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National Film Registry
Logo for the National Film Registry.
Founded	1988; 36 years ago (1988) United States
Type	Film preservation
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.

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. The Act was passed and the NFR's mission was subsequently reauthorized by further acts of Congress in 1992, 1996, 2005, 2008, and 2016. 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. The 1996 law also created the non-profit National Film Preservation Foundation which, although affiliated with the NFPB, raises money from the private sector.

Selection criteria

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.

—Doctor James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress.

The NFPB adds to the NFR up to 25 "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant films" each year in December, showcasing the range and diversity of American film heritage to increase awareness for its preservation. A film becomes eligible for inclusion ten years after its original release. 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. Since 1997, members of the public have been able to nominate up to 50 films a year for the NFPB and Librarian to consider, with an August submission deadline.

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 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 2024 listing, there are 900 films in the Registry.

Films

Film title	Film type	Year of release	Year of induction
2001: A Space Odyssey	Narrative feature	1968	1991
3:10 to Yuma	Narrative feature	1957	2012
4 Little Girls	Documentary	1997	2017
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad	Narrative feature	1958	2008
12 Angry Men	Narrative feature	1957	2007
12 Years a Slave	Narrative feature	2013	2023
13 Lakes	Documentary/experimental film	2004	2014
20 Feet from Stardom	Documentary	2013	2023
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	Narrative feature	1916	2016
42nd Street	Narrative feature	1933	1998
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein	Narrative feature	1948	2001
Ace in the Hole	Narrative feature	1951	2017
Adam's Rib	Narrative feature	1949	1992
The Adventures of Robin Hood±	Narrative feature	1938	1995
The African Queen	Narrative feature	1951	1994
Airplane!	Narrative feature	1980	2010
Alambrista!	Narrative feature	1977	2023
Alien	Narrative feature	1979	2002
All About Eve	Narrative feature	1950	1990
All My Babies	Documentary	1953	2002
All Quiet on the Western Front	Narrative feature	1930	1990
All That Heaven Allows	Narrative feature	1955	1995
All That Jazz	Narrative feature	1979	2001
All the King's Men	Narrative feature	1949	2001
All the President's Men	Narrative feature	1976	2010
Allures	Short subject/experimental film	1961	2011
Amadeus	Narrative feature	1984	2019
America America	Narrative feature	1963	2001
American Graffiti	Narrative feature	1973	1995
An American in Paris	Narrative feature	1951	1993
American Me	Narrative feature	1992	2024
Anatomy of a Murder	Narrative feature	1959	2012
Angels with Dirty Faces	Narrative feature	1938	2024
Annabelle Serpentine Dance	Short subject	1895	2024
Annie Hall	Narrative feature	1977	1992
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman	Documentary	1974	2003
The Apartment	Narrative feature	1960	1994
Apocalypse Now	Narrative feature	1979	2000
Apollo 13	Narrative feature	1995	2023
Applause	Narrative feature	1929	2006
The Asphalt Jungle	Narrative feature	1950	2008
Atlantic City	Narrative feature	1980	2003
The Atomic Cafe	Documentary	1982	2016
Attica	Documentary	1974	2022
The Augustas	Home film	1930s–1950s	2012
The Awful Truth	Narrative feature	1937	1996
Baby Face	Narrative feature	1933	2005
Back to the Future	Narrative feature	1985	2007
The Bad and the Beautiful	Narrative feature	1952	2002
Bad Day at Black Rock	Narrative feature	1955	2018
Badlands	Narrative feature	1973	1993
Ball of Fire	Narrative feature	1941	2016
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Narrative feature	1982	2022
Bambi	Animated narrative feature	1942	2011
Bamboozled	Narrative feature	2000	2023
The Band Wagon	Narrative feature	1953	1995
The Bank Dick	Narrative feature	1940	1992
The Bargain	Narrative feature	1914	2010
The Battle of San Pietro	Documentary	1945	1991
The Battle of the Century	Short subject	1927	2020
The Beau Brummels	Short subject	1928	2016
Beauty and the Beast	Animated narrative feature	1991	2002
Becky Sharp	Narrative feature	1935	2019
Before Stonewall	Documentary	1984	2019
Behind Every Good Man	Documentary/short subject	1967	2022
Being There	Narrative feature	1979	2015
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ	Narrative feature	1925	1997
Ben-Hur	Narrative feature	1959	2004
Bert Williams: Lime Kiln Club Field Day	Narrative feature	1913	2014
The Best Years of Our Lives	Narrative feature	1946	1989
Betty Tells Her Story	Documentary/short subject	1972	2022
Beverly Hills Cop	Narrative feature	1984	2024
Big Business	Short subject	1929	1992
The Big Heat	Narrative feature	1953	2011
The Big Lebowski	Narrative feature	1998	2014
The Big Parade	Narrative feature	1925	1992
The Big Sleep	Narrative feature	1946	1997
The Big Trail	Narrative feature	1930	2006
The Birds	Narrative feature	1963	2016
The Birth of a Nation	Narrative feature	1915	1992
Black and Tan	Short subject	1929	2015
The Black Pirate	Narrative feature	1926	1993
The Black Stallion	Narrative feature	1979	2002
Blackboard Jungle	Narrative feature	1955	2016
Blacksmith Scene	Short subject	1893	1995
Blade Runner	Narrative feature	1982	1993
Blazing Saddles	Narrative feature	1974	2006
Bless Their Little Hearts	Narrative feature	1984	2013
The Blood of Jesus	Narrative feature	1941	1991
The Blue Bird	Narrative feature	1918	2004
The Blues Brothers	Narrative feature	1980	2020
Body and Soul	Narrative feature	1925	2019
Bohulano Family Film Collection	Home films	1950s–1970s	2023
Bonnie and Clyde	Narrative feature	1967	1992
Born Yesterday	Narrative feature	1950	2012
Boulevard Nights	Narrative feature	1979	2017
Boys Don't Cry	Narrative feature	1999	2019
Boyz n the Hood	Narrative feature	1991	2002
Brandy in the Wilderness	Narrative feature	1969	2013
Bread	Narrative feature	1918	2020
Breakfast at Tiffany's	Narrative feature	1961	2012
The Breakfast Club	Narrative feature	1985	2016
Bride of Frankenstein	Narrative feature	1935	1998
The Bridge on the River Kwai	Narrative feature	1957	1997
