National Film Registry

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The National Film Registry is the United States National Film Preservation Board's selection of films for preservation in the Library of Congress. The Board, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized by acts of Congress in 1992, 1996, 2005, and again in October 2008.^[1][2][3] The 1996 law also created the non-profit National Film Preservation Foundation which, although affiliated with the National Film Preservation Board, raises money from the private sector.^[4]

The National Film Registry names to its list up to 25 "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films" each year, showcasing the range and diversity of American film heritage to increase awareness for its preservation.^[5] However, inclusion on the list is not a guarantee of actual preservation. To be eligible for inclusion, a film must be at least ten years old.^[6] For the first selection in 1989, the public nominated almost 1,000 films for consideration. Members of the National Film Preservation Board then developed individual ballots of possible films for inclusion. The ballots were tabulated into a list of 25 films which was then modified by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington and his staff at the Library for the final selection.^[5][7] Beginning in 1997, members of the public were able to nominate up to 50 films a year for the Board and Librarian to consider.^[8]

"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."

—Dr. James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress.^[5]

The Registry includes films ranging from Hollywood classics to orphan films. A film is not required to be feature-length, nor is it required to have been theatrically released. The Registry contains newsreels, silent films, experimental films, short subjects, films out of copyright protection, film serials, home films, documentaries, independent films, television films, and music videos. As of the 2010 listing, there are 550 films preserved in the Registry.^[9]

The earliest listed film is Newark Athlete (1891), and the most recent are Fargo (1996) and Study of a River (1996). Counting the 11 multi-year serials in the Registry once each (as the Registry does) by year of completion, the years with the most films selected are 1939 & 1940, with 16 films from each year chosen for preservation. The time between a film's debut and its selection varies greatly. The longest span is 119 years, when the 1891 Newark Athlete was selected in 2010. The shortest range is the minimum 10 years; this span is shared by Do the Right Thing, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Toy Story, and Fargo.

Films

Newark Athlete (1891) is the oldest film included in the Registry.

Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894–95) is the first known film with live-recorded sound.^[10]

The 47-second long The Kiss (1896) was one of the first films shown commercially to the public.^[11]

The Great Train Robbery (1903) used a variety of editing techniques that were becoming popular at the time of its release.

Although Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) was not the first animated film, Gertie became the first popular cartoon character.^[12]

The Birth of a Nation (1915) developed innovative camera techniques and special effects and became Hollywood's first blockbuster.^[13]

The Lost World (1925) combined animated dinosaurs with live-action footage of humans in the same frame.

The Phantom of the Opera (1925) featured extensive makeup for its main character.^[14]

The Wizard of Oz (1939), a fantasy film that makes use of Technicolor.

The Great Dictator (1940) was Charlie Chaplin's first sound film after his era of silent films.

Citizen Kane (1941) is often cited as one of the greatest films of all time.

Casablanca (1942) has six lines of dialogue on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes, more than any other film.

Why We Fight (1943–1945) was a series of propaganda films explaining to soldiers why the United States was involved in World War II.

Let There Be Light (1946) was a controversial documentary blocked from public distribution for 35 years.

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) is an example of 1950s' science fiction films.

Rebel Without a Cause (1955) was released in theaters nearly one month after the main actor, James Dean, died in a car accident.^[15]

The Searchers (1956) is an example of a western film.

For The Ten Commandments (1956), various visual effects were used to create the illusion of Moses (Charlton Heston) parting the Red Sea.

What's Opera, Doc? (1957) is the only Bugs Bunny cartoon included in the registry.

Elvis Presley refused to watch the completed Jailhouse Rock (1957) after Judy Tyler was killed in a car accident a few weeks before the film's release.^[16]

Halloween (1978) was filmed in just three weeks on a very limited budget, but its success brought a lot of interest to the slasher genre.

