National Film Registry

The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) collection of films selected for preservation, each selected for its historical, cultural and aesthetic contributions since the NFPB's inception in 1988.^[1][2]

National Film Registry

Logo for the National Film Registry.
Founded	1988; 36 years ago (1988) United States
Type	Film preservation
Website	loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry

History

Throughout the 1980s, several prominent filmmakers and industry personalities in the United States, such as Frank Capra and Martin Scorsese, advocated for Congress to enact a film preservation bill in order to avoid commercial modifications (such as pan and scan and editing for TV) of classic films, which they saw as negative. In response to the controversy over the colorization of originally black and white films in the decade specifically, Representatives Robert J. Mrazek and Sidney R. Yates introduced the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, which established the National Film Registry, its purpose, and the criteria for selecting films for preservation.^[3] The Act was passed and the NFR's mission was subsequently reauthorized by further acts of Congress in 1992, 1996, 2005, 2008, and 2016.^[4][5][6][7] The National Film Preservation Board's mission, to which the NFR contributes, is to ensure the survival, conservation, and increased public availability of America's film heritage.^[8] The 1996 law also created the non-profit National Film Preservation Foundation which, although affiliated with the NFPB, raises money from the private sector.^[9]

Selection criteria

Taken together, the ... films in the National Film Registry represent 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 we begin this new millennium, the registry stands among the finest summations of American cinema's wondrous first century.

—Doctor James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress.^[10]

The NFPB adds to the NFR up to 25 "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant films" each year in December, showcasing the range and diversity of American film heritage to increase awareness for its preservation.^[10] A film becomes eligible for inclusion ten years after its original release.^[11] For the first selection in 1989, the public nominated almost 1,000 films for consideration. Members of the NFPB then developed individual ballots of possible films for inclusion. The ballots were tabulated into a list of 25 films that was then modified by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington and his staff at the Library for the final selection.^[10] Since 1997, members of the public have been able to nominate up to 50 films a year for the NFPB and Librarian to consider,^[12] with an August submission deadline.

The NFR includes films ranging from Hollywood classics to orphan films.^[13] A film is not required to be feature-length, nor is it required to have been theatrically released in the traditional sense. The Registry contains newsreels, silent films, student films, experimental films, short films, music videos, films out of copyright protection or in the public domain, film serials, home movies, documentaries, animation and independent films. As of the 2024 listing, there are 900 films in the Registry.

