selected for 2009

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



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