Beauty and the Beast (1991) was the first full-length animated feature to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Film title	Film type	Year of release	Year of induction	Ref
12 Angry Men	narrative feature	1957	2007	[17]
2001: A Space Odyssey	narrative feature	1968	1991	[18]
42nd Street	narrative feature	1933	1998	[19]
7 !The 7th Voyage of Sinbad	narrative feature	1958	2008	[20]
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein	narrative feature	1948	2001	[21]
Adam's Rib	narrative feature	1949	1992	[22]
Adv !The Adventures of Robin Hood	narrative feature	1938	1995	[23]
Af !The African Queen	narrative feature	1951	1994	[24]
Airplane!	narrative feature	1980	2010	[25]
Alien	narrative feature	1979	2002	[26]
All About Eve	narrative feature	1950	1990	[27]
All My Babies	documentary	1953	2002	[26]
All Quiet on the Western Front	narrative feature	1930	1990	[27]
All That Heaven Allows	narrative feature	1955	1995	[23]
All That Jazz	narrative feature	1979	2001	[21]
All the King's Men	narrative feature	1949	2001	[21]
All the President's Men	narrative feature	1976	2010	[25]
America, America	narrative feature	1963	2001	[21]
American Graffiti	narrative feature	1973	1995	[23]
American in Paris, An	narrative feature	1951	1993	[28]
Annie Hall	narrative feature	1977	1992	[22]
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman	documentary	1974	2003	[29]
Apa !The Apartment	narrative feature	1960	1994	[24]
Apocalypse Now	narrative feature	1979	2000	[30]
Applause	narrative feature	1929	2006	[31]
As !The Asphalt Jungle	narrative feature	1950	2008	[20]
Atlantic City	narrative feature	1980	2003	[29]
Aw !The Awful Truth	narrative feature	1937	1996	[32]
Baby Face	narrative feature	1933	2005	[33]
Back to the Future	narrative feature	1985	2007	[17]
bad a !The Bad and the Beautiful	narrative feature	1952	2002	[26]
Badlands	narrative feature	1973	1993	[28]
band !The Band Wagon	narrative feature	1953	1995	[23]
bank !The Bank Dick	narrative feature	1940	1992	[22]
The Bargain	narrative feature	1914	2010	[25]
bat !The Battle of San Pietro	documentary	1945	1991	[18]
Beauty and the Beast	animated feature film	1991	2002	[26]
Ben-Hur	narrative feature	1925	1997	[34]
Ben-Hur	narrative feature	1959	2004	[35]
bes !The Best Years of Our Lives	narrative feature	1946	1989	[36]
Big Business	short subject	1929	1992	[22]
big p !The Big Parade	narrative feature	1925	1992	[22]
big s !The Big Sleep	narrative feature	1946	1997	[34]
big t !The Big Trail	narrative feature	1930	2006	[31]
bir !The Birth of a Nation	narrative feature	1915	1992	[22]
black p !The Black Pirate	narrative feature	1926	1993	[28]
black s !The Black Stallion	narrative feature	1979	2002	[26]
Blacksmith Scene	short subject	1893	1995	[23]
Blade Runner	narrative feature	1982	1993	[28]
Blazing Saddles	narrative feature	1974	2006	[31]
blo !The Blood of Jesus	narrative feature	1941	1991	[18]
blu !The Blue Bird	narrative feature	1918	2004	[35]
Bonnie and Clyde	narrative feature	1967	1992	[22]
Boyz n the Hood	narrative feature	1991	2002	[26]
Bride of Frankenstein	narrative feature	1935	1998	[19]
bridg !The Bridge on the River Kwai	narrative feature	1957	1997	[34]
Bringing Up Baby	narrative feature	1938	1990	[27]
Broken Blossoms	narrative feature	1919	1996	[32]
bron !A Bronx Morning	short subject	1931	2004	[35]
buf !The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man	documentary	1975	2005	[33]
Bullitt	narrative feature	1968	2007	[17]
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	narrative feature	1969	2003	[29]
Cabaret	narrative feature	1972	1995	[23]
cam !The Cameraman	narrative feature	1928	2005	[33]
Carmen Jones	narrative feature	1954	1992	[22]
Casablanca	narrative feature	1942	1989	[36]
Castro Street	documentary/short subject/experimental film	1966	1992	[22]
Cat People	narrative feature	1942	1993	[28]
Chan Is Missing	narrative feature	1982	1995	[23]
chea !The Cheat	narrative feature	1915	1993	[28]
chec !The Chechahcos	narrative feature	1924	2003	[29]
Chinatown	narrative feature	1974	1991	[18]
Chulas Fronteras	documentary	1976	1993	[28]
Citizen Kane	narrative feature	1941	1989	[36]
city !The City	documentary	1939	1998	[19]
City Lights	narrative feature	1931	1991	[18]
Civilization	narrative feature	1916	1999	[37]
Clash of the Wolves	narrative feature	1925	2004	[35]
Close Encounters of the Third Kind	narrative feature	1977	2007	[17]
Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther	documentary/short subject	1939	2001	[21]
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort, South Carolina (May 1940)	documentary	1940	2005	[33]
con !The Conversation	narrative feature	1974	1995	[23]
Cool Hand Luke	narrative feature	1967	2005	[33]
cool w !The Cool World	narrative feature	1963	1994	[24]
Cops	short subject	1922	1997	[34]
cor !A Corner in Wheat	short subject	1909	1994	[24]
cou !The Court Jester	narrative feature	1956	2004	[35]
cr !The Crowd	narrative feature	1928	1989	[36]
Cry of Jazz	short subject	1959	2010	[25]
