Tuesday, December 28, 2010

National Film Registry 2010

Every year, the Library of Congress selects a list of films to be added to the National Film Registry.  Today they announced their selections for 2010.  They include:

1)  AIRPLANE! (1980)
2)  ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)
3)  BARGAIN, THE (1914)
4)  CRY OF JAZZ (1959)
5)  ELECTRONIC LABYRINTH: THX 1138 4EB (1967)
6)  EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, THE (1980)
7)  EXORCIST, THE (1973)
8)  FRONT PAGE, THE (1931)
9)  GREY GARDENS (1976)
10) I AM JOAQUIN (1969)
11) IT'S A GIFT (1934)
12) LET THERE BE LIGHT (1946)
13) LONESOME (1928)
14) MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (1937)
 15) MALCOLM X  (1992)
16) MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER (1971)
17) NEWARK ATHLETE (1891)
18) OUR LADY OF THE SPHERE (1969)
19) THE PINK PANTHER (1964)
20) PRESERVATION OF THE SIGN LANGUAGE  (1913)
21) SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977)
22) STUDY OF A RIVER (1996)
23) TARANTELLA (1940)
24) TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, A (1945)
25) TRIP DOWN MARKET STREET, A (1906)

To view previous years selections, you can visit http://www.loc.gov/film/filmnfr.html.  To see which films the library owns, you can search either by title or by doing  a  key word search using  "National Film Registry" and all the titles the library owns on this list should come up.

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