National Film Registry

The National Film Registry is meant to preserve up to twenty-five "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films" each year; to be eligible, films must be at least ten years old. The films do not have to be feature-length or to have had a theatrical release. The Registry is meant to showcase the full range and diversity of American film heritage, and includes films ranging from Hollywood classics to so-called orphan films -- newsreels, silent films, experimental films, films out of copyright protection, significant amateur footage, documentary films, independent films, home movies and even TV movies. As of 2007, there were 475 films preserved in the National Film Registry.

The most recent film is Fargo (1996), while the oldest film is Blacksmith Scene (1893). The most represented year in the list is 1939 which has nineteen entries (including films created in various years).

Titles

Film title	Creation	Induction
12 Angry Men	1957	2007
2001: A Space Odyssey	1968	1991
42nd Street	1933	1998
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein	1948	2001
Adam's Rib	1949	1992
Adventures of Robin Hood, The	1938	1995
African Queen, The	1951	1994
Alien	1979	2002
All About Eve	1950	1990
All My Babies	1953	2002
All Quiet on the Western Front	1930	1990
All That Heaven Allows	1955	1995
All That Jazz	1979	2001
All the King's Men	1949	2001
America, America	1963	2001
American Graffiti	1973	1995
American in Paris, An	1951	1993
Annie Hall	1977	1992
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman	1974	2003
Apartment, The	1960	1994
Apocalypse Now	1979	2000
Applause	1929	2006
Atlantic City	1980	2003
Awful Truth, The	1937	1996
Baby Face	1933	2005
Bad and the Beautiful, The	1952	2002
Back to the Future	1985	2007
Badlands	1973	1993
Band Wagon, The	1953	1995
Bank Dick, The	1940	1992
Battle of San Pietro, The	1945	1991
Beauty and the Beast	1991	2002
Ben-Hur	1925	1997
Ben-Hur	1959	2004
Best Years of Our Lives, The	1946	1989
Big Business	1929	1992
Big Parade, The	1925	1992
Big Sleep, The	1946	1997
Big Trail, The	1930	2006
Birth of a Nation, The	1915	1992
Black Pirate, The	1926	1993
Black Stallion, The	1979	2002
Blacksmith Scene	1893	1995
Blade Runner	1982	1993
Blazing Saddles	1974	2006
Blood of Jesus, The	1941	1991
Blue Bird, The	1918	2004
Bonnie and Clyde	1967	1992
Boyz n the Hood	1991	2002
Bride of Frankenstein	1935	1998
Bridge on the River Kwai, The	1957	1997
Bringing Up Baby	1938	1990
Broken Blossoms	1919	1996
Bronx Morning, A	1931	2004
Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man, The	1975	2005
Bullitt	1968	2007
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	1969	2003
Cabaret	1972	1995
Cameraman, The	1928	2005
Carmen Jones	1954	1992
Casablanca	1942	1989
Castro Street	1966	1992
Cat People	1942	1993
Chan Is Missing	1982	1995
Cheat, The	1915	1993
Chechahcos, The	1924	2003
Chinatown	1974	1991
Chulas Fronteras	1976	1993
Citizen Kane	1941	1989
City, The	1939	1998
City Lights	1931	1991
Civilization	1916	1999
Clash of the Wolves	1925	2004
Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1977	2007
Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther	1939	2001
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort, South Carolina (May 1940)	1940	2005
Conversation, The	1974	1995
Cool Hand Luke	1967	2005
Cool World, The	1963	1994
Cops	1922	1997
Corner in Wheat, A	1909	1994
Court Jester, The	1956	2004
Crowd, The	1928	1989
Curse of Quon Gwon, The	1916-17	2006
Czechoslovakia 1968	1969	1997
Dance, Girl, Dance	1940	2007
Dances with Wolves	1990	2007
Daughter of Shanghai	1937	2006
Daughters of the Dust	1991	2004
David Holzman's Diary	1968	1991
Day the Earth Stood Still, The	1951	1995
Days of Heaven	1978	2007
Dead Birds	1964	1998
Deer Hunter, The	1978	1996