cu !The Curse of Quon Gwon	narrative feature	1916–1917	2006	[31]
Czechoslovakia 1968	documentary/short subject	1969	1997	[34]
Dance, Girl, Dance	narrative feature	1940	2007	[17]
Dances with Wolves	narrative feature	1990	2007	[17]
Daughter of Shanghai	narrative feature	1937	2006	[31]
Daughters of the Dust	narrative feature	1991	2004	[35]
David Holzman's Diary	narrative feature	1968	1991	[18]
day !The Day the Earth Stood Still	narrative feature	1951	1995	[23]
Days of Heaven	narrative feature	1978	2007	[17]
Dead Birds	documentary	1964	1998	[19]
dee !The Deer Hunter	narrative feature	1978	1996	[32]
Deliverance	narrative feature	1972	2008	[20]
Destry Rides Again	narrative feature	1939	1996	[32]
Detour	narrative feature	1945	1992	[22]
Dickson Experimental Sound Film	short subject/experimental film	1894–1895	2003	[29]
Disneyland Dream	home film	1956	2008	[20]
D.O.A.	narrative feature	1950	2004	[35]
Do the Right Thing	narrative feature	1989	1999	[37]
doc !The Docks of New York	narrative feature	1928	1999	[37]
Dodsworth	narrative feature	1936	1990	[27]
Dog Day Afternoon	narrative feature	1975	2009	[38]
Dog Star Man	short subject/experimental film	1964	1992	[22]
Dont Look Back	documentary	1967	1998	[19]
Double Indemnity	narrative feature	1944	1992	[22]
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	narrative feature	1964	1989	[36]
Dracula	narrative feature	1931	2000	[30]
Drums of Winter	documentary	1988	2006	[31]
Duck Amuck	animated short subject	1953	1999	[37]
Duck and Cover	animated short subject	1951	2004	[35]
Duck Soup	narrative feature	1933	1990	[27]
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	narrative feature	1982	1994	[24]
Early Abstractions[I]	animated short subjects	1939–1956	2006	[31]
Easy Rider	narrative feature	1969	1998	[19]
Eaux d'artifice	short subject	1953	1993	[28]
Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB	short subject	1967	2010	[25]
El Norte	narrative feature	1983	1995	[23]
empe !The Emperor Jones	narrative feature	1933	1999	[37]
Empire	feature film/experimental film	1964	2004	[35]
end !The Endless Summer	narrative feature	1966	2002	[26]
Enter the Dragon	narrative feature	1973	2004	[35]
Eraserhead	narrative feature	1977	2004	[35]
Ev !The Evidence of the Film	short subject	1913	2001	[21]
Exi !The Exiles	narrative feature	1961	2009	[38]
empe !The Exorcist	narrative feature	1973	2010	[25]
exp !The Exploits of Elaine[VII]	film serial	1914	1994	[24]
fac !A Face in the Crowd	narrative feature	1957	2008	[20]
fal !The Fall of the House of Usher	short subject	1928	2000	[30]
Fantasia	animated feature film	1940	1990	[27]
Fargo	narrative feature	1996	2006	[31]
Fast Times at Ridgemont High	narrative feature	1982	2005	[33]
Fatty's Tintype Tangle	short subject	1915	1995	[23]
Film Portrait	documentary	1970	2003	[29]
Five Easy Pieces	narrative feature	1970	2000	[30]
Flash Gordon[II]	film serial	1936	1996	[32]
Flesh and the Devil	narrative feature	1927	2006	[31]
Flower Drum Song	narrative feature	1961	2008	[20]
Foolish Wives	narrative feature	1922	2008	[20]
Footlight Parade	narrative feature	1933	1992	[22]
Force of Evil	narrative feature	1948	1994	[24]
forg !The Forgotten Frontier	documentary	1931	1996	[32]
fou !The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	narrative feature	1921	1995	[23]
Jenkins Orphanage Band (Fox Movietone News)	newsreel	1928	2003	[29]
Frank Film	animated short subject	1973	1996	[32]
Frankenstein	narrative feature	1931	1991	[18]
Freaks	narrative feature	1932	1994	[24]
Free Radicals	animated short subject	1979	2008	[20]
The French Connection	narrative feature	1971	2005	[33]
The Freshman	narrative feature	1925	1990	[27]
From Here to Eternity	narrative feature	1953	2002	[26]
From Stump to Ship	documentary	1930	2002	[26]
From the Manger to the Cross	narrative feature	1912	1998	[19]
The Front Page	narrative feature	1931	2010	[25]
Fuji	short subject	1974	2002	[26]
Fury	narrative feature	1936	1995	[23]
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers	documentary	1980	2004	[35]
gen !The General	narrative feature	1927	1989	[36]
George Stevens World War II Footage	documentary	1943–1946	2008	[20]
Gerald McBoing-Boing	animated short subject	1951	1995	[23]
Gertie the Dinosaur	animated short subject	1914	1991	[18]
Giant	narrative feature	1956	2005	[33]
Gigi	narrative feature	1958	1991	[18]
Glimpse of the Garden	short subject	1957	2007	[17]
god 1 !The Godfather	narrative feature	1972	1990	[27]
god 2 !The Godfather Part II	narrative feature	1974	1993	[18]
Going My Way	narrative feature	1944	2004	[35]
Gold Diggers of 1933	narrative feature	1933	2003	[29]
gold r !The Gold Rush	narrative feature	1925	1992	[22]
Gone with the Wind	narrative feature	1939	1989	[36]
Goodfellas	narrative feature	1990	2000	[30]
grad !The Graduate	narrative feature	1967	1996	[32]
Grand Hotel	narrative feature	1932	2007	[17]
grap !The Grapes of Wrath	narrative feature	1940	1989	[36]
Grass	documentary	1925	1997	[34]
