List of films preserved in the United States National Film Registry

The United States' National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. The National Film Registry is meant to preserve up to 25 films deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" each year. To be eligible, films must be at least 10 years old. The films do not have to be feature-length or to have had a theatrical release. The Foundation's primary mission is to save so-called "orphan films," films without owners to pay for their preservation. The films most at risk are newsreels, silent films, experimental works, films out of copyright protection, significant amateur footage, documentary films, and features made outside the commercial mainstream. Hundreds of American museums, archives, libraries, universities, and historical societies care for "orphaned" original film materials of cultural value. As of 2003, there were 375 films preserved in the National Film Registry.

1. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) (inducted 2001)
   
2. Adam's Rib (1949) (inducted 1992)
   
3. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) (inducted 1995)
   
4. The African Queen (1951) (inducted 1994)
   
5. Alien (1979) (inducted 2002)
   
6. All About Eve (1950) (inducted 1990)
   
7. All My Babies (1953) (inducted 2002)
   
8. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) (inducted 1990)
   
9. All That Heaven Allows (1955) (inducted 1995)
   
10. All That Jazz (1979) (inducted 2001)
    
11. All the King's Men (1949) (inducted 2001)
    
12. America, America (1963) (inducted 2001)
    
13. American Graffiti (1973) (inducted 1995)
    
14. An American in Paris (1951) (inducted 1993)
    
15. Annie Hall (1977) (inducted 1992)
    
16. Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman (1974) (inducted 2003)
    
17. The Apartment (1960) (inducted 1994)
    
18. Apocalypse Now (1979) (inducted 2000)
    
19. Atlantic City (1980) (inducted 2003)
    
20. The Awful Truth (1937) (inducted 1996)
    
21. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) (inducted 2002)
    
22. Badlands (1973) (inducted 1993)
    
23. The Band Wagon (1953) (inducted 1995)
    
24. The Bank Dick (1940) (inducted 1992)
    
25. The Battle of San Pietro (1945) (inducted 1991)
    
26. Beauty and the Beast (1991) (inducted 2002)
    
27. Ben-Hur (1926) (inducted 1997)
    
28. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) (inducted 1989)
    
29. Big Business (1929) (inducted 1992)
    
30. The Big Parade (1925) (inducted 1992)
    
31. The Big Sleep (1946) (inducted 1997)
    
32. The Birth of a Nation (1915) (inducted 1992)
    
33. The Black Pirate (1926) (inducted 1993)
    
34. The Black Stallion (1979) (inducted 2002)
    
35. Blacksmith Scene (1893) (inducted 1995)
    
36. Blade Runner (1982) (inducted 1993)
    
37. The Blood of Jesus (1941) (inducted 1991)
    
38. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (inducted 1992)
    
39. Boyz N the Hood (1991) (inducted 2002)
    
40. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) (inducted 1998)
    
41. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) (inducted 1997)
    
42. Bringing Up Baby (1938) (inducted 1990)
    
43. Broken Blossoms (1919) (inducted 1996)
    
44. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) (inducted 2003)
    
45. Cabaret (1972) (inducted 1995)
    
46. Carmen Jones (1954) (inducted 1992)
    
47. Casablanca (1942) (inducted 1989)
    
48. Castro Street (1966) (inducted 1992)
    
49. Cat People (1942) (inducted 1993)
    
50. Chan Is Missing (1982) (inducted 1995)
    
51. The Cheat (1915) (inducted 1993)
    
52. The Chechahcos (1924) (inducted 2003)
    
53. Chinatown (1974) (inducted 1991)
    
54. Chulas Fronteras (1976) (inducted 1993)
    
55. Citizen Kane (1941) (inducted 1989)
    
56. The City (1939) (inducted 1998)
    
57. City Lights (1931) (inducted 1991)
    
58. Civilization (1916) (inducted 1999)
    
59. Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther (1939) (inducted 2001)
    
60. The Conversation (1974) (inducted 1995)
    
61. The Cool World (1963) (inducted 1994)
    
62. Cops (1922) (inducted 1997)
    
63. A Corner in Wheat (1909) (inducted 1994)
    
64. The Crowd (1928) (inducted 1989)
    
65. Czechoslovakia 1968 (1969) (inducted 1997)
    
66. David Holzman's Diary (1968) (inducted 1991)
    
67. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) (inducted 1995)
    