Bringing Up Baby	Narrative feature	1938	1990
Broadcast News	Narrative feature	1987	2018
Brokeback Mountain	Narrative feature	2005	2018
Broken Blossoms	Narrative feature	1919	1996
A Bronx Morning	Short subject/experimental film	1931	2004
Buena Vista Social Club	Documentary	1999	2020
The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man	Documentary	1975	2005
Bullitt	Narrative feature	1968	2007
Bush Mama	Narrative feature	1979	2022
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Narrative feature	1969	2003
Cab Calloway's home movies	Home films	1948–1951	2022
Cabaret	Narrative feature	1972	1995
Cabin in the Sky	Narrative feature	1943	2020
The Cameraman	Narrative feature	1928	2005
Carmen Jones	Narrative feature	1954	1992
Carrie	Narrative feature	1976	2022
Casablanca	Narrative feature	1942	1989
Castro Street	Documentary/short subject/experimental film	1966	1992
Cat People	Narrative feature	1942	1993
Chan Is Missing	Narrative feature	1982	1995
Charade	Narrative feature	1963	2022
The Cheat	Narrative feature	1915	1993
The Chechahcos	Narrative feature	1924	2003
Chelsea Girls	Experimental film	1966	2024
Chicana	Documentary	1979	2021
Chinatown	Narrative feature	1974	1991
A Christmas Story	Narrative feature	1983	2012
Chulas Fronteras	Documentary	1976	1993
Cicero March	Documentary/short subject	1966	2013
Cinderella	Animated narrative feature	1950	2018
Citizen Kane	Narrative feature	1941	1989
The City	Documentary/short subject	1939	1998
City Lights	Narrative feature	1931	1991
Civilization	Narrative feature	1916	1999
The Clash of the Wolves	Narrative feature	1925	2004
Clerks	Narrative feature	1994	2019
A Clockwork Orange	Narrative feature	1971	2020
Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Narrative feature	1977	2007
Coal Miner's Daughter	Narrative feature	1980	2019
Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther	Documentary/short subject	1939	2001
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940	Documentary/short subject	1940	2005
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt	Documentary	1989	2024
Compensation	Narrative feature	1999	2024
A Computer Animated Hand	Animated short subject/experimental film	1972	2011
The Conversation	Narrative feature	1974	1995
Cool Hand Luke	Narrative feature	1967	2005
Cooley High	Narrative feature	1975	2021
The Cool World	Narrative feature	1963	1994
Cops	Short subject	1922	1997
The Corbett–Fitzsimmons Fight	Documentary	1897	2012
A Corner in Wheat	Short subject	1909	1994
The Court Jester	Narrative feature	1956	2004
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment	Documentary	1963	2011
The Crowd	Narrative feature	1928	1989
Cruisin' J-Town	Documentary/short subject	1975	2023
The Cry of the Children	Short subject	1912	2011
The Cry of Jazz	Documentary/short subject	1959	2010
A Cure for Pokeritis	Short subject	1912	2011
The Curse of Quon Gwon	Short subject	1916–1917	2006
Cyrano de Bergerac	Narrative feature	1950	2022
Czechoslovakia 1968	Documentary/short subject	1969	1997
D.O.A.	Narrative feature	1950	2004
Dance, Girl, Dance	Narrative feature	1940	2007
Dances With Wolves	Narrative feature	1990	2007
The Dark Knight	Narrative feature	2008	2020
Daughter of Dawn	Narrative feature	1920	2013
Daughter of Shanghai	Narrative feature	1937	2006
Daughters of the Dust	Narrative feature	1991	2004
David Holzman's Diary	Narrative feature	1967	1991
The Day the Earth Stood Still	Narrative feature	1951	1995
Days of Heaven	Narrative feature	1978	2007
Days of Wine and Roses	Narrative feature	1962	2018
Dead Birds	Documentary	1964	1998
Decasia	Experimental film	2002	2013
The Decline of Western Civilization	Documentary	1981	2016
The Deer Hunter	Narrative feature	1978	1996
Deliverance	Narrative feature	1972	2008
Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre	Documentary/short subject	1901	2002
Desperately Seeking Susan	Narrative feature	1985	2023
Destry Rides Again	Narrative feature	1939	1996
Detour	Narrative feature	1945	1992
The Devil Never Sleeps	Documentary	1994	2020
The Dickson Experimental Sound Film	Short subject/experimental film	1894 or 1895	2003
Die Hard	Narrative feature	1988	2017
Dinner at Eight	Narrative feature	1933	2023
Dirty Dancing	Narrative feature	1987	2024
Dirty Harry	Narrative feature	1971	2012
Disneyland Dream	Home film	1956	2008
Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency	Documentary/short subject	1908	2018
Do the Right Thing	Narrative feature	1989	1999
The Docks of New York	Narrative feature	1928	1999
Dodsworth	Narrative feature	1936	1990
Dog Day Afternoon	Narrative feature	1975	2009
Dog Star Man	Short subject/experimental film series	1961–1964	1992
Dont Look Back	Documentary	1967	1998
Double Indemnity	Narrative feature	1944	1992
Down Argentine Way	Narrative feature	1940	2014
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	Narrative feature	1964	1989
Dracula	Narrative feature	1931	2000
Dracula	Narrative feature	1931	2015
The Dragon Painter	Narrative feature	1919	2014
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend	Short subject	1906	2015
Drums of Winter	Documentary	1988	2006
Duck Amuck	Animated short subject	1953	1999
Duck and Cover	Animated short subject	1951	2004
Duck Soup	Narrative feature	1933	1990
Dumbo	Animated narrative feature	1941	2017
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Narrative feature	1982	1994
Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer	Documentary	1975	2015
Early Abstractions	Animated short subject	1939–1956	2006
East of Eden	Narrative feature	1955	2016
Easy Rider	Narrative feature	1969	1998
Eaux d'Artifice	Short subject/experimental film	1953	1993
Edge of the City	Narrative feature	1957	2023
Edison Kinetographic Record of a Sneeze	Documentary/short subject	1894	2015
El Mariachi	Narrative feature	1992	2011
El Norte	Narrative feature	1983	1995
Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB	Short subject	1967	2010
Ella Cinders	Narrative feature	1926	2013
Emigrants Landing at Ellis Island	Documentary/short subject	1903	2019
The Emperor Jones	Narrative feature	1933	1999
Empire	Experimental film	1964	2004
The Empire Strikes Back	Narrative feature	1980	2010
Employees' Entrance	Narrative feature	1933	2019
The Endless Summer	Documentary	1966	2002
Enter the Dragon	Narrative feature	1973	2004
Eraserhead	Narrative feature	1977	2004
Eve's Bayou	Narrative feature	1997	2018
Evergreen	Short subject/experimental film	1965	2021
The Evidence of the Film	Short subject	1913	2001
