National Film Registry: Difference between revisions

TwentyUp to twenty-five movies are selected each year (usually in December) to be listed on the Registry. To qualify, an entry must be at least ten years old. Members of the public are allowed to suggest up to 50 titles per year for inclusion. The official list is [https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/ here]; the entries have been copied to this page. Anyone interested in suggesting some worthy titles can do so [http://www.loc.gov/film/vote.html here]; [[Reset Button|nominations do ''not'' carry over from year to year]], but the Library of Congress does keep [https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/films-not-yet-named-to-the-registry/ a list of famous films that didn't make the list in previous years].

As of the 2022 selection, the oldest film on the Registry is ''The Newark Athlete'' (1891). Of the 775 films on the list thatin year2019, 62 were directed or co-directed by women; [https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/women-directors.pdf a list can be found on the LOC's website].

As of the 20222023 selection, onlythe oldest film on the Registry is ''The Newark Athlete'' (1891), and the newest are ''[[12 Years a Slave]]'' and ''[[20 Feet from Stardom]]'' (both 2013). Only onethree film hashave been added to the registryRegistry in itstheir first year of eligibility: ''[[Freedom Riders]]'' (2010), in 2020, and ''[[12 Years a Slave]]'' and ''[[20 Feet from Stardom]]'' (both 2013) in 2023.

* ''[[Willy Wonka and& the Chocolate Factory]]'' (1971)