Films

Film title	Film type	Year of release	Year of induction	Reference
2001: A Space Odyssey	Narrative feature	1968	1991	[14]
3:10 to Yuma	Narrative feature	1957	2012	[15]
4 Little Girls	Documentary	1997	2017	[16]
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad	Narrative feature	1958	2008	[17]
12 Angry Men	Narrative feature	1957	2007	[18]
12 Years a Slave	Narrative feature	2013	2023	[19]
13 Lakes	Documentary/experimental film	2004	2014	[20]
20 Feet from Stardom	Documentary	2013	2023	[19]
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	Narrative feature	1916	2016	[21]
42nd Street	Narrative feature	1933	1998	[22]
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein	Narrative feature	1948	2001	[23]
Ace in the Hole	Narrative feature	1951	2017	[16]
Adam's Rib	Narrative feature	1949	1992	[24]
The Adventures of Robin Hood±	Narrative feature	1938	1995	[25]
The African Queen	Narrative feature	1951	1994	[26]
Airplane!	Narrative feature	1980	2010	[27]
Alambrista!	Narrative feature	1977	2023	[19]
Alien	Narrative feature	1979	2002	[28]
All About Eve	Narrative feature	1950	1990	[29]
All My Babies	Documentary	1953	2002	[28]
All Quiet on the Western Front	Narrative feature	1930	1990	[29]
All That Heaven Allows	Narrative feature	1955	1995	[25]
All That Jazz	Narrative feature	1979	2001	[23]
All the King's Men	Narrative feature	1949	2001	[23]
All the President's Men	Narrative feature	1976	2010	[27]
Allures	Short subject/experimental film	1961	2011	[30]
Amadeus	Narrative feature	1984	2019	[31]
America America	Narrative feature	1963	2001	[23]
American Graffiti	Narrative feature	1973	1995	[25]
An American in Paris	Narrative feature	1951	1993	[32]
American Me	Narrative feature	1992	2024	[33]
Anatomy of a Murder	Narrative feature	1959	2012	[15]
Angels with Dirty Faces	Narrative feature	1938	2024	[33]
Annabelle Serpentine Dance	Short subject	1895	2024	[33]
Annie Hall	Narrative feature	1977	1992	[24]
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman	Documentary	1974	2003	[34]
The Apartment	Narrative feature	1960	1994	[26]
Apocalypse Now	Narrative feature	1979	2000	[35]
Apollo 13	Narrative feature	1995	2023	[19]
Applause	Narrative feature	1929	2006	[36]
The Asphalt Jungle	Narrative feature	1950	2008	[17]
Atlantic City	Narrative feature	1980	2003	[34]
The Atomic Cafe	Documentary	1982	2016	[21]
Attica	Documentary	1974	2022	[37]
The Augustas	Home film	1930s–1950s	2012	[15]
The Awful Truth	Narrative feature	1937	1996	[38]
Baby Face	Narrative feature	1933	2005	[39]
Back to the Future	Narrative feature	1985	2007	[18]
The Bad and the Beautiful	Narrative feature	1952	2002	[28]
Bad Day at Black Rock	Narrative feature	1955	2018	[40]
Badlands	Narrative feature	1973	1993	[32]
Ball of Fire	Narrative feature	1941	2016	[21]
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Narrative feature	1982	2022	[37]
Bambi	Animated narrative feature	1942	2011	[30]
Bamboozled	Narrative feature	2000	2023	[19]
The Band Wagon	Narrative feature	1953	1995	[25]
The Bank Dick	Narrative feature	1940	1992	[24]
The Bargain	Narrative feature	1914	2010	[27]
The Battle of San Pietro	Documentary	1945	1991	[14]
The Battle of the Century	Short subject	1927	2020	[41]
The Beau Brummels	Short subject	1928	2016	[21]
Beauty and the Beast	Animated narrative feature	1991	2002	[28]
Becky Sharp	Narrative feature	1935	2019	[31]
Before Stonewall	Documentary	1984	2019	[31]
Behind Every Good Man	Documentary/short subject	1967	2022	[37]
Being There	Narrative feature	1979	2015	[42]
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ	Narrative feature	1925	1997	[43]
Ben-Hur	Narrative feature	1959	2004	[44]
Bert Williams: Lime Kiln Club Field Day	Narrative feature	1913	2014	[20]
The Best Years of Our Lives	Narrative feature	1946	1989	[45]
Betty Tells Her Story	Documentary/short subject	1972	2022	[37]
Beverly Hills Cop	Narrative feature	1984	2024	[33]
Big Business	Short subject	1929	1992	[24]
The Big Heat	Narrative feature	1953	2011	[30]
The Big Lebowski	Narrative feature	1998	2014	[20]
The Big Parade	Narrative feature	1925	1992	[24]
The Big Sleep	Narrative feature	1946	1997	[43]
The Big Trail	Narrative feature	1930	2006	[36]
The Birds	Narrative feature	1963	2016	[21]
The Birth of a Nation	Narrative feature	1915	1992	[24]
Black and Tan	Short subject	1929	2015	[42]
The Black Pirate	Narrative feature	1926	1993	[32]
The Black Stallion	Narrative feature	1979	2002	[28]
Blackboard Jungle	Narrative feature	1955	2016	[21]
Blacksmith Scene	Short subject	1893	1995	[25]
Blade Runner	Narrative feature	1982	1993	[32]
Blazing Saddles	Narrative feature	1974	2006	[36]
Bless Their Little Hearts	Narrative feature	1984	2013	[46]
The Blood of Jesus	Narrative feature	1941	1991	[14]
The Blue Bird	Narrative feature	1918	2004	[44]
The Blues Brothers	Narrative feature	1980	2020	[47]
Body and Soul	Narrative feature	1925	2019	[31]
Bohulano Family Film Collection	Home films	1950s–1970s	2023	[19]
Bonnie and Clyde	Narrative feature	1967	1992	[24]
Born Yesterday	Narrative feature	1950	2012	[15]
Boulevard Nights	Narrative feature	1979	2017	[16]
Boys Don't Cry	Narrative feature	1999	2019	[31]
Boyz n the Hood	Narrative feature	1991	2002	[28]
Brandy in the Wilderness	Narrative feature	1969	2013	[46]
Bread	Narrative feature	1918	2020	[47]
Breakfast at Tiffany's	Narrative feature	1961	2012	[15]
The Breakfast Club	Narrative feature	1985	2016	[21]
Bride of Frankenstein	Narrative feature	1935	1998	[22]
The Bridge on the River Kwai	Narrative feature	1957	1997	[43]
Bringing Up Baby	Narrative feature	1938	1990	[29]
Broadcast News	Narrative feature	1987	2018	[40]
Brokeback Mountain	Narrative feature	2005	2018	[40]
Broken Blossoms	Narrative feature	1919	1996	[38]
A Bronx Morning	Short subject/experimental film	1931	2004	[44]
Buena Vista Social Club	Documentary	1999	2020	[47]
The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man	Documentary	1975	2005	[39]
Bullitt	Narrative feature	1968	2007	[18]
Bush Mama	Narrative feature	1979	2022	[37]
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Narrative feature	1969	2003	[34]
Cab Calloway's home movies	Home films	1948–1951	2022	[37]
Cabaret	Narrative feature	1972	1995	[25]
Cabin in the Sky	Narrative feature	1943	2020	[47]
The Cameraman	Narrative feature	1928	2005	[39]
Carmen Jones	Narrative feature	1954	1992	[24]
Carrie	Narrative feature	1976	2022	[37]
Casablanca	Narrative feature	1942	1989	[45]
Castro Street	Documentary/short subject/experimental film	1966	1992	[24]
Cat People	Narrative feature	1942	1993	[32]
Chan Is Missing	Narrative feature	1982	1995	[25]
Charade	Narrative feature	1963	2022	[37]
The Cheat	Narrative feature	1915	1993	[32]
The Chechahcos	Narrative feature	1924	2003	[34]
Chelsea Girls	Experimental film	1966	2024	[33]
Chicana	Documentary	1979	2021	[48]
Chinatown	Narrative feature	1974	1991	[14]
A Christmas Story	Narrative feature	1983	2012	[15]
Chulas Fronteras	Documentary	1976	1993	[32]
Cicero March	Documentary/short subject	1966	2013	[46]
Cinderella	Animated narrative feature	1950	2018	[40]
Citizen Kane	Narrative feature	1941	1989	[45]
The City	Documentary/short subject	1939	1998	[22]
City Lights	Narrative feature	1931	1991	[14]
Civilization	Narrative feature	1916	1999	[49]
The Clash of the Wolves	Narrative feature	1925	2004	[44]
Clerks	Narrative feature	1994	2019	[31]
A Clockwork Orange	Narrative feature	1971	2020	[47]
Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Narrative feature	1977	2007	[18]
Coal Miner's Daughter	Narrative feature	1980	2019	[31]
Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther	Documentary/short subject	1939	2001	[23]
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940	Documentary/short subject	1940	2005	[39]
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt	Documentary	1989	2024	[33]
Compensation	Narrative feature	1999	2024	[33]
A Computer Animated Hand	Animated short subject/experimental film	1972	2011	[30]
The Conversation	Narrative feature	1974	1995	[25]
Cool Hand Luke	Narrative feature	1967	2005	[39]
Cooley High	Narrative feature	1975	2021	[48]
The Cool World	Narrative feature	1963	1994	[26]
Cops	Short subject	1922	1997	[43]
The Corbett–Fitzsimmons Fight	Documentary	1897	2012	[15]
A Corner in Wheat	Short subject	1909	1994	[26]
The Court Jester	Narrative feature	1956	2004	[44]
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment	Documentary	1963	2011	[30]
The Crowd	Narrative feature	1928	1989	[45]
Cruisin' J-Town	Documentary/short subject	1975	2023	[19]
The Cry of the Children	Short subject	1912	2011	[30]
The Cry of Jazz	Documentary/short subject	1959	2010	[27]
A Cure for Pokeritis	Short subject	1912	2011	[30]
The Curse of Quon Gwon	Short subject	1916–1917	2006	[36]
Cyrano de Bergerac	Narrative feature	1950	2022	[37]
Czechoslovakia 1968	Documentary/short subject	1969	1997	[43]
D.O.A.	Narrative feature	1950	2004	[44]
Dance, Girl, Dance	Narrative feature	1940	2007	[18]
Dances With Wolves	Narrative feature	1990	2007	[18]
The Dark Knight	Narrative feature	2008	2020	[47]
Daughter of Dawn	Narrative feature	1920	2013	[46]
Daughter of Shanghai	Narrative feature	1937	2006	[36]
Daughters of the Dust	Narrative feature	1991	2004	[44]
David Holzman's Diary	Narrative feature	1967	1991	[14]
The Day the Earth Stood Still	Narrative feature	1951	1995	[25]
Days of Heaven	Narrative feature	1978	2007	[18]
Days of Wine and Roses	Narrative feature	1962	2018	[40]
Dead Birds	Documentary	1964	1998	[22]
Decasia	Experimental film	2002	2013	[46]
The Decline of Western Civilization	Documentary	1981	2016	[21]
The Deer Hunter	Narrative feature	1978	1996	[38]
Deliverance	Narrative feature	1972	2008	[17]
Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre	Documentary/short subject	1901	2002	[28]
Desperately Seeking Susan	Narrative feature	1985	2023	[19]
Destry Rides Again	Narrative feature	1939	1996	[38]
Detour	Narrative feature	1945	1992	[24]
The Devil Never Sleeps	Documentary	1994	2020	[47]
The Dickson Experimental Sound Film	Short subject/experimental film	1894 or 1895	2003	[34]
Die Hard	Narrative feature	1988	2017	[16]
Dinner at Eight	Narrative feature	1933	2023	[19]
Dirty Dancing	Narrative feature	1987	2024	[33]
Dirty Harry	Narrative feature	1971	2012	[15]
Disneyland Dream	Home film	1956	2008	[17]
Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency	Documentary/short subject	1908	2018	[40]
Do the Right Thing	Narrative feature	1989	1999	[49]
The Docks of New York	Narrative feature	1928	1999	[49]
Dodsworth	Narrative feature	1936	1990	[29]
Dog Day Afternoon	Narrative feature	1975	2009	[50]
Dog Star Man	Short subject/experimental film series	1961–1964	1992	[24]
Dont Look Back	Documentary	1967	1998	[22]
Double Indemnity	Narrative feature	1944	1992	[24]
Down Argentine Way	Narrative feature	1940	2014	[20]
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	Narrative feature	1964	1989	[45]
Dracula	Narrative feature	1931	2000	[35]
Dracula	Narrative feature	1931	2015	[42]
The Dragon Painter	Narrative feature	1919	2014	[20]
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend	Short subject	1906	2015	[42]
Drums of Winter	Documentary	1988	2006	[36]
Duck Amuck	Animated short subject	1953	1999	[49]
Duck and Cover	Animated short subject	1951	2004	[44]
Duck Soup	Narrative feature	1933	1990	[29]
Dumbo	Animated narrative feature	1941	2017	[16]
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Narrative feature	1982	1994	[26]
Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer	Documentary	1975	2015	[42]
Early Abstractions[I]	Animated short subject	1939–1956	2006	[36]
East of Eden	Narrative feature	1955	2016	[21]
Easy Rider	Narrative feature	1969	1998	[22]
Eaux d'Artifice	Short subject/experimental film	1953	1993	[32]
Edge of the City	Narrative feature	1957	2023	[19]
Edison Kinetographic Record of a Sneeze	Documentary/short subject	1894	2015	[42]
El Mariachi	Narrative feature	1992	2011	[30]
El Norte	Narrative feature	1983	1995	[25]
Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB	Short subject	1967	2010	[27]
Ella Cinders	Narrative feature	1926	2013	[46]
Emigrants Landing at Ellis Island	Documentary/short subject	1903	2019	[31]
The Emperor Jones	Narrative feature	1933	1999	[49]
Empire	Experimental film	1964	2004	[44]
The Empire Strikes Back	Narrative feature	1980	2010	[27]
Employees' Entrance	Narrative feature	1933	2019	[31]
The Endless Summer	Documentary	1966	2002	[28]
Enter the Dragon	Narrative feature	1973	2004	[44]
Eraserhead	Narrative feature	1977	2004	[44]
Eve's Bayou	Narrative feature	1997	2018	[40]
Evergreen	Short subject/experimental film	1965	2021	[48]
The Evidence of the Film	Short subject	1913	2001	[23]
The Exiles	Narrative feature	1961	2009	[50]
The Exorcist	Narrative feature	1973	2010	[27]
The Exploits of Elaine[II]	Serial film	1914	1994	[26]
A Face in the Crowd	Narrative feature	1957	2008	[17]
Faces	Narrative feature	1968	2011	[30]
Fake Fruit Factory	Documentary/short subject/experimental film	1986	2011	[30]
The Fall of the House of Usher	Short subject	1928	2000	[35]
Fame	Narrative feature	1980	2023	[19]
Fantasia	Animated narrative feature	1940	1990	[29]
Fargo	Narrative feature	1996	2006	[36]
Fast Times at Ridgemont High	Narrative feature	1982	2005	[39]
Fatty's Tintype Tangle	Short subject	1915	1995	[25]
Felicia	Documentary/short subject	1965	2014	[20]
Ferris Bueller's Day Off	Narrative feature	1986	2014	[20]
Field of Dreams	Narrative feature	1989	2017	[16]
Film Portrait	Documentary	1972	2003	[34]
Five Easy Pieces	Narrative feature	1970	2000	[35]
Flash Gordon[III]	Serial film	1936	1996	[38]
Flesh and the Devil	Narrative feature	1927	2006	[36]
Flowers and Trees	Animated short subject	1932	2021	[48]
Flower Drum Song	Narrative feature	1961	2008	[17]
The Flying Ace	Narrative feature	1926	2021	[48]
The Fog of War	Documentary	2003	2019	[31]
A Fool There Was	Narrative feature	1915	2015	[42]
Foolish Wives	Narrative feature	1922	2008	[17]
Footlight Parade	Narrative feature	1933	1992	[24]
Forbidden Planet	Narrative feature	1956	2013	[46]
Force of Evil	Narrative feature	1948	1994	[26]
The Forgotten Frontier	Documentary	1931	1996	[38]
Forrest Gump	Narrative feature	1994	2011	[30]
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	Narrative feature	1921	1995	[25]
Fox Movietone News: Jenkins Orphanage Band	Newsreel	1928	2003	[34]
Frank Film	Animated short subject	1973	1996	[38]
Frankenstein	Narrative feature	1931	1991	[14]
Freaks	Narrative feature	1932	1994	[26]
Free Radicals	Animated short subject	1979	2008	[17]
Freedom Riders	Documentary	2010	2020	[47]
The French Connection	Narrative feature	1971	2005	[39]
The Freshman	Narrative feature	1925	1990	[29]
From Here to Eternity	Narrative feature	1953	2002	[28]
From Stump to Ship	Short subject/industrial film	1930	2002	[28]
From the Manger to the Cross	Narrative feature	1912	1998	[22]
The Front Page	Narrative feature	1931	2010	[27]
Fuentes Family Home Movies Collection	Home films	1920s–1930s	2017	[16]
Fuji	Animated/live-action hybrid short subject/experimental film	1974	2002	[28]
Funny Girl	Narrative feature	1968	2016	[21]
Fury	Narrative feature	1936	1995	[25]
The Gang's All Here	Narrative feature	1943	2014	[20]
Ganja & Hess	Narrative feature	1973	2024	[33]
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers	Documentary	1980	2004	[44]
Gaslight	Narrative feature	1944	2019	[31]
The General	Narrative feature	1926	1989	[45]
Gentleman's Agreement	Narrative feature	1947	2017	[16]
George Stevens' World War II footage	Documentary	1943–1946	2008	[17]
George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute	Documentary/short subject	1937	2019	[31]
Gerald McBoing-Boing	Animated short subject	1950	1995	[25]
Gertie the Dinosaur	Animated short subject	1914	1991	[14]
Ghostbusters	Narrative feature	1984	2015	[42]
Giant	Narrative feature	1956	2005	[39]
Gigi	Narrative feature	1958	1991	[14]
Gilda	Narrative feature	1946	2013	[46]
The Girl Without a Soul	Narrative feature	1917	2018	[40]
Girlfriends	Narrative feature	1978	2019	[31]
Glimpse of the Garden	Short subject/experimental film	1957	2007	[18]
The Godfather	Narrative feature	1972	1990	[29]
The Godfather Part II	Narrative feature	1974	1993	[32]
Going My Way	Narrative feature	1944	2004	[44]
Gold Diggers of 1933	Narrative feature	1933	2003	[34]
The Gold Rush	Narrative feature	1925	1992	[24]
Gone with the Wind	Narrative feature	1939	1989	[45]
Goodfellas	Narrative feature	1990	2000	[35]
The Goonies	Narrative feature	1985	2017	[16]
The Graduate	Narrative feature	1967	1996	[38]
Grand Hotel	Narrative feature	1932	2007	[18]
The Grapes of Wrath	Narrative feature	1940	1989	[45]
Grass	Documentary	1925	1997	[43]
Grease	Narrative feature	1978	2020	[47]
The Great Dictator	Narrative feature	1940	1997	[43]
The Great Train Robbery	Short subject	1903	1990	[29]
Greed	Narrative feature	1924	1991	[14]
Grey Gardens	Documentary	1975	2010	[27]
The Ground	Short subject/experimental film	1993–2001	2020	[47]
Groundhog Day	Narrative feature	1993	2006	[36]
Growing Up Female	Documentary	1971	2011	[30]
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Narrative feature	1967	2017	[16]
Gun Crazy	Narrative feature	1950	1998	[22]
Gunga Din	Narrative feature	1939	1999	[49]
H2O	Short subject/experimental film	1929	2005	[39]
Hail the Conquering Hero	Narrative feature	1944	2015	[42]
Hairspray	Narrative feature	1988	2022	[37]
Hair Piece: A Film for Nappyheaded People	Animated short subject	1984	2018	[40]
Hallelujah	Narrative feature	1929	2008	[17]
Halloween	Narrative feature	1978	2006	[36]
Hands Up!	Narrative feature	1926	2005	[39]
Harlan County, USA	Documentary	1976	1990	[29]
Harold and Maude	Narrative feature	1971	1997	[43]
Hearts and Minds	Documentary	1974	2018	[40]
He Who Gets Slapped	Narrative feature	1924	2017	[16]
The Heiress	Narrative feature	1949	1996	[38]
Helen Keller in Her Story	Documentary	1954	2023	[19]
Hell's Hinges	Narrative feature	1916	1994	[26]
Hellbound Train	Narrative feature	1930	2021	[48]
Heroes All	Documentary	1920	2009	[50]
Hester Street	Narrative feature	1975	2011	[30]
High Noon	Narrative feature	1952	1989	[45]
High School	Documentary	1968	1991	[14]
Hindenburg disaster newsreel footage	Newsreel	1937	1997	[43]
His Girl Friday	Narrative feature	1940	1993	[32]
The Hitch-Hiker	Narrative feature	1953	1998	[22]
The Hole	Animated short subject	1962	2013	[46]
Home Alone	Narrative feature	1990	2023	[19]
Hoop Dreams	Documentary	1994	2005	[39]
Hoosiers	Narrative feature	1986	2001	[23]
Hospital	Documentary	1970	1994	[26]
The Hospital	Narrative feature	1971	1995	[25]
Hot Dogs for Gauguin	Short subject	1972	2009	[50]
Hours for Jerome: Parts 1 and 2	Experimental film	1980–1982	2012	[15]
The House I Live In	Short subject	1945	2007	[18]
The House in the Middle	Documentary/short subject	1954	2001	[23]
House of Usher	Narrative feature	1960	2005	[39]
House of Wax	Narrative feature	1953	2014	[20]
House Party	Narrative feature	1990	2022	[37]
How Green Was My Valley	Narrative feature	1941	1990	[29]
How the West Was Won	Narrative feature	1962	1997	[43]
Hud	Narrative feature	1963	2018	[40]
Humoresque	Narrative feature	1920	2015	[42]
The Hunters	Documentary	1957	2003	[34]
The Hurt Locker	Narrative feature	2008	2020	[47]
The Hustler	Narrative feature	1961	1997	[43]
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang	Narrative feature	1932	1991	[14]
