The National Film Registry Hits 750 Films

Established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, the National Film Preservation Board is an advisory body for the Librarian of Congress. The Board helps shape national film preservation planning policy, and also recommends films for the National Film Registry.

Chosen for their cultural, historic, or aesthetic significance, the Board's 25 annual selections for 2018 cover a wide gamut of genres and time periods, from such early films as Something Good--Negro Kiss and The Girl Without a Soul to such later works as The Shining and Smoke Signals. The full list for 2018 is as follows:

2000s
Brokeback Mountain (2005)

1990s
Smoke Signals (1998)
Eve's Bayou (1997)
Jurassic Park (1993)                

1980s

Broadcast News (1987)

Hairpiece: A Film for Nappy-Headed People (1984)

The Shining (1980)

1970s

Hearts and Minds (1974)     

                                                                                                           

1960s

Monterey Pop (1968)

My Fair Lady (1964)

Hud (1963)

Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

One-Eyed Jacks (1961)

1950s

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Pickup on South Street (1953)

Cinderella (1950)

1940s

On the Town (1949)

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

Rebecca (1940)

1930s

The Informer (1935)                       

1920s

The Navigator (1924)                   

1910s

The Girl Without a Soul (1917)         

1900s

Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency (1908)   

1890s

Something Good--Negro Kiss (1898)    

Further information on the Registry as well as the films themselves can be found on the Library of Congress' web site. All 750 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.