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National Film Registry

The National Film Registry is the registry of film

Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
s selected by the United States

United States

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National Film Preservation Board

National Film Preservation Board

The United States National Film Preservation Board is the committee selecting films for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry....
for preservation in the Library of Congress

Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and holds the largest number of books....
. The board, established by the National Film Preservation Act

National Film Preservation Act

The National Film Preservation Act is the name of several federal laws relating to the identification, acquisition, storage, and dissemination of "films that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."...
of 1988, was reauthorized in 1992, 1996, and 2005 by acts of Congress

United States Congress

The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
. The 1996 law also created the non-profit National Film Preservation Foundation

National Film Preservation Foundation

The National Film Preservation Foundation is an United States congressional charter, independent non-profit 5013 foundation, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1996 and reauthorized in 2005 via the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 ....
, which is affiliated with the National Film Preservation Board but which raises money from the private sector

Private sector

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.

The National Film Registry is meant to preserve up to twenty-five "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films" each year; to be eligible, films must be at least ten years old.

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The National Film Registry is the registry of film

Film

United States

National Film Preservation Board

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National Film Preservation Act

United States Congress

National Film Preservation Foundation

Private sector

Movie theater

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release. The National Film Registry is meant to showcase the full range and diversity of American film heritage, and includes films ranging from Hollywood classics to so-called orphan film

Orphan film

An orphan film is a motion picture work that has been abandoned by its owner or copyright holder; also, any film that has suffered neglect....
s -- newsreel

Newsreel

A newsreel was a form of short documentary film prevalent in the first half of the 20th century, regularly released in a public presentation place and containing filmed news stories and items of topical interest....
s, silent films, experimental film

Experimental film

Experimental film or experimental cinema describes a range of filmmaking styles that are generally quite different from, and often opposed to, the practices of mainstream commercial and documentary filmmaking....
s, films out of copyright

Copyright is a form of intellectual property which gives the creator of an original work exclusive rights for a certain time period in relation to that work, including its publication, distribution and adaptation; after which time the work is said to enter the public domain....
protection, significant amateur footage, documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
s, independent film

Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of the Hollywood studio system, a series of oligopolistic practices by several major film studios which controlled the production, distribution, and exhibition of films in the United States from the early 1920s through 1950s....
s, home movies and even TV movies. As of 2008, there were 500 films preserved in the National Film Registry.

The most recent film is Fargo
Fargo (film)

Fargo is a Cinema of the United States film produced, directed and written by brothers Coen brothers. Set in Minnesota, it is the story of a car salesman who hires two men to kidnap his wife for an $80,000 ransom....
(1996), while the oldest film is Blacksmith Scene
Blacksmith Scene

Blacksmith Scene is an 1893 in film United States Short subject black-and-white silent film directed by William Kennedy Dickson, the Scottish people-French people inventor credited with the invention of the film movie camera under the employ of Thomas Edison....
(1893). The most represented year in the list is 1939 which has nineteen entries.

