National Film Registry

National Film Registry

Type	Film preservation
Industry	Archiving
Founded	1988 United States
Parent	Library of Congress
Website	loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry

The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) selection of films for preservation in the Library of Congress. The NFPB, 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 NFPB's mission, to which the NFR contributes, is to ensure the survival, conservation, and increased public availability of America's film heritage.^[4] The 1996 law also created the non-profit National Film Preservation Foundation which, although affiliated with the NFPB, raises money from the private sector.^[5]

Criteria

The NFPB adds to the NFR 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.^[6] To be eligible for inclusion, a film must be at least ten years old.^[7] 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 which was then modified by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington and his staff at the Library for the final selection.^[6][8] Since 1997, members of the public have been able to nominate up to 50 films a year for the NFPB and Librarian to consider.^[9]

"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.^[6]

The NFR 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 films, films out of copyright protection, film serials, home movies, documentaries, and independent films. As of the 2015 listing, there are 675 films preserved in the Registry.^[10]

Currently, the earliest listed film is Newark Athlete (1891), and the most recent is 13 Lakes (2004). Counting the 11 multi-year serials in the NFR once each (as the NFR does) by year of completion, the years with the most films selected are 1939 and 1940, with 18 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; Newark Athlete was originally released in 1891 and selected for preservation in 2010. The shortest span is the minimum 10 years; this distinction is shared by Raging Bull, Do the Right Thing, Goodfellas, Toy Story, Fargo, and 13 Lakes.

Films

Fred Ott's Sneeze is one of the earliest U.S. films. Thomas Edison made this 5-second film.

Dickson Experimental Sound Film is the first known film with live-recorded sound.^[11]

The 47-second long The Kiss was one of the first films shown commercially to the public.^[12]

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

Although not the first animated film, Gertie the Dinosaur became the first popular cartoon.^[13]

The Birth of a Nation developed innovative camera techniques and special effects and became Hollywood's first feature film.

The influential Intolerance was made by D. W. Griffith partly in response to controversy over the racism seen in The Birth of a Nation.

Nanook of the North revolutionized the documentary film with its large scale production, though it continues to receive controversy for staging several of the events it depicts.

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

Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer, the first feature film to include scenes of fully synchronized sound.

Willis H. O'Brien's visual effects and Max Steiner's score made King Kong one of the most influential films ever made.

The famous "Heigh-Ho" sequence from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first American animated feature film, created by Walt Disney, and showing the seven dwarfs (Doc, Happy, Grumpy, Bashful, Sneezy, Dopey, Sleepy).

Despite not being the first film in color, The Wizard of Oz startled audiences when Judy Garland seamlessly transitioned from black-and-white to color.

Despite initial box-office struggles, Pinocchio has long been acclaimed for its technical merits.

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

Citizen Kane is considered by many critics and scholars (including the American Film Institute) to be the greatest film ever made.^[15]

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

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

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

Based on a short story by Dr. Seuss and using a unique animation style reminiscent of the works of Al Hirschfield, Gerald McBoing-Boing was one of the most popular and influential animated shorts of its time.

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

Singin' in the Rain is widely considered to be the greatest movie musical of all time.

Gary Cooper in the controversial High Noon, which was said to be an allegory on McCarthyism.

Rebel Without a Cause was released in theaters less than one month after the main actor, James Dean, died in a car accident.^[16]

Often cited as one of the greatest westerns of all time, The Searchers was an influence on directors including Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and David Lean.

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

The 1994 book The 50 Greatest Cartoons named What's Opera, Doc? the greatest animated short of all time.

Elvis Presley refused to watch the completed Jailhouse Rock after Judy Tyler was killed in a car accident a few weeks before the film's release.^[17]

Psycho is considered by many to be director Alfred Hitchcock's most recognizable film, with its highly influential shower scene being particularly iconic.

In Mary Poppins, Dick van Dyke plays Bert, the chimney sweeper.

2001: A Space Odyssey is seen as a landmark in science-fiction filmmaking. Several of the fictional technologies seen in the film have become reality in the years since its release.

Night of the Living Dead was the first film to feature the modern interpretation of zombies.

The car chase scene in Bullitt is often regarded as one of the most influential and iconic in all of film.

The Godfather is regarded as the high point of Hollywood's "auteur era". It also launched the career of Al Pacino while reviving that of Marlon Brando.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, while critically panned upon its initial release, helped create the midnight movie and has had the longest theatrical run in film history.

Star Wars (along with Jaws) popularized the big-budget Blockbuster film, expanding Hollywood's commercial reach.

The Muppet Movie was the first film to feature a hand puppet act with its entire body appearing on-screen.

Though a critical and box office failure when first released, Blade Runner became a hugely influential science fiction film for its unique postmodern production design.

The iconic image of Elliot and E.T. encircled by the moon from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is now the logo for Steven Spielberg's production company Amblin Entertainment.

While music videos had been made for almost a decade, Michael Jackson's Thriller was the first to adopt cinematographic techniques that set the precedent for future works.

After being rejected for years before its release, Back to the Future became one of the definitive films of the blockbuster era.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast was the first animated film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and the only one under its original five-nominee format.

The nonlinear story structure and expletive-ridden script of Pulp Fiction helped make it one of the most influential films of the 1990s.

