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 2008, there were 500 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.

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  1. 101.
    The Docks of New York
    by Josef von Sternberg

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  2. 102.
    Dodsworth

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  3. 103.
    Dog Star Man
    by Stan Brakhage

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  4. 104.
    Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back
    by D.A. Pennebaker

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  5. 105.
    Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
    by Billy Wilder

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  6. 108.
    Drums of Winter (1988 Documentary)
    by Sarah Elder and Leonard Kamerling

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  7. 109.
    Duck Amuck (1953 Short)
    by Chuck Jones

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  8. 110.
    Duck and Cover (1951 Short)
    by Anthony Rizzo

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  9. 111.
    Duck Soup
    by Leo McCarey

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  10. 113.
    Early Abstractions (Collection of Shorts)
    by Harry Smith

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  11. 114.
    Easy Rider

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  12. 115.
    Eaux d'artifice
    by Kenneth Anger

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  13. 116.

  14. 117.
    Emperor Jones
    by Dudley Murphy

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  15. 118.
    Empire (1964)
    by Andy Warhol

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  16. 119.
    The Endless Summer

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  17. 120.
    Enter the Dragon
    by Robert Clouse

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  18. 121.
    Eraserhead
    by David Lynch

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  19. 122.
    Evidence of the Film (1913 Short)
    by Lawrence Marston

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  20. 123.
    The Exploits of Elaine (1914)
    by Louis J. Gasnier, George B. Seitz, Leopold Wharton

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  21. 124.
    A Face in the Crowd
    by Elia Kazan

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  22. 125.
    The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
    by Jean Epstein

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  23. 126.
    The Fall of the House of Usher
    by Roger Corman

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  24. 128.
    Fargo
    by Joel Coen

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  25. 129.
    Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Widescreen Special Edition)
    by Amy Heckerling

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  26. 130.
    Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915 Short)
    by Fatty Arbuckle

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  27. 131.
    Film Portrait (1970)
    by Jerome Hill

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  28. 132.
    Five Easy Pieces
    by Bob Rafelson

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  29. 134.
    Flesh and the Devil
    by Clarence Brown

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  30. 135.
    Flower Drum Song
    by Henry Koster

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  31. 136.
    Foolish Wives

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  32. 137.
    Footlight Parade
    by Lloyd Bacon

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  33. 138.
    Force of Evil
    by Abraham Polonsky

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  34. 139.
    The Forgotten Frontier (1931 Documentary)
    by Marvin Breckinridge

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  35. 140.
    42nd Street (Snap Case)
    by Lloyd Bacon

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  36. 141.
    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
    by Rex Ingram

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  37. 143.
    Frank Film (1973 Short)
    by Caroline Mouris & Frank Mouris

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  38. 144.
    Frankenstein
    by James Whale

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  39. 145.
    Freaks
    by Tod Browning

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  40. 146.
    Free Radicals (1979 short)
    by Len Lye

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  41. 147.
    The French Connection (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by William Friedkin

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  42. 148.
    The Freshman (silent B&W)
    by Harold Lloyd

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  43. 149.
    From Here to Eternity

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  44. 150.
    From Stump to Ship, A 1930 Logging Film
    by Maine Folklife Center

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