The Exiles	Narrative feature	1961	2009
The Exorcist	Narrative feature	1973	2010
The Exploits of Elaine	Serial film	1914	1994
A Face in the Crowd	Narrative feature	1957	2008
Faces	Narrative feature	1968	2011
Fake Fruit Factory	Documentary/short subject/experimental film	1986	2011
The Fall of the House of Usher	Short subject	1928	2000
Fame	Narrative feature	1980	2023
Fantasia	Animated narrative feature	1940	1990
Fargo	Narrative feature	1996	2006
Fast Times at Ridgemont High	Narrative feature	1982	2005
Fatty's Tintype Tangle	Short subject	1915	1995
Felicia	Documentary/short subject	1965	2014
Ferris Bueller's Day Off	Narrative feature	1986	2014
Field of Dreams	Narrative feature	1989	2017
Film Portrait	Documentary	1972	2003
Five Easy Pieces	Narrative feature	1970	2000
Flash Gordon	Serial film	1936	1996
Flesh and the Devil	Narrative feature	1927	2006
Flowers and Trees	Animated short subject	1932	2021
Flower Drum Song	Narrative feature	1961	2008
The Flying Ace	Narrative feature	1926	2021
The Fog of War	Documentary	2003	2019
A Fool There Was	Narrative feature	1915	2015
Foolish Wives	Narrative feature	1922	2008
Footlight Parade	Narrative feature	1933	1992
Forbidden Planet	Narrative feature	1956	2013
Force of Evil	Narrative feature	1948	1994
The Forgotten Frontier	Documentary	1931	1996
Forrest Gump	Narrative feature	1994	2011
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	Narrative feature	1921	1995
Fox Movietone News: Jenkins Orphanage Band	Newsreel	1928	2003
Frank Film	Animated short subject	1973	1996
Frankenstein	Narrative feature	1931	1991
Freaks	Narrative feature	1932	1994
Free Radicals	Animated short subject	1979	2008
Freedom Riders	Documentary	2010	2020
The French Connection	Narrative feature	1971	2005
The Freshman	Narrative feature	1925	1990
From Here to Eternity	Narrative feature	1953	2002
From Stump to Ship	Short subject/industrial film	1930	2002
From the Manger to the Cross	Narrative feature	1912	1998
The Front Page	Narrative feature	1931	2010
Fuentes Family Home Movies Collection	Home films	1920s–1930s	2017
Fuji	Animated/live-action hybrid short subject/experimental film	1974	2002
Funny Girl	Narrative feature	1968	2016
Fury	Narrative feature	1936	1995
The Gang's All Here	Narrative feature	1943	2014
Ganja & Hess	Narrative feature	1973	2024
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers	Documentary	1980	2004
Gaslight	Narrative feature	1944	2019
The General	Narrative feature	1926	1989
Gentleman's Agreement	Narrative feature	1947	2017
George Stevens' World War II footage	Documentary	1943–1946	2008
George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute	Documentary/short subject	1937	2019
Gerald McBoing-Boing	Animated short subject	1950	1995
Gertie the Dinosaur	Animated short subject	1914	1991
Ghostbusters	Narrative feature	1984	2015
Giant	Narrative feature	1956	2005
Gigi	Narrative feature	1958	1991
Gilda	Narrative feature	1946	2013
The Girl Without a Soul	Narrative feature	1917	2018
Girlfriends	Narrative feature	1978	2019
Glimpse of the Garden	Short subject/experimental film	1957	2007
The Godfather	Narrative feature	1972	1990
The Godfather Part II	Narrative feature	1974	1993
Going My Way	Narrative feature	1944	2004
Gold Diggers of 1933	Narrative feature	1933	2003
The Gold Rush	Narrative feature	1925	1992
Gone with the Wind	Narrative feature	1939	1989
Goodfellas	Narrative feature	1990	2000
The Goonies	Narrative feature	1985	2017
The Graduate	Narrative feature	1967	1996
Grand Hotel	Narrative feature	1932	2007
The Grapes of Wrath	Narrative feature	1940	1989
Grass	Documentary	1925	1997
Grease	Narrative feature	1978	2020
The Great Dictator	Narrative feature	1940	1997
The Great Train Robbery	Short subject	1903	1990
Greed	Narrative feature	1924	1991
Grey Gardens	Documentary	1975	2010
The Ground	Short subject/experimental film	1993–2001	2020
Groundhog Day	Narrative feature	1993	2006
Growing Up Female	Documentary	1971	2011
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Narrative feature	1967	2017
Gun Crazy	Narrative feature	1950	1998
Gunga Din	Narrative feature	1939	1999
H2O	Short subject/experimental film	1929	2005
Hail the Conquering Hero	Narrative feature	1944	2015
Hairspray	Narrative feature	1988	2022
Hair Piece: A Film for Nappyheaded People	Animated short subject	1984	2018
Hallelujah	Narrative feature	1929	2008
Halloween	Narrative feature	1978	2006
Hands Up!	Narrative feature	1926	2005
Harlan County, USA	Documentary	1976	1990
Harold and Maude	Narrative feature	1971	1997
Hearts and Minds	Documentary	1974	2018
He Who Gets Slapped	Narrative feature	1924	2017
The Heiress	Narrative feature	1949	1996
Helen Keller in Her Story	Documentary	1954	2023
Hell's Hinges	Narrative feature	1916	1994
Hellbound Train	Narrative feature	1930	2021
Heroes All	Documentary	1920	2009
Hester Street	Narrative feature	1975	2011
High Noon	Narrative feature	1952	1989
High School	Documentary	1968	1991
Hindenburg disaster newsreel footage	Newsreel	1937	1997
His Girl Friday	Narrative feature	1940	1993
The Hitch-Hiker	Narrative feature	1953	1998
The Hole	Animated short subject	1962	2013
Home Alone	Narrative feature	1990	2023
Hoop Dreams	Documentary	1994	2005
Hoosiers	Narrative feature	1986	2001
Hospital	Documentary	1970	1994
The Hospital	Narrative feature	1971	1995
Hot Dogs for Gauguin	Short subject	1972	2009
Hours for Jerome: Parts 1 and 2	Experimental film	1980–1982	2012
The House I Live In	Short subject	1945	2007
The House in the Middle	Documentary/short subject	1954	2001
House of Usher	Narrative feature	1960	2005
House of Wax	Narrative feature	1953	2014
House Party	Narrative feature	1990	2022
How Green Was My Valley	Narrative feature	1941	1990
How the West Was Won	Narrative feature	1962	1997
Hud	Narrative feature	1963	2018
Humoresque	Narrative feature	1920	2015
The Hunters	Documentary	1957	2003
The Hurt Locker	Narrative feature	2008	2020
The Hustler	Narrative feature	1961	1997
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang	Narrative feature	1932	1991
I Am Joaquin	Short subject	1969	2010
I Am Somebody	Documentary/short subject	1970	2019
I, An Actress	Short subject	1977	2011
Illusions	Short subject	1982	2020
Imitation of Life	Narrative feature	1934	2005
Imitation of Life	Narrative feature	1959	2015
The Immigrant	Short subject	1917	1998
In a Lonely Place	Narrative feature	1950	2007
In Cold Blood	Narrative feature	1967	2008
In the Heat of the Night	Narrative feature	1967	2002