Great d !The Great Dictator	narrative feature	1940	1997	[34]
great t !The Great Train Robbery	short subject	1903	1990	[27]
Greed	narrative feature	1924	1991	[18]
Grey Gardens	documentary	1976	2010	[25]
Groundhog Day	narrative feature	1993	2006	[31]
Gun Crazy	narrative feature	1949	1998	[19]
Gunga Din	narrative feature	1939	1999	[37]
H2O	short subject	1929	2005	[33]
Hallelujah!	narrative feature	1929	2008	[20]
Halloween	narrative feature	1978	2006	[31]
Hands Up!	narrative feature	1926	2005	[33]
Harlan County, USA	documentary	1976	1990	[27]
Harold and Maude	narrative feature	1972	1997	[34]
hei !The Heiress	narrative feature	1949	1996	[32]
Hell's Hinges	narrative feature	1916	1994	[24]
Heroes All	documentary	1920	2009	[38]
High Noon	narrative feature	1952	1989	[36]
High School	documentary	1969	1991	[18]
Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage	newsreel	1937	1997	[34]
His Girl Friday	narrative feature	1940	1993	[28]
hit !The Hitch-Hiker	narrative feature	1953	1998	[19]
Hoop Dreams	documentary	1994	2005	[33]
Hoosiers	narrative feature	1986	2001	[21]
Hospital	documentary	1970	1994	[24]
hospital !The Hospital	narrative feature	1971	1995	[23]
Hot Dogs for Gauguin	short subject	1972	2009	[38]
house i !The House I Live In	short subject	1945	2007	[17]
house in !The House in the Middle	documentary/short subject	1954	2001	[21]
House of Usher	narrative feature	1960	2005	[33]
How Green Was My Valley	narrative feature	1941	1990	[27]
How the West Was Won	narrative feature	1962	1997	[34]
hun !The Hunters	documentary	1957	2003	[29]
hus !The Hustler	narrative feature	1961	1997	[34]
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang	narrative feature	1932	1991	[18]
I Am Joaquin	short subject	1969	2010	[25]
Imitation of Life	narrative feature	1934	2005	[33]
imm !The Immigrant	short subject	1917	1998	[19]
In a Lonely Place	narrative feature	1950	2007	[17]
In Cold Blood	narrative feature	1967	2008	[20]
In the Heat of the Night	narrative feature	1967	2002	[26]
In the Land of the Head Hunters	narrative feature	1914	1999	[37]
In the Street	documentary/short subject	1948	2006	[31]
inc !The Incredible Shrinking Man	narrative feature	1957	2009	[38]
Intolerance	narrative feature	1916	1989	[36]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers	narrative feature	1956	1994	[24]
invi !The Invisible Man	narrative feature	1933	2008	[20]
It	narrative feature	1927	2001	[21]
It Happened One Night	narrative feature	1934	1993	[28]
It's a Gift	narrative feature	1934	2010	[25]
It's a Wonderful Life	narrative feature	1946	1990	[27]
ita !The Italian	narrative feature	1915	1991	[18]
Jailhouse Rock	narrative feature	1957	2004	[35]
Jam Session	short subject	1942	2001	[21]
Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest	documentary	1910	2005	[33]
Jammin' the Blues	short subject	1944	1995	[23]
Jaws	narrative feature	1975	2001	[21]
Jazz on a Summer's Day	documentary	1959	1999	[37]
jazz s !The Jazz Singer	narrative feature	1927	1996	[32]
Jezebel	narrative feature	1938	2009	[38]
Johnny Guitar	narrative feature	1954	2008	[20]
ju !The Jungle	short subject	1967	2009	[38]
Killer of Sheep	narrative feature	1977	1990	[27]
killers !The Killers	narrative feature	1946	2008	[20]
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis	documentary	1970	1999	[37]
King Kong	narrative feature	1933	1991	[18]
kiss !The Kiss	short subject	1896	1999	[37]
Kiss Me Deadly	narrative feature	1955	1999	[37]
Kannapolis, N.C.	documentary	1941	2004	[35]
Knute Rockne, All American	narrative feature	1940	1997	[34]
Koyaanisqatsi	narrative feature	1983	2000	[30]
lady e !The Lady Eve	narrative feature	1941	1994	[24]
Lady Helen's Escapade	short subject	1909	2004	[35]
Lady Windermere's Fan	narrative feature	1925	2002	[26]
Lambchops	short subject	1929	1999	[37]
land !The Land Beyond the Sunset	short subject	1912	2000	[30]
Lassie Come Home	narrative feature	1943	1993	[28]
last c !The Last Command	narrative feature	1928	2006	[31]
last o !The Last of the Mohicans	narrative feature	1920	1995	[23]
last p !The Last Picture Show	narrative feature	1971	1998	[19]
Laura	narrative feature	1944	1999	[37]
Lawrence of Arabia	narrative feature	1962	1991	[18]
lead !The Lead Shoes	short subject/experimental film	1949	2009	[38]
lear !The Learning Tree	narrative feature	1969	1989	[36]
Let's All Go to the Lobby	animated short subject	1957	2000	[30]
Let There Be Light	documentary	1946	2010	[25]
Letter from an Unknown Woman	narrative feature	1948	1992	[22]
life and d !The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra	short subject	1927	1997	[34]
life and t !The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter	documentary	1980	1996	[32]
life o !The Life of Emile Zola	narrative feature	1937	2000	[30]
Little Caesar	narrative feature	1930	2000	[30]
Little Fugitive	narrative feature	1953	1997	[34]
Little Miss Marker	narrative feature	1934	1998	[19]
Little Nemo	animated short subject	1911	2009	[38]
