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2024 (36th Year)
National Film Registry

The National Film Preservation Board was founded by the Library of Congress in 1988. Each year the Board selects up to 25 films which are considered to be culturally, historically or aesthetically important. Films must be at least 10 years old to be eligible for the registry. Listed below are the films inducted into the National Film Registry in 2024.

TheOscar Nominated marker symbol appears next to those films which also received an Academy Award nomination (although this is not a requirement for induction). Click on the name of one of those films to display more information about it. You can also click on the  IMDb  link to to open a new browser window showing information about the film from the Internet Movie Database. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the National Film Registry inductees for that year.


American Me (1992)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerAngels with Dirty Faces (1938)   IMDb
Annabelle Serpentine Dance aka Serpentine Dance - Annabelle (1895) [documentary short]   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerBeverly Hills Cop (1984)   IMDb
The Chelsea Girls (1966) [experimental]   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerCommon Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989) [documentary]   IMDb
Compensation (1999)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerDirty Dancing (1987)   IMDb
Ganja and Hess (1973)   IMDb
Invaders from Mars (1953)   IMDb
KoKo's Earth Control (1928) [animated short]   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerMi Familia aka My Family (1995)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerThe Miracle Worker (1962)   IMDb
My Own Private Idaho (1991)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerNo Country for Old Men (2007)   IMDb
Powwow Highway (1989)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerThe Pride of the Yankees (1942)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerThe Social Network (2010)   IMDb
Spy Kids (2001)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)   IMDb
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)   IMDb
Up in Smoke (1978)   IMDb
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)   IMDb
Will (1981)   IMDb
Zora Lathan Student Films (1975-1976) [six short 16mm films]   IMDb