I Am Joaquin	Short subject	1969	2010	[27]
I Am Somebody	Documentary/short subject	1970	2019	[31]
I, An Actress	Short subject	1977	2011	[30]
Illusions	Short subject	1982	2020	[47]
Imitation of Life	Narrative feature	1934	2005	[39]
Imitation of Life	Narrative feature	1959	2015	[42]
The Immigrant	Short subject	1917	1998	[22]
In a Lonely Place	Narrative feature	1950	2007	[18]
In Cold Blood	Narrative feature	1967	2008	[17]
In the Heat of the Night	Narrative feature	1967	2002	[28]
In the Land of the Head Hunters	Narrative feature	1914	1999	[49]
In the Street	Documentary/short subject	1948	2006	[36]
The Incredible Shrinking Man	Narrative feature	1957	2009	[50]
The Informer	Narrative feature	1935	2018	[40]
The Inner World of Aphasia	Educational film	1968	2015	[42]
Interior New York Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street	Documentary/short subject	1905	2017	[16]
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport	Documentary	2000	2014	[20]
Intolerance	Narrative feature	1916	1989	[45]
Invaders from Mars	Narrative feature	1953	2024	[33]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Narrative feature	1956	1994	[26]
The Invisible Man	Narrative feature	1933	2008	[17]
The Iron Horse	Narrative feature	1924	2011	[30]
Iron Man	Narrative feature	2008	2022	[37]
It	Narrative feature	1927	2001	[23]
It Happened One Night	Narrative feature	1934	1993	[32]
It's a Gift	Narrative feature	1934	2010	[27]
It's a Wonderful Life	Narrative feature	1946	1990	[29]
The Italian	Narrative feature	1915	1991	[14]
Itam Hakim, Hopiit	Documentary/experimental film	1984	2022	[37]
Jailhouse Rock	Narrative feature	1957	2004	[44]
Jam Session	Short subject	1942	2001	[23]
Jammin' the Blues	Short subject	1944	1995	[25]
Jaws	Narrative feature	1975	2001	[23]
Jazz on a Summer's Day	Documentary	1959	1999	[49]
The Jazz Singer	Narrative feature	1927	1996	[38]
Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest	Documentary	1910	2005	[39]
Jezebel	Narrative feature	1938	2009	[50]
John Henry and the Inky-Poo	Animated short subject	1946	2015	[42]
Johnny Guitar	Narrative feature	1954	2008	[17]
The Joy Luck Club	Narrative feature	1993	2020	[47]
Jubilo	Narrative feature	1919	2021	[48]
Judgment at Nuremberg	Narrative feature	1961	2013	[46]
The Jungle	Short subject	1967	2009	[50]
Jurassic Park	Narrative feature	1993	2018	[40]
Kannapolis, N.C.	Documentary	1941	2004	[44]
The Kid	Narrative feature	1921	2011	[30]
Kid Auto Races at Venice	Short subject	1914	2020	[47]
The Kidnappers Foil[IV]	Short subject	1930s–1950s	2012	[15]
Killer of Sheep	Narrative feature	1978	1990	[29]
The Killers	Narrative feature	1946	2008	[17]
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis	Documentary	1970	1999	[49]
King Kong	Narrative feature	1933	1991	[14]
King of Jazz	Narrative feature	1930	2013	[46]
The Kiss	Short subject	1896	1999	[49]
Kiss Me Deadly	Narrative feature	1955	1999	[49]
Knute Rockne, All American	Narrative feature	1940	1997	[43]
Koko's Earth Control	Animated short subject	1928	2024	[33]
Koyaanisqatsi	Documentary	1982	2000	[35]
L.A. Confidential	Narrative feature	1997	2015	[42]
La Bamba	Narrative feature	1987	2017	[16]
Lady and the Tramp	Animated narrative feature	1955	2023	[19]
The Lady Eve	Narrative feature	1941	1994	[26]
The Lady from Shanghai	Narrative feature	1947	2018	[40]
Lady Helen's Escapade	Short subject	1909	2004	[44]
Lady Windermere's Fan	Narrative feature	1925	2002	[28]
Lambchops	Short subject	1929	1999	[49]
The Land Beyond the Sunset	Short subject	1912	2000	[35]
Lassie Come Home	Narrative feature	1943	1993	[32]
The Last Command	Narrative feature	1928	2006	[36]
The Last of the Mohicans	Narrative feature	1920	1995	[25]
The Last Picture Show	Narrative feature	1971	1998	[22]
The Last Waltz	Documentary	1978	2019	[31]
Laura	Narrative feature	1944	1999	[49]
Lawrence of Arabia	Narrative feature	1962	1991	[14]
The Lead Shoes	Short subject/experimental film	1949	2009	[50]
A League of Their Own	Narrative feature	1992	2012	[15]
The Learning Tree	Narrative feature	1969	1989	[45]
Leave Her to Heaven	Narrative feature	1945	2018	[40]
Let There Be Light	Documentary	1946	2010	[27]
Let's All Go to the Lobby	Animated short subject	1957	2000	[35]
Letter from an Unknown Woman	Narrative feature	1948	1992	[24]
The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra	Short subject/experimental film	1928	1997	[43]
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter	Documentary	1980	1996	[38]
Life of an American Fireman	Short subject	1903	2016	[21]
The Life of Emile Zola	Narrative feature	1937	2000	[35]
The Lighted Field	Experimental film	1987	2023	[19]
Lilies of the Field	Narrative feature	1963	2020	[47]
The Lion King	Animated narrative feature	1994	2016	[21]
Little Big Man	Narrative feature	1970	2014	[20]
Little Caesar	Narrative feature	1931	2000	[35]
Little Fugitive	Narrative feature	1953	1997	[43]
The Little Mermaid	Animated narrative feature	1989	2022	[37]
Little Miss Marker	Narrative feature	1934	1998	[22]
Little Nemo	Animated short subject	1911	2009	[50]
Lives of Performers	Experimental film	1972	2017	[16]
The Living Desert	Documentary	1953	2000	[35]
Lonesome	Narrative feature	1928	2010	[27]
The Long Goodbye	Narrative feature	1973	2021	[48]
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Narrative feature	2001	2021	[48]
Losing Ground	Narrative feature	1982	2020	[47]
Lost Horizon	Narrative feature	1937	2016	[21]
The Lost Weekend	Narrative feature	1945	2011	[30]
The Lost World	Narrative feature	1925	1998	[22]
Louisiana Story	Narrative feature	1948	1994	[26]
Love & Basketball	Narrative feature	2000	2023	[19]
Love Finds Andy Hardy	Narrative feature	1938	2000	[35]
Love Me Tonight	Narrative feature	1932	1990	[29]
The Lunch Date	Short subject	1990	2013	[46]
Luxo Jr.	Animated short subject	1986	2014	[20]
M*A*S*H	Narrative feature	1970	1996	[38]
Mabel's Blunder	Short subject	1914	2009	[50]
Magical Maestro	Animated short subject	1952	1993	[32]
The Magnificent Ambersons	Narrative feature	1942	1991	[14]
The Magnificent Seven	Narrative feature	1960	2013	[46]
Make Way for Tomorrow	Narrative feature	1937	2010	[27]
The Making of an American	Short subject	1920	2005	[39]
Malcolm X	Narrative feature	1992	2010	[27]
The Maltese Falcon	Narrative feature	1941	1989	[45]
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	Narrative feature	1962	2007	[18]
The Man with the Golden Arm	Narrative feature	1955	2020	[47]
The Manchurian Candidate	Narrative feature	1962	1994	[26]
Manhatta	Documentary/short subject	1921	1995	[25]
Manhattan	Narrative feature	1979	2001	[23]
Manzanar	Documentary/short subject	1971	2022	[37]
Mardi Gras Carnival	Documentary/short subject	1898	2022	[37]
Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege	Documentary	2006	2020	[47]
The March	Documentary/short subject	1964	2008	[17]
The March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany	Newsreel	1938	1993	[32]
Marian Anderson: The Lincoln Memorial Concert	Newsreel	1939	2001	[23]
The Mark of Zorro	Narrative feature	1920	2015	[42]
The Mark of Zorro	Narrative feature	1940	2009	[50]
Martha Graham dance films[V]	Short subject	1931–1944	2013	[46][51]
Marty	Narrative feature	1955	1994	[26]
Mary Poppins	Narrative feature	1964	2013	[46]
Master Hands	Documentary/short subject	1936	1999	[49]
Matewan	Narrative feature	1987	2023	[19]
Matrimony's Speed Limit	Short subject	1913	2003	[34]
The Matrix	Narrative feature	1999	2012	[15]
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision	Documentary	1994	2023	[19]
McCabe & Mrs. Miller	Narrative feature	1971	2010	[27]
Mean Streets	Narrative feature	1973	1997	[43]
Medium Cool	Narrative feature	1969	2003	[34]
Meet Me in St. Louis	Narrative feature	1944	1994	[26]
Melody Ranch	Narrative feature	1940	2002	[28]
Memento	Narrative feature	2000	2017	[16]
Memphis Belle	Documentary	1944	2001	[23]
Men and Dust	Documentary/short subject	1940	2013	[46]
Meshes of the Afternoon	Short subject/experimental film	1943	1990	[29]
Michael Jackson's Thriller±	Music video	1983	2009	[50]
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair	Industrial film	1939	2012	[15]
Midnight	Narrative feature	1939	2013	[46]
Midnight Cowboy	Narrative feature	1969	1994	[26]
Mighty Like a Moose	Short subject	1926	2007	[18]
Mildred Pierce	Narrative feature	1945	1996	[38]
Mingus	Documentary	1968	2022	[37]
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek	Narrative feature	1944	2001	[23]
Miracle on 34th Street	Narrative feature	1947	2005	[39]
The Miracle Worker	Narrative feature	1962	2024	[33]
Miss Lulu Bett	Narrative feature	1921	2001	[23]
Modern Times	Narrative feature	1936	1989	[45]
Modesta	Short subject	1956	1998	[22]
Mom and Dad	Narrative feature	1945	2005	[39]
Monterey Pop	Documentary	1968	2018	[40]
Moon Breath Beat	Animated short subject	1980	2014	[20]
Morocco	Narrative feature	1930	1992	[24]
Motion Painting No. 1	Animated short subject/experimental film	1947	1997	[43]
A Movie	Short subject/experimental film	1958	1994	[26]
A Movie Trip Through Filmland	Educational film	1921	2023	[19]
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Narrative feature	1939	1989	[45]
Mrs. Miniver	Narrative feature	1942	2009	[50]
Multiple SIDosis	Short subject	1970	2000	[35]
The Muppet Movie±	Narrative feature	1979	2009	[50]
The Murder of Fred Hampton	Documentary	1971	2021	[48]
The Music Box	Short subject	1932	1997	[43]
The Music Man	Narrative feature	1962	2005	[39]
The Musketeers of Pig Alley	Short subject	1912	2016	[21]
My Darling Clementine	Narrative feature	1946	1991	[14]
My Fair Lady	Narrative feature	1964	2018	[40]
My Family	Narrative feature	1995	2024	[33]
My Man Godfrey	Narrative feature	1936	1999	[49]