Film title	Film type	Year of release	Year of induction	Ref
12 Angry Men	Narrative feature	1957	2007	[18]
13 Lakes	Documentary	2004	2014	[19]
2001: A Space Odyssey	Narrative feature	1968	1991	[20]
3:10 to Yuma	Narrative feature	1957	2012	[21]
42nd Street	Narrative feature	1933	1998	[22]
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad	Narrative feature	1958	2008	[23]
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein	Narrative feature	1948	2001	[24]
Adam's Rib	Narrative feature	1949	1992	[25]
The Adventures of Robin Hood	Narrative feature	1938	1995	[26]
The African Queen	Narrative feature	1951	1994	[27]
Airplane!	Narrative feature	1980	2010	[28]
Alien	Narrative feature	1979	2002	[29]
All About Eve	Narrative feature	1950	1990	[30]
All My Babies	Documentary	1953	2002	[29]
All Quiet on the Western Front	Narrative feature	1930	1990	[30]
All That Heaven Allows	Narrative feature	1955	1995	[26]
All That Jazz	Narrative feature	1979	2001	[24]
All the King's Men	Narrative feature	1949	2001	[24]
All the President's Men	Narrative feature	1976	2010	[28]
Allures	Short subject/experimental film	1961	2011	[31]
America America	Narrative feature	1963	2001	[24]
American Graffiti	Narrative feature	1973	1995	[26]
An American in Paris	Narrative feature	1951	1993	[32]
Anatomy of a Murder	Narrative feature	1959	2012	[21]
Annie Hall	Narrative feature	1977	1992	[25]
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman	Documentary	1974	2003	[33]
The Apartment	Narrative feature	1960	1994	[27]
Apocalypse Now	Narrative feature	1979	2000	[34]
Appalachian Spring (one of the four Martha Graham dance films added in 2013)	Short	1944	2013	[35][36]
Applause	Narrative feature	1929	2006	[37]
The Asphalt Jungle	Narrative feature	1950	2008	[23]
Atlantic City	Narrative feature	1980	2003	[33]
The Augustas	Home film/documentary	1930s–1950s	2012	[21]
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	[29]
Badlands	Narrative feature	1973	1993	[32]
Bambi	Animated narrative feature	1942	2011	[31]
The Band Wagon	Narrative feature	1953	1995	[26]
The Bank Dick	Narrative feature	1940	1992	[25]
The Bargain	Narrative feature	1914	2010	[28]
The Battle of San Pietro	Documentary	1945	1991	[20]
Beauty and the Beast	Animated narrative feature	1991	2002	[29]
Being There	Narrative feature	1979	2015	[40]
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ	Narrative feature	1925	1997	[41]
Ben-Hur	Narrative feature	1959	2004	[42]
Bert Williams: Lime Kiln Club Field Day	Narrative feature	1913	2014	[19]
The Best Years of Our Lives	Narrative feature	1946	1989	[43]
Big Business	Short subject	1929	1992	[25]
The Big Heat	Narrative feature	1953	2011	[31]
The Big Lebowski	Narrative feature	1998	2014	[19]
The Big Parade	Narrative feature	1925	1992	[25]
The Big Sleep	Narrative feature	1946	1997	[41]
The Big Trail	Narrative feature	1930	2006	[37]
The Birth of a Nation	Narrative feature	1915	1992	[25]
Black and Tan	Documentary short	1929	2015	[40]
The Black Pirate	Narrative feature	1926	1993	[32]
The Black Stallion	Narrative feature	1979	2002	[29]
Blacksmith Scene	Short subject	1893	1995	[26]
Blade Runner	Narrative feature	1982	1993	[32]
Blazing Saddles	Narrative feature	1974	2006	[37]
Bless Their Little Hearts	Narrative feature	1984	2013	[36]
The Blood of Jesus	Narrative feature	1941	1991	[20]
The Blue Bird	Narrative feature	1918	2004	[42]
Bonnie and Clyde	Narrative feature	1967	1992	[25]
Born Yesterday	Narrative feature	1950	2012	[21]
Boyz n the Hood	Narrative feature	1991	2002	[29]
Brandy in the Wilderness	Narrative feature	1969	2013	[36]
Breakfast at Tiffany's	Narrative feature	1961	2012	[21]
Bride of Frankenstein	Narrative feature	1935	1998	[22]
The Bridge on the River Kwai	Narrative feature	1957	1997	[41]
Bringing Up Baby	Narrative feature	1938	1990	[30]
Broken Blossoms	Narrative feature	1919	1996	[38]
A Bronx Morning	Short subject	1931	2004	[42]
The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man	Documentary	1975	2005	[39]
Bullitt	Narrative feature	1968	2007	[18]
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Narrative feature	1969	2003	[33]
Cabaret	Narrative feature	1972	1995	[26]
The Cameraman	Narrative feature	1928	2005	[39]
Carmen Jones	Narrative feature	1954	1992	[25]
Casablanca	Narrative feature	1942	1989	[43]
Castro Street	Documentary/short subject/experimental film	1966	1992	[25]
Cat People	Narrative feature	1942	1993	[32]
Chan Is Missing	Narrative feature	1982	1995	[26]
The Cheat	Narrative feature	1915	1993	[32]
The Chechahcos	Narrative feature	1924	2003	[33]
Chinatown	Narrative feature	1974	1991	[20]
A Christmas Story	Narrative feature	1983	2012	[21]
Chulas Fronteras	Documentary	1976	1993	[32]
Cicero March	Documentary/short subject	1966	2013	[36]
Citizen Kane	Narrative feature	1941	1989	[43]
The City	Documentary	1939	1998	[22]
City Lights	Narrative feature	1931	1991	[20]
Civilization	Narrative feature	1916	1999	[44]
The Clash of the Wolves	Narrative feature	1925	2004	[42]
Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Narrative feature	1977	2007	[18]
Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther	Documentary/short subject	1939	2001	[24]
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940	Documentary/short subject	1940	2005	[39]
A Computer Animated Hand	Animated short subject/experimental film	1972	2011	[31]
The Conversation	Narrative feature	1974	1995	[26]
Cool Hand Luke	Narrative feature	1967	2005	[39]
The Cool World	Narrative feature	1963	1994	[27]
Cops	Short subject	1922	1997	[41]
The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight	Documentary	1897	2012	[21]
A Corner in Wheat	Short subject	1909	1994	[27]
The Court Jester	Narrative feature	1956	2004	[42]
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment	Documentary	1963	2011	[31]
The Crowd	Narrative feature	1928	1989	[43]
Cry of Jazz	Short subject	1959	2010	[28]
The Cry of the Children	Short subject	1912	2011	[31]
A Cure for Pokeritis	Short subject	1912	2011	[31]
The Curse of Quon Gwon	Short subject	1916–1917	2006	[37]
Czechoslovakia 1968	Documentary/short subject	1969	1997	[41]
Dance, Girl, Dance	Narrative feature	1940	2007	[18]
Dances with Wolves	Narrative feature	1990	2007	[18]
Daughter of Dawn	Narrative feature	1920	2013	[36]