In the Land of the Head Hunters	Narrative feature	1914	1999
In the Street	Documentary/short subject	1948	2006
The Incredible Shrinking Man	Narrative feature	1957	2009
The Informer	Narrative feature	1935	2018
The Inner World of Aphasia	Educational film	1968	2015
Interior New York Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street	Documentary/short subject	1905	2017
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport	Documentary	2000	2014
Intolerance	Narrative feature	1916	1989
Invaders from Mars	Narrative feature	1953	2024
Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Narrative feature	1956	1994
The Invisible Man	Narrative feature	1933	2008
The Iron Horse	Narrative feature	1924	2011
Iron Man	Narrative feature	2008	2022
It	Narrative feature	1927	2001
It Happened One Night	Narrative feature	1934	1993
It's a Gift	Narrative feature	1934	2010
It's a Wonderful Life	Narrative feature	1946	1990
The Italian	Narrative feature	1915	1991
Itam Hakim, Hopiit	Documentary/experimental film	1984	2022
Jailhouse Rock	Narrative feature	1957	2004
Jam Session	Short subject	1942	2001
Jammin' the Blues	Short subject	1944	1995
Jaws	Narrative feature	1975	2001
Jazz on a Summer's Day	Documentary	1959	1999
The Jazz Singer	Narrative feature	1927	1996
Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest	Documentary	1910	2005
Jezebel	Narrative feature	1938	2009
John Henry and the Inky-Poo	Animated short subject	1946	2015
Johnny Guitar	Narrative feature	1954	2008
The Joy Luck Club	Narrative feature	1993	2020
Jubilo	Narrative feature	1919	2021
Judgment at Nuremberg	Narrative feature	1961	2013
The Jungle	Short subject	1967	2009
Jurassic Park	Narrative feature	1993	2018
Kannapolis, N.C.	Documentary	1941	2004
The Kid	Narrative feature	1921	2011
Kid Auto Races at Venice	Short subject	1914	2020
The Kidnappers Foil	Short subject	1930s–1950s	2012
Killer of Sheep	Narrative feature	1978	1990
The Killers	Narrative feature	1946	2008
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis	Documentary	1970	1999
King Kong	Narrative feature	1933	1991
King of Jazz	Narrative feature	1930	2013
The Kiss	Short subject	1896	1999
Kiss Me Deadly	Narrative feature	1955	1999
Knute Rockne, All American	Narrative feature	1940	1997
Koko's Earth Control	Animated short subject	1928	2024
Koyaanisqatsi	Documentary	1982	2000
L.A. Confidential	Narrative feature	1997	2015
La Bamba	Narrative feature	1987	2017
Lady and the Tramp	Animated narrative feature	1955	2023
The Lady Eve	Narrative feature	1941	1994
The Lady from Shanghai	Narrative feature	1947	2018
Lady Helen's Escapade	Short subject	1909	2004
Lady Windermere's Fan	Narrative feature	1925	2002
Lambchops	Short subject	1929	1999
The Land Beyond the Sunset	Short subject	1912	2000
Lassie Come Home	Narrative feature	1943	1993
The Last Command	Narrative feature	1928	2006
The Last of the Mohicans	Narrative feature	1920	1995
The Last Picture Show	Narrative feature	1971	1998
The Last Waltz	Documentary	1978	2019
Laura	Narrative feature	1944	1999
Lawrence of Arabia	Narrative feature	1962	1991
The Lead Shoes	Short subject/experimental film	1949	2009
A League of Their Own	Narrative feature	1992	2012
The Learning Tree	Narrative feature	1969	1989
Leave Her to Heaven	Narrative feature	1945	2018
Let There Be Light	Documentary	1946	2010
Let's All Go to the Lobby	Animated short subject	1957	2000
Letter from an Unknown Woman	Narrative feature	1948	1992
The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra	Short subject/experimental film	1928	1997
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter	Documentary	1980	1996
Life of an American Fireman	Short subject	1903	2016
The Life of Emile Zola	Narrative feature	1937	2000
The Lighted Field	Experimental film	1987	2023
Lilies of the Field	Narrative feature	1963	2020
The Lion King	Animated narrative feature	1994	2016
Little Big Man	Narrative feature	1970	2014
Little Caesar	Narrative feature	1931	2000
Little Fugitive	Narrative feature	1953	1997
The Little Mermaid	Animated narrative feature	1989	2022
Little Miss Marker	Narrative feature	1934	1998
Little Nemo	Animated short subject	1911	2009
Lives of Performers	Experimental film	1972	2017
The Living Desert	Documentary	1953	2000
Lonesome	Narrative feature	1928	2010
The Long Goodbye	Narrative feature	1973	2021
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Narrative feature	2001	2021
Losing Ground	Narrative feature	1982	2020
Lost Horizon	Narrative feature	1937	2016
The Lost Weekend	Narrative feature	1945	2011
The Lost World	Narrative feature	1925	1998
Louisiana Story	Narrative feature	1948	1994
Love & Basketball	Narrative feature	2000	2023
Love Finds Andy Hardy	Narrative feature	1938	2000
Love Me Tonight	Narrative feature	1932	1990
The Lunch Date	Short subject	1990	2013
Luxo Jr.	Animated short subject	1986	2014
MASH*	Narrative feature	1970	1996
Mabel's Blunder	Short subject	1914	2009
Magical Maestro	Animated short subject	1952	1993
The Magnificent Ambersons	Narrative feature	1942	1991
The Magnificent Seven	Narrative feature	1960	2013
Make Way for Tomorrow	Narrative feature	1937	2010
The Making of an American	Short subject	1920	2005
Malcolm X	Narrative feature	1992	2010
The Maltese Falcon	Narrative feature	1941	1989
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	Narrative feature	1962	2007
The Man with the Golden Arm	Narrative feature	1955	2020
The Manchurian Candidate	Narrative feature	1962	1994
Manhatta	Documentary/short subject	1921	1995
Manhattan	Narrative feature	1979	2001
Manzanar	Documentary/short subject	1971	2022
Mardi Gras Carnival	Documentary/short subject	1898	2022
Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege	Documentary	2006	2020
The March	Documentary/short subject	1964	2008
The March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany	Newsreel	1938	1993
Marian Anderson: The Lincoln Memorial Concert	Newsreel	1939	2001
The Mark of Zorro	Narrative feature	1920	2015
The Mark of Zorro	Narrative feature	1940	2009
Martha Graham dance films	Short subject	1931–1944	2013
Marty	Narrative feature	1955	1994
Mary Poppins	Narrative feature	1964	2013
Master Hands	Documentary/short subject	1936	1999
Matewan	Narrative feature	1987	2023
Matrimony's Speed Limit	Short subject	1913	2003
The Matrix	Narrative feature	1999	2012
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision	Documentary	1994	2023
McCabe & Mrs. Miller	Narrative feature	1971	2010
Mean Streets	Narrative feature	1973	1997