68. Dead Birds (1964) (inducted 1998)
    
69. The Deer Hunter (1978) (inducted 1996)
    
70. Destry Rides Again (1939) (inducted 1996)
    
71. Detour (1945) (inducted 1992)
    
72. Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894-5) (inducted 2003)
    
73. Do the Right Thing (1989) (inducted 1999)
    
74. The Docks of New York (1928) (inducted 1999)
    
75. Dodsworth (1936) (inducted 1990)
    
76. Dog Star Man (1964) (inducted 1992)
    
77. Don't Look Back (1967) (inducted 1998)
    
78. Double Indemnity (1944) (inducted 1992)
    
79. Dr. Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) (inducted 1989)
    
80. Dracula (1931) (inducted 2000)
    
81. Duck Amuck (1953) (inducted 1999)
    
82. Duck Soup (1933) (inducted 1990)
    
83. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) (inducted 1994)
    
84. Easy Rider (1969) (inducted 1998)
    
85. Eaux d'artifice (1953) (inducted 1993)
    
86. El Norte (1983) (inducted 1995)
    
87. The Emperor Jones (1933) (inducted 1999)
    
88. The Endless Summer (1966) (inducted 2002)
    
89. Evidence of the Film (1913) (inducted 2001)
    
90. The Exploits of Elaine (1914) (inducted 1994)
    
91. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) (inducted 2000)
    
92. Fantasia (1940) (inducted 1990)
    
93. Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915) (inducted 1995)
    
94. Film Portrait (1970) (inducted 2003)
    
95. Five Easy Pieces (1970) (inducted 2000)
    
96. Flash Gordon Serial (1936) (inducted 1996)
    
97. Footlight Parade (1933) (inducted 1992)
    
98. Force of Evil (1948) (inducted 1994)
    
99. The Forgotten Frontier (1931) (inducted 1996)
    
100. 42nd Street (1933) (inducted 1998)
     
101. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) (inducted 1995)
     
102. Fox Movietone News: Jenkins Orphanage Band (1928) (inducted 2003)
     
103. Frank Film (1973) (inducted 1996)
     
104. Frankenstein (1931) (inducted 1991)
     
105. Freaks (1932) (inducted 1994)
     
106. The Freshman (1925) (inducted 1990)
     
107. From Here to Eternity (1953) (inducted 2002)
     
108. From the Manger To the Cross (1912) (inducted 1998)
     
109. From Stump to Ship (1930) (inducted 2002)
     
110. Fuji (1974) (inducted 2002)
     
111. Fury (1936) (inducted 1995)
     
112. The General (1927) (inducted 1989)
     
113. Gerald McBoing-Boing (1951) (inducted 1995)
     
114. Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) (inducted 1991)
     
115. Gigi (1958) (inducted 1991)
     
116. The Godfather (1972) (inducted 1993)
     
117. The Godfather, Part II (1974) (inducted 1990)
     
118. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) (inducted 2003)
     
119. The Gold Rush (1925) (inducted 1992)
     
120. Gone With the Wind (1939) (inducted 1989)
     
121. Goodfellas (1990) (inducted 2000)
     
122. The Graduate (1967) (inducted 1996)
     
123. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) (inducted 1989)
     
124. Grass (1925) (inducted 1997)
     
125. The Great Dictator (1940) (inducted 1997)
     
126. The Great Train Robbery (1903) (inducted 1990)
     
127. Greed (1925) (inducted 1991)
     
128. Gun Crazy (1949) (inducted 1998)
     
129. Gunga Din (1939) (inducted 1999)
     
130. Harlan County, U.S.A (1976) (inducted 1990)
     
131. Harold and Maude (1972) (inducted 1997)
     
132. The Heiress (1949) (inducted 1996)
     
133. Hell's Hinges (1916) (inducted 1994)
     
134. Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage (1937) (inducted 1997)
     
135. High School (1969) (inducted 1991)
     
136. High Noon (1952) (inducted 1989)
     
137. His Girl Friday (1940) (inducted 1993)
     
138. The Hitch-Hiker (1953) (inducted 1998)
     
139. Hoosiers (1986) (inducted 2001)
     
140. Hospital (1970) (inducted 1994)
     
141. The Hospital (1971) (inducted 1995)
     
142. The House in the Middle (1954) (inducted 2001)
     
143. How Green Was My Valley (1941) (inducted 1990)
     
144. How the West Was Won (1962) (inducted 1997)
     
145. The Hunters (1957) (Kalahari Desert tribe anthropological film) (inducted 2003)
     
146. The Hustler (1961) (inducted 1997)
     
147. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) (inducted 1991)
     