Daughter of Shanghai	Narrative feature	1937	2006	[37]
Daughters of the Dust	Narrative feature	1991	2004	[42]
David Holzman's Diary	Narrative feature	1967	1991	[20]
The Day the Earth Stood Still	Narrative feature	1951	1995	[26]
Days of Heaven	Narrative feature	1978	2007	[18]
Dead Birds	Documentary	1964	1998	[22]
Decasia	Documentary	2002	2013	[36]
The Deer Hunter	Narrative feature	1978	1996	[38]
Deliverance	Narrative feature	1972	2008	[23]
Destry Rides Again	Narrative feature	1939	1996	[38]
Detour	Narrative feature	1945	1992	[25]
Dickson Experimental Sound Film	Short subject/experimental film	1894 or 1895	2003	[33]
Dirty Harry	Narrative feature	1971	2012	[21]
Disneyland Dream	Home film	1956	2008	[23]
D.O.A.	Narrative feature	1950	2004	[42]
Do the Right Thing	Narrative feature	1989	1999	[44]
The Docks of New York	Narrative feature	1928	1999	[44]
Dodsworth	Narrative feature	1936	1990	[30]
Dog Day Afternoon	Narrative feature	1975	2009	[45]
Dog Star Man Part IV	Short subject/experimental film	1964	1992	[25]
Dont Look Back	Documentary	1967	1998	[22]
Double Indemnity	Narrative feature	1944	1992	[25]
Down Argentine Way	Narrative feature	1940	2014	[19]
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	Narrative feature	1964	1989	[43]
Dracula	Narrative feature	1931	2000	[34]
Dracula	Narrative feature	1931	2015	[40]
The Dragon Painter	Narrative feature	1919	2014	[19]
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend	Short subject	1906	2015	[40]
Drums of Winter	Documentary	1988	2006	[37]
Duck Amuck	Animated short subject	1953	1999	[44]
Duck and Cover	Animated short subject	1951	2004	[42]
Duck Soup	Narrative feature	1933	1990	[30]
Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer	Documentary	1975	2015	[40]
Early Abstractions^[I]	Animated short subjects	1939–1956	2006	[37]
Easy Rider	Narrative feature	1969	1998	[22]
Eaux d'Artifice	Short subject	1953	1993	[32]
Edison Kinetographic Record of a Sneeze	Documentary short subject	1894	2015	[40]
Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB	Short subject	1967	2010	[28]
El Mariachi	Narrative feature	1992	2011	[31]
El Norte	Narrative feature	1983	1995	[26]
Ella Cinders	Narrative feature	1926	2013	[36]
The Emperor Jones	Narrative feature	1933	1999	[44]
Empire	Experimental film	1964	2004	[42]
The Endless Summer	Documentary	1966	2002	[29]
Enter the Dragon	Narrative feature	1973	2004	[42]
Eraserhead	Narrative feature	1977	2004	[42]
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Narrative feature	1982	1994	[27]
The Evidence of the Film	Short subject	1913	2001	[24]
The Exiles	Narrative feature	1961	2009	[45]
The Exorcist	Narrative feature	1973	2010	[28]
The Exploits of Elaine^[VII]	Film serial	1914	1994	[27]
A Face in the Crowd	Narrative feature	1957	2008	[23]
Faces	Narrative feature	1968	2011	[31]
Fake Fruit Factory	Documentary/short subject	1986	2011	[31]
The Fall of the House of Usher	Short subject	1928	2000	[34]
Fantasia	Animated narrative feature	1940	1990	[30]
Fargo	Narrative feature	1996	2006	[37]
Fast Times at Ridgemont High	Narrative feature	1982	2005	[39]
Fatty's Tintype Tangle	Short subject	1915	1995	[26]
Felicia	Short subject	1965	2014	[19]
Ferris Bueller's Day Off	Narrative feature	1986	2014	[19]
Film Portrait	Documentary	1970	2003	[33]
Five Easy Pieces	Narrative feature	1970	2000	[34]
Flash Gordon^[II]	Film serial	1936	1996	[38]
Flesh and the Devil	Narrative feature	1927	2006	[37]
Flower Drum Song	Narrative feature	1961	2008	[23]
A Fool There Was	Narrative feature	1915	2015	[40]
Foolish Wives	Narrative feature	1922	2008	[23]
Footlight Parade	Narrative feature	1933	1992	[25]
Forbidden Planet	Narrative feature	1956	2013	[36]
Force of Evil	Narrative feature	1948	1994	[27]
The Forgotten Frontier	Documentary	1931	1996	[38]
Forrest Gump	Narrative feature	1994	2011	[31]
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	Narrative feature	1921	1995	[26]
Jenkins Orphanage Band (Fox Movietone News)	Newsreel	1928	2003	[33]
Frank Film	Animated short subject	1973	1996	[38]
Frankenstein	Narrative feature	1931	1991	[20]
Freaks	Narrative feature	1932	1994	[27]
Free Radicals	Animated short subject	1979	2008	[23]
The French Connection	Narrative feature	1971	2005	[39]
The Freshman	Narrative feature	1925	1990	[30]
From Here to Eternity	Narrative feature	1953	2002	[29]
From Stump to Ship	Industrial/short subject	1930	2002	[29]
From the Manger to the Cross	Narrative feature	1912	1998	[22]
The Front Page	Narrative feature	1931	2010	[28]
Frontier (one of the four Martha Graham dance films added in 2013)	Short	1935	2013	[35][36]
Fuji	Short subject	1974	2002	[29]
Fury	Narrative feature	1936	1995	[26]
Gang's All Here, TheThe Gang's All Here	Narrative feature	1943	2014	[19]
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers	Documentary	1980	2004	[42]
The General	Narrative feature	1926	1989	[43]
George Stevens World War II Footage	Documentary	1943–1946	2008	[23]
Gerald McBoing-Boing	Animated short subject	1950	1995	[26]
Gertie the Dinosaur	Animated short subject	1914	1991	[20]
Ghostbusters	Narrative feature	1984	2015	[40]
Giant	Narrative feature	1956	2005	[39]
Gigi	Narrative feature	1958	1991	[20]
Gilda	Narrative feature	1946	2013	[36]
Glimpse of the Garden	Short subject	1957	2007	[18]
The Godfather	Narrative feature	1972	1990	[30]
The Godfather Part II	Narrative feature	1974	1993	[32]
Going My Way	Narrative feature	1944	2004	[42]
Gold Diggers of 1933	Narrative feature	1933	2003	[33]
The Gold Rush	Narrative feature	1925	1992	[25]
Gone with the Wind	Narrative feature	1939	1989	[43]
Goodfellas	Narrative feature	1990	2000	[34]
The Graduate	Narrative feature	1967	1996	[38]
Grand Hotel	Narrative feature	1932	2007	[18]
The Grapes of Wrath	Narrative feature	1940	1989	[43]
Grass	Documentary	1925	1997	[41]
The Great Dictator	Narrative feature	1940	1997	[41]
The Great Train Robbery	Short subject	1903	1990	[30]
Greed	Narrative feature	1924	1991	[20]
Grey Gardens	Documentary	1976	2010	[28]
Groundhog Day	Narrative feature	1993	2006	[37]
Growing Up Female	Documentary	1971	2011	[31]
Gun Crazy	Narrative feature	1950	1998	[22]
Gunga Din	Narrative feature	1939	1999	[44]
H2O	Short subject	1929	2005	[39]