Medium Cool	Narrative feature	1969	2003
Meet Me in St. Louis	Narrative feature	1944	1994
Melody Ranch	Narrative feature	1940	2002
Memento	Narrative feature	2000	2017
Memphis Belle	Documentary	1944	2001
Men and Dust	Documentary/short subject	1940	2013
Meshes of the Afternoon	Short subject/experimental film	1943	1990
Michael Jackson's Thriller±	Music video	1983	2009
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair	Industrial film	1939	2012
Midnight	Narrative feature	1939	2013
Midnight Cowboy	Narrative feature	1969	1994
Mighty Like a Moose	Short subject	1926	2007
Mildred Pierce	Narrative feature	1945	1996
Mingus	Documentary	1968	2022
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek	Narrative feature	1944	2001
Miracle on 34th Street	Narrative feature	1947	2005
The Miracle Worker	Narrative feature	1962	2024
Miss Lulu Bett	Narrative feature	1921	2001
Modern Times	Narrative feature	1936	1989
Modesta	Short subject	1956	1998
Mom and Dad	Narrative feature	1945	2005
Monterey Pop	Documentary	1968	2018
Moon Breath Beat	Animated short subject	1980	2014
Morocco	Narrative feature	1930	1992
Motion Painting No. 1	Animated short subject/experimental film	1947	1997
A Movie	Short subject/experimental film	1958	1994
A Movie Trip Through Filmland	Educational film	1921	2023
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Narrative feature	1939	1989
Mrs. Miniver	Narrative feature	1942	2009
Multiple SIDosis	Short subject	1970	2000
The Muppet Movie±	Narrative feature	1979	2009
The Murder of Fred Hampton	Documentary	1971	2021
The Music Box	Short subject	1932	1997
The Music Man	Narrative feature	1962	2005
The Musketeers of Pig Alley	Short subject	1912	2016
My Darling Clementine	Narrative feature	1946	1991
My Fair Lady	Narrative feature	1964	2018
My Family	Narrative feature	1995	2024
My Man Godfrey	Narrative feature	1936	1999
My Name Is Oona	Short subject/experimental film	1969	2019
My Own Private Idaho	Narrative feature	1991	2024
The Naked City	Narrative feature	1948	2007
The Naked Spur	Narrative feature	1953	1997
Nanook of the North	Documentary	1922	1989
Nashville	Narrative feature	1975	1992
National Lampoon's Animal House	Narrative feature	1978	2001
National Velvet	Narrative feature	1944	2003
The Navigator	Narrative feature	1924	2018
Naughty Marietta	Narrative feature	1935	2003
Navajo Film Themselves	Documentary/short subject	1966	2002
The Negro Soldier	Documentary	1944	2011
Network	Narrative feature	1976	2000
A New Leaf	Narrative feature	1971	2019
Newark Athlete	Short subject	1891	2010
Nicholas Brothers' home movies	Home films	1930s–1940s	2011
A Night at the Opera	Narrative feature	1935	1993
The Night of the Hunter	Narrative feature	1955	1992
Night of the Living Dead	Narrative feature	1968	1999
A Nightmare on Elm Street	Narrative feature	1984	2021
The Nightmare Before Christmas	Animated narrative feature	1993	2023
Ninotchka	Narrative feature	1939	1990
No Country for Old Men	Narrative feature	2007	2024
No Lies	Short subject	1973	2008
Norma Rae	Narrative feature	1979	2011
North by Northwest	Narrative feature	1959	1995
(nostalgia)	Documentary/short subject/experimental film	1971	2003
Notes on the Port of St. Francis	Documentary/short subject	1951	2013
Nothing but a Man	Narrative feature	1964	1993
Notorious	Narrative feature	1946	2006
Now, Voyager	Narrative feature	1942	2007
The Nutty Professor	Narrative feature	1963	2004
OffOn	Short subject/experimental film	1968	2004
Oklahoma!	Narrative feature	1955	2007
The Old Mill	Animated short subject	1937	2015
Old Yeller	Narrative feature	1957	2019
On the Bowery	Documentary	1957	2008
On the Town	Narrative feature	1949	2018
On the Waterfront	Narrative feature	1954	1989
Once Upon a Time in the West	Narrative feature	1968	2009
One-Eyed Jacks	Narrative feature	1961	2018
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Narrative feature	1975	1993
One Froggy Evening	Animated short subject	1955	2003
One Survivor Remembers	Documentary/short subject	1995	2012
One Week	Short subject	1920	2008
Only Angels Have Wings	Narrative feature	1939	2017
Our Daily Bread	Narrative feature	1934	2015
Our Day	Documentary/short subject/home film	1938	2007
Our Lady of the Sphere	Short subject/experimental film	1972	2010
Out of the Past	Narrative feature	1947	1991
The Outlaw Josey Wales	Narrative feature	1976	1996
Outrage	Narrative feature	1950	2020
The Ox-Bow Incident	Narrative feature	1943	1998
Parable	Short subject	1964	2012
Pariah	Narrative feature	2011	2022
Paris Is Burning	Documentary	1990	2016
Pass the Gravy	Short subject	1928	1998
Passing Through	Narrative feature	1977	2023
Paths of Glory	Narrative feature	1957	1992
Patton	Narrative feature	1970	2003
The Pawnbroker	Narrative feature	1964	2008
The Pearl	Narrative feature	1947	2002
Peege	Short subject	1973	2007
The Perils of Pauline	Serial film	1914	2008
Peter Pan	Narrative feature	1924	2000
The Phantom of the Opera	Narrative feature	1925	1998
The Phenix City Story	Narrative feature	1955	2019
The Philadelphia Story	Narrative feature	1940	1995
Pickup on South Street	Narrative feature	1953	2018
Pillow Talk	Narrative feature	1959	2009
Pink Flamingos	Narrative feature	1972	2021
The Pink Panther	Narrative feature	1963	2010
Pinocchio±	Animated narrative feature	1940	1994
A Place in the Sun	Narrative feature	1951	1991
Planet of the Apes	Narrative feature	1968	2001
Platoon	Narrative feature	1986	2019
Please, Don't Bury Me Alive!	Narrative feature	1976	2014
The Plow That Broke the Plains	Documentary/short subject	1936	1999
Point Blank	Narrative feature	1967	2016
Point of Order	Documentary	1964	1993
The Poor Little Rich Girl	Narrative feature	1917	1991
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor	Animated short subject	1936	2004
Porgy and Bess	Narrative feature	1959	2011
Porky in Wackyland	Animated short subject	1938	2000
Portrait of Jason	Documentary	1967	2015
The Power and the Glory	Narrative feature	1933	2014
The Power of the Press	Narrative feature	1928	2005
Powers of Ten	Documentary/short subject	1977	1998
Powwow Highway	Narrative feature	1989	2024
Precious Images	Short subject/compilation	1986	2009
Preservation of the Sign Language	Documentary/short subject	1913	2010
President McKinley Inauguration Footage	Documentary/short subject	1901	2000
The Pride of the Yankees	Narrative feature	1942	2024
Primary	Documentary	1960	1990
The Princess Bride	Narrative feature	1987	2016
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy	Short subject	1909	2003