Titles

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Film title	Creation	Induction
12 Angry Men 12 Angry Men *12 Angry Men* is a 1957 American drama film adapted from the Reginald Rose play, Twelve Angry Men. Directed by first-time director Sidney Lumet, the film tells the story of a jury member who tries to persuade the other eleven members to acquit the suspect on trial on the basis of burden of proof....	1957	2007
2001: A Space Odyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey (film) *2001: A Space Odyssey* is a 1968 in film science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. The film deals with thematic elements of human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and extraterrestrial life, and is notable for its scientific realism, pioneering special effects, ambiguous and of...	1968	1991
42nd Street 42nd Street (film) *42nd Street* is a Warner Bros. musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon with choreography by Busby Berkeley. The songs were written by Harry Warren and Al Dubin , and the script was written by Rian James and James Seymour, with Whitney Bolton , from the novel by Bradford Ropes....	1933	1998
7th Voyage of Sinbad, The	1958	2008
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein *Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein* is a comedy horror film directed by Charles Barton and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello....	1948	2001
Adam's Rib Adam's Rib *Adam's Rib* is a film written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin and directed by George Cukor. It stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn and features Judy Holliday in her first substantial film role....	1949	1992
Adventures of Robin Hood, The The Adventures of Robin Hood (film) *The Adventures of Robin Hood* is an United States Swashbuckler films released in 1938 in film and directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley....	1938	1995
African Queen, The The African Queen *The African Queen* is an Cinema of the United States drama film directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel and John Woolf. The screenplay was adapted by James Agee, John Huston, John Collier and Peter Viertel from the 1935 in literature novel by C....	1951	1994
Alien Alien (film) *Alien* is a 1979 science fiction film/horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto....	1979	2002
All About Eve All About Eve *All About Eve* is an Cinema of the United States drama film, written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on the short story "The Wisdom of Eve," by Mary Orr....	1950	1990
All My Babies All My Babies *All My Babies* is a 1953 educational film produced and directed by George C. Stoney which was used to educate midwife in the Southern United States....	1953	2002
All Quiet on the Western Front	1930	1990
All That Heaven Allows All That Heaven Allows *All That Heaven Allows* is a romance film feature film starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson in a tale about a well-to-do widow and a younger landscape designer falling in love....	1955	1995
All That Jazz All That Jazz *All That Jazz* is a 1979 in film United States musical film directed by Bob Fosse. The screenplay by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse is a autobiographical novel fantasy based on aspects of the dancer, choreographer, and director's life and career....	1979	2001
All the King's Men All the King's Men (1949 film) *All the King's Men* is a 1949 in film drama film film based on the Robert Penn Warren novel All the King's Men. It was directed by Robert Rossen and starred Broderick Crawford in the role of Willie Stark....	1949	2001
America, America America, America *America, America* is a 1963 in film black-and-white United States dramatic film directed, produced and written by Elia Kazan, from his own book....	1963	2001
American Graffiti American Graffiti *American Graffiti* is a 1973 period piece coming of age film directed by George Lucas, and written by Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck. The film stars Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Cindy Williams and Wolfman Jack and features Harrison Ford....	1973	1995
American in Paris, An An American in Paris (film) *An American in Paris* is a MGM musical film inspired by the An American in Paris by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, and Oscar Levant, the film is set in Paris, and was directed by Vincente Minnelli from a script by Alan Jay Lerner....	1951	1993
Annie Hall Annie Hall *Annie Hall* is an Cinema of the United States romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script co-written with Marshall Brickman. One of Allen's most popular films, it won numerous awards at the time of its release, including four Academy Awards, and in 2002 Roger Ebert referred to it as "just about everyone's favorite Woody All...	1977	1992
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman *Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman* is a 1974 documentary film about symphony conductor Antonia Brico, including her struggle against gender bias in her profession....	1974	2003
Apartment, The The Apartment *The Apartment* is a Cinema of the United States comedy film-drama film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray....	1960	1994
Apocalypse Now Apocalypse Now *Apocalypse Now* is an Cinema of the United States 1979 in film epic film war film set during the Vietnam War. It tells the tale of United States Armed Forces Captain Benjamin L....	1979	2000
Applause Applause (film) *Applause* is a 1929 in film black and white "backstage" Musical film film, shot during the early years of sound films. Based on a novel by Beth Brown, the film was staged and directed by Rouben Mamoulian....	1929	2006
Asphalt Jungle, The The Asphalt Jungle *The Asphalt Jungle* is a film noir directed by John Huston. The caper film, is based on the novel of the same name by W.R. Burnett and stars an ensemble cast including Sterling Hayden, Jean Hagen, Sam Jaffe, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore, and Marilyn Monroe....	1950	2008
Atlantic City Atlantic City (film) *Atlantic City* is a film directed by Louis Malle. Filmed in late 1979, it was released in France and Germany in 1980 and in the United States in 1981....	1980	2003
Awful Truth, The The Awful Truth *The Awful Truth* is a screwball comedy film starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. The plot concerns the machinations of a soon-to-be-divorced couple, played by Dunne and Grant, who go to great lengths to try to ruin each other's romantic escapades....	1937	1996
Baby Face Baby Face (film) *Baby Face* is a sexually-charged, pre-Code feature film first released in 1933 in film. The film was based on a story by Darryl F. Zanuck , written by Gene Markey and Kathryn Scola, and directed by Alfred E....	1933	2005
Back to the Future Back to the Future *Back to the Future* is a 1985 science fiction film adventure film directed by Robert Zemeckis, co-written by Bob Gale and produced by Steven Spielberg....	1985	2007
Bad and the Beautiful, The The Bad and the Beautiful *The Bad and the Beautiful* is a MGM melodramatic film which tells the story of a film producer who alienates all around him. It stars Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan , and Gloria Grahame....	1952	2002
Badlands Badlands (film) *Badlands* is a 1973 in film film written and directed by Terrence Malick, starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek. Warren Oates and Ramon Bieri are also featured....	1973	1993
Bank Dick, The The Bank Dick *The Bank Dick* is a 1940 comedy film. W. C. Fields plays a character named Egbert Sous? who trips a bank robber and ends up a security guard as a result....	1940	1992
Band Wagon, The The Band Wagon *The Band Wagon* is a 1953 in film musical comedy musical film that many critics rank as the finest of the MGM musicals, although it was only a modest box-office success....	1953	1995
Battle of San Pietro, The The Battle of San Pietro The Battle of San Pietro is a 1945 documentary film directed by John Huston about the Battle of San Pietro Infine during World War II....	1945	1991
Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) *Beauty and the Beast* is a 1991 Cinema of the United States animated cartoon family film. It is the thirtieth List of Disney animated features produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation....	1991	2002
Ben-Hur Ben-Hur (1925 film) *Ben-Hur* was a 1925 in film silent film directed by Fred Niblo. It was a blockbuster hit for newly merged Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This was the second film based on the novel Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace....	1925	1997
Ben-Hur Ben-Hur (1959 film) *Ben-Hur* is a 1959 in film movie directed by William Wyler, and is the third film version of Lew Wallace's novel Ben-Hur . It premiered at Loews Cineplex Entertainment in New York City on November 18, 1959....	1959	2004
Best Years of Our Lives, The The Best Years of Our Lives *The Best Years of Our Lives* is an Cinema of the United States drama film about three servicemen trying to piece their lives back together after coming home from World War II....	1946	1989
Big Business Big Business (1929 film) *Big Business* is a 1929 in film silent film Laurel and Hardy comedy short subject directed by James W. Horne and supervised by Leo McCarey from a McCarey and H....	1929	1992
