National Film Registry

Logo for the National Film Registry.
Company type	Film preservation
Industry	Archiving
Founded	1988; 36 years ago (1988) United States
Founder	United States Congress
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) collection of films selected for preservation, each selected for its historical, cultural, and aesthetic contributions since the NFPB's inception in 1988.^[1][2]

History

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

Selection criteria

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.^[10] A film becomes eligible for inclusion ten years after its original release.^[11] For the first selection in 1989, the public nominated almost 1,000 films for consideration. Members of the NFPB then developed individual ballots of possible films for inclusion. The ballots were tabulated into a list of 25 films that was then modified by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington and his staff at the Library for the final selection.^[10] Since 1997, members of the public have been able to nominate up to 50 films a year for the NFPB and Librarian to consider.^[12]

The NFR includes films ranging from Hollywood classics to orphan films.^[13] A film is not required to be feature-length, nor is it required to have been theatrically released in the traditional sense. The Registry contains newsreels, silent films, student films, experimental films, short films, music videos, films out of copyright protection or in the public domain, film serials, home movies, documentaries, animation, and independent films. As of the 2023 listing, there are 875 films in the Registry.

Films

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Film title	Film type	Year of release	Year of induction	Reference
2001: A Space Odyssey	Narrative feature	1968	1991	[14]
3:10 to Yuma	Narrative feature	1957	2012	[15]
4 Little Girls	Documentary	1997	2017	[16]
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad	Narrative feature	1958	2008	[17]
12 Angry Men	Narrative feature	1957	2007	[18]
12 Years a Slave	Narrative feature	2013	2023	[19]
13 Lakes	Documentary/experimental film	2004	2014	[20]
20 Feet from Stardom	Documentary	2013	2023	[19]
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	Narrative feature	1916	2016	[21]
42nd Street	Narrative feature	1933	1998	[22]
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein	Narrative feature	1948	2001	[23]
Ace in the Hole	Narrative feature	1951	2017	[16]
Adam's Rib	Narrative feature	1949	1992	[24]
The Adventures of Robin Hood±	Narrative feature	1938	1995	[25]
The African Queen	Narrative feature	1951	1994	[26]
Airplane!	Narrative feature	1980	2010	[27]
Alambrista!	Narrative feature	1977	2023	[19]
Alien	Narrative feature	1979	2002	[28]
All About Eve	Narrative feature	1950	1990	[29]
All My Babies	Documentary	1953	2002	[28]
All Quiet on the Western Front	Narrative feature	1930	1990	[29]
All That Heaven Allows	Narrative feature	1955	1995	[25]
All That Jazz	Narrative feature	1979	2001	[23]
All the King's Men	Narrative feature	1949	2001	[23]
All the President's Men	Narrative feature	1976	2010	[27]
Allures	Short subject/experimental film	1961	2011	[30]
Amadeus	Narrative feature	1984	2019	[31]
America America	Narrative feature	1963	2001	[23]
American Graffiti	Narrative feature	1973	1995	[25]
An American in Paris	Narrative feature	1951	1993	[32]
Anatomy of a Murder	Narrative feature	1959	2012	[15]
Annie Hall	Narrative feature	1977	1992	[24]
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman	Documentary	1974	2003	[33]
The Apartment	Narrative feature	1960	1994	[26]
Apocalypse Now	Narrative feature	1979	2000	[34]
Apollo 13	Narrative feature	1995	2023	[19]
Applause	Narrative feature	1929	2006	[35]
The Asphalt Jungle	Narrative feature	1950	2008	[17]
Atlantic City	Narrative feature	1980	2003	[33]
The Atomic Cafe	Documentary	1982	2016	[21]
Attica	Documentary	1974	2022	[36]
The Augustas	Home film	1930s–1950s	2012	[15]
The Awful Truth	Narrative feature	1937	1996	[37]
Baby Face	Narrative feature	1933	2005	[38]
Back to the Future	Narrative feature	1985	2007	[18]
The Bad and the Beautiful	Narrative feature	1952	2002	[28]
Bad Day at Black Rock	Narrative feature	1955	2018	[39]
Badlands	Narrative feature	1973	1993	[32]
Ball of Fire	Narrative feature	1941	2016	[21]
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Narrative feature	1982	2022	[36]
Bambi	Animated narrative feature	1942	2011	[30]
Bamboozled	Narrative feature	2000	2023	[19]
The Band Wagon	Narrative feature	1953	1995	[25]
The Bank Dick	Narrative feature	1940	1992	[24]
The Bargain	Narrative feature	1914	2010	[27]
The Battle of San Pietro	Documentary	1945	1991	[14]
The Battle of the Century	Short subject	1927	2020	[40]
The Beau Brummels	Short subject	1928	2016	[21]
Beauty and the Beast	Animated narrative feature	1991	2002	[28]
Becky Sharp	Narrative feature	1935	2019	[31]
Before Stonewall	Documentary	1984	2019	[31]
Behind Every Good Man	Documentary/short subject	1967	2022	[36]
Being There	Narrative feature	1979	2015	[41]
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ	Narrative feature	1925	1997	[42]
Ben-Hur	Narrative feature	1959	2004	[43]
Bert Williams: Lime Kiln Club Field Day	Narrative feature	1913