The Prisoner of Zenda	Narrative feature	1937	1991
The Producers	Narrative feature	1967	1996
Psycho	Narrative feature	1960	1992
The Public Enemy	Narrative feature	1931	1998
Pull My Daisy	Short subject	1959	1996
Pulp Fiction	Narrative feature	1994	2013
Punch Drunks	Short subject	1934	2002
Pups Is Pups	Short subject	1930	2004
Purple Rain±	Narrative feature	1984	2019
Putney Swope	Narrative feature	1969	2016
Quasi at the Quackadero	Animated short subject	1975	2009
Queen of Diamonds	Narrative feature	1991	2023
The Quiet Man	Narrative feature	1952	2013
Raging Bull	Narrative feature	1980	1990
Raiders of the Lost Ark	Narrative feature	1981	1999
A Raisin in the Sun	Narrative feature	1961	2005
Real Women Have Curves	Narrative feature	2002	2019
Rear Window	Narrative feature	1954	1997
Rebecca	Narrative feature	1940	2018
Rebel Without a Cause	Narrative feature	1955	1990
The Red Book	Animated short subject	1994	2009
Red Dust	Narrative feature	1932	2006
Red River	Narrative feature	1948	1990
Regeneration	Narrative feature	1915	2000
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania	Documentary/home film	1971–1972	2006
Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage	Newsreel	1937	1997
Requiem-29	Documentary/short subject	1970	2021
Return of the Jedi	Narrative feature	1983	2021
Return of the Secaucus 7	Narrative feature	1980	1997
The Revenge of Pancho Villa	Narrative feature/compilation	1930–1936	2009
Reverend Solomon Sir Jones films	Home films	1924–1928	2016
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert	Documentary	1979	2021
Ride the High Country	Narrative feature	1962	1992
The Right Stuff	Narrative feature	1983	2013
Ringling Brothers Parade Film	Documentary/short subject	1902	2021
Rio Bravo	Narrative feature	1959	2014
Rip Van Winkle	Short subject	1903	1995
The River	Documentary/short subject	1938	1990
Road to Morocco	Narrative feature	1942	1996
Rocky	Narrative feature	1976	2006
The Rocky Horror Picture Show	Narrative feature	1975	2005
Roger & Me	Documentary	1989	2013
Roman Holiday	Narrative feature	1953	1999
Rose Hobart	Short subject/experimental film	1936	2001
Rosemary's Baby	Narrative feature	1968	2014
Ruggles of Red Gap	Narrative feature	1935	2014
Rushmore	Narrative feature	1998	2016
Sabrina	Narrative feature	1954	2002
Safety Last!	Narrative feature	1923	1994
Salesman	Documentary	1969	1992
Salomé	Narrative feature	1923	2000
Salt of the Earth	Narrative feature	1954	1992
Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia	Documentary/short subject	1989	2012
San Francisco Earthquake & Fire: April 18, 1906	Documentary/short subject	1906	2005
Saturday Night Fever±	Narrative feature	1977	2010
Saving Private Ryan	Narrative feature	1998	2014
Scarface	Narrative feature	1932	1994
Schindler's List	Narrative feature	1993	2004
Scorpio Rising	Short subject/experimental film	1964	2022
Scratch and Crow	Animated short subject	1995	2009
The Searchers	Narrative feature	1956	1989
Seconds	Narrative feature	1966	2015
Selena	Narrative feature	1997	2021
Serene Velocity	Short subject/experimental film	1970	2001
Sergeant York	Narrative feature	1941	2008
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Narrative feature	1954	2004
Seventh Heaven	Narrative feature	1927	1995
Sex, Lies, and Videotape	Narrative feature	1989	2006
The Sex Life of the Polyp	Short subject	1928	2007
Shadow of a Doubt	Narrative feature	1943	1991
Shadows	Narrative feature	1959	1993
Shaft±	Narrative feature	1971	2000
Shane	Narrative feature	1953	1993
The Shawshank Redemption	Narrative feature	1994	2015
She Done Him Wrong	Narrative feature	1933	1996
She's Gotta Have It	Narrative feature	1986	2019
Sherlock Jr.	Narrative feature	1924	1991
Sherman's March	Documentary	1986	2000
The Shining	Narrative feature	1980	2018
Shock Corridor	Narrative feature	1963	1996
Shoes	Narrative feature	1916	2014
The Shop Around the Corner	Narrative feature	1940	1999
Show Boat	Narrative feature	1936	1996
Show People	Narrative feature	1928	2003
Shrek	Animated narrative feature	2001	2020
Siege	Documentary/short subject	1940	2006
The Silence of the Lambs	Narrative feature	1991	2011
Singin' in the Rain	Narrative feature	1952	1989
Sink or Swim	Experimental film	1990	2015
The Sinking of the Lusitania	Animated short subject	1918	2017
Sky High	Narrative feature	1922	1998
Slacker	Narrative feature	1990	2012
Sleeping Beauty	Animated narrative feature	1959	2019
Smoke Signals	Narrative feature	1998	2018
Snow White	Animated short subject	1933	1994
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Animated narrative feature	1937	1989
So's Your Old Man	Narrative feature	1926	2008
The Social Network	Narrative feature	2010	2024
Some Like It Hot	Narrative feature	1959	1989
Something Good – Negro Kiss	Short subject	1898	2018
The Son of the Sheik	Narrative feature	1926	2003
Sons of the Desert	Narrative feature	1933	2012
The Sound of Music±	Narrative feature	1965	2001
Sounder	Narrative feature	1972	2021
Spartacus	Narrative feature	1960	2017
The Spook Who Sat by the Door	Narrative feature	1973	2012
Spy Kids	Narrative feature	2001	2024
St. Louis Blues	Short subject	1929	2006
Stagecoach	Narrative feature	1939	1995
Stand and Deliver	Narrative feature	1988	2011
A Star Is Born	Narrative feature	1954	2000
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	Narrative feature	1982	2024
Star Wars±	Narrative feature	1977	1989
Stark Love	Narrative feature	1927	2009
State Fair	Narrative feature	1933	2014
Steamboat Bill, Jr.	Narrative feature	1928	2016
Steamboat Willie	Animated short subject	1928	1998
The Sting	Narrative feature	1973	2005
Stop Making Sense	Documentary	1984	2021
Stormy Weather	Narrative feature	1943	2001
The Story of G.I. Joe	Narrative feature	1945	2009
The Story of Menstruation	Animated short subject	1946	2015
Stranger Than Paradise	Narrative feature	1984	2002
Strangers on a Train	Narrative feature	1951	2021
A Streetcar Named Desire±	Narrative feature	1951	1999
The Strong Man	Narrative feature	1926	2007
A Study in Reds	Short subject	1932	2009
Study of a River	Short subject/experimental film	1997	2010
Sullivan's Travels	Narrative feature	1941	1990
Sunrise	Narrative feature	1927	1989
Sunset Boulevard	Narrative feature	1950	1989
Super Fly±	Narrative feature	1972	2022
Superman	Narrative feature	1978	2017
Suspense	Short subject	1913	2020
Suzanne, Suzanne	Documentary/short subject	1982	2016
Sweet Smell of Success	Narrative feature	1957	1993