Destry Rides Again	1939	1996
Detour	1945	1992
Dickson Experimental Sound Film	1894?95	2003
D.O.A.	1950	2004
Do the Right Thing	1989	1999
Docks of New York, The	1928	1999
Dodsworth	1936	1990
Dog Star Man	1964	1992
Dont Look Back	1967	1998
Double Indemnity	1944	1992
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	1964	1989
Dracula	1931	2000
Drums of Winter	1988	2006
Duck Amuck	1953	1999
Duck and Cover	1951	2004
Duck Soup	1933	1990
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	1982	1994
Early Abstractions^[1]	1939-56	2006
Easy Rider	1969	1998
Eaux d'artifice	1953	1993
El Norte	1983	1995
Emperor Jones, The	1933	1999
Empire	1964	2004
Endless Summer, The	1966	2002
Enter the Dragon	1973	2004
Eraserhead	1977	2004
Evidence of the Film	1913	2001
Exploits of Elaine, The	1914	1994
Fall of the House of Usher, The	1928	2000
Fantasia	1940	1990
Fargo	1996	2006
Fast Times at Ridgemont High	1982	2005
Fatty's Tintype Tangle	1915	1995
Film Portrait	1970	2003
Five Easy Pieces	1970	2000
Flash Gordon^[2]	1936	1996
Flesh and the Devil	1927	2006
Footlight Parade	1933	1992
Force of Evil	1948	1994
Forgotten Frontier, The	1931	1996
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The	1921	1995
Fox Movietone News: Jenkins Orphanage Band	1928	2003
Frank Film	1973	1996
Frankenstein	1931	1991
Freaks	1932	1994
French Connection, The	1971	2005
Freshman, The	1925	1990
From Here to Eternity	1953	2002
From Stump to Ship	1930	2002
From the Manger to the Cross	1912	1998
Fuji	1974	2002
Fury	1936	1995
Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers	1980	2004
General, The	1927	1989
Gerald McBoing-Boing	1951	1995
Gertie the Dinosaur	1914	1991
Giant	1956	2005
Gigi	1958	1991
Glimpse of the Garden	1957	2007
Godfather, The	1972	1990
Godfather: Part II, The	1974	1993
Going My Way	1944	2004
Gold Diggers of 1933	1933	2003
Gold Rush, The	1925	1992
Gone with the Wind	1939	1989
Goodfellas	1990	2000
Graduate, The	1967	1996
Grand Hotel	1932	2007
Grapes of Wrath, The	1940	1989
Grass	1925	1997
Great Dictator, The	1940	1997
Great Train Robbery, The	1903	1990
Greed	1924	1991
Groundhog Day	1993	2006
Gun Crazy	1949	1998
Gunga Din	1939	1999
H2O	1929	2005
Halloween	1978	2006
Hands Up!	1926	2005
Harlan County, USA	1976	1990
Harold and Maude	1972	1997
Heiress, The	1949	1996
Hell's Hinges	1916	1994
High Noon	1952	1989
High School	1969	1991
Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage	1937	1997
His Girl Friday	1940	1993
Hitch-Hiker, The	1953	1998
Hoop Dreams	1994	2005
Hoosiers	1986	2001
Hospital	1970	1994
Hospital, The	1971	1995
House I Live In, The	1945	2007
House in the Middle, The	1954	2001
House of Usher	1960	2005
How Green Was My Valley	1941	1990
How the West Was Won	1962	1997
Hunters, The	1957	2003
Hustler, The	1961	1997
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang	1932	1991
Imitation of Life	1934	2005
Immigrant, The	1917	1998
In a Lonely Place	1950	2007
In the Heat of the Night	1967	2002
In the Land of the Head Hunters	1914	1999
In the Street	1948	2006
Intolerance	1916	1989
Invasion of the Body Snatchers	1956	1994
It	1927	2001
It Happened One Night	1934	1993
It's a Wonderful Life	1946	1990
Italian, The	1915	1991
Jailhouse Rock	1957	2004
Jam Session	1942	2001
Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest	1910	2005
Jammin' the Blues	1944	1995
Jaws	1975	2001
Jazz on a Summer's Day	1959	1999
Jazz Singer, The	1927	1996
Kannapolis, NC	1941	2004
Killer of Sheep	1977	1990
King: a Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis	1970	1999
King Kong	1933	1991
Kiss, The	1896	1999
Kiss Me Deadly	1955	1999
Knute Rockne, All American	1940	1997
Koyaanisqatsi	1983	2000
Lady Eve, The	1941	1994
Lady Helen's Escapade	1909	2004
Lady Windermere's Fan	1925	2002
Lambchops	1929	1999
Land Beyond the Sunset	1912	2000