living !The Living Desert	documentary	1953	2000	[30]
Lonesome	narrative feature	1928	2010	[25]
lost !The Lost World	narrative feature	1925	1998	[19]
Louisiana Story	narrative feature	1948	1994	[24]
Love Finds Andy Hardy	narrative feature	1938	2000	[30]
Love Me Tonight	narrative feature	1932	1990	[27]
MASH	narrative feature	1970	1996	[32]
Mabel's Blunder	short subject	1914	2009	[38]
Make Way for Tomorrow	narrative feature	1937	2010	[25]
Magical Maestro	animated short subject	1952	1993	[28]
magn !The Magnificent Ambersons	narrative feature	1942	1991	[18]
mak !The Making of an American	short subject	1920	2005	[33]
Malcolm X	narrative feature	1992	2010	[25]
mal !The Maltese Falcon	narrative feature	1941	1989	[36]
man w !The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	narrative feature	1962	2007	[17]
manc !The Manchurian Candidate	narrative feature	1962	1994	[24]
Manhatta	documentary/short subject	1921	1995	[23]
Manhattan	narrative feature	1979	2001	[21]
march !The March	documentary	1964	2008	[20]
March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany	documentary	1938	1993	[28]
Marian Anderson: the Lincoln Memorial Concert	documentary	1939	2001	[21]
mark !The Mark of Zorro	narrative feature	1940	2009	[38]
Marty	narrative feature	1955	1994	[24]
Master Hands	documentary	1936	1999	[37]
Matrimony's Speed Limit	short subject	1913	2003	[29]
McCabe & Mrs. Miller	narrative feature	1971	2010	[25]
Mean Streets	narrative feature	1973	1997	[34]
Medium Cool	narrative feature	1969	2003	[29]
Meet Me in St. Louis	narrative feature	1944	1994	[24]
Melody Ranch	narrative feature	1940	2002	[26]
Memphis Belle	documentary	1944	2001	[21]
Meshes of the Afternoon	short subject/experimental film	1943	1990	[27]
Michael Jackson's Thriller	music video	1983	2009	[38]
Midnight Cowboy	narrative feature	1969	1994	[24]
Mighty Like a Moose	short subject	1926	2007	[17]
Mildred Pierce	narrative feature	1945	1996	[32]
miracle of !The Miracle of Morgan's Creek	narrative feature	1944	2001	[21]
Miracle on 34th Street	narrative feature	1947	2005	[33]
Miss Lulu Bett	narrative feature	1922	2001	[21]
Modern Times	narrative feature	1936	1989	[36]
Modesta	short subject	1956	1998	[19]
Mom and Dad	narrative feature	1944	2005	[33]
Morocco	narrative feature	1930	1992	[22]
Motion Painting No. 1	animated short subject	1947	1997	[34]
film !A Movie	short subject/experimental film	1958	1994	[24]
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	narrative feature	1939	1989	[36]
Mrs. Miniver	narrative feature	1942	2009	[38]
Multiple Sidosis	short subject	1970	2000	[30]
muppet !The Muppet Movie	narrative feature	1979	2009	[38]
music box !The Music Box	short subject	1932	1997	[34]
music man !The Music Man	narrative feature	1962	2005	[33]
My Darling Clementine	narrative feature	1946	1991	[18]
My Man Godfrey	narrative feature	1936	1999	[37]
naked city !The Naked City	narrative feature	1948	2007	[17]
naked spur !The Naked Spur	narrative feature	1953	1997	[34]
Nanook of the North	documentary	1922	1989	[36]
Nashville	narrative feature	1975	1992	[22]
National Lampoon's Animal House	narrative feature	1978	2001	[21]
National Velvet	narrative feature	1944	2003	[29]
Naughty Marietta	narrative feature	1935	2003	[29]
Network	narrative feature	1976	2000	[30]
Newark Athlete	short subject	1891	2010	[25]
night at !A Night at the Opera	narrative feature	1935	1993	[28]
night of the hunter !The Night of the Hunter	narrative feature	1955	1992	[22]
Night of the Living Dead	narrative feature	1968	1999	[37]
Ninotchka	narrative feature	1939	1990	[27]
No Lies	short subject	1973	2008	[20]
North by Northwest	narrative feature	1959	1995	[23]
(nostalgia)	documentary/short subject	1971	2003	[29]
Nothing But a Man	narrative feature	1964	1993	[28]
Notorious	narrative feature	1946	2006	[31]
Now, Voyager	narrative feature	1942	2007	[17]
nutty !The Nutty Professor	narrative feature	1963	2004	[35]
OffOn	short subject/experimental film	1968	2004	[35]
Oklahoma!	narrative feature	1955	2007	[17]
On the Bowery	documentary	1957	2008	[20]
On the Waterfront	narrative feature	1954	1989	[36]
Once Upon a Time in the West	narrative feature	1968	2009	[38]
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	narrative feature	1975	1993	[28]
One Froggy Evening	animated short subject	1956	2003	[29]
One Week	short subject	1920	2008	[20]
Our Day	documentary/short subject	1938	2007	[17]
Our Lady of the Sphere	experimental film	1969	2010	[25]
Out of the Past	narrative feature	1947	1991	[18]
The Outlaw Josey Wales	narrative feature	1976	1996	[32]
ox !The Ox-Bow Incident	narrative feature	1943	1998	[19]
Pass the Gravy	short subject	1928	1998	[19]
Paths of Glory	narrative feature	1957	1992	[22]
Patton	narrative feature	1970	2003	[29]
pawn !The Pawnbroker	narrative feature	1965	2008	[20]
pearl !The Pearl	narrative feature	1948	2002	[26]
Peege	short subject	1972	2007	[17]
per !The Perils of Pauline[VIII]	film serial	1914	2008	[20]
Peter Pan	narrative feature	1924	2000	[30]
