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The '''National Film Registry''' is a department of the United States Library of Congress designed to preserveindex American-made films that are "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant". In other words, the films that end up inon the NFRRegistry are the ones that deserve to live forever according to [[American Political System|the US government]]. This is among the highest honors an American movie can receive, much higher than even the [[Academy Award]]s (and, believe it or not, less politically meddled with).

Twenty-five movies are selected each year (usually in December) forto 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 2018 selection, the oldest film inon the Registry is ''The Newark Athlete'' (1891) and the newest is ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' (2005). Of the 750 films on the list at that time, 52 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].