Hail the Conquering Hero	Narrative feature	1944	2015	[40]
Hallelujah!	Narrative feature	1929	2008	[23]
Halloween	Narrative feature	1978	2006	[37]
Hands Up!	Narrative feature	1926	2005	[39]
Harlan County, USA	Documentary	1976	1990	[30]
Harold and Maude	Narrative feature	1971	1997	[41]
The Heiress	Narrative feature	1949	1996	[38]
Hell's Hinges	Narrative feature	1916	1994	[27]
Heretic (one of the four Martha Graham dance films added in 2013)	Short	1929	2013	[35][36]
Heroes All	Documentary	1920	2009	[45]
Hester Street	Narrative feature	1975	2011	[31]
High Noon	Narrative feature	1952	1989	[43]
High School	Documentary	1968	1991	[20]
Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage	Newsreel	1937	1997	[41]
His Girl Friday	Narrative feature	1940	1993	[32]
The Hitch-Hiker	Narrative feature	1953	1998	[22]
The Hole	Animated short subject	1962	2013	[36]
Hoop Dreams	Documentary	1994	2005	[39]
Hoosiers	Narrative feature	1986	2001	[24]
Hospital	Documentary	1970	1994	[27]
The Hospital	Narrative feature	1971	1995	[26]
Hot Dogs for Gauguin	Short subject	1972	2009	[45]
Hours for Jerome Parts 1 and 2	Experimental film	1980–1982	2012	[21]
The House I Live In	Short subject	1945	2007	[18]
The House in the Middle	Documentary/short subject	1954	2001	[24]
House of Usher	Narrative feature	1960	2005	[39]
House of Wax	Narrative feature	1953	2014	[19]
How Green Was My Valley	Narrative feature	1941	1990	[30]
How the West Was Won	Narrative feature	1962	1997	[41]
Humoresque	Narrative feature	1920	2015	[40]
The Hunters	Documentary	1957	2003	[33]
The Hustler	Narrative feature	1961	1997	[41]
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang	Narrative feature	1932	1991	[20]
I Am Joaquin	Short subject	1969	2010	[28]
I, an Actress	Short subject	1977	2011	[31]
Imitation of Life	Narrative feature	1934	2005	[39]
Imitation of Life	Narrative feature	1959	2015	[40]
The Immigrant	Short subject	1917	1998	[22]
In a Lonely Place	Narrative feature	1950	2007	[18]
In Cold Blood	Narrative feature	1967	2008	[23]
In the Heat of the Night	Narrative feature	1967	2002	[29]
In the Land of the Head Hunters	Narrative feature	1914	1999	[44]
In the Street	Documentary/short subject	1948	2006	[37]
The Incredible Shrinking Man	Narrative feature	1957	2009	[45]
The Inner World of Aphasia	Documentary short subject	1968	2015	[40]
Inside Nazi Germany	Documentary/short subject	1938	1993	[32]
Intolerance	Narrative feature	1916	1989	[43]
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport	Documentary	2000	2014	[19]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Narrative feature	1956	1994	[27]
The Invisible Man	Narrative feature	1933	2008	[23]
The Iron Horse	Narrative feature	1924	2011	[31]
It	Narrative feature	1927	2001	[24]
It Happened One Night	Narrative feature	1934	1993	[32]
It's a Gift	Narrative feature	1934	2010	[28]
It's a Wonderful Life	Narrative feature	1946	1990	[30]
The Italian	Narrative feature	1915	1991	[20]
Jailhouse Rock	Narrative feature	1957	2004	[42]
Jam Session	Short subject	1942	2001	[24]
Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest	Documentary	1910	2005	[39]
Jammin' the Blues	Short subject	1944	1995	[26]
Jaws	Narrative feature	1975	2001	[24]
Jazz on a Summer's Day	Documentary	1959	1999	[44]
The Jazz Singer	Narrative feature	1927	1996	[38]
Jezebel	Narrative feature	1938	2009	[45]
John Henry and the Inky-Poo	Animated short subject	1946	2015	[40]
Johnny Guitar	Narrative feature	1954	2008	[23]
Judgment at Nuremberg	Narrative feature	1961	2013	[36]
The Jungle	Short subject	1967	2009	[45]
Kannapolis, N.C.	Documentary	1941	2004	[42]
The Kid	Narrative feature	1921	2011	[31]
The Kidnappers Foil	Narrative feature	1930s–1950s	2012	[21]
Killer of Sheep	Narrative feature	1978	1990	[30]
The Killers	Narrative feature	1946	2008	[23]
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis	Documentary	1970	1999	[44]
King Kong	Narrative feature	1933	1991	[20]
King of Jazz	Narrative feature	1930	2013	[36]
The Kiss	Short subject	1896	1999	[44]
Kiss Me Deadly	Narrative feature	1955	1999	[44]
Knute Rockne, All American	Narrative feature	1940	1997	[41]
Kodachrome Color Motion-Picture Test	Experimental film	1922	2012	[21]
Koyaanisqatsi	Narrative feature	1982	2000	[34]
L.A. Confidential	Narrative feature	1997	2015	[40]
The Lady Eve	Narrative feature	1941	1994	[27]
Lady Helen's Escapade	Short subject	1909	2004	[42]
Lady Windermere's Fan	Narrative feature	1925	2002	[29]
Lambchops	Short subject	1929	1999	[44]
Lamentation (one of the four Martha Graham dance films added in 2013)	Short	1930	2013	[35][36]
The Land Beyond the Sunset	Short subject	1912	2000	[34]
Lassie Come Home	Narrative feature	1943	1993	[32]
The Last Command	Narrative feature	1928	2006	[37]
The Last of the Mohicans	Narrative feature	1920	1995	[26]
The Last Picture Show	Narrative feature	1971	1998	[22]
Laura	Narrative feature	1944	1999	[44]
Lawrence of Arabia	Narrative feature	1962	1991	[20]
The Lead Shoes	Short subject/experimental film	1949	2009	[45]
A League of Their Own	Narrative feature	1992	2012	[21]
The Learning Tree	Narrative feature	1969	1989	[43]
Let's All Go to the Lobby	Animated short subject	1957	2000	[34]
Let There Be Light	Documentary	1946	2010	[28]
Letter from an Unknown Woman	Narrative feature	1948	1992	[25]
The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra	Short subject	1927	1997	[41]
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter	Documentary	1980	1996	[38]
The Life of Emile Zola	Narrative feature	1937	2000	[34]
Little Big Man	Narrative feature	1970	2014	[19]
Little Caesar	Narrative feature	1931	2000	[34]
Little Fugitive	Narrative feature	1953	1997	[41]
Little Miss Marker	Narrative feature	1934	1998	[22]
Little Nemo	Animated short subject	1911	2009	[45]
The Living Desert	Documentary	1953	2000	[34]
Lonesome	Narrative feature	1928	2010	[28]
The Lost Weekend	Narrative feature	1945	2011	[31]
The Lost World	Narrative feature	1925	1998	[22]
Louisiana Story	Narrative feature	1948	1994	[27]
Love Finds Andy Hardy	Narrative feature	1938	2000	[34]
Love Me Tonight	Narrative feature	1932	1990	[30]
The Lunch Date	Short subject	1989	2013	[36]
Luxo Jr.	Animated short subject	1986	2014	[19]
Mabel's Blunder	Short subject	1914	2009	[45]