pha !The Phantom of the Opera	narrative feature	1925	1998	[19]
phi !The Philadelphia Story	narrative feature	1940	1995	[23]
Pillow Talk	narrative feature	1959	2009	[38]
The Pink Panther	narrative feature	1963	2010	[25]
Pinocchio	animated feature film	1940	1994	[24]
place !A Place in the Sun	narrative feature	1951	1991	[18]
Planet of the Apes	narrative feature	1968	2001	[21]
plow !The Plow That Broke the Plains	documentary/short subject	1936	1999	[37]
Point of Order	documentary	1964	1993	[28]
poor !The Poor Little Rich Girl	narrative feature	1917	1991	[18]
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor	animated short subject	1936	2004	[35]
Porky in Wackyland	animated short subject	1938	2000	[30]
power !The Power of the Press	narrative feature	1928	2005	[33]
Powers of Ten	documentary/short subject	1978	1998	[19]
Precious Images	compilation short subject	1986	2009	[38]
Preservation of the Sign Language	short subject	1913	2010	[25]
President McKinley Inauguration Footage	documentary/short subject	1901	2000	[30]
Primary	documentary	1960	1990	[27]
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy	short subject	1909	2003	[29]
pris !The Prisoner of Zenda	narrative feature	1937	1991	[18]
pro !The Producers	narrative feature	1968	1996	[32]
Psycho	narrative feature	1960	1992	[22]
pub !The Public Enemy	narrative feature	1931	1998	[19]
Pull My Daisy	short subject	1959	1996	[32]
Punch Drunks	short subject	1934	2002	[26]
Pups Is Pups	short subject	1930	2004	[35]
Quasi at the Quackadero	animated short subject	1975	2009	[38]
Raging Bull	narrative feature	1980	1990	[27]
Raiders of the Lost Ark	narrative feature	1981	1999	[37]
rais !A Raisin in the Sun	narrative feature	1961	2005	[33]
Rear Window	narrative feature	1954	1997	[34]
Rebel Without a Cause	narrative feature	1955	1990	[27]
red b !The Red Book	animated short subject	1994	2009	[38]
Red Dust	narrative feature	1932	2006	[31]
Red River	narrative feature	1948	1990	[27]
Regeneration	narrative feature	1915	2000	[30]
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania	documentary	1971–1972	2006	[31]
Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage	newsreel	1937	1997	[34]
Return of the Secaucus 7	narrative feature	1980	1997	[34]
rev !The Revenge of Pancho Villa	narrative feature	1930–1936	2009	[38]
Ride the High Country	narrative feature	1962	1992	[22]
Rip Van Winkle[III]	film serial	1896	1995	[23]
riv !The River	documentary/short subject	1938	1990	[27]
Road to Morocco	narrative feature	1942	1996	[32]
Rocky	narrative feature	1976	2006	[31]
rocky h !The Rocky Horror Picture Show	narrative feature	1975	2005	[33]
Roman Holiday	narrative feature	1953	1999	[37]
Rose Hobart	short subject/experimental film	1936	2001	[21]
Sabrina	narrative feature	1954	2002	[26]
Safety Last!	narrative feature	1923	1994	[24]
Salesman	documentary	1969	1992	[22]
Salomé	narrative feature	1923	2000	[30]
Salt of the Earth	narrative feature	1954	1992	[22]
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, April 18, 1906	documentary	1906	2005	[33]
Saturday Night Fever	narrative feature	1977	2010	[25]
Scarface	narrative feature	1932	1994	[24]
Schindler's List	narrative feature	1993	2004	[35]
Scratch and Crow	animated short subject	1995	2009	[38]
sea !The Searchers	narrative feature	1956	1989	[36]
Serene Velocity	short subject	1970	2001	[21]
Sergeant York	narrative feature	1941	2008	[20]
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	narrative feature	1954	2004	[35]
Seventh Heaven	narrative feature	1927	1995	[23]
sex, lies, and videotape	narrative feature	1989	2006	[31]
sex l !The Sex Life of the Polyp	short subject	1928	2007	[17]
Shadow of a Doubt	narrative feature	1943	1991	[18]
Shadows	narrative feature	1959	1993	[28]
Shaft	narrative feature	1971	2000	[30]
Shane	narrative feature	1953	1993	[28]
She Done Him Wrong	narrative feature	1933	1996	[32]
Sherlock, Jr.	narrative feature	1924	1991	[18]
Sherman's March	documentary	1986	2000	[30]
Shock Corridor	narrative feature	1963	1996	[32]
shop !The Shop Around the Corner	narrative feature	1940	1999	[37]
Show Boat	narrative feature	1936	1996	[32]
Show People	narrative feature	1928	2003	[29]
Siege	documentary/short subject	1940	2006	[31]
Singin' in the Rain	narrative feature	1952	1989	[36]
Sky High	narrative feature	1922	1998	[19]
Snow White	animated short subject	1933	1994	[24]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	animated feature film	1937	1989	[36]
So's Your Old Man	narrative feature	1926	2008	[20]
Some Like It Hot	narrative feature	1959	1989	[36]
Son of the Sheik	narrative feature	1926	2003	[29]
sou !The Sound of Music	narrative feature	1965	2001	[21]
Stagecoach	narrative feature	1939	1995	[23]
star i !A Star Is Born	narrative feature	1954	2000	[30]
Star Theatre	short subject	1901	2002	[26]
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope	narrative feature	1977	1989	[36]
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back	narrative feature	1980	2010	[25]