My Name Is Oona	Short subject/experimental film	1969	2019	[31]
My Own Private Idaho	Narrative feature	1991	2024	[33]
The Naked City	Narrative feature	1948	2007	[18]
The Naked Spur	Narrative feature	1953	1997	[43]
Nanook of the North	Documentary	1922	1989	[45]
Nashville	Narrative feature	1975	1992	[24]
National Lampoon's Animal House	Narrative feature	1978	2001	[23]
National Velvet	Narrative feature	1944	2003	[34]
The Navigator	Narrative feature	1924	2018	[40]
Naughty Marietta	Narrative feature	1935	2003	[34]
Navajo Film Themselves[VI]	Documentary/short subject	1966	2002	[28]
The Negro Soldier	Documentary	1944	2011	[30]
Network	Narrative feature	1976	2000	[35]
A New Leaf	Narrative feature	1971	2019	[31]
Newark Athlete	Short subject	1891	2010	[27]
Nicholas Brothers' home movies	Home films	1930s–1940s	2011	[30]
A Night at the Opera	Narrative feature	1935	1993	[32]
The Night of the Hunter	Narrative feature	1955	1992	[24]
Night of the Living Dead	Narrative feature	1968	1999	[49]
A Nightmare on Elm Street	Narrative feature	1984	2021	[48]
The Nightmare Before Christmas	Animated narrative feature	1993	2023	[19]
Ninotchka	Narrative feature	1939	1990	[29]
No Country for Old Men	Narrative feature	2007	2024	[33]
No Lies	Short subject	1973	2008	[17]
Norma Rae	Narrative feature	1979	2011	[30]
North by Northwest	Narrative feature	1959	1995	[25]
(nostalgia)	Documentary/short subject/experimental film	1971	2003	[34]
Notes on the Port of St. Francis	Documentary/short subject	1951	2013	[46]
Nothing but a Man	Narrative feature	1964	1993	[32]
Notorious	Narrative feature	1946	2006	[36]
Now, Voyager	Narrative feature	1942	2007	[18]
The Nutty Professor	Narrative feature	1963	2004	[44]
OffOn	Short subject/experimental film	1968	2004	[44]
Oklahoma!	Narrative feature	1955	2007	[18]
The Old Mill	Animated short subject	1937	2015	[42]
Old Yeller	Narrative feature	1957	2019	[31]
On the Bowery	Documentary	1957	2008	[17]
On the Town	Narrative feature	1949	2018	[40]
On the Waterfront	Narrative feature	1954	1989	[45]
Once Upon a Time in the West	Narrative feature	1968	2009	[50]
One-Eyed Jacks	Narrative feature	1961	2018	[40]
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Narrative feature	1975	1993	[32]
One Froggy Evening	Animated short subject	1955	2003	[34]
One Survivor Remembers	Documentary/short subject	1995	2012	[15]
One Week	Short subject	1920	2008	[17]
Only Angels Have Wings	Narrative feature	1939	2017	[16]
Our Daily Bread	Narrative feature	1934	2015	[42]
Our Day	Documentary/short subject/home film	1938	2007	[18]
Our Lady of the Sphere	Short subject/experimental film	1972	2010	[27]
Out of the Past	Narrative feature	1947	1991	[14]
The Outlaw Josey Wales	Narrative feature	1976	1996	[38]
Outrage	Narrative feature	1950	2020	[47]
The Ox-Bow Incident	Narrative feature	1943	1998	[22]
Parable	Short subject	1964	2012	[15]
Pariah	Narrative feature	2011	2022	[37]
Paris Is Burning	Documentary	1990	2016	[21]
Pass the Gravy	Short subject	1928	1998	[22]
Passing Through	Narrative feature	1977	2023	[19]
Paths of Glory	Narrative feature	1957	1992	[24]
Patton	Narrative feature	1970	2003	[34]
The Pawnbroker	Narrative feature	1964	2008	[17]
The Pearl	Narrative feature	1947	2002	[28]
Peege	Short subject	1973	2007	[18]
The Perils of Pauline[VII]	Serial film	1914	2008	[17]
Peter Pan	Narrative feature	1924	2000	[35]
The Phantom of the Opera	Narrative feature	1925	1998	[22]
The Phenix City Story	Narrative feature	1955	2019	[31]
The Philadelphia Story	Narrative feature	1940	1995	[25]
Pickup on South Street	Narrative feature	1953	2018	[40]
Pillow Talk	Narrative feature	1959	2009	[50]
Pink Flamingos	Narrative feature	1972	2021	[48]
The Pink Panther	Narrative feature	1963	2010	[27]
Pinocchio±	Animated narrative feature	1940	1994	[26]
A Place in the Sun	Narrative feature	1951	1991	[14]
Planet of the Apes	Narrative feature	1968	2001	[23]
Platoon	Narrative feature	1986	2019	[31]
Please, Don't Bury Me Alive!	Narrative feature	1976	2014	[20]
The Plow That Broke the Plains	Documentary/short subject	1936	1999	[49]
Point Blank	Narrative feature	1967	2016	[21]
Point of Order	Documentary	1964	1993	[32]
The Poor Little Rich Girl	Narrative feature	1917	1991	[14]
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor	Animated short subject	1936	2004	[44]
Porgy and Bess	Narrative feature	1959	2011	[30]
Porky in Wackyland	Animated short subject	1938	2000	[35]
Portrait of Jason	Documentary	1967	2015	[42]
The Power and the Glory	Narrative feature	1933	2014	[20]
The Power of the Press	Narrative feature	1928	2005	[39]
Powers of Ten	Documentary/short subject	1977	1998	[22]
Powwow Highway	Narrative feature	1989	2024	[33]
Precious Images	Short subject/compilation	1986	2009	[50]
Preservation of the Sign Language	Documentary/short subject	1913	2010	[27]
President McKinley Inauguration Footage	Documentary/short subject	1901	2000	[35]
The Pride of the Yankees	Narrative feature	1942	2024	[33]
Primary	Documentary	1960	1990	[29]
The Princess Bride	Narrative feature	1987	2016	[21]
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy	Short subject	1909	2003	[34]
The Prisoner of Zenda	Narrative feature	1937	1991	[14]
The Producers	Narrative feature	1967	1996	[38]
Psycho	Narrative feature	1960	1992	[24]
The Public Enemy	Narrative feature	1931	1998	[22]
Pull My Daisy	Short subject	1959	1996	[38]
Pulp Fiction	Narrative feature	1994	2013	[46]
Punch Drunks	Short subject	1934	2002	[28]
Pups Is Pups	Short subject	1930	2004	[44]
Purple Rain±	Narrative feature	1984	2019	[52]
Putney Swope	Narrative feature	1969	2016	[21]
Quasi at the Quackadero	Animated short subject	1975	2009	[50]
Queen of Diamonds	Narrative feature	1991	2023	[19]
The Quiet Man	Narrative feature	1952	2013	[46]
Raging Bull	Narrative feature	1980	1990	[29]
Raiders of the Lost Ark	Narrative feature	1981	1999	[49]
A Raisin in the Sun	Narrative feature	1961	2005	[39]
Real Women Have Curves	Narrative feature	2002	2019	[31]
Rear Window	Narrative feature	1954	1997	[43]
Rebecca	Narrative feature	1940	2018	[40]
Rebel Without a Cause	Narrative feature	1955	1990	[29]
The Red Book	Animated short subject	1994	2009	[50]
Red Dust	Narrative feature	1932	2006	[36]
Red River	Narrative feature	1948	1990	[29]
Regeneration	Narrative feature	1915	2000	[35]
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania	Documentary/home film	1971–1972	2006	[36]
Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage	Newsreel	1937	1997	[43]
Requiem-29	Documentary/short subject	1970	2021	[48]
Return of the Jedi	Narrative feature	1983	2021	[48]
Return of the Secaucus 7	Narrative feature	1980	1997	[43]
The Revenge of Pancho Villa	Narrative feature/compilation	1930–1936	2009	[50]
Reverend Solomon Sir Jones films	Home films	1924–1928	2016	[21]
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert	Documentary	1979	2021	[48]
Ride the High Country	Narrative feature	1962	1992	[24]
The Right Stuff	Narrative feature	1983	2013	[46]
Ringling Brothers Parade Film	Documentary/short subject	1902	2021	[48]
Rio Bravo	Narrative feature	1959	2014	[20]
Rip Van Winkle[VIII]	Short subject	1903	1995	[25]
The River	Documentary/short subject	1938	1990	[29]
Road to Morocco	Narrative feature	1942	1996	[38]
Rocky	Narrative feature	1976	2006	[36]
The Rocky Horror Picture Show	Narrative feature	1975	2005	[39]
Roger & Me	Documentary	1989	2013	[46]
Roman Holiday	Narrative feature	1953	1999	[49]
Rose Hobart	Short subject/experimental film	1936	2001	[23]
Rosemary's Baby	Narrative feature	1968	2014	[20]
Ruggles of Red Gap	Narrative feature	1935	2014	[20]
Rushmore	Narrative feature	1998	2016	[21]
Sabrina	Narrative feature	1954	2002	[28]
Safety Last!	Narrative feature	1923	1994	[26]
Salesman	Documentary	1969	1992	[24]
Salomé	Narrative feature	1923	2000	[35]
Salt of the Earth	Narrative feature	1954	1992	[24]
Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia	Documentary/short subject	1989	2012	[15]
San Francisco Earthquake & Fire: April 18, 1906	Documentary/short subject	1906	2005	[39]
Saturday Night Fever±	Narrative feature	1977	2010	[27]
Saving Private Ryan	Narrative feature	1998	2014	[20]
Scarface	Narrative feature	1932	1994	[26]
Schindler's List	Narrative feature	1993	2004	[44]
Scorpio Rising	Short subject/experimental film	1964	2022	[37]
Scratch and Crow	Animated short subject	1995	2009	[50]
The Searchers	Narrative feature	1956	1989	[45]
Seconds	Narrative feature	1966	2015	[42]
Selena	Narrative feature	1997	2021	[48]
Serene Velocity	Short subject/experimental film	1970	2001	[23]
Sergeant York	Narrative feature	1941	2008	[17]
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Narrative feature	1954	2004	[44]
Seventh Heaven	Narrative feature	1927	1995	[25]
Sex, Lies, and Videotape	Narrative feature	1989	2006	[36]
The Sex Life of the Polyp	Short subject	1928	2007	[18]
Shadow of a Doubt	Narrative feature	1943	1991	[14]
Shadows	Narrative feature	1959	1993	[32]
Shaft±	Narrative feature	1971	2000	[35]
Shane	Narrative feature	1953	1993	[32]
The Shawshank Redemption	Narrative feature	1994	2015	[42]
She Done Him Wrong	Narrative feature	1933	1996	[38]
She's Gotta Have It	Narrative feature	1986	2019	[31]
Sherlock Jr.	Narrative feature	1924	1991	[14]
Sherman's March	Documentary	1986	2000	[35]
The Shining	Narrative feature	1980	2018	[40]
Shock Corridor	Narrative feature	1963	1996	[38]
Shoes	Narrative feature	1916	2014	[20]
The Shop Around the Corner	Narrative feature	1940	1999	[49]
Show Boat	Narrative feature	1936	1996	[38]
Show People	Narrative feature	1928	2003	[34]
Shrek	Animated narrative feature	2001	2020	[47]
Siege	Documentary/short subject	1940	2006	[36]
The Silence of the Lambs	Narrative feature	1991	2011	[30]