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song	Narrative feature	1971	2020
Swing Time	Narrative feature	1936	2004
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One	Documentary/experimental film	1968	2015
The T.A.M.I. Show	Documentary	1964	2006
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas	Narrative feature	1931	1994
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse	Home film	1940	1998
The Tall T	Narrative feature	1957	2000
Tarantella	Short subject/experimental film	1940	2010
Tarzan and His Mate	Narrative feature	1934	2003
Taxi Driver	Narrative feature	1976	1994
The Tell-Tale Heart	Animated short subject	1953	2001
The Ten Commandments	Narrative feature	1956	1999
The Terminator	Narrative feature	1984	2008
Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Narrative feature	1991	2023
Tess of the Storm Country	Narrative feature	1914	2006
Tevya	Narrative feature	1939	1991
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre	Narrative feature	1974	2024
Thelma & Louise	Narrative feature	1991	2016
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser	Documentary	1988	2017
Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and His Singing Duck	Short subject/experimental film	1925	2002
There It Is	Short subject	1928	2004
They Call It Pro Football	Documentary	1967	2012
The Thief of Bagdad	Narrative feature	1924	1996
The Thin Blue Line	Documentary	1988	2001
The Thin Man	Narrative feature	1934	1997
The Thing from Another World	Narrative feature	1951	2001
Think of Me First as a Person	Home film	1960–1975	2006
This Is Cinerama	Documentary	1952	2002
This Is Spinal Tap	Narrative feature	1984	2002
Three Little Pigs	Animated short subject	1933	2007
Time and Dreams	Documentary	1976	2017
A Time for Burning	Documentary	1966	2005
A Time Out of War	Short subject	1954	2006
The Times of Harvey Milk	Documentary	1984	2012
Tin Toy	Animated short subject	1988	2003
Titanic	Narrative feature	1997	2017
Titicut Follies	Documentary	1967	2022
To Be or Not to Be	Narrative feature	1942	1996
To Fly!	Documentary/short subject	1976	1995
To Kill a Mockingbird	Narrative feature	1962	1995
To Sleep with Anger	Narrative feature	1990	2017
Tol'able David	Narrative feature	1921	2007
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son	Experimental film	1969–1971	2007
Tongues Untied	Documentary/experimental film	1989	2022
Tootsie	Narrative feature	1982	1998
Top Gun	Narrative feature	1986	2015
Top Hat	Narrative feature	1935	1990
Topaz	Home film	1943–1945	1996
Touch of Evil	Narrative feature	1958	1993
Toy Story	Animated narrative feature	1995	2005
Traffic in Souls	Narrative feature	1913	2006
Trance and Dance in Bali	Documentary/short subject	1936–1939	1999
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	Narrative feature	1948	1990
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	Narrative feature	1945	2010
A Trip Down Market Street	Documentary/short subject	1906	2010
Trouble in Paradise	Narrative feature	1932	1991
Tulips Shall Grow	Animated short subject	1942	1997
Twelve O'Clock High	Narrative feature	1949	1998
Twentieth Century	Narrative feature	1934	2011
Two-Color Kodachrome Test Shots No. III	Short subject/experimental film	1922	2012
Two-Lane Blacktop	Narrative feature	1971	2012
Uncle Tom's Cabin	Narrative feature	1914	2012
Under Western Stars	Narrative feature	1938	2009
Unforgiven	Narrative feature	1992	2004
Union Maids	Documentary	1976	2022
Unmasked	Narrative feature	1917	2014
Up in Smoke	Narrative feature	1978	2024
Uptown Saturday Night	Narrative feature	1974	2024
V-E +1	Documentary/short subject	1945	2014
Verbena Tragica	Narrative feature	1939	1996
Vertigo	Narrative feature	1958	1989
A Virtuous Vamp	Narrative feature	1919	2013
A Walk in the Sun	Narrative feature	1945	2016
WALL-E	Animated narrative feature	2008	2021
Wanda	Narrative feature	1970	2017
The War of the Worlds	Narrative feature	1953	2011
Water and Power	Documentary/experimental film	1989	2008
The Watermelon Woman	Narrative feature	1996	2021
Wattstax	Documentary	1973	2020
The Way of Peace	Animated short subject	1947	2014
The Wedding Banquet	Narrative feature	1993	2023
The Wedding March	Narrative feature	1928	2003
We're Alive	Documentary/short subject	1974	2023
West Side Story	Narrative feature	1961	1997
Westinghouse Works, 1904	Short subject/industrial film	1904	1998
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?	Narrative feature	1962	2021
What's Opera, Doc?	Animated short subject	1957	1992
When Harry Met Sally...	Narrative feature	1989	2022
Where Are My Children?	Narrative feature	1916	1993
White Fawn's Devotion	Short subject	1910	2008
White Heat	Narrative feature	1949	2003
Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Animated/live-action hybrid narrative feature	1988	2016
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Narrative feature	1966	2013
Who Killed Vincent Chin?	Documentary	1987	2021
Why Man Creates	Animated documentary/short subject	1968	2002
Why We Fight	Documentary/propaganda film series	1943–1945	2000
Wild and Woolly	Narrative feature	1917	2002
Wild Boys of the Road	Narrative feature	1933	2013
The Wild Bunch	Narrative feature	1969	1999
Wild River	Narrative feature	1960	2002
Will	Narrative feature	1981	2024
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?	Narrative feature	1957	2000
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory	Narrative feature	1971	2014
Winchester '73	Narrative feature	1950	2015
The Wind	Narrative feature	1928	1993
Wings	Narrative feature	1927	1997
The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England	Narrative feature	1914	2012
With Car and Camera Around the World	Documentary	1929	2020
With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain	Documentary	1937–1938	2017
Within Our Gates	Narrative feature	1920	1992
The Wizard of Oz±	Narrative feature	1939	1989
The Wobblies	Documentary	1979	2021
Woman of the Year	Narrative feature	1942	1999
A Woman Under the Influence	Narrative feature	1974	1990
The Women	Narrative feature	1939	2007
Woodstock	Documentary	1970	1996
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives	Documentary	1977	2022
Wuthering Heights	Narrative feature	1939	2007
Yankee Doodle Dandy	Narrative feature	1942	1993
Young Frankenstein	Narrative feature	1974	2003
Young Mr. Lincoln	Narrative feature	1939	2003
Zapruder film	Home film	1963	1994
Zoot Suit	Narrative feature	1981	2019
Zora Lathan student films	Set of student films	1975–1976	2024