Lassie Come Home	1943	1993
Last Command, The	1928	2006
Last of the Mohicans, The	1920	1995
Last Picture Show, The	1971	1998
Laura	1944	1999
Lawrence of Arabia	1962	1991
Learning Tree, The	1969	1989
Let's All Go To the Lobby	1957	2000
Letter From An Unknown Woman	1948	1992
Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra, The	1927	1997
Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter, The	1980	1996
Life of Emile Zola, The	1937	2000
Little Caesar	1930	2000
Little Fugitive	1953	1997
Little Miss Marker	1934	1998
Living Desert, The	1953	2000
Lost World, The	1925	1998
Louisiana Story	1948	1994
Love Finds Andy Hardy	1938	2000
Love Me Tonight	1932	1990
MASH	1970	1996
Magical Maestro	1952	1993
Magnificent Ambersons, The	1942	1991
Making of an American	1920	2005
Maltese Falcon, The	1941	1989
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The	1962	2007
Manchurian Candidate, The	1962	1994
Manhatta	1921	1995
Manhattan	1979	2001
March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany	1938	1993
Marian Anderson: the Lincoln Memorial Concert	1939	2001
Marty	1955	1994
Master Hands	1936	1999
Matrimony's Speed Limit	1913	2003
Mean Streets	1973	1997
Medium Cool	1969	2003
Meet Me in St. Louis	1944	1994
Melody Ranch	1940	2002
Memphis Belle	1944	2001
Meshes of the Afternoon	1943	1990
Midnight Cowboy	1969	1994
Mighty Like a Moose	1926	2007
Mildred Pierce	1945	1996
Miracle of Morgan's Creek, The	1944	2001
Miracle on 34th Street	1947	2005
Miss Lulu Bett	1922	2001
Modern Times	1936	1989
Modesta	1956	1998
Mom and Dad	1944	2005
Morocco	1930	1992
Motion Painting No. 1	1947	1997
Movie, A	1958	1994
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	1939	1989
Multiple Sidosis	1970	2000
Music Box, The	1932	1997
Music Man, The	1962	2005
My Darling Clementine	1946	1991
My Man Godfrey	1936	1999
Naked City, The	1948	2007
Naked Spur, The	1953	1997
Nanook of the North	1922	1989
Nashville	1975	1992
National Lampoon's Animal House	1978	2001
National Velvet	1944	2003
Naughty Marietta	1935	2003
Network	1976	2000
Night at the Opera, A	1935	1993
Night of the Hunter, The	1955	1992
Night of the Living Dead	1968	1999
Ninotchka	1939	1990
North by Northwest	1959	1995
Nostalgia	1971	2003
Nothing But a Man	1964	1993
Notorious	1946	2006
Now, Voyager	1942	2007
Nutty Professor, The	1963	2004
OffOn	1968	2004
Oklahoma!	1955	2007
On the Waterfront	1954	1989
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	1975	1993
One Froggy Evening	1956	2003
Out of the Past	1947	1991
Ox-Bow Incident, The	1943	1998
Our Day	1938	2007
Outlaw Josey Wales, The	1976	1996
Pass the Gravy	1928	1998
Paths of Glory	1957	1992
Patton	1970	2003
Pearl, The	1948	2002
Peege	1972	2007
Peter Pan	1924	2000
Phantom of the Opera, The	1925	1998
Philadelphia Story, The	1940	1995
Pinocchio	1940	1994
Place in the Sun, A	1951	1991
Planet of the Apes	1968	2001
Plow That Broke the Plains, The	1936	1999
Point of Order	1964	1993
Poor Little Rich Girl, The	1917	1991
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor	1936	2004
Porky in Wackyland	1938	2000
Power of the Press, The	1928	2005
Powers of Ten	1978	1998
President McKinley Inauguration Footage	1901	2000
Primary	1960	1990
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy	1909	2003
Prisoner of Zenda, The	1937	1991
Producers, The	1968	1996
Psycho	1960	1992
Public Enemy, The	1931	1998
Pull My Daisy	1959	1996
Punch Drunks	1934	2002
Pups is Pups	1930	2004
Raging Bull	1980	1990
Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	1999
Raisin in the Sun, A	1961	2005
Rear Window	1954	1997
Rebel Without a Cause	1955	1990
Red Dust	1932	2006
Red River	1948	1990
Regeneration	1915	2000
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania	1971-72	2006
Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage	1937	1997
