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Academy Film Archive - National Film Registry

Taken from the Academy Film Archive page.

"In 1988, the U.S. Congress established the National Film Registry in the Library of Congress which annually recognizes twenty-five films from the United States based on their cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance. The National Film Registry represents a wide range of filmmaking, contexts, and histories from early cinema to contemporary films selected by the Librarian of Congress (in consultation with members the National Film Preservation Board) every December. Films inducted into the registry are preserved through the Library of Congress and with collaborative efforts from other archives, studios and copyright holders or individuals. The Academy Film Archive has preserved fifty-eight National Film Registry titles and holds over 648 National Film Registry titles."

These are the preserved films, with the notes as listed on the official site.

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  • All About Eve
  • All That Jazz
  • All the King's Men
  • Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
  • The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
  • The Best Years of Our Lives
  • The Big Heat
  • Black and Tan
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • Castro Street
  • Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
  • Cruisin' J-Town
  • The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West
  • Detour
  • Dodsworth
  • El Norte
  • Frank Film
  • The Front Page
  • Story of G.I. Joe
  • Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
  • John Henry and the Inky-Poo
  • Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People
  • Harlan County U.S.A.
  • Hearts and Minds
  • The Unconquered
  • The Hole
  • Hoop Dreams
  • How Green Was My Valley
  • Hud
  • The Hustler
  • I Am Joaquin
  • In the Heat of the Night
  • The Lady from Shanghai
  • Leave Her to Heaven
  • The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter
  • M*A*S*H
  • The Man with the Golden Gun
  • Manzanar
  • The Mark of Zorro
  • Mom and Dad
  • Moon Breath Beat
  • Motion Painting No. 1
  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • Patton
  • Pickup on South Street
  • Portrait of Jason
  • Primary
  • Queen of Diamonds
  • The Red Book
  • The Battle of San Pietro
  • The Sound of Music
  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • A Time for Burning
  • A Time Out of War
  • V-E +1
  • Water and Power
  • Who Killed Vincent Chin?
  • Why Man Creates
  • Wild River
  • Wings