Magical Maestro	Animated short subject	1952	1993	[32]
The Magnificent Ambersons	Narrative feature	1942	1991	[20]
The Magnificent Seven	Narrative feature	1960	2013	[36]
Make Way for Tomorrow	Narrative feature	1937	2010	[28]
Making of an American, TheThe Making of an American	Short subject	1920	2005	[39]
Malcolm X	Narrative feature	1992	2010	[28]
Maltese Falcon, TheThe Maltese Falcon	Narrative feature	1941	1989	[43]
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, TheThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	Narrative feature	1962	2007	[18]
Manchurian Candidate, TheThe Manchurian Candidate	Narrative feature	1962	1994	[27]
Manhatta	Documentary/short subject	1921	1995	[26]
Manhattan	Narrative feature	1979	2001	[24]
March, TheThe March	Documentary/short subject	1964	2008	[23]
Marian Anderson: the Lincoln Memorial Concert	Documentary	1939	2001	[24]
Mark of Zorro, TheThe Mark of Zorro	Narrative feature	1920	2015	[40]
Mark of Zorro, TheThe Mark of Zorro	Narrative feature	1940	2009	[45]
Marty	Narrative feature	1955	1994	[27]
Mary Poppins	Narrative feature	1964	2013	[36]
MASH	Narrative feature	1970	1996	[38]
Master Hands	Documentary	1936	1999	[44]
Matrimony's Speed Limit	Short subject	1913	2003	[33]
Matrix, TheThe Matrix	Narrative feature	1999	2012	[21]
McCabe & Mrs. Miller	Narrative feature	1971	2010	[28]
Mean Streets	Narrative feature	1973	1997	[41]
Medium Cool	Narrative feature	1969	2003	[33]
Meet Me in St. Louis	Narrative feature	1944	1994	[27]
Melody Ranch	Narrative feature	1940	2002	[29]
Memphis Belle	Documentary	1944	2001	[24]
Men and Dust	Documentary/short subject	1940	2013	[36]
Meshes of the Afternoon	Short subject/experimental film	1943	1990	[30]
Michael Jackson's Thriller	Music video	1983	2009	[45]
Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair, TheThe Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair	Narrative feature/documentary	1939	2012	[21]
Midnight	Narrative feature	1939	2013	[36]
Midnight Cowboy	Narrative feature	1969	1994	[27]
Mighty Like a Moose	Short subject	1926	2007	[18]
Mildred Pierce	Narrative feature	1945	1996	[38]
Miracle of Morgan's Creek, TheThe Miracle of Morgan's Creek	Narrative feature	1944	2001	[24]
Miracle on 34th Street	Narrative feature	1947	2005	[39]
Miss Lulu Bett	Narrative feature	1922	2001	[24]
Modern Times	Narrative feature	1936	1989	[43]
Modesta	Short subject	1956	1998	[22]
Mom and Dad	Narrative feature	1944	2005	[39]
Moon Breath Beat	Short subject	1980	2014	[19]
Morocco	Narrative feature	1930	1992	[25]
Motion Painting No. 1	Animated short subject	1947	1997	[41]
Movie, AA Movie	Short subject/experimental film	1958	1994	[27]
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Narrative feature	1939	1989	[43]
Mrs. Miniver	Narrative feature	1942	2009	[45]
Multiple Sidosis	Short subject	1970	2000	[34]
Muppet Movie, TheThe Muppet Movie	Narrative feature	1979	2009	[45]
Music Box, TheThe Music Box	Short subject	1932	1997	[41]
Music Man, TheThe Music Man	Narrative feature	1962	2005	[39]
My Darling Clementine	Narrative feature	1946	1991	[20]
My Man Godfrey	Narrative feature	1936	1999	[44]
Naked City, TheThe Naked City	Narrative feature	1948	2007	[18]
Naked Spur, TheThe Naked Spur	Narrative feature	1953	1997	[41]
Nanook of the North	Documentary	1922	1989	[43]
Nashville	Narrative feature	1975	1992	[25]
National Lampoon's Animal House	Narrative feature	1978	2001	[24]
National Velvet	Narrative feature	1944	2003	[33]
Naughty Marietta	Narrative feature	1935	2003	[33]
Negro Soldier, TheThe Negro Soldier	Documentary	1944	2011	[31]
Network	Narrative feature	1976	2000	[34]
Newark Athlete	Short subject	1891	2010	[28]
Nicholas Brothers Family Home Movies	Home film	1930s–1940s	2011	[31]
Night at the Opera, AA Night at the Opera	Narrative feature	1935	1993	[32]
Night of the Hunter, TheThe Night of the Hunter	Narrative feature	1955	1992	[25]
Night of the Living Dead	Narrative feature	1968	1999	[44]
Ninotchka	Narrative feature	1939	1990	[30]
No Lies	Short subject	1973	2008	[23]
Norma Rae	Narrative feature	1979	2011	[31]
North by Northwest	Narrative feature	1959	1995	[26]
nostalgia (nostalgia)	Documentary/short subject	1971	2003	[33]
Notes on the Port of St. Francis	Documentary/short subject	1951	2013	[36]
Nothing But a Man	Narrative feature	1964	1993	[32]
Notorious	Narrative feature	1946	2006	[37]
Now, Voyager	Narrative feature	1942	2007	[18]
Nutty Professor, TheThe Nutty Professor	Narrative feature	1963	2004	[42]
OffOn	Short subject/experimental film	1968	2004	[42]
Oklahoma!	Narrative feature	1955	2007	[18]
Old Mill, TheThe Old Mill	Animated short subject	1937	2015	[40]
On the Bowery	Documentary	1957	2008	[23]
On the Waterfront	Narrative feature	1954	1989	[43]
Once Upon a Time in the West	Narrative feature	1968	2009	[45]
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Narrative feature	1975	1993	[32]
One Froggy Evening	Animated short subject	1956	2003	[33]
One Survivor Remembers	Documentary/short subject	1995	2012	[21]
One Week	Short subject	1920	2008	[23]
Our Daily Bread	Narrative feature	1934	2015	[40]
Our Day	Documentary/short subject	1938	2007	[18]
Our Lady of the Sphere	Experimental film	1969	2010	[28]
Out of the Past	Narrative feature	1947	1991	[20]
Outlaw Josey Wales, TheThe Outlaw Josey Wales	Narrative feature	1976	1996	[38]
Ox-Bow Incident, TheThe Ox-Bow Incident	Narrative feature	1943	1998	[22]
Parable	Short subject	1964	2012	[21]
Pass the Gravy	Short subject	1928	1998	[22]
Paths of Glory	Narrative feature	1957	1992	[25]
Patton	Narrative feature	1970	2003	[33]
Pawnbroker, TheThe Pawnbroker	Narrative feature	1964	2008	[23]
Pearl, TheThe Pearl	Narrative feature	1948	2002	[29]
Peege	Short subject	1972	2007	[18]
Perils of Pauline, TheThe Perils of Pauline^[VIII]	Film serial	1914	2008	[23]
Peter Pan	Narrative feature	1924	2000	[34]
Phantom of the Opera, TheThe Phantom of the Opera	Narrative feature	1925	1998	[22]
Philadelphia Story, TheThe Philadelphia Story	Narrative feature	1940	1995	[26]
Pillow Talk	Narrative feature	1959	2009	[45]
Pink Panther, TheThe Pink Panther	Narrative feature	1963	2010	[28]
Pinocchio	Animated narrative feature	1940	1994	[27]
Place in the Sun, AA Place in the Sun	Narrative feature	1951	1991	[20]