Stark Love	narrative feature	1927	2009	[38]
Steamboat Willie	animated short subject	1928	1998	[19]
sti !The Sting	narrative feature	1973	2005	[33]
Stormy Weather	narrative feature	1943	2001	[21]
story !The Story of G.I. Joe	narrative feature	1945	2009	[38]
Stranger Than Paradise	narrative feature	1984	2002	[26]
stre !A Streetcar Named Desire	narrative feature	1951	1999	[37]
stro !The Strong Man	narrative feature	1926	2007	[17]
Stu !A Study in Reds	narrative feature	1932	2009	[38]
Study of a River	experimental film	1996	2010	[25]
St. Louis Blues	short subject	1929	2006	[31]
Sullivan's Travels	narrative feature	1941	1990	[27]
Sunrise	narrative feature	1927	1989	[36]
Sunset Boulevard	narrative feature	1950	1989	[36]
Sweet Smell of Success	narrative feature	1957	1993	[28]
Swing Time	narrative feature	1936	2004	[35]
t. a. !The T.A.M.I. Show	documentary	1964	2006	[31]
Tabu	narrative feature	1931	1994	[24]
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse	home film	1940	1998	[19]
tal !The Tall T	narrative feature	1957	2000	[30]
Tarantella	short subject/experimental film	1940	2010	[25]
Tarzan and His Mate	narrative feature	1934	2003	[29]
Taxi Driver	narrative feature	1976	1994	[24]
tel !The Tell-Tale Heart	animated short subject	1953	2001	[21]
ten !The Ten Commandments	narrative feature	1956	1999	[37]
ter !The Terminator	narrative feature	1984	2008	[20]
Tess of the Storm Country	narrative feature	1914	2006	[31]
Tevye	narrative feature	1939	1991	[18]
Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and His Singing Duck	short subject	1925	2002	[26]
There It Is	short subject	1928	2004	[35]
thie !The Thief of Bagdad	narrative feature	1924	1996	[32]
thin b !The Thin Blue Line	documentary	1988	2001	[21]
thin m !The Thin Man	narrative feature	1934	1997	[34]
thing !The Thing from Another World	narrative feature	1951	2001	[21]
Think of Me First as a Person	documentary/home film	1960–1975	2006	[31]
This Is Cinerama	narrative feature	1952	2002	[26]
This is Spinal Tap	narrative feature	1984	2002	[26]
Three Little Pigs	animated short subject	1933	2007	[17]
Through Navajo Eyes[IV]	film serial	1966	2002	[26]
time f !A Time for Burning	documentary	1966	2005	[33]
time o !A Time Out of War	short subject	1954	2006	[31]
Tin Toy	animated short subject	1988	2003	[29]
To Be or Not to Be	narrative feature	1942	1996	[32]
To Fly!	documentary	1976	1995	[23]
To Kill a Mockingbird	narrative feature	1962	1995	[23]
Tol'able David	narrative feature	1921	2007	[17]
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son	feature film/experimental film	1969–1971	2007	[17]
Tootsie	narrative feature	1982	1998	[19]
Top Hat	narrative feature	1935	1990	[27]
Topaz	documentary	1943–1945	1996	[32]
Touch of Evil	narrative feature	1958	1993	[28]
Toy Story	animated feature film	1995	2005	[33]
Traffic in Souls	narrative feature	1913	2006	[31]
Trance and Dance in Bali	documentary/short subject	1936–1939[V]	1999	[37]
tre !The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	narrative feature	1948	1990	[27]
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	narrative feature	1945	2010	[25]
A Trip Down Market Street	documentary	1906	2010	[25]
Trouble in Paradise	narrative feature	1932	1991	[18]
Tulips Shall Grow	animated short subject	1942	1997	[34]
Twelve O'Clock High	narrative feature	1949	1998	[19]
Under Western Stars	narrative feature	1938	2009	[38]
Unforgiven	narrative feature	1992	2004	[35]
Verbena Tragica	narrative feature	1939	1996	[32]
Vertigo	narrative feature	1958	1989	[36]
Water and Power	documentary	1989	2008	[20]
wed !The Wedding March	narrative feature	1928	2003	[29]
West Side Story	narrative feature	1961	1997	[34]
Westinghouse Works, 1904[VI]	film serial	1904	1998	[19]
What's Opera, Doc?	animated short subject	1957	1992	[22]
Where Are My Children?	narrative feature	1916	1993	[28]
White Fawn's Devotion	short subject	1910	2008	[20]
White Heat	narrative feature	1949	2003	[29]
Why Man Creates	animated documentary/short subject	1968	2002	[26]
Why We Fight[IX]	documentary film serial	1943–1945	2000	[30]
Wild and Woolly	narrative feature	1917	2002	[26]
wild b !The Wild Bunch	narrative feature	1969	1999	[37]
Wild River	narrative feature	1960	2002	[26]
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?	narrative feature	1957	2000	[30]
wind !The Wind	narrative feature	1928	1993	[28]
Wings	narrative feature	1927	1997	[34]
Within Our Gates	narrative feature	1920	1992	[22]
wiz !The Wizard of Oz	narrative feature	1939	1989	[36]
Woman of the Year	narrative feature	1942	1999	[37]
woman u !A Woman Under the Influence	narrative feature	1974	1990	[27]
wome !The Women	narrative feature	1939	2007	[17]
Woodstock	documentary	1970	1996	[32]
Wuthering Heights	narrative feature	1939	2007	[17]
Yankee Doodle Dandy	narrative feature	1942	1993	[28]
Young Frankenstein	narrative feature	1974	2003	[29]
Young Mr. Lincoln	narrative feature	1939	2003	[29]
Zapruder film	home film	1963	1994	[24]