Big Parade, The The Big Parade *The Big Parade* is a 1925 in film silent film which tells the story of an idle rich boy who joins the Army and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl....	1925	1992
Big Sleep, The The Big Sleep (1946 film) *The Big Sleep* is a film noir directed by Howard Hawks, the first film version of Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep. It stars Humphrey Bogart as detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as the femme fatale....	1946	1997
Big Trail, The The Big Trail *The Big Trail* is a lavish early widescreen movie shot on location across the Western United States starring John Wayne in his first leading role and directed by Raoul Walsh....	1930	2006
Birth of a Nation, The The Birth of a Nation *The Birth of a Nation* , is a 1915 in film silent film directed by D. W. Griffith; one of the most innovative of Cinema of the United States....	1915	1992
Black Pirate, The The Black Pirate *The Black Pirate* is a 1926 in film Adventure film silent film shot entirely in two-strip Technicolor about an adventurer and a "company" of pirates....	1926	1993
Black Stallion, The The Black Stallion (film) *The Black Stallion* is a 1979 film based on the 1941 classic children's novel The Black Stallion by Walter Farley. It tells the story of Alec Ramsey, who is shipwrecked on a deserted island, together with a wild Arabian horse stallion whom he befriends....	1979	2002
Blacksmith Scene Blacksmith Scene *Blacksmith Scene* is an 1893 in film United States Short subject black-and-white silent film directed by William Kennedy Dickson, the Scottish people-French people inventor credited with the invention of the film movie camera under the employ of Thomas Edison....	1893	1995
Blade Runner Blade Runner *Blade Runner* is a 1982 in film Cinema of the United States science fiction film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young....	1982	1993
Blazing Saddles Blazing Saddles *Blazing Saddles* is a satire Western #Western movies comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder, it was written by Brooks, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Al Uger, and was based on Bergman's story and draft....	1974	2006
Blood of Jesus, The The Blood of Jesus *The Blood of Jesus* is a race film written, directed, and starring Spencer Williams . It is based on the poem "Weary Blues" by Langston Hughes, and has the alternate title *The Glory Road*....	1941	1991
Blue Bird, The The Blue Bird (1918 film) *The Blue Bird* is a 1918 in film film directed by Maurice Tourneur in the United States, under the auspices of producer Adolph Zukor. The story begins with two children, Tyltyl and Mytyl, whom are sent out by the fairy B?rylune into various lands to search for the bluebird of happiness....	1918	2004
Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde (film) *Bonnie and Clyde* is a Cinema of the United States crime film about Bonnie and Clyde, the bank robbers who operated in the central United States during the Great Depression....	1967	1992
Boyz n the Hood Boyz N the Hood *Boyz N the Hood* is an Academy Award-nominated 1991 in film hood film written and directed by John Singleton. Starring Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Morris Chestnut, Nia Long, Angela Bassett, Regina King, and Larry Fishburne, the film depicts life in poor South Central Los Angeles, California, and was filmed and released in the summer of 1...	1991	2002
Bride of Frankenstein Bride of Frankenstein *Bride of Frankenstein* is a horror film, the first sequel to the influential Frankenstein . Bride of Frankenstein was directed by James Whale and stars Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster, Elsa Lanchester in the dual role of his mate and Mary Shelley, Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein, and Ernest Thesiger as Doctor Septimus...	1935	1998
Bridge on the River Kwai, The The Bridge on the River Kwai *The Bridge on the River Kwai* is a Cinema of the United Kingdom 1957 in film World War II film by David Lean; based on the novel The Bridge over the River Kwai by French writer Pierre Boulle....	1957	1997
Bringing Up Baby Bringing up Baby *Bringing Up Baby* is a 1938 in film screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. It tells the story of a scientist winding up in various predicaments involving a woman with a unique sense of logic and a leopard named Baby....	1938	1990
Broken Blossoms Broken Blossoms *Broken Blossoms* is a 1919 in film silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess and Donald Crisp. The film paints an intimate portrait of Cheng Huan , a kind hearted Chinese man, and his love for a poor abused girl named Lucy Burrows , as well as the brutality of Battling Burrows, a sadistic prizefi...	1919	1996
Bronx Morning, A A Bronx Morning *A Bronx Morning* is a 1931 in film avant-garde film by United States filmmaker Jay Leyda .Described as "city symphony", the eleven-minute European style film recorded a Bronx street in New York City before it is crowded with traffic....	1931	2004
Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man, The The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man *The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man* is a 1975 in film documentary film produced by Appalshop. The film is about the incident that occurred on February 26, 1972 when the Pittston Coal Company's coal slurry impoundment dam in Logan County, West Virginia, West Virginia burst four days after having been declared 'satisfactory' by a federa...	1975	2005
Bullitt Bullitt *Bullitt* is a 1968 in film American thriller film starring Steve McQueen . It was Film director by Peter Yates and distributed by Warner Bros....	1968	2007
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* is a American Revisionist Western that tells the story of bank robbers Butch Cassidy and his partner Harry Longabaugh , based loosely on historical fact....	1969	2003
Cabaret Cabaret (film) *Cabaret* is a 1972 in film American musical film directed by Bob Fosse and starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York and Joel Grey. The film is set in Berlin during the Weimar Republic in 1931, before the rise of the Nazism under Adolf Hitler....	1972	1995
Cameraman, The The Cameraman (1928 film) *The Cameraman* is an United States 1928 in film silent film comedy directed by Edward Sedgwick and an uncredited Buster Keaton.The picture stars Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, and others....	1928	2005
Carmen Jones Carmen Jones (film) *Carmen Jones* is a 1954 musical film produced and directed by Otto Preminger for Carlyle Productions, released on October 5, 1954 by 20th Century Fox....	1954	1992
Casablanca Casablanca (film) *Casablanca* is an Cinema of the United States romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre....	1942	1989
Castro Street Castro Street (film) *Castro Street* is a visual nonstory documentary film which uses the sounds and sights of a city street -- in this case, Castro Street near the Standard Oil Refinery in Richmond, California -- to convey the street's own mood and feel....	1966	1992
Cat People	1942	1993
Chan Is Missing Chan Is Missing *Chan Is Missing* is a 1982 in film which tells the story of two taxi drivers searching the streets of San Francisco, California Chinatown, San Francisco, California for the man who ran off with their money....	1982	1995
Cheat, The The Cheat (film) *The Cheat* is a drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, and Jack Dean.The film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry....	1915	1993
Chechahcos, The The Chechahcos *The Chechahcos* is a 1924 in film silent film about the gold rush days in the Klondike, Yukon. Chechahco, more commonly spelled cheechako, is a Chinook Jargon word for "newcomer", and the film focuses on a group of would-be Prospectings sailing for Alaska....	1924	2003
Chinatown Chinatown (film) *Chinatown* is a Cinema of the United States neo-noir film, directed by Roman Polanski. The film features many elements of the film noir genre, particularly a multi-layered story that is part Mystery fiction and part psychology drama....	1974	1991
Chulas Fronteras Chulas Fronteras *Chulas Fronteras* is a documentary film from 1976 which tells the story of the Norte?o or conjunto music which is played on both sides of the Mexico-Texas border....	1976	1993
Citizen Kane Citizen Kane *Citizen Kane* is a 1941 in film United States dramatic film and the first feature film directed by Orson Welles. It was nominated for an Academy Award in nine categories, but won only for Best Original Screenplay by Herman Mankiewicz and Welles....	1941	1989
City, The The City (film) *The City* is a pioneering short documentary film which attempts to contrast the evils of the industrialized city with the idyllic conditions one finds in small-town United States....	1939	1998
City Lights City Lights *City Lights* is a Cinema of the United States silent film romantic comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, and starring Chaplin alongside Virginia Cherrill and Harry Myers....	1931	1991
Civilization	1916	1999
Clash of the Wolves Clash of the Wolves *Clash of the Wolves* was a 1925 in film animal movie featuring an early starring role Rin Tin Tin, a German Shepherd Dog who appeared in many movies at the time....	1925	2004
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Close Encounters of the Third Kind *Close Encounters of the Third Kind* is a 1977 science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Richard Dreyfuss, Fran?ois Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban and Cary Guffey....	1977	2007
Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther *Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther* is a 1939 in film short documentary film which deals with the German-American community on the eve of World War II....	1939	2001
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort, South Carolina (May 1940)	1940	2005
Conversation, The The Conversation *The Conversation* is a mystery film Thriller about audio surveillance, written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams and Frederic Forrest, and featuring Harrison Ford, Teri Garr and an uncredited appearance from Robert Duvall....	1974	1995
Cool Hand Luke Cool Hand Luke *Cool Hand Luke* is a Cinema of the United States drama film starring Paul Newman and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. The screenplay was adapted by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson from the novel by Pearce....	1967	2005
Cool World, The The Cool World *The Cool World* is a 1964 film about life in the African-American ghetto in the early 1960s. It stars Hampton Clanton, Yolanda Rodr?guez, Bostic Felton, Gary Bolling, Antonio Fargas, Carl Lee and Clarence Williams III....	1963	1994
Cops Cops (film) *Cops* is a 1922 in film comedy short silent film about a young man who accidentally gets on the bad side of the entire Los Angeles Police Department during a parade, and is chased all over town....	1922	1997
Corner in Wheat, A A Corner in Wheat *A Corner in Wheat* is a 1909 in film short film which tells of a greedy tycoon who tries to cornering the market on wheat, destroying the lives of the people who can no longer afford to buy bread....	1909	1994
Court Jester, The The Court Jester *The Court Jester* is a 1956 comedy film starring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, and Angela Lansbury. The movie was screen writer, film director, and film producer by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama....	1956	2004
Crowd, The The Crowd *The Crowd* is an United States silent film released in 1928 in film and directed by King Vidor.The picture is an influential and acclaimed feature and was nominated for the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production....	1928	1989
Curse of Quon Gwon, The The Curse of Quon Gwon *The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West* is a 1916-1917 black-and-white silent film film. It was apparently never released and long thought lost....	1916-17	2006
Czechoslovakia 1968 Czechoslovakia 1968 *Czechoslovakia 1968* is a 1969 short documentary film about the "Prague Spring", a failed Czech and Slovak uprising against Soviet rule. The film was produced by the United States Information Agency under the direct direction of Robert M....	1969	1997
Dance, Girl, Dance Dance, Girl, Dance *Dance, Girl, Dance* is a 1940 in film, directed by Dorothy Arzner.In 2007, Dance, Girl, Dance was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", describing it as Arzner's "most intriguing film" and a "meditation on the...	1940	2007
Dances with Wolves Dances with Wolves *Dances with Wolves* is a 1990 in film epic film which tells the story of a Civil War-era United States Army lieutenant who travels to the American Frontier to find a military post....	1990	2007
Daughter of Shanghai Daughter of Shanghai *Daughter of Shanghai* is a 1937 in film American motion picture directed by Robert Florey, written by Gladys Unger and Garnett Weston, and starring Anna May Wong and Philip Ahn....	1937	2006
Daughters of the Dust Daughters of the Dust *Daughters of the Dust* is a 1991 independent film written and directed by Julie Dash. It tells the story of three generations of Gullah women at the turn of the 20th century and focuses on the family's migration from the Sea Islands to the United States mainland....	1991	2004
David Holzman's Diary David Holzman's Diary *David Holzman's Diary* is a 1967 in film which spoofs the art of documentary-making.It tells the story of a young man making a documentary film of his life, who discovers something important about himself while making the movie....	1968	1991
Day the Earth Stood Still, The	1951	1995
Days of Heaven Days of Heaven *Days of Heaven* is a 1978 in film written and directed by Terrence Malick and starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams , Sam Shepard and Linda Manz....	1978	2007
Dead Birds Dead Birds (1965 film) *Dead Birds* is a 1965 in film documentary film by Robert Gardner about the Dani people of New Guinea. It was produced as part of the Harvard-Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Expedition to study the highlands of New Guinea, at that time one of the only remaining areas in the world uncolonized by European ethnic groupss....	1964	1998
Deer Hunter, The The Deer Hunter *The Deer Hunter* is a War film drama film about a trio of Russian American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the Vietnam War....	1978	1996
Deliverance	1972	2008
Destry Rides Again Destry Rides Again *Destry Rides Again* is a 1939 in film Western directed by George Marshall, starring Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart , Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Irene Hervey, Billy Gilbert, Bill Cody, Jr....	1939	1996
Detour Detour (1945 film) *Detour* is a film noir cult classic that stars Tom Neal, Ann Savage , Claudia Drake, and Edmund MacDonald. The movie was adapted by Martin Goldsmith and Martin Mooney from Goldsmith's Detour , and was directed by Edgar G....	1945	1992
Dickson Experimental Sound Film Dickson Experimental Sound Film The Dickson Experimental Sound Film is a film made by William Kennedy Dickson in late 1894 or early 1895. It is the first known film with live-recorded sound and appears to be the first example of a motion picture made for the Kinetoscope#Kinetophone, the proto-sound film system developed by Dickson and Thomas Edison....	1894-95	2003
Disneyland Dream Disneyland Dream *Disneyland Dream* is a amateur film made by Robbins and Meg Barstow that documents their family's free trip to the newly opened Disneyland. The trip was a prize that they won in a contest sponsored by Scotch tape....	1956	2008
D.O.A. D.O.A. (1950 film) *D.O.A.* , a film noir drama film directed by Rudolph Mat?, is considered a classic of the genre. The frantically-paced plot revolves around a doomed man's quest to find out who has poisoned him – and why – before he dies....	1950	2004
Do the Right Thing Do the Right Thing *Do the Right Thing* is a 1989 in film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee. The film tells a tale of bigotry and racial conflict in a multi-ethnic community in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York on the hottest day of the year....	1989	1999
Docks of New York, The The Docks of New York *The Docks of New York* is a silent film starring George Bancroft , Betty Compson, Olga Baclanova, Clyde Cook, and Mitchell Lewis, which tells the story of a prostitute who tries to rise above her life on the docks by finding love....	1928	1999
Dodsworth Dodsworth (film) *Dodsworth* is a 1936 in film United States drama film directed by William Wyler. Sidney Howard based the screenplay on his Dodsworth of Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis....	1936	1990
Dog Star Man Dog Star Man *Dog Star Man* is a series of short experimental films, all directed by Stan Brakhage:* Prelude: Dog Star Man * Dog Star Man: Part I ...	1964	1992
Dont Look Back Dont Look Back *Dont Look Back* is a 1967 documentary film by D.A. Pennebaker that principally covers Bob Dylan's 1965 concert tour of the United Kingdom.In 1998, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"....	1967	1998
Double Indemnity	1944	1992
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* is an American/British black comedy film directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Peter Sellers and George C....	1964	1989
Dracula Dracula (1931 film) *Dracula* is a classic horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring B?la Lugosi as the title character. The film was produced by Universal Studios and is based on the Dracula by Hamilton Deane and John L....	1931	2000
Drums of Winter Drums of Winter *Uksuum Cauyai: Drums of Winter, also referred to only as Drums of Winter* is a ethnographic documentary on the culture of the Yup'ik people, focusing primarily on dance, music, and potlatch traditions in the community of Emmonak, on the shore of the Bering Sea....	1988	2006
Duck Amuck Duck Amuck *Duck Amuck* is a surreal animated cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. The short was released in early 1953 by The Vitaphone Corporation, the short subject division of Warner Bros....	1953	1999
Duck and Cover Duck and Cover (film) *Duck and Cover* was a civil defense film produced in 1951 by the Federal government of the United States's civil defense branch shortly after the Soviet Union began nuclear testing....	1951	2004
Duck Soup Duck Soup *Duck Soup* is a Marx Brothers anarchic comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, with additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin, and directed by Leo McCarey....	1933	1990
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial* is a 1982 in film American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace-Stone and Peter Coyote....	1982	1994
Early Abstractions Early Abstractions *Early Abstractions* is a collection of seven short animated films created by Harry Everett Smith between 1939 and 1956. Each film is between two and six minutes long, and is named according to the chronological order in which it was made....	1939-56	2006