148. The Immigrant (1917) (inducted 1998)
     
149. In the Heat of the Night (1967) (inducted 2002)
     
150. In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914) a.k.a., In the Land of the War Canoes (inducted 1999)
     
151. Intolerance (1916) (inducted 1989)
     
152. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) (inducted 1994)
     
153. It (1927) (inducted 2001)
     
154. It Happened One Night (1934) (inducted 1993)
     
155. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) (inducted 1990)
     
156. The Italian (1915) (inducted 1991)
     
157. Jam Session (1942) (inducted 2001)
     
158. Jammin' the Blues (1944) (inducted 1995)
     
159. Jaws (1975) (inducted 2001)
     
160. Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959) (inducted 1999)
     
161. The Jazz Singer (1927) (inducted 1996)
     
162. Killer of Sheep (1977) (inducted 1990)
     
163. King: a Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis (1970) (inducted 1999)
     
164. King Kong (1933) (inducted 1991)
     
165. The Kiss (1896) (inducted 1999)
     
166. Kiss Me Deadly (1955) (inducted 1999)
     
167. Knute Rockne, All American (1940) (inducted 1997)
     
168. Koyaanisqatsi (1983) (inducted 2000)
     
169. The Lady Eve (1941) (inducted 1994)
     
170. Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) (inducted 2002)
     
171. Lambchops (1929) (inducted 1999)
     
172. Land Beyond the Sunset (1912) (inducted 2000)
     
173. Lassie Come Home (1943) (inducted 1993)
     
174. The Last of the Mohicans (1920) (inducted 1995)
     
175. The Last Picture Show (1972) (inducted 1998)
     
176. Laura (1944) (inducted 1999)
     
177. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (inducted 1991)
     
178. The Learning Tree (1969) (inducted 1989)
     
179. Let's All Go To the Lobby (1957) (inducted 2000)
     
180. Letter From An Unknown Woman (1948) (inducted 1992)
     
181. The Life and Death of 9413--a Hollywood Extra (1927) (inducted 1997)
     
182. The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980) (inducted 1996)
     
183. The Life of Emile Zola (1937) (inducted 2000)
     
184. Little Caesar (1930) (inducted 2000)
     
185. Little Fugitive (1953) (inducted 1997)
     
186. Little Miss Marker (1934) (inducted 1998)
     
187. The Living Desert (1953) (inducted 2000)
     
188. The Lost World (1925) (inducted 1998)
     
189. Louisiana Story (1948) (inducted 1994)
     
190. Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) (inducted 2000)
     
191. Love Me Tonight (1932) (inducted 1990)
     
192. M.A.S.H (1970) (inducted 1996)
     
193. Magical Maestro (1952) (inducted 1993)
     
194. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) (inducted 1991)
     
195. The Maltese Falcon (1941) (inducted 1989)
     
196. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (inducted 1994)
     
197. Manhatta (1921) (inducted 1995)
     
198. Manhattan (1979) (inducted 2001)
     
199. March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany--1938 (1938) (inducted 1993)
     
200. Marian Anderson: the Lincoln Memorial Concert (1939)(inducted 2001)
     
201. Marty (1955) (inducted 1994)
     
202. Master Hands (1936) (inducted 1999)
     
203. Matrimony's Speed Limit (1913) (inducted 2003)
     
204. Mean Streets (1973) (inducted 1997)
     
205. Medium Cool (1969) (inducted 2003)
     
206. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) (inducted 1994)
     
207. Melody Ranch (1940) (inducted 2002)
     
208. Memphis Belle (1944) (inducted 2001)
     
209. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) (inducted 1990)
     
210. Midnight Cowboy (1969) (inducted 1994)
     
211. Mildred Pierce (1945) (inducted 1996)
     
212. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) (inducted 2001)
     
213. Miss Lulu Bett (1922) (inducted 2001)
     
214. Modern Times (1936) (inducted 1989)
     
215. Modesta (1956) (inducted 1998)
     
216. Morocco (1930) (inducted 1992)
     
217. Motion Painting No. 1 (1947) (inducted 1997)
     
218. A Movie (1958) (inducted 1994)
     
219. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) (inducted 1989)
     
