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The National Film Registry has added its annual bunch of 25 films to the Library of Congress, these are films deemed to be “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant. Notably included in the wide range of films are The Empire Strikes Back, The Exorcist, All the President’s Men, Saturday Night Fever and Airplane!. A lot of 70’s classics are included as well as a handful of silent era films and George Lucas’ early short THX 1138 4EB which was later adapted into a theatrically released feature. The list began in 1989 and the list of films has reached 550, read the new additions below.
- Airplane! (1980)
- All the President’s Men (1976)
- The Bargain (1914)
- Cry of Jazz (1959)
- Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB (1967)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- The Exorcist (1973)
- The Front Page (1931)
- Grey Gardens (1976)
- I Am Joaquin (1969)
- It’s a Gift (1934)
- Let There Be Light (1946)
- Lonesome (1928)
- Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
- Malcolm X (1992)
- McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
- Newark Athlete (1891)
- Our Lady of the Sphere (1969)
- The Pink Panther (1964)
- Preservation of the Sign Language (1913)
- Saturday Night Fever (1977)
- Study of a River (1996)
- Tarantella (1940)
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
- A Trip Down Market Street (1906)