Planet of the Apes	Narrative feature	1968	2001	[24]
Please Don't Bury Me Alive!	Narrative feature	1976	2014	[19]
Plow That Broke the Plains, TheThe Plow That Broke the Plains	Documentary/short subject	1936	1999	[44]
Point of Order	Documentary	1964	1993	[32]
Poor Little Rich Girl, TheThe Poor Little Rich Girl	Narrative feature	1917	1991	[20]
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor	Animated short subject	1936	2004	[42]
Porgy and Bess	Narrative feature	1959	2011	[31]
Porky in Wackyland	Animated short subject	1938	2000	[34]
Portrait of Jason	Documentary	1967	2015	[40]
Power and the Glory, TheThe Power and the Glory	Narrative feature	1933	2014	[19]
Power of the Press, TheThe Power of the Press	Narrative feature	1928	2005	[39]
Powers of Ten	Documentary/short subject	1977	1998	[22]
Precious Images	Compilation short subject	1986	2009	[45]
Preservation of the Sign Language	Short subject	1913	2010	[28]
President McKinley Inauguration Footage	Documentary/short subject	1901	2000	[34]
Primary	Documentary	1960	1990	[30]
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy	Short subject	1909	2003	[33]
Prisoner of Zenda, TheThe Prisoner of Zenda	Narrative feature	1937	1991	[20]
Producers, TheThe Producers	Narrative feature	1968	1996	[38]
Psycho	Narrative feature	1960	1992	[25]
Public Enemy, TheThe Public Enemy	Narrative feature	1931	1998	[22]
Pull My Daisy	Short subject	1959	1996	[38]
Pulp Fiction	Narrative feature	1994	2013	[36]
Punch Drunks	Short subject	1934	2002	[29]
Pups Is Pups	Short subject	1930	2004	[42]
Quasi at the Quackadero	Animated short subject	1975	2009	[45]
The Quiet Man	Narrative feature	1952	2013	[36]
Raging Bull	Narrative feature	1980	1990	[30]
Raiders of the Lost Ark	Narrative feature	1981	1999	[44]
Raisin in the Sun, AA Raisin in the Sun	Narrative feature	1961	2005	[39]
Rear Window	Narrative feature	1954	1997	[41]
Rebel Without a Cause	Narrative feature	1955	1990	[30]
Red Book, TheThe Red Book	Animated short subject	1994	2009	[45]
Red Dust	Narrative feature	1932	2006	[37]
Red River	Narrative feature	1948	1990	[30]
Regeneration	Narrative feature	1915	2000	[34]
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania	Documentary	1971–1972	2006	[37]
Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage	Newsreel	1937	1997	[41]
Return of the Secaucus 7	Narrative feature	1980	1997	[41]
Revenge of Pancho Villa, TheThe Revenge of Pancho Villa	Narrative feature	1930–1936	2009	[45]
Ride the High Country	Narrative feature	1962	1992	[25]
The Right Stuff	Narrative feature	1983	2013	[36]
Rio Bravo	Narrative feature	1959	2014	[19]
Rip Van Winkle^[III]	Film serial	1896	1995	[26]
River, TheThe River	Documentary/short subject	1938	1990	[30]
Road to Morocco	Narrative feature	1942	1996	[38]
Rocky	Narrative feature	1976	2006	[37]
Rocky Horror Picture Show, TheThe Rocky Horror Picture Show	Narrative feature	1975	2005	[39]
Roger & Me	Documentary	1989	2013	[36]
Roman Holiday	Narrative feature	1953	1999	[44]
Rose Hobart	Short subject/experimental film	1936	2001	[24]
Rosemary's Baby	Narrative feature	1968	2014	[19]
Ruggles of Red Gap	Narrative feature	1935	2014	[19]
Sabrina	Narrative feature	1954	2002	[29]
Safety Last!	Narrative feature	1923	1994	[27]
Salesman	Documentary	1969	1992	[25]
Salomé	Narrative feature	1923	2000	[34]
Salt of the Earth	Narrative feature	1954	1992	[25]
Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia	Documentary	1990	2012	[21]
San Francisco Earthquake & Fire: April 18, 1906	Documentary	1906	2005	[39]
Saturday Night Fever	Narrative feature	1977	2010	[28]
Saving Private Ryan	Narrative feature	1998	2014	[19]
Scarface	Narrative feature	1932	1994	[27]
Schindler's List	Narrative feature	1993	2004	[42]
Scratch and Crow	Animated short subject	1995	2009	[45]
Searchers, TheThe Searchers	Narrative feature	1956	1989	[43]
Seconds	Narrative feature	1966	2015	[40]
Serene Velocity	Short subject	1970	2001	[24]
Sergeant York	Narrative feature	1941	2008	[23]
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Narrative feature	1954	2004	[42]
Seventh Heaven	Narrative feature	1927	1995	[26]
sex, lies, and videotape	Narrative feature	1989	2006	[37]
Sex Life of the Polyp, TheThe Sex Life of the Polyp	Short subject	1928	2007	[18]
Shadow of a Doubt	Narrative feature	1943	1991	[20]
Shadows	Narrative feature	1959	1993	[32]
Shaft	Narrative feature	1971	2000	[34]
Shane	Narrative feature	1953	1993	[32]
Shawshank Redemption, TheThe Shawshank Redemption	Narrative feature	1994	2015	[40]
She Done Him Wrong	Narrative feature	1933	1996	[38]
Sherlock, Jr.	Narrative feature	1924	1991	[20]
Sherman's March	Documentary	1986	2000	[34]
Shock Corridor	Narrative feature	1963	1996	[38]
Shoes	Narrative feature	1916	2014	[19]
Shop Around the Corner, TheThe Shop Around the Corner	Narrative feature	1940	1999	[44]
Show Boat	Narrative feature	1936	1996	[38]
Show People	Narrative feature	1928	2003	[33]
Siege	Documentary/short subject	1940	2006	[37]
Silence of the Lambs, TheThe Silence of the Lambs	Narrative feature	1991	2011	[31]
Singin' in the Rain	Narrative feature	1952	1989	[43]
Sink or Swim	Experimental film	1990	2015	[40]
Sky High	Narrative feature	1922	1998	[22]
Slacker	Narrative feature	1991	2012	[21]
Snow-White	Animated short subject	1933	1994	[27]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Animated narrative feature	1937	1989	[43]
So's Your Old Man	Narrative feature	1926	2008	[23]
Some Like It Hot	Narrative feature	1959	1989	[43]
The Son of the Sheik	Narrative feature	1926	2003	[33]
Sons of the Desert	Narrative feature	1933	2012	[21]
Sound of Music, TheThe Sound of Music	Narrative feature	1965	2001	[24]
Spook Who Sat by the Door, TheThe Spook Who Sat by the Door	Narrative feature	1973	2012	[21]
Stagecoach	Narrative feature	1939	1995	[26]
Stand and Deliver	Narrative feature	1988	2011	[31]
Star Is Born, AA Star Is Born	Narrative feature	1954	2000	[34]
Star Theatre	Short subject	1901	2002	[29]
Star Wars	Narrative feature	1977	1989	[43]
The Empire Strikes Back	Narrative feature	1980	2010	[28]
Stark Love	Narrative feature	1927	2009	[45]
State Fair	Narrative feature	1933	2014	[19]
Steamboat Willie	Animated short subject	1928	1998	[22]
Sting, TheThe Sting	Narrative feature	1973	2005	[39]