220. Multiple Sidosis (1970) (inducted 2000)
     
221. The Music Box (1932) (inducted 1997)
     
222. My Darling Clementine (1946) (inducted 1991)
     
223. My Man Godfrey (1936) (inducted 1999)
     
224. The Naked Spur (1953) (inducted 1997)
     
225. Nanook of the North (1922) (inducted 1989)
     
226. Nashville (1975) (inducted 1992)
     
227. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) (inducted 2001)
     
228. National Velvet (1944) (inducted 2003)
     
229. Naughty Marietta (1935) (inducted 2003)
     
230. Network (1976) (inducted 2000)
     
231. A Night At the Opera (1935) (inducted 1993)
     
232. The Night of the Hunter (1955) (inducted 1992)
     
233. Night of the Living Dead (1968) (inducted 1999)
     
234. Ninotchka (1939) (inducted 1990)
     
235. North By Northwest (1959) (inducted 1995)
     
236. Nostalgia (1971) (inducted 2003)
     
237. Nothing But a Man (1964) (inducted 1993)
     
238. On the Waterfront (1954) (inducted 1989)
     
239. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) (inducted 1993)
     
240. One Froggy Evening (1956) (inducted 2003)
     
241. Out of the Past (1947) (inducted 1991)
     
242. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) (inducted 1998)
     
243. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) (inducted 1996)
     
244. Pass the Gravy (1928) (inducted 1998)
     
245. Paths of Glory (1957) (inducted 1992)
     
246. Patton (1970) (inducted 2003)
     
247. The Pearl (1948) (inducted 2002)
     
248. Peter Pan (1924) (inducted 2000)
     
249. Phantom of the Opera (1925) (inducted 1998)
     
250. The Philadelphia Story (1940) (inducted 1995)
     
251. Pinocchio (1940) (inducted 1994)
     
252. A Place in the Sun (1951) (inducted 1991)
     
253. Planet of the Apes (1968) (inducted 2001)
     
254. The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936) (inducted 1999)
     
255. Point of Order (1964) (inducted 1993)
     
256. The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) (inducted 1991)
     
257. Porky in Wackyland (1938) (inducted 2000)
     
258. Powers of Ten (1978) (inducted 1998)
     
259. President McKinley Inauguration Footage (1901) (inducted 2000)
     
260. Primary (1960) (inducted 1990)
     
261. Princess Nicotine; or The Smoke Fairy (1909) (inducted 2003)
     
262. The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) (inducted 1991)
     
263. The Producers (1968) (inducted 1996)
     
264. Psycho (1960) (inducted 1992)
     
265. The Public Enemy (1931) (inducted 1998)
     
266. Pull My Daisy (1959) (inducted 1996)
     
267. Punch Drunks (1934) (inducted 2002)
     
268. Raging Bull (1980) (inducted 1990)
     
269. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (inducted 1999)
     
270. Rear Window (1954) (inducted 1997)
     
271. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) (inducted 1990)
     
272. Red River (1948) (inducted 1990)
     
273. Regeneration (1915) (inducted 2000)
     
274. Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage (1937) (inducted 1997)
     
275. Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980) (inducted 1997)
     
276. Ride the High Country (1962) (inducted 1992)
     
277. Rip Van Winkle (1896) (inducted 1995)
     
278. The River (1937) (inducted 1990)
     
279. Road To Morocco (1942) (inducted 1996)
     
280. Roman Holiday (1953) (inducted 1999)
     
281. Rose Hobart (1936) (inducted 2001)
     
282. Sabrina (1954) (inducted 2002)
     
283. Safety Last (1923) (inducted 1994)
     
284. Salesman (1969) (inducted 1992)
     
285. Salome (1923) (inducted 2000)
     
286. Salt of the Earth (1954) (inducted 1992)
     
287. Scarface (1932) (inducted 1994)
     
288. The Searchers (1956) (inducted 1989)
     
289. Serene Velocity (1970) (inducted 2001)
     
290. Seventh Heaven (1927) (inducted 1995)
     
291. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) (inducted 1991)
     
292. Shadows (1959) (inducted 1993)
     
293. Shaft (1971) (inducted 2000)
     
294. Shane (1953) (inducted 1993)
     
295. She Done Him Wrong (1933) (inducted 1996)
     
296. Sherlock, Jr (1924) (inducted 1991)
     
297. Sherman's March (1986) (inducted 2000)
     
298. Shock Corridor (1963) (inducted 1996)
     
299. The Shop Around the Corner (1940) (inducted 1999)
     
300. Show Boat (1936) ''(inducted 1996)'
     
301. Show People (1928) (inducted 2003)
     
302. Singin' in the Rain (1952) (inducted 1989)
     
303. Sky High (1922) (inducted 1998)
     
304. Snow White (1933) (inducted 1994)
     
305. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) (inducted 1989)
     
