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 "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant films" 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, documentaries, 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 2000, there were 300 films preserved in the National Film Registry. The list of those films follows:

1) ADAM'S RIB (1949)
2) THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)
3) THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
4) ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
5) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
6) ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955)
7) AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
8) AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
9) ANNIE HALL (1977)
10) THE APARTMENT (1960)
11) APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
12) THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937)
13) BADLANDS (1973)
14) THE BAND WAGON (1953)
15) THE BANK DICK (1940)
16) THE BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO (1945)
17) BEN-HUR (1926)
18) THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
19) BIG BUSINESS (1929)
20) THE BIG PARADE (1925)
21) THE BIG SLEEP (1946)
22) THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
23) THE BLACK PIRATE (1926)
24) BLACKSMITH SCENE (1893)
25) BLADE RUNNER (1982)
26) THE BLOOD OF JESUS (1941)
27) BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
28) BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
29) THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
30) BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
31) BROKEN BLOSSOMS (1919)
32) CABARET (1972)
33) CARMEN JONES (1954)
34) CASABLANCA (1942)
35) CASTRO STREET (1966)
36) CAT PEOPLE (1942)
37) CHAN IS MISSING (1982)
38) THE CHEAT (1915)
39) CHINATOWN (1974)
40) CHULAS FRONTERAS (1976)
41) CITIZEN KANE (1941)
42) CITY, THE (1939)
43) CITY LIGHTS (1931)
44) CIVILIZATION (1916)
45) THE CONVERSATION (1974)
46) COPS (1922)
47) A CORNER IN WHEAT (1909)
48) THE COOL WORLD (1963)
49) THE CROWD (1928)
50) CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968 (1968)
51) DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY (1968)
52) THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)
53) DEAD BIRDS (1964)
54) THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
55) DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939)
56) DETOUR (1946)
57) DO THE RIGHT THING (1989)
58) THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK (1928)
59) DODSWORTH (1936)
60) DOG STAR MAN (1964)
61) DON'T LOOK BACK (1967)
62) DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
63) DR. STRANGELOVE (or, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB) (1964)
64) DRACULA (1931)
65) DUCK AMUCK (1953)
66) DUCK SOUP (1933)
67) E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
68) EASY RIDER (1969)
69) EAUX D'ARTIFICE (1953)
70) EL NORTE (1983)
71) THE EMPEROR JONES (1933)
72) THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE (1914)
73) FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, THE (1928)
74) FANTASIA (1940)
75) FATTY'S TINTYPE TANGLE (1915)
76) FIVE EASY PIECES (1970)
77) FLASH GORDON serial (1936)
78) FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933)
79) FORCE OF EVIL (1948)
80) THE FORGOTTEN FRONTIER (1931)
81) 42ND STREET (1933)
82) THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE (1921)
83) FRANK FILM (1973)
84) FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
85) FREAKS (1932)
86) THE FRESHMAN (1925)
87) FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS (1912)
88) FURY (1936)
89) THE GENERAL (1927)
90) GERALD MCBOING BOING (1951)
91) GERTIE THE DINOSAUR (1914)
92) GIGI (1958)
93) THE GODFATHER (1972)
94) THE GODFATHER, PART II (1974)
95) THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
96) GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
97) GOODFELLAS (1990)
98) THE GRADUATE (1967)
99) THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
100) GRASS (1925)
101) THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)
102) THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (1903)
103) GREED (1924)
104) GUN CRAZY (1949)
105) GUNGA DIN (1939)
106) HARLAN COUNTY, U.S.A. (1976)
107) HAROLD AND MAUDE (1972)
108) THE HEIRESS (1949)
109) HELL'S HINGES (1916)
110) HINDENBURG DISASTER NEWSREEL FOOTAGE (1937)
111) HIGH SCHOOL (1968)
112) HIGH NOON (1952)
113) HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)
114) HITCH-HIKER, THE (1953)
115) HOSPITAL (1970)
116) THE HOSPITAL (1971)
117) HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941)
118) HOW THE WEST WAS WON (1962)
119) THE HUSTLER (1961)
120) I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (1932)
121) IMMIGRANT, THE (1917)
122) IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD HUNTERS aka IN THE LAND OF THE WAR CANOES (1914)
123) INTOLERANCE (1916)
124) INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
125) IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
126) IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
127) THE ITALIAN (1915)
128) JAMMIN' THE BLUES (1944)
129) JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY (1959)
130) THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
131) KILLER OF SHEEP (1977)
132) KING: A FILMED RECORD...MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS (1970)
133) KING KONG (1933)
134) THE KISS (1896)
135) KISS ME DEADLY (1955)
136) KNUTE ROCKNE, ALL AMERICAN (1940)
137) KOYAANISQATSI (1983)
138) THE LADY EVE (1941)
139) LAMBCHOPS (1929)
140) LAND BEYOND THE SUNSET, THE (1912)
141) LASSIE COME HOME (1943)
142) THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1920)
143) LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE (1972)
144) LAURA (1944)
145) LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
146) THE LEARNING TREE (1969)
147) LET'S ALL GO TO THE LOBBY (1957)
148) LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (1948)
149) THE LIFE AND DEATH OF 9413--A HOLLYWOOD EXTRA (1927)
150) THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROSIE THE RIVETER (1980)
151) LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA, THE (1937)
152) LITTLE CAESAR (1930)
153) THE LITTLE FUGITIVE (1953)
154) LITTLE MISS MARKER (1934)
155) LIVING DESERT, THE (1953)
156) LOST WORLD, THE (1925)
157) LOUISIANA STORY (1948)
158) LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY (1938)
159) LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932)
160) M*A*S*H (1970)
161) MAGICAL MAESTRO (1952)
162) THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942)
163) THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
164) THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
165) MANHATTA (1921)
166) MARCH OF TIME: INSIDE NAZI GERMANY--1938 (1938)
167) MARTY (1955)
168) MASTER HANDS (1936)
169) MEAN STREETS (1973)
170) MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
171) MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (1943)
172) MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
173) MILDRED PIERCE (1945)
174) MODERN TIMES (1936)
175) MODESTA (1956)
176) MOROCCO (1930)
177) MOTION PAINTING NO. 1 (1947)
178) A MOVIE (1958)
179) MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
180) MULTIPLE SIDOSIS (1970)
181) THE MUSIC BOX (1932)
182) MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946)
183) MY MAN GODFREY (1936)
184) THE NAKED SPUR (1953)
185) NANOOK OF THE NORTH (1922)
186) NASHVILLE (1975)
187) NETWORK (1976)
188) A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935)
189) THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)
190) NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
191) NINOTCHKA (1939)
192) NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
193) NOTHING BUT A MAN (1964)
194) ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
195) ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
196) OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
197) OX-BOW INCIDENT, THE (1943)
198) THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976)
199) PASS THE GRAVY (1928)
200) PATHS OF GLORY (1957)
201) PETER PAN (1924)
202) PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)
203) THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
204) PINOCCHIO (1940)
205) A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
206) THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS (1936)
207) POINT OF ORDER (1964)
208) THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL (1917)
209) PORKY IN WACKYLAND (1938)
210) POWERS OF TEN (1978)
211) PRESIDENT MCKINLEY INAUGURATION FOOTAGE (1901)
212) PRIMARY (1960)
213) THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (1937)
214) THE PRODUCERS (1968)
215) PSYCHO (1960)
216) PUBLIC ENEMY, THE (1931)
217) PULL MY DAISY (1959)
218) RAGING BULL (1980)
219) RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
220) REAR WINDOW (1954)
221) REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
222) RED RIVER (1948)
223) REGENERATION (1915)
224) REPUBLIC STEEL STRIKE RIOT NEWSREEL FOOTAGE (1937)
225) RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS 7 (1980)
226) RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (1962)
227) RIP VAN WINKLE (1896)
228) THE RIVER (1937)
229) ROAD TO MOROCCO (1942)
230) ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
231) SAFETY LAST (1923)
232) SALESMAN (1969)
233) SALOME (1922)
234) SALT OF THE EARTH (1954)
235) SCARFACE (1932)
236) THE SEARCHERS (1956)
237) SEVENTH HEAVEN (1927)
238) SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)
239) SHADOWS (1959)
240) SHAFT (1971)
241) SHANE (1953)
242) SHE DONE HIM WRONG (1933)
243) SHERLOCK, JR. (1924)
244) SHERMAN'S MARCH (1986)
245) SHOCK CORRIDOR (1963)
246) THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
247) SHOW BOAT (1936)
248) SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
249) SKY HIGH (1922)
250) SNOW WHITE (1933)
251) SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
252) SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
253) STAGECOACH (1939)
254) STAR IS BORN, A (1954)
255) STAR WARS (1977)
256) STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928)
257) A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
258) SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941)
259) SUNRISE (1927)
260) SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
261) SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
262) TABU (1931)
263) TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE COLLAPSE (1940)
264) TALL T, THE (1957)
265) TAXI DRIVER (1976)
266) THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956)
267) TEVYE (1939)
268) THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924)
269) THE THIN MAN (1934)
270) TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)
271) TO FLY (1976)
272) TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
273) TOOTSIE (1982)
274) TOP HAT (1935)
275) TOPAZ (1943-45) (home movie footage taken at Japanese American Internment Camp, the Topaz War Relocation Authority Center)
276) TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)
277) TRANCE AND DANCE IN BALI (1936-39)
278) THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
279) TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932)
280) TULIPS SHALL GROW (1942)
281) TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH (1949)
282) 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
283) VERBENA TRAGICA (1939)
284) VERTIGO (1958)
285) WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
286) WESTINGHOUSE WORKS, 1904 (1904)
287) WHAT'S OPERA, DOC? (1957)
288) WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN? (1916)
289) WHY WE FIGHT (series) (1943-45)
290) THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
291) WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957)
292) THE WIND (1928)
293) WINGS (1927)
294) WITHIN OUR GATES (1920)
295) THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
296) WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942)
297) A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974)
298) WOODSTOCK (1970)
299) YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)
300) ZAPRUDER FILM (1963)

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