Return of the Secaucus 7	1980	1997
Ride the High Country	1962	1992
Rip Van Winkle	1896	1995
River, The	1937	1990
Road to Morocco	1942	1996
Rocky	1976	2006
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The	1975	2005
Roman Holiday	1953	1999
Rose Hobart	1936	2001
Sabrina	1954	2002
Safety Last	1923	1994
Salesman	1969	1992
Salom�	1923	2000
Salt of the Earth	1954	1992
San Francisco earthquake and fire	1906	2005
Scarface	1932	1994
Schindler's List	1993	2004
Searchers, The	1956	1989
Serene Velocity	1970	2001
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	1954	2004
Seventh Heaven	1927	1995
Sex, Lies, and Videotape	1989	2006
Sex Life of the Polyp, The	1928	2007
Shadow of a Doubt	1943	1991
Shadows	1959	1993
Shaft	1971	2000
Shane	1953	1993
She Done Him Wrong	1933	1996
Sherlock, Jr.	1924	1991
Sherman's March	1986	2000
Shock Corridor	1963	1996
Shop Around the Corner, The	1940	1999
Show Boat	1936	1996
Show People	1928	2003
Siege	1940	2006
Singin' in the Rain	1952	1989
Sky High	1922	1998
Snow White	1933	1994
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1937	1989
Some Like It Hot	1959	1989
Son of the Sheik, The	1926	2003
Sound of Music, The	1965	2001
Stagecoach	1939	1995
Star Is Born, A	1954	2000
Star Theatre	1901	2002
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope	1977	1989
Steamboat Willie	1928	1998
Sting, The	1973	2005
Stormy Weather	1943	2001
Stranger Than Paradise	1984	2002
Streetcar Named Desire, A	1951	1999
Strong Man, The	1926	2007
St. Louis Blues	1929	2006
Sullivan's Travels	1941	1990
Sunrise	1927	1989
Sunset Boulevard	1950	1989
Sweet Smell of Success	1957	1993
Swing Time	1936	2004
T.A.M.I. Show, The	1964	2006
Tabu	1931	1994
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse	1940	1998
Tall T, The	1957	2000
Tarzan and His Mate	1934	2003
Taxi Driver	1976	1994
Tell-Tale Heart, The	1953	2001
Ten Commandments, The	1956	1999
Tess of the Storm Country	1914	2006
Tevye	1939	1991
Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and his Singing Duck	1925	2002
There It Is	1928	2004
Thief of Bagdad, The	1924	1996
Thin Blue Line, The	1988	2001
Thin Man, The	1934	1997
Thing from Another World, The	1951	2001
Think of Me First as a Person	1960-75	2006
This is Cinerama	1952	2002
This is Spinal Tap	1984	2002
Three Little Pigs	1933	2007
Through Navajo Eyes^[3]	1966	2002
Time for Burning, A	1966	2005
Time Out of War, A	1954	2006
Tin Toy	1988	2003
To Be or Not to Be	1942	1996
To Fly!	1976	1995
To Kill a Mockingbird	1962	1995
Tol'able David	1921	2007
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son	1969-71	2007
Tootsie	1982	1998
Top Hat	1935	1990
Topaz	1943?45	1996
Touch of Evil	1958	1993
Toy Story	1995	2005
Traffic in Souls	1913	2006
Trance and Dance in Bali	1936?39^[4]	1999
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The	1948	1990
Trouble in Paradise	1932	1991
Tulips Shall Grow	1942	1997
Twelve O'Clock High	1949	1998
Unforgiven	1992	2004
Verbena Tragica	1939	1996
Vertigo	1958	1989
Wedding March, The	1928	2003
West Side Story	1961	1997
Westinghouse Works, 1904^[5]	1904	1998
What's Opera, Doc?	1957	1992
Where Are My Children?	1916	1993
White Heat	1949	2003
Why Man Creates	1968	2002
Why We Fight^[6]	1943?45	2000
Wild and Woolly	1917	2002
Wild Bunch, The	1969	1999
Wild River	1960	2002
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?	1957	2000
Wind, The	1928	1993
Wings	1927	1997
Within Our Gates	1920	1992
Wizard of Oz, The	1939	1989
Women, The	1939	2007
Woman of the Year	1942	1999
Woman Under the Influence, A	1974	1990
Woodstock	1970	1996
Wuthering Heights	1939	2007
Yankee Doodle Dandy	1942	1993
Young Frankenstein	1974	2003
Young Mr. Lincoln	1939	2003
Zapruder film	1963	1994

National Film Registry

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