Notes

Numbers 1–5, 7, and 10
A serial of fourteen short films
A serial of thirteen short films
Remade at least 25 times; the NFR entry encompasses all versions
Heretic, Frontier, Lamentation, and Appalachian Spring
A series of seven short films
A serial of twenty short films
A series of eight short films
Not released until 1952
A collection of twenty-one short films
A series of seven feature films

± Indicates that this film's soundtrack, or a piece recorded for it, is also a National Recording Registry inductee.

Number of films by release year

As of the 2024 induction there are 900 total films. 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
1898	1
1901	2
1902	1
1903	3
1904	1
1905	1
1906	3
1909	3
1910	2
1911	1
1912	5
1913	6
1914	10
1915	6
1916	6
1917	5
1918	3
1919	4
1920	8
1921	4
1922	6
1923	2
1924	7
1925	11
1926	8
1927	10
1928	18
1929	8
1930	8
1931	9
1932	10
1933	16
1934	9
1935	6
1936	12
1937	11
1938	10
1939	20
1940	18
1941	10
1942	12
1943	7
1944	13
1945	11
1946	11
1947	5
1948	9
1949	7
1950	9
1951	12
1952	6
1953	16
1954	10
1955	10
1956	10
1957	16
1958	5
1959	13
1960	7
1961	8
1962	9
1963	11
1964	11
1965	3
1966	7
1967	14
1968	15
1969	14
1970	12
1971	17
1972	13
1973	11
1974	9
1975	11
1976	13
1977	8
1978	9
1979	14
1980	10
1981	3
1982	11
1983	6
1984	12
1985	3
1986	9
1987	3
1988	8
1989	9
1990	7
1991	6
1992	4
1993	4
1994	8
1995	3
1996	2
1997	5
1998	4
1999	3
2000	2
2001	3
2002	2
2003	1
2004	1
2005	1
2006	1
2007	1
2008	4
2010	2
2011	1
2013	2
Unknown	3

Age of Registry selections

The oldest film in the registry, Newark Athlete, was released in 1891, while the most recent, 12 Years a Slave and 20 Feet from Stardom, were each released in 2013.

Time span from release to selection

Released in 1895, and selected in December 2024, Annabelle Serpentine Dance experienced the longest wait, at 129 years (considering the fact that the film was already almost a century old before the Registry was even established, the "wait" was technically only 35 years), while Raging Bull, released theatrically in the United States on December 19, 1980, and inducted in October 1990, holds the record for the shortest delay, having been inducted slightly shy of the 10-year minimum. Only nine films have been inducted at the 10-year mark: Raging Bull, Do the Right Thing, Goodfellas, Toy Story, Fargo, 13 Lakes, Freedom Riders, 12 Years a Slave and 20 Feet from Stardom.