Easy Rider Easy Rider *Easy Rider*, a Cinema of the United States road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern and directed by Hopper, about two bikers who travel through the Southwest United States and U.S....	1969	1998
Eaux d'artifice Eaux d'artifice *Eaux d'artifice* is a 1953 in film short film which consists entirely of a woman, wearing eighteenth century clothes, who wanders amidst the garden fountains of the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, Italy, Italy., until she steps into a fountain and disappears....	1953	1993
El Norte El Norte (film) *El Norte* is an United States and England film, directed by Gregory Nava. The screenplay was written by Nava and Anna Thomas. The movie was first presented at the Telluride Film Festival in 1983 in film, and its wide release was in January 1984 in film....	1983	1995
Emperor Jones, The The Emperor Jones (1933 film) *The Emperor Jones* is a 1933 film adaptation of the Eugene O'Neill The Emperor Jones, directed by Dudley Murphy, featuring Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank H....	1933	1999
Empire Empire (1964 film) *Empire* is a silent film, black and white film made by Andy Warhol. It consists of eight hours and five minutes of continuous Real-time footage of the Empire State Building in New York City....	1964	2004
Endless Summer, The The Endless Summer *The Endless Summer* is one of the first and most influential films of the surf movie genre, creating and defining an entire category of cinema, which has endured and evolved in the decades since its release in 1966 in film....	1966	2002
Enter the Dragon Enter the Dragon *Enter the Dragon* aka. The Deadly Three, originally titled Blood and Steel is a Hong Kong films of 1973 United States martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse; starring martial artists Bruce Lee and Jim Kelly , as well as actor John Saxon ....	1973	2004
Eraserhead Eraserhead *Eraserhead* is a surrealist-horror film written and directed by David Lynch, and released in . In 1971, Lynch moved to Los Angeles to study for an MFA degree at the AFI Conservatory....	1977	2004
Evidence of the Film	1913	2001
Exploits of Elaine, The The Exploits of Elaine *The Exploits of Elaine* is a 1914 in film film Serial in the genre of The Perils of Pauline , and even outgrossed that serial in ticket sales....	1914	1994
Face in the Crowd, A A Face in the Crowd *A Face in the Crowd* is a motion picture starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, and Walter Matthau, and directed by Elia Kazan. The screenplay was written by Budd Schulberg, based on his own short story "Your Arkansas Traveler." The story centers on a "country" comedian, a common thug named Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes , who is discovered by t...	1957	2008
Fall of the House of Usher, The	1928	2000
Fantasia Fantasia (film) *Fantasia* is a 1940 in film List of animated feature-length films produced by Walt Disney, and is the third film in the List of Disney theatrical animated features#official canon....	1940	1990
Fargo Fargo (film) *Fargo* is a Cinema of the United States film produced, directed and written by brothers Coen brothers. Set in Minnesota, it is the story of a car salesman who hires two men to kidnap his wife for an $80,000 ransom....	1996	2006
Fast Times at Ridgemont High Fast Times at Ridgemont High *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* is a 1982 in film Cinema of the United States Coming of age teen film-comedy film written by Cameron Crowe and directed by Amy Heckerling....	1982	2005
Fatty's Tintype Tangle Fatty's Tintype Tangle *Fatty's Tintype Tangle* is a 1915 in film comedy short film. A man, tired of his mother-in-law's henpecking, leaves home in anger and sits on a park bench, where a photographer takes a picture of him sitting next to a married woman, whose husband is not pleased....	1915	1995
Film Portrait Film Portrait *Film Portrait* is a full-length autobiography directed by, and about, the life of Minnesotan film-maker and artist, Jerome Hill. It was selected as an outstanding Film of the Year for presentation at the London Film Festival in 1972 and won the Gold Dukat Prize at the 21st Annual Film Festival in Mannheim....	1970	2003
Five Easy Pieces Five Easy Pieces *Five Easy Pieces* is a 1970 in film film written by Carole Eastman and Bob Rafelson, and directed by Rafelson. It tells the story of Bobby Dupea , a former piano prodigy who is estranged from his artistic upper class family....	1970	2000
Flash Gordon Flash Gordon (serial) *Flash Gordon* is a 1936 in film serial which tells the story of three people from Earth who travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless....	1936	1996
Flesh and the Devil Flesh and the Devil *Flesh and the Devil* is an MGM silent film starring Greta Garbo, John Gilbert , Lars Hanson, and Barbara Kent, directed by Clarence Brown, and based on the play The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann....	1927	2006
Flower Drum Song Flower Drum Song (film) *Flower Drum Song* is a 1961 Academy Award nominated film adaptation of the 1958 Broadway theatre musical theatre play Flower Drum Song, written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II....	1961	2008
Foolish Wives Foolish Wives *Foolish Wives* is an Cinema of the United States drama silent film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim. Although not credited on the screen, the motion picture was produced by Irving Thalberg, who would go on to become one of the sharpest studio heads of all time at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer....	1922	2008
Footlight Parade Footlight Parade *Footlight Parade* is a Warner Bros. musical film starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell and featuring Frank McHugh, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert and Ruth Donnelly....	1933	1992
Force of Evil Force of Evil *Force of Evil* is a film noir directed by Abraham Polonsky who had already achieved a name for himself as a scriptwriter, most notably for gritty boxing film Body and Soul ....	1948	1994
Forgotten Frontier, The The Forgotten Frontier *The Forgotten Frontier* is a 1931 in film documentary film about the Frontier Nursing Service, nurses on horseback, who traveled the back roads of the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States....	1931	1996
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (film) *The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse* is a 1921 in film silent movie produced by Metro Pictures Corporation, directed by Rex Ingram and starring Rudolph Valentino, Pomeroy Cannon, Josef Swickard, Wallace Beery, and Alice Terry....	1921	1995
Jenkins Orphanage Band (Fox Movietone News)Jenkins Orphanage The Jenkins Orphanage was established in 1891 by Rev. Daniel J. Jenkins in Charleston, South Carolina. Jenkins was a former slave turned minister who, upon stumbling across homeless youths, decided to organize an orphanage for young African American children, the first of its kind in Charleston....	1928	2003
Frank Film Frank Film *Frank Film* is a 1973 in film animated short film. Co-creator Frank Mouris reads a list of words starting with the letter "f". This sound track is interwoven with the sound of his reading his autobiography....	1973	1996
Frankenstein Frankenstein (1931 film) *Frankenstein* is a horror film from Universal Pictures directed by James Whale and very loosely based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley as well as the play adapted from it by Peggy Webling....	1931	1991
Freaks Freaks *Freaks* is a horror film about sideshow performers, directed and produced by Tod Browning and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with a cast mostly composed of actual carnival performers....	1932	1994
Free Radicals Free Radicals (film) *Free Radicals* is a black-and-white animated film short film by avant-garde film Len Lye. Begun in 1958 and completed in 1979, Lye made the film by directly scratching the film stock....	1979	2008
French Connection, The The French Connection (film) *The French Connection* is a 1971 in film Hollywood crime film directed by William Friedkin. The film was adapted and fictionalized by Ernest Tidyman from the The French Connection by Robin Moore....	1971	2005
Freshman, The The Freshman (1925 film) *The Freshman* is a comedy film that tells the story of a college freshman trying to become popular by joining the school football team. It stars Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict and James Anderson ....	1925	1990
From Here to Eternity From Here to Eternity *From Here to Eternity* is a 1953 in film Academy Award winning drama film based on the From Here to Eternity by James Jones . It deals with the troubles of soldiers stationed on Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor....	1953	2002
From Stump to Ship From Stump to Ship *From Stump to Ship* is an amateur industrial film by Alfred Ames, owner of the Machias Lumber Company, in Machias, Maine. The half-hour 16mm film was shot over the winter of 1930 in the logging woods and shows logging in the forest with hand tools and horses, then moves to the spring log drive, with loggers using peaveys to break up log j...	1930	2002
From the Manger to the Cross From the Manger to the Cross *From the Manger to the Cross* or *Jesus of Nazareth* is a 1912 in film United States motion picture filmed on location in Palestine which tells the story of Jesus' life....	1912	1998