^ I Parts 1–5, 7, and 10
^ II A serial of thirteen short films
^ III A serial of eight short films
^ IV A serial of seven short films
^ V Not released until 1952
^ VI A serial of twenty-one short films
^ VII A serial of fourteen short films
^ VIII A serial of twenty short films
^ IX A serial of seven feature films

Number of films by release year

This table is thru the 2010 induction list (550 films total). 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
1895	1
1896	2
1901	2
1903	1
1904	1
1906	2
1909	3
1910	2
1911	1
1912	2
1913	4
1914	7
1915	5
1916	4
1917	4
1918	1
1919	1
1920	5
1921	3
1922	5
1923	2
1924	5
1925	10
1926	6
1927	9
1928	15
1929	6
1930	6
1931	8
1932	9
1933	11
1934	7
1935	4
1936	12
1937	8
1938	9
1939	16
1940	16
1941	8
1942	11
1943	5
1944	9
1945	8
1946	8
1947	3
1948	9
1949	7
1950	5
1951	8
1952	5
1953	12
1954	10
1955	6
1956	9
1957	14
1958	5
1959	8
1960	5
1961	5
1962	7
1963	6
1964	8
1965	2
1966	4
1967	8
1968	9
1969	11
1970	9
1971	7
1972	7
1973	8
1974	8
1975	8
1976	9
1977	6
1978	5
1979	7
1980	7
1981	1
1982	5
1983	3
1984	3
1985	1
1986	3
1988	3
1989	3
1990	2
1991	3
1992	2
1993	2
1994	2
1995	2
1996	2

See also

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

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External links

• National Film Registry homepage
• Nominate films for the National Film Registry
• These Amazing Shadows site for Independent Lens on PBS