Singin' in the Rain	Narrative feature	1952	1989	[45]
Sink or Swim	Experimental film	1990	2015	[42]
The Sinking of the Lusitania	Animated short subject	1918	2017	[16]
Sky High	Narrative feature	1922	1998	[22]
Slacker	Narrative feature	1990	2012	[15]
Sleeping Beauty	Animated narrative feature	1959	2019	[31]
Smoke Signals	Narrative feature	1998	2018	[40]
Snow White	Animated short subject	1933	1994	[26]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Animated narrative feature	1937	1989	[45]
So's Your Old Man	Narrative feature	1926	2008	[17]
The Social Network	Narrative feature	2010	2024	[33]
Some Like It Hot	Narrative feature	1959	1989	[45]
Something Good – Negro Kiss	Short subject	1898	2018	[40]
The Son of the Sheik	Narrative feature	1926	2003	[34]
Sons of the Desert	Narrative feature	1933	2012	[15]
The Sound of Music±	Narrative feature	1965	2001	[23]
Sounder	Narrative feature	1972	2021	[48]
Spartacus	Narrative feature	1960	2017	[16]
The Spook Who Sat by the Door	Narrative feature	1973	2012	[15]
Spy Kids	Narrative feature	2001	2024	[33]
St. Louis Blues	Short subject	1929	2006	[36]
Stagecoach	Narrative feature	1939	1995	[25]
Stand and Deliver	Narrative feature	1988	2011	[30]
A Star Is Born	Narrative feature	1954	2000	[35]
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	Narrative feature	1982	2024	[33]
Star Wars±	Narrative feature	1977	1989	[45]
Stark Love	Narrative feature	1927	2009	[50]
State Fair	Narrative feature	1933	2014	[20]
Steamboat Bill, Jr.	Narrative feature	1928	2016	[21]
Steamboat Willie	Animated short subject	1928	1998	[22]
The Sting	Narrative feature	1973	2005	[39]
Stop Making Sense	Documentary	1984	2021	[48]
Stormy Weather	Narrative feature	1943	2001	[23]
The Story of G.I. Joe	Narrative feature	1945	2009	[50]
The Story of Menstruation	Animated short subject	1946	2015	[42]
Stranger Than Paradise	Narrative feature	1984	2002	[28]
Strangers on a Train	Narrative feature	1951	2021	[48]
A Streetcar Named Desire±	Narrative feature	1951	1999	[49]
The Strong Man	Narrative feature	1926	2007	[18]
A Study in Reds	Short subject	1932	2009	[50]
Study of a River	Short subject/experimental film	1997	2010	[27]
Sullivan's Travels	Narrative feature	1941	1990	[29]
Sunrise	Narrative feature	1927	1989	[45]
Sunset Boulevard	Narrative feature	1950	1989	[45]
Super Fly±	Narrative feature	1972	2022	[37]
Superman	Narrative feature	1978	2017	[16]
Suspense	Short subject	1913	2020	[47]
Suzanne, Suzanne	Documentary/short subject	1982	2016	[21]
Sweet Smell of Success	Narrative feature	1957	1993	[32]
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song	Narrative feature	1971	2020	[47]
Swing Time	Narrative feature	1936	2004	[44]
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One	Documentary/experimental film	1968	2015	[42]
The T.A.M.I. Show	Documentary	1964	2006	[36]
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas	Narrative feature	1931	1994	[26]
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse	Home film	1940	1998	[22]
The Tall T	Narrative feature	1957	2000	[35]
Tarantella	Short subject/experimental film	1940	2010	[27]
Tarzan and His Mate	Narrative feature	1934	2003	[34]
Taxi Driver	Narrative feature	1976	1994	[26]
The Tell-Tale Heart	Animated short subject	1953	2001	[23]
The Ten Commandments	Narrative feature	1956	1999	[49]
The Terminator	Narrative feature	1984	2008	[17]
Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Narrative feature	1991	2023	[19]
Tess of the Storm Country	Narrative feature	1914	2006	[36]
Tevya	Narrative feature	1939	1991	[14]
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre	Narrative feature	1974	2024	[33]
Thelma & Louise	Narrative feature	1991	2016	[21]
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser	Documentary	1988	2017	[16]
Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and His Singing Duck	Short subject/experimental film	1925	2002	[28]
There It Is	Short subject	1928	2004	[44]
They Call It Pro Football	Documentary	1967	2012	[15]
The Thief of Bagdad	Narrative feature	1924	1996	[38]
The Thin Blue Line	Documentary	1988	2001	[23]
The Thin Man	Narrative feature	1934	1997	[43]
The Thing from Another World	Narrative feature	1951	2001	[23]
Think of Me First as a Person	Home film	1960–1975	2006	[36]
This Is Cinerama	Documentary	1952	2002	[28]
This Is Spinal Tap	Narrative feature	1984	2002	[28]
Three Little Pigs	Animated short subject	1933	2007	[18]
Time and Dreams	Documentary	1976	2017	[16]
A Time for Burning	Documentary	1966	2005	[39]
A Time Out of War	Short subject	1954	2006	[36]
The Times of Harvey Milk	Documentary	1984	2012	[15]
Tin Toy	Animated short subject	1988	2003	[34]
Titanic	Narrative feature	1997	2017	[16]
Titicut Follies	Documentary	1967	2022	[37]
To Be or Not to Be	Narrative feature	1942	1996	[38]
To Fly!	Documentary/short subject	1976	1995	[25]
To Kill a Mockingbird	Narrative feature	1962	1995	[25]
To Sleep with Anger	Narrative feature	1990	2017	[16]
Tol'able David	Narrative feature	1921	2007	[18]
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son	Experimental film	1969–1971	2007	[18]
Tongues Untied	Documentary/experimental film	1989	2022	[37]
Tootsie	Narrative feature	1982	1998	[22]
Top Gun	Narrative feature	1986	2015	[42]
Top Hat	Narrative feature	1935	1990	[29]
Topaz	Home film	1943–1945	1996	[38]
Touch of Evil	Narrative feature	1958	1993	[32]
Toy Story	Animated narrative feature	1995	2005	[39]
Traffic in Souls	Narrative feature	1913	2006	[36]
Trance and Dance in Bali	Documentary/short subject	1936–1939[IX]	1999	[49]
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	Narrative feature	1948	1990	[29]
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	Narrative feature	1945	2010	[27]
A Trip Down Market Street	Documentary/short subject	1906	2010	[27]
Trouble in Paradise	Narrative feature	1932	1991	[14]
Tulips Shall Grow	Animated short subject	1942	1997	[43]
Twelve O'Clock High	Narrative feature	1949	1998	[22]
Twentieth Century	Narrative feature	1934	2011	[30]
Two-Color Kodachrome Test Shots No. III	Short subject/experimental film	1922	2012	[15]
Two-Lane Blacktop	Narrative feature	1971	2012	[15]
Uncle Tom's Cabin	Narrative feature	1914	2012	[15]
Under Western Stars	Narrative feature	1938	2009	[50]
Unforgiven	Narrative feature	1992	2004	[44]
Union Maids	Documentary	1976	2022	[37]
Unmasked	Narrative feature	1917	2014	[20]
Up in Smoke	Narrative feature	1978	2024	[33]
Uptown Saturday Night	Narrative feature	1974	2024	[33]
V-E +1	Documentary/short subject	1945	2014	[20]
Verbena Tragica	Narrative feature	1939	1996	[38]
Vertigo	Narrative feature	1958	1989	[45]
A Virtuous Vamp	Narrative feature	1919	2013	[46]
A Walk in the Sun	Narrative feature	1945	2016	[21]
WALL-E	Animated narrative feature	2008	2021	[48]
Wanda	Narrative feature	1970	2017	[16]
The War of the Worlds	Narrative feature	1953	2011	[30]
Water and Power	Documentary/experimental film	1989	2008	[17]
The Watermelon Woman	Narrative feature	1996	2021	[48]
Wattstax	Documentary	1973	2020	[47]
The Way of Peace	Animated short subject	1947	2014	[20]
The Wedding Banquet	Narrative feature	1993	2023	[19]
The Wedding March	Narrative feature	1928	2003	[34]
We're Alive	Documentary/short subject	1974	2023	[19]
West Side Story	Narrative feature	1961	1997	[43]
Westinghouse Works, 1904[X]	Short subject/industrial film	1904	1998	[22]
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?	Narrative feature	1962	2021	[48]
What's Opera, Doc?	Animated short subject	1957	1992	[24]
When Harry Met Sally...	Narrative feature	1989	2022	[37]
Where Are My Children?	Narrative feature	1916	1993	[32]
White Fawn's Devotion	Short subject	1910	2008	[17]
White Heat	Narrative feature	1949	2003	[34]
Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Animated/live-action hybrid narrative feature	1988	2016	[21]
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Narrative feature	1966	2013	[46]
Who Killed Vincent Chin?	Documentary	1987	2021	[48]
Why Man Creates	Animated documentary/short subject	1968	2002	[28]
Why We Fight[XI]	Documentary/propaganda film series	1943–1945	2000	[35]
Wild and Woolly	Narrative feature	1917	2002	[28]
Wild Boys of the Road	Narrative feature	1933	2013	[46]
The Wild Bunch	Narrative feature	1969	1999	[49]
Wild River	Narrative feature	1960	2002	[28]
Will	Narrative feature	1981	2024	[33]
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?	Narrative feature	1957	2000	[35]
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory	Narrative feature	1971	2014	[20]
Winchester '73	Narrative feature	1950	2015	[42]
The Wind	Narrative feature	1928	1993	[32]
Wings	Narrative feature	1927	1997	[43]
The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England	Narrative feature	1914	2012	[15]
With Car and Camera Around the World	Documentary	1929	2020	[47]
With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain	Documentary	1937–1938	2017	[16]
Within Our Gates	Narrative feature	1920	1992	[24]
The Wizard of Oz±	Narrative feature	1939	1989	[45]
The Wobblies	Documentary	1979	2021	[48]
Woman of the Year	Narrative feature	1942	1999	[49]
A Woman Under the Influence	Narrative feature	1974	1990	[29]
The Women	Narrative feature	1939	2007	[18]
Woodstock	Documentary	1970	1996	[38]
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives	Documentary	1977	2022	[37]
Wuthering Heights	Narrative feature	1939	2007	[18]
Yankee Doodle Dandy	Narrative feature	1942	1993	[32]
Young Frankenstein	Narrative feature	1974	2003	[34]
Young Mr. Lincoln	Narrative feature	1939	2003	[34]
Zapruder film	Home film	1963	1994	[26]
Zoot Suit	Narrative feature	1981	2019	[31]
Zora Lathan student films	Set of student films	1975–1976	2024	[33]