Fuji Fuji (film) *Fuji* is a 1975 art film which explores director Robert Breer's artistic rendition of a train ride past Japan's Mt. Fuji, using line drawings, rotoscope and live action....	1974	2002
Fury Fury (1936 film) *Fury* is a drama film which tells the story of an innocent man who narrowly escapes being Lynching and the revenge he seeks. Directed by Fritz Lang, the film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and stars Spencer Tracy and Sylvia Sidney and features Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot, Edward Ellis and Walter Brennan....	1936	1995
Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers *Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers* is a documentary film about garlic directed by Les Blank. In 2004, the film was selected for preservation in the United States? National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being ?culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.?...	1980	2004
General, The The General (1927 film) *The General* is a silent film comedy released by United Artists based upon the Great Locomotive Chase from 1862. Buster Keaton starred in the film and co-directed it with Clyde Bruckman....	1927	1989
George Stevens World War II Footage George Stevens George Stevens was an United States film director, film producer, screenwriter and cinematographer....	1943-46	2008
Gerald McBoing-Boing Gerald McBoing-Boing *Gerald McBoing-Boing* is an animated short film produced by United Productions of America and given wide release by Columbia Pictures on January 25, 1951....	1951	1995
Gertie the Dinosaur Gertie the Dinosaur *Gertie the Dinosaur* is a 1914 in film short animation by Winsor McCay.Although not the first animated film, as is sometimes thought, it was the first cartoon to feature a character with an appealing personality....	1914	1991
Giant Giant (film) *Giant* is a drama film directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from the novel by Edna Ferber. It stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean and features Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor and Earl Holliman....	1956	2005
Gigi Gigi (1958 film) *Gigi* is a 1958 in film Cinema of the United States musical film directed by Vincente Minnelli. The screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner is based on the 1944 novella Gigi by Colette....	1958	1991
Glimpse of the Garden Glimpse of the Garden *Glimpse of the Garden* is a five minute Short film made by Marie Menken, showing video clips of a garden, with birds chirping for the soundtrack....	1957	2007
Godfather, The The Godfather *The Godfather* is an Cinema of the United States crime film film based on the The Godfather by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola, and Robert Towne, who was not credited....	1972	1990
Godfather: Part II, The	1974	1993
Going My Way Going My Way For the 1962-1963 American Broadcasting Company television series of the same name, starring Gene Kelly, Leo G. Carroll, and Dick York, see Going My Way ....	1944	2004
Gold Diggers of 1933 Gold Diggers of 1933 *Gold Diggers of 1933* is a Warner Bros. musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy with songs by Harry Warren and Al Dubin , staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley....	1933	2003
Gold Rush, The The Gold Rush *The Gold Rush* is a silent film Comedy film written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin in his The Tramp role. The film also stars Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray , Henry Bergman, Malcolm Waite....	1925	1992
Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind (film) *Gone with the Wind* is a 1939 in film Cinema of the United States drama film-romance film-film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's 1936 in literature Gone with the Wind and directed by Victor Fleming ....	1939	1989
Goodfellas Goodfellas *Goodfellas* is a crime film drama film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese....	1990	2000
Graduate, The The Graduate *The Graduate* is a Cinema of United States comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, based on the The Graduate by Charles Webb, who wrote the piece shortly after graduating from Williams College....	1967	1996
Grand Hotel Grand Hotel (film) *Grand Hotel* is a 1932 in film MGM Pre-Code Art Deco film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture.The plot device of the film?bringing together several unrelated characters into one setting?was popular and effective enough that it was re-used in other films and became known as "the Grand Hotel" formula....	1932	2007
Grapes of Wrath, The The Grapes of Wrath (film) *The Grapes of Wrath* is a United States drama film directed by Academy Award Winner Best Director, John Ford. It was based on the Pulitzer Prize winning The Grapes of Wrath , written by John Steinbeck....	1940	1989
Grass Grass (1925 film) *Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life* is a silent documentary film which follows a branch of the Bakhtiari tribe of Persia as they and their herds make their seasonal journey to better pastures....	1925	1997
Great Dictator, The The Great Dictator *The Great Dictator* is a comedy film Film director by and starring Charlie Chaplin. First released in October 1940 in film, it was Chaplin's first true talking picture, and more importantly was the only major film of its period to bitterly satirise Nazism and Adolf Hitler, culminating in an overt political plea to defy fascism....	1940	1997
Great Train Robbery, The The Great Train Robbery (1903 film) *The Great Train Robbery* is a 1903 in film western movie by Edwin S. Porter. Twelve minutes long, it is considered a milestone in film making, expanding on Porter's previous work Life of an American Fireman....	1903	1990
Greed Greed (film) *Greed* is a dramatic silent film. One of the most famous lost films in cinema history it is also considered Films considered the greatest ever....	1924	1991
Groundhog Day Groundhog Day (film) *Groundhog Day* is a 1993 in film comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. It was written by Ramis and Danny Rubin, and based on a story by Rubin....	1993	2006
Gun Crazy Gun Crazy For other links, see Gun Crazy .Gun Crazy is a film noir feature film starring Peggy Cummins and John Dall in a story about the crime-spree of a gun-toting husband and wife....	1949	1998
Gunga Din Gunga Din (film) *Gunga Din* is a 1939 in film RKO adventure film loosely based on the Gunga Din by Rudyard Kipling, combined with elements of his novel Soldiers Three....	1939	1999
H2O H2O (1929 film) *H2O* is a short silent film by photographer Ralph Steiner. It is a cinematography tone poem showing water in its many forms. In 2005, H2O was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"....	1929	2005
Hallelujah	1929	2008
Halloween Halloween (1978 film) *Halloween* is a 1978 United States independent film horror film set in the fictional suburban Midwestern United States town of Haddonfield , Illinois on Halloween....	1978	2006
Hands Up! Hands Up! (1926 film) *Hands Up!* is a 1926 comedy film directed by Clarence Badger and co-written by Monte Brice and Lloyd Corrigan. The film starred Raymond Griffith, one of the great silent movie comedians....	1926	2005
Harlan County, USA Harlan County, USA *Harlan County, USA* is a 1976 documentary film covering the efforts of 180 coal miners on Strike action against the Duke Power Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in 1973....	1976	1990
Harold and Maude Harold and Maude *Harold and Maude* is a cult classic film directed by Hal Ashby in 1971 in film. The film, featuring slapstick, dark humour, and existentialist drama, revolves around the exploits of a morbid young man – Harold – who drifts away from the life that his detached mother prescribes for him, as he develops a relationship with septua...	1972	1997
Heiress, The The Heiress *The Heiress* is a 1949 drama film by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz adapted from their 1947 The Heiress that was based on the 1880 novel Washington Square by Henry James....	1949	1996
Hell's Hinges Hell's Hinges *Hell's Hinges* is a 1916 in film western silent film film movie star William S. Hart, Clara Williams, and Jack Standing.film director by Charles Swickard, William S....	1916	1994
High Noon High Noon *High Noon* is an Cinema of the United States 1952 in film western film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. The film tells the story of a town marshal who is forced to face a gang of killers by himself....	1952	1989
High School High School (film) *High School* is a 1968 direct cinema documentary film which follows the typical day of a group of students at their high school It was one of the first direct cinema documentaries....	1969	1991
Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage *Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage* is a 1937 documentary film which shows the burning, explosion, and crash of the zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg....	1937	1997
His Girl Friday His Girl Friday *His Girl Friday* is a screwball comedy, a remake of the 1931 in film film The Front Page , which is an adaptation by Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur of their The Front Page....	1940	1993
Hitch-Hiker, The The Hitch-Hiker (1953 film) *The Hitch-Hiker* is a film noir directed by Ida Lupino about two fishing buddies who pick up a mysterious Hitchhiking during a trip to Mexico....	1953	1998
Hoop Dreams Hoop Dreams *Hoop Dreams* is a 1994 documentary film directed by Steve James . It follows the story of two black high school students in Chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball players....	1994	2005