Stormy Weather	Narrative feature	1943	2001	[24]
Story of G.I. Joe, TheThe Story of G.I. Joe	Narrative feature	1945	2009	[45]
Story of Menstruation, TheThe Story of Menstruation	Animated short subject	1946	2015	[40]
Stranger Than Paradise	Narrative feature	1984	2002	[29]
Streetcar Named Desire, AA Streetcar Named Desire	Narrative feature	1951	1999	[44]
Strong Man, TheThe Strong Man	Narrative feature	1926	2007	[18]
Study in Reds, AA Study in Reds	Short subject	1932	2009	[45]
Study of a River	Short subject/experimental film	1997	2010	[28]
St. Louis Blues	Short subject	1929	2006	[37]
Sullivan's Travels	Narrative feature	1941	1990	[30]
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans	Narrative feature	1927	1989	[43]
Sunset Boulevard	Narrative feature	1950	1989	[43]
Sweet Smell of Success	Narrative feature	1957	1993	[32]
Swing Time	Narrative feature	1936	2004	[42]
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm	Documentary	1968	2015	[40]
The T.A.M.I. Show	Documentary	1964	2006	[37]
Tabu	Narrative feature	1931	1994	[27]
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse	Home film	1940	1998	[22]
Tall T, TheThe Tall T	Narrative feature	1957	2000	[34]
Tarantella	Short subject/experimental film	1940	2010	[28]
Tarzan and His Mate	Narrative feature	1934	2003	[33]
Taxi Driver	Narrative feature	1976	1994	[27]
Tell-Tale Heart, TheThe Tell-Tale Heart	Animated short subject	1953	2001	[24]
Ten Commandments, TheThe Ten Commandments	Narrative feature	1956	1999	[44]
Terminator, TheThe Terminator	Narrative feature	1984	2008	[23]
Tess of the Storm Country	Narrative feature	1914	2006	[37]
Tevya	Narrative feature	1939	1991	[20]
Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and His Singing Duck	Short subject	1925	2002	[29]
There It Is	Short subject	1928	2004	[42]
They Call It Pro Football	Documentary	1967	2012	[21]
Thief of Bagdad, TheThe Thief of Bagdad	Narrative feature	1924	1996	[38]
Thin Blue Line, TheThe Thin Blue Line	Documentary	1988	2001	[24]
Thin Man, TheThe Thin Man	Narrative feature	1934	1997	[41]
Thing from Another World, TheThe Thing from Another World	Narrative feature	1951	2001	[24]
Think of Me First as a Person	Documentary/home film	1960–1975	2006	[37]
This Is Cinerama	Documentary	1952	2002	[29]
This is Spinal Tap	Narrative feature	1984	2002	[29]
Three Little Pigs	Animated short subject	1933	2007	[18]
Through Navajo Eyes^[IV]	Film serial	1966	2002	[29]
Time for Burning, AA Time for Burning	Documentary	1966	2005	[39]
Time Out of War, AA Time Out of War	Short subject	1954	2006	[37]
Times of Harvey Milk, TheThe Times of Harvey Milk	Documentary	1984	2012	[21]
Tin Toy	Animated short subject	1988	2003	[33]
To Be or Not to Be	Narrative feature	1942	1996	[38]
To Fly!	Documentary	1976	1995	[26]
To Kill a Mockingbird	Narrative feature	1962	1995	[26]
Tol'able David	Narrative feature	1921	2007	[18]
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son	Experimental film	1969–1971	2007	[18]
Tootsie	Narrative feature	1982	1998	[22]
Top Gun	Narrative feature	1986	2015	[40]
Top Hat	Narrative feature	1935	1990	[30]
Topaz	Documentary	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	[37]
Trance and Dance in Bali	Documentary/short subject	1936–1939^[V]	1999	[44]
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, TheThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre	Narrative feature	1948	1990	[30]
Tree Grows in Brooklyn, AA Tree Grows in Brooklyn	Narrative feature	1945	2010	[28]
Trip Down Market Street, AA Trip Down Market Street	Documentary	1906	2010	[28]
Trouble in Paradise	Narrative feature	1932	1991	[20]
Tulips Shall Grow	Animated short subject	1942	1997	[41]
Twelve O'Clock High	Narrative feature	1949	1998	[22]
Twentieth Century	Narrative feature	1934	2011	[31]
Two-Lane Blacktop	Narrative feature	1971	2012	[21]
Uncle Tom's Cabin	Narrative feature	1914	2012	[21]
Under Western Stars	Narrative feature	1938	2009	[45]
Unforgiven	Narrative feature	1992	2004	[42]
Unmasked	Narrative feature	1917	2014	[19]
V-E +1	Documentary	1945	2014	[19]
Verbena Tragica	Narrative feature	1939	1996	[38]
Vertigo	Narrative feature	1958	1989	[43]
A Virtuous Vamp	Narrative feature	1919	2013	[36]
The Way of Peace	Narrative short	1947	2014	[19]
War of the Worlds, TheThe War of the Worlds	Narrative feature	1953	2011	[31]
Water and Power	Documentary	1989	2008	[23]
Wedding March, TheThe Wedding March	Narrative feature	1928	2003	[33]
West Side Story	Narrative feature	1961	1997	[41]
Westinghouse Works, 1904^[VI]	Film serial	1904	1998	[22]
What's Opera, Doc?	Animated short subject	1957	1992	[25]
Where Are My Children?	Narrative feature	1916	1993	[32]
White Fawn's Devotion	Short subject	1910	2008	[23]
White Heat	Narrative feature	1949	2003	[33]
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Narrative feature	1966	2013	[36]
Why Man Creates	Animated documentary/short subject	1968	2002	[29]
Why We Fight^[IX]	Documentary film serial	1943–1945	2000	[34]
Wild and Woolly	Narrative feature	1917	2002	[29]
Wild Boys of the Road	Narrative feature	1933	2013	[36]
Wild Bunch, TheThe Wild Bunch	Narrative feature	1969	1999	[44]
Wild River	Narrative feature	1960	2002	[29]
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?	Narrative feature	1957	2000	[34]
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory	Narrative feature	1971	2014	[19]
Winchester '73	Narrative feature	1950	2015	[40]
Wind, TheThe Wind	Narrative feature	1928	1993	[32]
Wings	Narrative feature	1927	1997	[41]
Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England, TheThe Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England	Narrative feature	1914	2012	[21]
Within Our Gates	Narrative feature	1920	1992	[25]
Wizard of Oz, TheThe Wizard of Oz	Narrative feature	1939	1989	[43]
Woman of the Year	Narrative feature	1942	1999	[44]
Woman Under the Influence, AA Woman Under the Influence	Narrative feature	1974	1990	[30]
Women, TheThe Women	Narrative feature	1939	2007	[18]
Woodstock	Documentary	1970	1996	[38]
Wuthering Heights	Narrative feature	1939	2007	[18]
Yankee Doodle Dandy	Narrative feature	1942	1993	[32]
Young Frankenstein	Narrative feature	1974	2003	[33]
Young Mr. Lincoln	Narrative feature	1939	2003	[33]
Zapruder film	Home film	1963	1994	[27]

