Each year, the Library of Congress adds 25 films to the National Film Registry. The list is comprised of motion pictures that it deems “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” and thus recommended for preservation. Any film on this list will be preserved until the end of time. Long after we are gone, these films will still be able to mold cinephiles.
The 2018 additions were announced yesterday morning and among those added are Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca, Disney’s Cinderella (1950), Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park (1993), Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.
The full list of 2018 additions are:
- Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
- Broadcast News (1987)
- Brokeback Mountain (2005)
- Cinderella (1950)
- Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
- Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency (1908)
- Eve’s Bayou (1997)
- The Girl Without a Soul (1917)
- Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy-Headed People (1984)
- Hearts and Minds (1974)
- Hud (1963)
- The Informer (1935)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
- Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
- Monterey Pop (1968)
- My Fair Lady (1964)
- The Navigator (1924)
- On the Town (1949)
- One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
- Pickup on South Street (1953)
- Rebecca (1940)
- The Shining (1980)
- Smoke Signals (1998)
- Something Good – Negro Kiss (1898)
Catch a selection of films tonight at 8 p.m. on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Select titles from the entire National Film Registry are available online.
