Chosen for their cultural, historic, or aesthetic significance, the Board's 25 annual selections for 2017 cover a wide gamut of genres and time periods, from such early films as The Sinking of the Lusitania and Gentleman's Agreement to such later works as Boulevard Nights and Memento. The full list for 2017 is as follows:
2000s
Memento (2000)
1990s
4 Little Girls (1997)
Titanic (1997)
To Sleep with Anger (1990)
1980s
Field of Dreams (1989)
Die Hard (1988)
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988)
La Bamba (1987)
The Goonies (1985)
1970s
Boulevard Nights (1979)
Superman (1978)
Time and Dreams (1976)
Lives of Performers (1972)
Wanda (1971)
1960s
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
Spartacus (1960)
1950s
Ace in the Hole (aka Big Carnival) (1951)
1940s
Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
Dumbo (1941)
1930s
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain (1937-1938)
1920s
Fuentes Family Home Movies Collection (1920s-1930s)
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
1910s
The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918)
1900s
Interior New York Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street (1905)
Further information on the Registry as well as the films themselves can be found on the Library of Congress' web site. All 725 films selected for the Registry since 1989 can also be browsed online. In addition, the public is encouraged to make nominations for next year's selections to the National Film Registry.
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