^ 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 through the 2015 induction list (675 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
1894	1
1895	1
1896	2
1897	1
1901	2
1903	1
1904	1
1906	3
1909	3
1910	2
1911	1
1912	4
1913	5
1914	9
1915	6
1916	5
1917	5
1918	1
1919	3
1920	8
1921	4
1922	6
1923	2
1924	6
1925	10
1926	7
1927	9
1928	15
1929	7
1930	7
1931	9
1932	9
1933	15
1934	9
1935	5
1936	12
1937	9
1938	9
1939	18
1940	18
1941	8
1942	12
1943	6
1944	12
1945	10
1946	11
1947	4
1948	9
1949	7
1950	7
1951	9
1952	6
1953	15
1954	10
1955	6
1956	10
1957	15
1958	5
1959	12
1960	6
1961	8
1962	8
1963	7
1964	11
1965	2
1966	7
1967	10
1968	13
1969	12
1970	10
1971	11
1972	8
1973	9
1974	8
1975	10
1976	10
1977	7
1978	5
1979	9
1980	8
1981	1
1982	6
1983	5
1984	6
1985	1
1986	7
1988	4
1989	5
1990	4
1991	5
1992	4
1993	2
1994	5
1995	3
1996	1
1997	2
1998	2
1999	1
2000	1
2002	1
2004	1
Unknown	3

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
• Classic Movie Hub: National Film Registry List
• These Amazing Shadows site for Independent Lens on PBS