Notes

1. Numbers 1–5, 7, and 10
2. A serial of fourteen short films
3. A serial of thirteen short films
4. Remade at least 25 times; the NFR entry encompasses all versions
5. Heretic, Frontier, Lamentation, and Appalachian Spring
6. A series of seven short films
7. A serial of twenty short films
8. A series of eight short films
9. Not released until 1952
10. A collection of twenty-one short films
11. A series of seven feature films

• ± Indicates that this film's soundtrack, or a piece recorded for it, is also a National Recording Registry inductee.

Number of films by release year

As of the 2024 induction there are 900 total films. For purposes of this list, multi-year serials are counted only once (as they are in the Registry) by year of completion.

Year of release	Number of films
1891	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	2
1897	1
1898	1
1901	2
1902	1
1903	3
1904	1
1905	1
1906	3
1909	3
1910	2
1911	1
1912	5
1913	6
1914	10
1915	6
1916	6
1917	5
1918	3
1919	4
1920	8
1921	4
1922	6
1923	2
1924	7
1925	11
1926	8
1927	10
1928	18
1929	8
1930	8
1931	9
1932	10
1933	16
1934	9
1935	6
1936	12
1937	11
1938	10
1939	20
1940	18
1941	10
1942	12
1943	7
1944	13
1945	11
1946	11
1947	5
1948	9
1949	7
1950	9
1951	12
1952	6
1953	16
1954	10
1955	10
1956	10
1957	16
1958	5
1959	13
1960	7
1961	8
1962	9
1963	11
1964	11
1965	3
1966	7
1967	14
1968	15
1969	14
1970	12
1971	17
1972	13
1973	11
1974	9
1975	11
1976	13
1977	8
1978	9
1979	14
1980	10
1981	3
1982	11
1983	6
1984	12
1985	3
1986	9
1987	3
1988	8
1989	9
1990	7
1991	6
1992	4
1993	4
1994	8
1995	3
1996	2
1997	5
1998	4
1999	3
2000	2
2001	3
2002	2
2003	1
2004	1
2005	1
2006	1
2007	1
2008	4
2010	2
2011	1
2013	2
Unknown	3

Age of Registry selections

The oldest film in the registry, Newark Athlete, was released in 1891, while the most recent, 12 Years a Slave and 20 Feet from Stardom, were each released in 2013.

Time span from release to selection

Released in 1895, and selected in December 2024, Annabelle Serpentine Dance experienced the longest wait, at 129 years (considering the fact that the film was already almost a century old before the Registry was even established, the "wait" was technically only 35 years), while Raging Bull, released theatrically in the United States on December 19, 1980, and inducted in October 1990, holds the record for the shortest delay, having been inducted slightly shy of the 10-year minimum.^[29] Only nine films have been inducted at the 10-year mark: Raging Bull, Do the Right Thing,^[53] Goodfellas,^[54] Toy Story,^[55] Fargo,^[56] 13 Lakes,^[57] Freedom Riders,^[58] 12 Years a Slave and 20 Feet from Stardom.^[59]

Directors with multiple entries (two or more)

Academy Award–winning director John Ford has the most entries with 11 films.

Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock, responsible for inductees ranging from the 1940 Academy Award for Best Picture winner Rebecca to 1963's The Birds.

Orson Welles, acclaimed filmmaker behind inductees Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Lady from Shanghai (1948) and Touch of Evil (1958).

Stanley Kubrick, master auteur responsible for inductees ranging from 1957's Paths of Glory to his 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining.

Aside from animated shorts/features by producer Walt Disney alongside multiple directors, animator Dave Fleischer has the most animated titles on the Registry with four (some featuring timeless characters Koko the Clown, Betty Boop and Popeye).

Reference:^[60]

