**Last updated January 2026; complete through 2025**
You can find the official National Film Registry, and essays on many titles, here www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/. Since I began this list, occasionally people have let me know when a film is missing, when it is an incorrect version, when a missing film becomes available, etc. I greatly appreciate this, so do not hesitate to let me know if something is wrong!
Notes
1) Films that are part of a larger collection have a note as to which collection it was added as a part of. That is why there are more entries on this list than the film registry; I try to include all of the films rather than just a single placeholder, if…
**Last updated January 2026; complete through 2025**
You can find the official National Film Registry, and essays on many titles, here www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/. Since I began this list, occasionally people have let me know when a film is missing, when it is an incorrect version, when a missing film becomes available, etc. I greatly appreciate this, so do not hesitate to let me know if something is wrong!
Notes
1) Films that are part of a larger collection have a note as to which collection it was added as a part of. That is why there are more entries on this list than the film registry; I try to include all of the films rather than just a single placeholder, if possible.
2) The Zapruder Film keeps getting added and disappearing. I have no idea what the problem with it is; other home movies are included, maybe it's because technically it's a snuff film? Makes no sense to me, but I add it when people bring it to my attention that it is back. Maybe someday it will be permanent.
3) Let's All Go to the Lobby has been removed. If it reappears, I will add it again.