306. Some Like It Hot (1959) (inducted 1989)
     
307. The Son of the Sheik (1926) (inducted 2003)
     
308. The Sound of Music (1965) (inducted 2001)
     
309. Stagecoach (1939) (inducted 1995)
     
310. A Star Is Born (1954) (inducted 2000)
     
311. Star Theatre (1901) (inducted 2002)
     
312. Star Wars (1977) (inducted 1989)
     
313. Steamboat Willie (1928) (inducted 1998)
     
314. Stormy Weather (1943) (inducted 2001)
     
315. Stranger Than Paradise (1984) (inducted 2002)
     
316. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) (inducted 1999)
     
317. Sullivan's Travels (1941) (inducted 1990)
     
318. Sunrise (1927) (inducted 1989)
     
319. Sunset Boulevard (1950) (inducted 1989)
     
320. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) (inducted 1993)
     
321. Tabu (1931) (inducted 1994)
     
322. Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse (1940) (inducted 1998)
     
323. The Tall T (1957) (inducted 2000)
     
324. Tarzan and His Mate (1934) (inducted 2003)
     
325. Taxi Driver (1976) (inducted 1994)
     
326. The Tell-Tale Heart (1953) (inducted 2001)
     
327. The Ten Commandments (1956) (inducted 1999)
     
328. Tevye (1939) (inducted 1991)
     
329. Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and his Singing Duck (1925) (inducted 2002)
     
330. The Thief of Bagdad (1924) (inducted 1996
     
331. The Thin Blue Line (1988) (inducted 2001)
     
332. The Thin Man (1934) (inducted 1997)
     
333. The Thing From Another World (1951) (inducted 2001)
     
334. This is Cinerama (1952) (inducted 2002)
     
335. This is Spinal Tap (1984) (inducted 2002)
     
336. Through Navajo Eyes (series) (1966) (inducted 2002)
     
337. Tin Toy (1988) (inducted 2003)
     
338. To Be Or Not To Be (1942) (inducted 1996
     
339. To Fly (1976) (inducted 1995)
     
340. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) (inducted 1995)
     
341. Tootsie (1982) (inducted 1998)
     
342. Top Hat (1935) (inducted 1990)
     
343. Topaz (1943-45) (Home Movie Footage Taken At Japanese American Internment Camp, the Topaz War Relocation Authority Center) (inducted 1996)
     
344. Touch of Evil (1958) (inducted 1993)
     
345. Trance and Dance in Bali (1936-39) (inducted 1999)
     
346. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (inducted 1990)
     
347. Trouble in Paradise (1932) (inducted 1991)
     
348. Tulips Shall Grow (1942) (inducted 1997)
     
349. Twelve O'Clock High (1949) (inducted 1998)
     
350. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (inducted 1991)
     
351. Verbena Tragica (1939) (inducted 1996)
     
352. Vertigo (1958) (inducted 1989)
     
353. The Wedding March (1928) (inducted 2003)
     
354. West Side Story (1961) (inducted 1997)
     
355. Westinghouse Works, 1904 (1904) (inducted 1998)
     
356. What's Opera, Doc (1957) (inducted 1992)
     
357. Where Are My Children (1916) (inducted 1993)
     
358. White Heat (1949) (inducted 2003)
     
359. Why Man Creates (1968) (inducted 2002)
     
360. Why We Fight (Series) (1943-45) (inducted 2000)
     
361. Wild and Wooly (1917) (inducted 2002)
     
362. The Wild Bunch (1969) (inducted 1999)
     
363. Wild River (1960) (inducted 2002)
     
364. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter (1957) (inducted 2000)
     
365. The Wind (1928) (inducted 1993)
     
366. Wings (1927) (inducted 1997)
     
367. Within Our Gates (1920) (inducted 1992)
     
368. The Wizard of Oz (1939) (inducted 1989)
     
369. Woman of the Year (1942) (inducted 1999)
     
370. A Woman Under the Influence (1974) (inducted 1990)
     
371. Woodstock (1970) (inducted 1996)
     
372. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) (inducted 1993)
     
373. Young Frankenstein (1974) (inducted 2003)
     
374. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) (inducted 2003)
     
375. Zapruder Film (1963) (Home movie of the John F. Kennedy assassination) (inducted 1994)
     

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