Hoosiers Hoosiers *Hoosiers* is 1986 sports film about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team that wins the state championship. The film is set during 1952, when all high schools in Indiana, regardless of school size, competed in one state championship tournament....	1986	2001
Hospital	1970	1994
Hospital, The The Hospital *The Hospital* is a 1971 black comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring George C. Scott as Dr. Herbert Bock. The script was written by Paddy Chayefsky, who was awarded the 1972 in film Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ....	1971	1995
House I Live In, The The House I Live In *The House I Live In* is a ten-minute short film written by Albert Maltz and made by producer Frank Ross and Mervyn LeRoy, and actor Frank Sinatra to oppose anti-Semitism and racism at the end of World War II....	1945	2007
House in the Middle, The The House in the Middle *The House in the Middle* is a 1954 short documentary film produced by the Federal Civil Defense Authority and the National Clean Up-Paint Up-Fix Up Bureau, which attempted to show that a clean, freshly painted house is more likely to survive a nuclear attack than its poorly maintained counterpart....	1954	2001
House of Usher House of Usher (film) *House of Usher* is an American International Pictures horror film starring Vincent Price, Myrna Fahey, and Mark Damon in a tale about a New England family cursed with madness, criminal conduct, and debauchery....	1960	2005
How Green Was My Valley How Green Was My Valley (film) *How Green Was My Valley* is a 1941 in film United States drama film directed by John Ford. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, written by Philip Dunne, and based on the Richard Llewellyn How Green Was My Valley....	1941	1990
How the West Was Won How the West Was Won (film) *How the West Was Won* is a 1962 in film Epic Western Western which follows four generations of a family as they move ever westward, from western New York state to the Pacific Ocean....	1962	1997
Hunters, The The Hunters (1957 film) *The Hunters* is a anthropological documentary film about a giraffe hunt in the Kalahari Desert by four members of the Bushmen. The footage was captured during a Smithsonian-Harvard Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology expedition in 1952?53....	1957	2003
Hustler, The The Hustler (film) *The Hustler* is a 1961 in film American drama film. It tells the story of small-time pool Hustling, "Fast Eddie" Felson, and his desire to prove himself the best player in the country by beating legendary pool player "Minnesota Fats." After initially losing to Fats and getting involved with unscrupulous manager Bert Gordon, Eddie returns t...	1961	1997
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* is a pre-Code 1932 in film Crime film/drama film in which Paul Muni stars as a wrongfully accused escapee from a chain gang....	1932	1991
Imitation of Life Imitation of Life (1934 film) *Imitation of Life* is a 1934 in film Cinema of the United States drama film directed by John M. Stahl. The screenplay by William Hurlbut, based on Fannie Hurst's 1933 in literature Imitation of Life , was augmented by eight additional uncredited writers, including Preston Sturges and Finley Peter Dunne....	1934	2005
Immigrant, The The Immigrant *The Immigrant* is a 1917 in film short comedy film starring the Charlie Chaplin The Tramp character as an immigrant coming to the United States who is accused of theft on the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, and befriends a young woman along the way....	1917	1998
In a Lonely Place In a Lonely Place *In a Lonely Place* is a film noir directed by Nicholas Ray, and starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, produced for Bogart's Santana Productions....	1950	2007
In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (film) *In Cold Blood* is a film based on Truman Capote's In Cold Blood . Richard Brooks prepared the adaptation and directed the film. Some scenes were filmed on the locations of the original events, in Garden City and Holcomb, Kansas including the Clutter residence, the site of the murders....	1967	2008
In the Heat of the Night	1967	2002
In the Land of the Head Hunters In the Land of the Head Hunters *In the Land of the Head Hunters* is a 1914 in film silent film fictionalizing the world of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples of the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the British Columbia Coast, Canada, written and directed by Edward S....	1914	1999
In the Street In the Street (film) *In the Street* is a short 1948 silent film shot in New York City directed and edited by United States photographer Helen Levitt, assisted by novelist and critic James Agee and fellow photographer Janice Loeb....	1948	2006
Intolerance Intolerance (film) *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages*, a silent film directed by D. W. Griffith in 1916 in film, is considered one of the great masterpieces of the Silent film....	1916	1989
Invasion of the Body Snatchers	1956	1994
Invisible Man, The	1933	2008
It It (1927 film) It is a 1927 in film Cinderella themed silent film romantic comedy which tells the story of a shop girl who sets her sights on the handsome and wealthy owner of the department store where she works....	1927	2001
It Happened One Night It Happened One Night *It Happened One Night* is an Cinema of the United States 1934 in film screwball comedy film directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered socialite tries to get out from under her father's thumb, and falls in love with a roguish reporter ....	1934	1993
It's a Wonderful Life It's a Wonderful Life *It's a Wonderful Life* is an United States film produced and directed by Frank Capra and loosely based on the short story "The Greatest Gift " written by Philip Van Doren Stern....	1946	1990
Italian, The	1915	1991
Jailhouse Rock Jailhouse Rock (1957 film) *Jailhouse Rock* is an United States motion picture directed by Richard Thorpe, released by MGM on November 8, 1957. The film stars Elvis Presley , Judy Tyler, and Mickey Shaughnessy....	1957	2004
Jam Session Jam Session (film) *Jam Session* is a 1942 short film which shows Duke Ellington and his orchestra performing C Jam Blues.In 2001, the United States Library of Congress deemed the 3-minute, black-and-white film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry....	1942	2001
Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest Jack Johnson (boxer) John Arthur Johnson , better known as Jack Johnson and nicknamed the ?Galveston Giant?, was an United States boxing and arguably the best heavyweight of his generation....	1910	2005
Jammin' the Blues Jammin' the Blues *Jammin' the Blues* is a 1944 in film short film in which several prominent jazz musicians got together for a rare filmed jam session. It featured Lester Young, Red Callender, Harry Edison, Marlowe Morris, Sid Catlett, Barney Kessel, Jo Jones, John Simmons, Illinois Jacquet, Marie Bryant, Archie Savage and Garland Finney....	1944	1995
Jaws Jaws (film) *Jaws* is a 1975 in film Cinema of the United States horror film thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's best-selling Jaws ....	1975	2001
Jazz on a Summer's Day Jazz on a Summer's Day *Jazz on a Summer's Day* is a 1960 documentary film set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island.It was filmed and directed by noted commercial and fashion photographer Bert Stern....	1959	1999
Jazz Singer, The The Jazz Singer (1927 film) *The Jazz Singer* is a American musical film. The first feature film motion picture with synchronization dialogue sequences, its release heralded the commercial ascendance of the "sound film" and the decline of the silent film era....	1927	1996
Johnny Guitar Johnny Guitar *Johnny Guitar* is a Republic Pictures feature film starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, and Scott Brady in an Old West tale about an Arizona cattle community facing unwanted social and economic changes and a newcomer who challenges the community's dictatorial leaders....	1954	2008
Killer of Sheep Killer of Sheep *Killer of Sheep* is a 1977 in film Cinema of the United States written, directed, produced and shot by Charles Burnett . It features Henry G....	1977	1990
Killers, The The Killers (1946 film) *The Killers* is an United States film noir about the investigation of a mob murder. It is based in part on the short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway....	1946	2008
King: a Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis King: a Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis *King: a Filmed Record... Montgomery To Memphis* is a 1970 in film documentary film biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., presented in the form of newsreel footage and segments of recordings by Dr....	1970	1999
King Kong King Kong (1933 film) *King Kong* is a landmark black-and-white monster film about a gigantic gorilla named "King Kong" and how he is captured from a remote lost prehistoric island and brought to civilization against his will....	1933	1991
Kiss, The	1896	1999
Kiss Me Deadly Kiss Me Deadly *Kiss Me Deadly* is a film noir drama film produced and directed by Robert Aldrich starring Ralph Meeker. The screenplay was written by A.I. Bezzerides, based on the Mickey Spillane Mike Hammer mystery novel Kiss Me, Deadly....	1955	1999
Kannapolis, NC	1941	2004