• 11
  • John Ford: The Iron Horse, The Informer, Stagecoach, Young Mr. Lincoln, The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, My Darling Clementine, The Quiet Man, The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, How the West Was Won (segment)
• 10
  • George Cukor: Dinner at Eight, The Prisoner of Zenda (uncredited) Gone with the Wind (uncredited), The Women, The Philadelphia Story, Gaslight, Adam's Rib, Born Yesterday, A Star Is Born, My Fair Lady
  • Howard Hawks: Scarface, Twentieth Century, Bringing Up Baby, Only Angels Have Wings, His Girl Friday, Sergeant York, Ball of Fire, The Big Sleep, Red River, Rio Bravo
  • William Wyler: Dodsworth, Jezebel, Wuthering Heights, Mrs. Miniver, Memphis Belle, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Heiress, Roman Holiday, Ben-Hur, Funny Girl
• 9
  • Alfred Hitchcock: Rebecca, Shadow of a Doubt, Notorious, Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds
  • Leo McCarey: Mighty Like a Moose, Pass the Gravy (supervising director), The Battle of the Century, Big Business (supervising director), Duck Soup, Ruggles of Red Gap, Make Way for Tomorrow, The Awful Truth, Going My Way
• 8
  • Elia Kazan: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Gentleman's Agreement, A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, East of Eden, A Face in the Crowd, Wild River, America America
• 7
  • Frank Capra: The Strong Man, The Power of the Press, It Happened One Night, Lost Horizon, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Why We Fight, It's a Wonderful Life
  • Wilfred Jackson: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (sequence director), The Old Mill, Pinocchio (sequence director), Fantasia, Dumbo (sequence director), Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp
  • Buster Keaton: One Week, Cops, Sherlock Jr., The Navigator, The General, Steamboat Bill, Jr., The Cameraman
  • Steven Spielberg: Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan
  • George Stevens: Swing Time, Gunga Din, Woman of the Year, George Stevens' World War II footage, A Place in the Sun, Shane, Giant
  • Billy Wilder: The Lost Weekend, Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Ace in the Hole, Sabrina, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment
• 6
  • Charlie Chaplin: The Immigrant, The Kid, The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times, The Great Dictator
  • William Kennedy Dickson: Newark Athlete, Blacksmith Scene, Edison Kinetographic Record of a Sneeze, The Dickson Experimental Sound Film, Annabelle Serpentine Dance, Rip Van Winkle
  • D. W. Griffith: Lady Helen's Escapade, A Corner in Wheat, The Musketeers of Pig Alley, The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, Broken Blossoms
  • John Huston: The Maltese Falcon, The Battle of San Pietro, Let There Be Light, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Asphalt Jungle, The African Queen
  • Stanley Kubrick: Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining
  • Vincente Minnelli: Cabin in the Sky, Meet Me in St. Louis, An American in Paris, The Bad and the Beautiful, The Band Wagon, Gigi
  • King Vidor: The Big Parade, The Crowd, Show People, Hallelujah, Our Daily Bread, The Wizard of Oz (uncredited)
• 5
  • Michael Curtiz: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Angels with Dirty Faces, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Casablanca, Mildred Pierce
  • Spike Lee: She's Gotta Have It, Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, 4 Little Girls, Bamboozled
  • Ernst Lubitsch: Lady Windermere's Fan, Trouble in Paradise, Ninotchka, The Shop Around the Corner, To Be or Not to Be
  • Sidney Lumet: 12 Angry Men, The Pawnbroker, King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis, Dog Day Afternoon, Network
  • Otto Preminger: Laura, Carmen Jones, The Man with the Golden Arm, Porgy and Bess, Anatomy of a Murder
  • Martin Scorsese: Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, The Last Waltz, Raging Bull, Goodfellas
  • Ben Sharpsteen: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (sequence director), Pinocchio (supervising director), Fantasia, Dumbo (supervising director), Cinderella (supervising director)
  • William Wellman: Wings, The Public Enemy, Wild Boys of the Road, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Story of G.I. Joe
• 4
  • Robert Altman: M* A* S* H, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, The Long Goodbye, Nashville
  • Francis Ford Coppola: The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now
  • Stanley Donen: On the Town, Singin' in the Rain, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Charade
  • Dave Fleischer: Koko's Earth Control, Snow White, Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor, Let's All Go to the Lobby (uncredited)
  • Clyde Geronimi: Bambi (sequence director; uncredited), Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty (supervising director)
  • Mervyn LeRoy: Little Caesar, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, Gold Diggers of 1933, The House I Live In (uncredited)
  • Hamilton Luske: Pinocchio (supervising director), Fantasia, Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp
  • Rouben Mamoulian: Applause, Love Me Tonight, Becky Sharp, The Mark of Zorro
  • Edwin S. Porter: Life of an American Fireman, The Great Train Robbery, Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, Tess of the Storm Country
  • Martin Ritt: Edge of the City, Hud, Sounder, Norma Rae
  • Preston Sturges: The Lady Eve, Sullivan's Travels, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Hail the Conquering Hero
  • Maurice Tourneur: The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England, The Poor Little Rich Girl, The Blue Bird, The Last of the Mohicans
  • Josef von Sternberg: It (uncredited), The Last Command, The Docks of New York, Morocco
  • Raoul Walsh: Regeneration, The Thief of Bagdad, The Big Trail, White Heat
  • Orson Welles: Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Lady from Shanghai, Touch of Evil
  • James Whale: Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, Bride of Frankenstein, Show Boat
• 3
  • James Algar: Fantasia, Bambi (sequence director), The Living Desert
  • Samuel Armstrong: Fantasia, Dumbo (sequence director), Bambi (sequence director)
  • Lloyd Bacon: 42nd Street, Footlight Parade, Knute Rockne, All American
  • Clarence G. Badger: Jubilo, Hands Up!, It
  • Reginald Barker: The Bargain, The Italian, Civilization
  • Mel Brooks: The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein
  • Clarence Brown: The Last of the Mohicans, Flesh and the Devil, National Velvet
  • James Cameron: The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Titanic
  • John Cassavetes: Shadows, Faces, A Woman Under the Influence
  • Edward F. Cline: One Week, Cops, The Bank Dick
  • Joel and Ethan Coen: Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men
  • Merian C. Cooper: Grass, King Kong, This Is Cinerama
  • Blake Edwards: Days of Wine and Roses, The Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany's
  • Rob Epstein: Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives, The Times of Harvey Milk, Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
  • Norm Ferguson: Pinocchio (sequence director), Fantasia, Dumbo (sequence director)
  • Victor Fleming: Red Dust, Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz
  • Samuel Fuller: V-E+1, Pickup on South Street, Shock Corridor
  • David Hand: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (supervising director), Fantasia, Bambi (supervising director)
  • Chuck Jones: Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening, What's Opera, Doc?
  • Henry King: Tol'able David, State Fair, Twelve O'Clock High
  • Jack Kinney: Pinocchio (sequence director), Dumbo (sequence director), The Story of Menstruation (uncredited)
  • John Landis: National Lampoon's Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Michael Jackson's Thriller
  • John Lasseter: Luxo Jr., Tin Toy, Toy Story
  • George Lucas: Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB, American Graffiti, Star Wars
  • Winsor McCay: Little Nemo, Gertie the Dinosaur, The Sinking of the Lusitania
  • Lewis Milestone: All Quiet on the Western Front, The Front Page, A Walk in the Sun
  • Dudley Murphy: St. Louis Blues, Black and Tan, The Emperor Jones
  • Gregory Nava: El Norte, My Family, Selena
  • Arthur Penn: The Miracle Worker, Bonnie and Clyde, Little Big Man
  • Nicholas Ray: In a Lonely Place, Johnny Guitar, Rebel Without a Cause
  • Rob Reiner: This Is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally...
  • Bill Roberts: Fantasia, Dumbo (sequence director), Bambi (sequence director)
  • Ridley Scott: Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise
  • Luis Valdez: I Am Joaquín, Zoot Suit, La Bamba
  • W. S. Van Dyke: The Thin Man, Naughty Marietta, The Prisoner of Zenda (uncredited)
  • Erich von Stroheim: Foolish Wives, Greed, The Wedding March
  • Lois Weber: Suspense, Where Are My Children? (uncredited), Shoes
  • Robert Wise: The Day the Earth Stood Still, West Side Story, The Sound of Music
  • Frederick Wiseman: Titicut Follies, High School, Hospital
  • Robert Zemeckis: Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump
  • Fred Zinnemann: High Noon, From Here to Eternity, Oklahoma!
• 2
  • Robert Aldrich: Kiss Me Deadly, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
  • Woody Allen: Annie Hall, Manhattan
  • Kenneth Anger: Eaux d'Artifice, Scorpio Rising
  • Hal Ashby: Harold and Maude, Being There
  • Billy Bitzer: Westinghouse Works, 1904, Interior New York Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street
  • Les Blank: Chulas Fronteras, Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
  • John Boorman: Point Blank, Deliverance
  • Frank Borzage: Humoresque, Seventh Heaven
  • Martin Brest: Hot Dogs for Gauguin, Beverly Hills Cop
  • Richard Brooks: Blackboard Jungle, In Cold Blood
  • Tod Browning: Dracula, Freaks
  • Clyde Bruckman: The General, The Battle of the Century
  • Charles Burnett: Killer of Sheep, To Sleep with Anger
  • Shirley Clarke: The Cool World, Portrait of Jason
  • Julie Dash: Illusions, Daughters of the Dust
  • Cecil B. DeMille: The Cheat, The Ten Commandments
  • Jonathan Demme: Stop Making Sense, The Silence of the Lambs
  • Richard Donner: Superman, The Goonies
  • Clint Eastwood: The Outlaw Josey Wales, Unforgiven
  • Robert J. Flaherty: Nanook of the North, Louisiana Story
  • Robert Florey: The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra, Daughter of Shanghai
  • Miloš Forman: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus
  • Bob Fosse: Cabaret, All That Jazz
  • John Frankenheimer: The Manchurian Candidate, Seconds
  • William Friedkin: The French Connection, The Exorcist
  • Robert Gardner: The Hunters, Dead Birds
  • Louis J. Gasnier: The Perils of Pauline, The Exploits of Elaine
  • Burt Gillett: Flowers and Trees, Three Little Pigs
  • Michael Gordon: Cyrano de Bergerac, Pillow Talk
  • Alfred E. Green: Ella Cinders, Baby Face
  • T. Hee: Pinocchio (sequence director), Fantasia
  • William Heise: Annabelle Serpentine Dance, The Kiss
  • George Roy Hill: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting
  • William K. Howard: The Power and the Glory, Knute Rockne, All American (uncredited)
  • John Hubley: Gerald McBoing-Boing (supervising director), The Hole
  • John Hughes: The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  • Gene Kelly: On the Town, Singin' in the Rain
  • Jim Klein: Growing Up Female, Union Maids
  • Randal Kleiser: Peege, Grease
  • Stanley Kramer: Judgment at Nuremberg, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
  • Gregory La Cava: So's Your Old Man, My Man Godfrey
  • Fritz Lang: Fury, The Big Heat
  • David Lean: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia
  • Ang Lee: The Wedding Banquet, Brokeback Mountain
  • Pare Lorentz: The Plow That Broke the Plains, The River
  • Ida Lupino: Outrage, The Hitch-Hiker
  • Terrence Malick: Badlands, Days of Heaven
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz: All About Eve, King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
  • Anthony Mann: Winchester '73, The Naked Spur
  • George Marshall: Destry Rides Again, How the West Was Won
  • Albert and David Maysles: Salesman, Grey Gardens
  • Oscar Micheaux: Within Our Gates, Body and Soul
  • Errol Morris: The Thin Blue Line, The Fog of War
  • F. W. Murnau: Sunrise, Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
  • Fred C. Newmeyer: Safety Last!, The Freshman
  • Fred Niblo: The Mark of Zorro, Ben-Hur
  • Mike Nichols: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Graduate
  • Christopher Nolan: Memento, The Dark Knight
  • George Pal: Tulips Shall Grow, John Henry and the Inky-Poo
  • Gordon Parks: The Learning Tree, Shaft
  • Sam Peckinpah: Ride the High Country, The Wild Bunch
  • D. A. Pennebaker: Dont Look Back, Monterey Pop
  • Roman Polanski: Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown
  • Julia Reichert: Growing Up Female, Union Maids
  • Robert Rodriguez: El Mariachi, Spy Kids
  • Robert Rossen: All the King's Men, The Hustler
  • Denis Sanders: A Time Out of War, Czechoslovakia 1968
  • Paul Satterfield: Fantasia, Bambi (sequence director)
  • John Sayles: Return of the Secaucus 7, Matewan
  • Franklin J. Schaffner: Planet of the Apes, Patton
  • Ernest B. Schoedsack: Grass, King Kong
  • Edward Sedgwick: The Phantom of the Opera (uncredited), The Cameraman
  • George B. Seitz: The Exploits of Elaine, Love Finds Andy Hardy
  • Don Siegel: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dirty Harry
  • Douglas Sirk: All That Heaven Allows, Imitation of Life
  • Victor Sjöström: He Who Gets Slapped, The Wind
  • Phillips Smalley: Suspense, Where Are My Children? (uncredited)
  • John M. Stahl: Imitation of Life, Leave Her to Heaven
  • Ralph Steiner: H2O, The City
  • Robert Stevenson: Old Yeller, Mary Poppins
  • Mel Stuart: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Wattstax
  • John Sturges: Bad Day at Black Rock, The Magnificent Seven
  • Frank Tashlin: The Way of Peace, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
  • Sam Taylor: Safety Last!, The Freshman
  • Jacques Tourneur: Cat People, Out of the Past
  • Wayne Wang: Chan Is Missing, The Joy Luck Club
  • Andy Warhol: Empire, Chelsea Girls
  • John Waters: Pink Flamingos, Hairspray
  • Fred M. Wilcox: Lassie Come Home, Forbidden Planet
  • Sam Wood: A Night at the Opera, The Pride of the Yankees
  • Robert M. Young: Alambrista!, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
  • Charlotte Zwerin: Salesman, Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

See also

• Film portal
• United States portal

• National Recording Registry
• These Amazing Shadows, a 2011 documentary film that relates the history and importance of the registry

References

1. Hinckle, Jessica (December 21, 2021). "2021 National Film Registry Selections Reflect Diversity & Challenge Stereotypes". ComingSoon.net. Archived from the original on January 19, 2023.
2. Bahr, Sarah (December 14, 2021). "'Return of the Jedi' and 'The Fellowship of the Ring' Join National Film Registry". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023.
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External links

• Index of 347 Film Essays and Interviews at the National Film Registry
• Brief Descriptions and Expanded Essays of Titles at the National Film Registry
• Complete Film Listing at the National Film Registry
• National Film Registry List Classic Movie Hub