The National Film Registry, a subset of the Library of Congress, preserves a collection of American films deemed culturally or historically significant. Each year, the NFR adds 25 new films to their archives, ranging from major recent hits to silent shorts from the 19th century.
The Library of Congress has released this year’s batch, and their diversity streak continues. New inductees include The Matrix, A Christmas Story, a silent adaptation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a documentary about the 1939 World’s Fair, and an early experimental color film test. See the National Film Registry for the rationale behind their picks, or read on for a full list…
- 3:10 to Yuma — HU DVD 7654
- Anatomy of a Murder — HU DVD 546
- The Augustas
- Born Yesterday — HU DVD 10672
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s — HU DVD 501
- A Christmas Story — HU DVD 1939
- The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Title Fight
- Dirty Harry — HU DVD 1672
- Hours for Jerome: Parts 1 and 2
- The Kidnappers Foil
- Kodachrome Color Motion-Picture Tests
- A League of Their Own — HU DVD 1384
- The Matrix — HU DVD 10154
- The Middleton Family at the New York World’s Fair
- One Survivor Remembers — HU DVD 2372
- Parable
- Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia — HU VHS 6471
- Slacker — HU DVD 1347
- Sons of the Desert
- The Spook Who Sat by the Door
- They Call It Pro Football
- The Times of Harvey Milk — HU DVD 1267
- Two-Lane Blacktop — HU DVD 6504
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England — DVD 3776