Knute Rockne, All American Knute Rockne, All American *Knute Rockne, All American* is a 1940 in film biographical film which tells the story of Knute Rockne, perhaps the most famous of all of the college football coaches at University of Notre Dame, one of the most successful football programs in history....	1940	1997
Koyaanisqatsi Koyaanisqatsi *Koyaanisqatsi* , also known as *Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance*, is a 1983 film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke....	1983	2000
Lady Eve, The The Lady Eve *The Lady Eve* is a screwball comedy film about a mismatched couple who meet on a Ocean liner, written by Preston Sturges based on a story by Monckton Hoffe, and directed by Sturges, his third directorial effort, after The Great McGinty and Christmas in July....	1941	1994
Lady Helen's Escapade Lady Helen's Escapade *Lady Helen's Escapade* is a short movie produced in 1909 in film, directed by D. W. Griffith. It is about the escapades of Lady Helen working as a domestic in a boarding house....	1909	2004
Lady Windermere's Fan Lady Windermere's Fan *Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play About a Good Woman* is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St. James Theatre in London....	1925	2002
Lambchops Lambchops *Lampchops* is a 1929 in film comedy short subject which is a filming of a vaudeville performance by George Burns and Gracie Allen of the comedy routine ?Lambchops? written by Al Boasberg....	1929	1999
Land Beyond the Sunset Land Beyond the Sunset *The Land Beyond the Sunset* is a 1912 in film short film which tells the story of a young boy, oppressed by his grandmother, who goes on an outing in the country with a social welfare group....	1912	2000
Lassie Come Home Lassie Come Home *Lassie Come Home* is a 1943 in film Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film starring Roddy McDowall and Pal in a story about the profound bond between Yorkshire boy Joe Carraclough and his rough collie, Lassie....	1943	1993
Last Command, The The Last Command (film) *The Last Command* is a silent film, written by John F. Goodrich and Herman J. Mankiewicz, from a story by Lajos Bir?, and directed by Josef von Sternberg....	1928	2006
Last of the Mohicans, The The Last of the Mohicans (1920 film) *The Last of the Mohicans* is a 1920 in film film version of James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans. It tells the story of two English girls, trying to reach the fort where their father is commander, suffering danger in the frontier of the American colonies....	1920	1995
Last Picture Show, The The Last Picture Show *The Last Picture Show* is a 1971 in film film drama directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry....	1971	1998
Laura Laura (1944 film) *Laura* is an United States film noir directed by Otto Preminger and starring Gene Tierney as Laura, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, and Judith Anderson....	1944	1999
Lawrence of Arabia Lawrence of Arabia (film) *Lawrence of Arabia* is a 1962 in film UK epic film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. It was directed by David Lean and produced by Austrian Sam Spiegel , from a script by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson ....	1962	1991
Learning Tree, The The Learning Tree *The Learning Tree* is a 1969 in film film which tells the story of a young African American growing up in a rural setting in the early part of the 20th century, when racial discrimination was a social norm, legally sanctioned in parts of the United States....	1969	1989
Let's All Go To the Lobby Let's All Go to the Lobby *Let's All Go to the Lobby* is a 1957 animated musical snipe played as an advertisement before the beginning of the main film. It featured a family of four talking concession stand products, singing "Let's all go to the lobby to get ourselves a treat" and walking to the concession stand....	1957	2000
Letter from an Unknown Woman Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948 film) *Letter from an Unknown Woman* is a 1948 in film film directed by Max Oph?ls. It was based on the Letter from an Unknown Woman of the same name....	1948	1992
Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra, The The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra *The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra* is a short silent film which tells the story of a man who comes to Hollywood to become a star, only to fail and be dehumanized , after which he dies and goes on Heaven, where the number is removed....	1927	1997
Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter, The The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter *The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter* is a 1981 in film documentary film by Connie Field about the United States women who went to work during World War II to do "men's jobs." In 1996, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetica...	1980	1996
Life of Emile Zola, The The Life of Emile Zola *The Life of ?mile Zola* is a 1937 in film biographical film of famous French author ?mile Zola. It depicts his friendship with noted painter Paul C?zanne and his involvement in the Dreyfus affair....	1937	2000
Little Caesar Little Caesar (film) *Little Caesar* is a 1931 in film crime film made during the Pre-Code era which tells the story of a man who works his way up the ranks of the mob until he reaches its upper heights....	1930	2000
Little Fugitive Little Fugitive *Little Fugitive* is film written and directed by Raymond Abrashkin , Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin. It stars Richard Brewster, Winifred Cushing, Jay Williams, and others....	1953	1997
Little Miss Marker Little Miss Marker *Little Miss Marker* is a 1934 in film film starring Shirley Temple, Adolphe Menjou, and Dorothy Dell. It is based on the short story of the same name by Damon Runyon....	1934	1998
Living Desert, The The Living Desert *The Living Desert* is a 1953 Walt Disney nature documentary which shows the everyday lives of the animals of the desert of the southwestern United States....	1953	2000
Lost World, The The Lost World (1925 film) *The Lost World* is a 1925 in film silent film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World . The movie stars Wallace Beery as Professor Challenger....	1925	1998
Louisiana Story Louisiana Story *Louisiana Story* is a 78-minute black-and-white American film. it is a docufiction. Although the events depicted are fictional, it is often misidentified as a simple documentary film....	1948	1994
Love Finds Andy Hardy Love Finds Andy Hardy *Love Finds Andy Hardy* is a 1938 in film romantic comedy film which tells the story of a Andy Hardy who becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time....	1938	2000
Love Me Tonight Love Me Tonight This is an article about a film. For the song see Love Me Tonight Love Me Tonight is a 1932 in film musical comedy film which tells the story of a penniless nobleman who moves a tailor to whom he owes money into his chateau and passes him off as nobility....	1932	1990
MASH MASH (film) *MASH* is a American satire dark comedy film directed by Robert Altman and written by Ring Lardner Jr based on the novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by H....	1970	1996
Magical Maestro Magical Maestro *Magical Maestro* is a 1952 animated short film directed by Tex Avery and produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. It tells the story of Poochini, a canine opera singer who spurns a magician....	1952	1993
Magnificent Ambersons, The The Magnificent Ambersons (film) *The Magnificent Ambersons* is a Cinema of the United States drama film written and directed by Orson Welles. His second feature film, it is based on the The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington and stars Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead and Ray Collins....	1942	1991
Making of an American Making of an American *The Making of an American*, was named to the National Film Registry in December 2005 by Dr. James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress....	1920	2005
Maltese Falcon, The The Maltese Falcon (1941 film) *The Maltese Falcon* is an Cinema of the United States 1941 in film Warner Bros. film based on the The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. Written and directed by John Huston, the movie stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade, Mary Astor as his femme fatale client, Sydney Greenstreet in his film debut, and Peter Lorre....	1941	1989
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance *The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance* is a classic Western movie made in 1962 in film, directed by John Ford and starring James Stewart and John Wayne....	1962	2007
Manchurian Candidate, The The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film) *The Manchurian Candidate* is a Cold War political Thriller adapted by George Axelrod from the The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon. It was directed by John Frankenheimer and stars Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, and Angela Lansbury and features Janet Leigh, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish and John McGiver....	1962	1994
Manhatta Manhatta *Manhatta* is a short documentary film which revels in the haze rising from city smoke stacks. With the city as subject, it consists of 65 shots sequenced in a loose non-narrative structure, beginning with a ferry approaching Manhattan and ending with a sunset view from a sky scraper....	1921	1995
Manhattan Manhattan (film) *Manhattan* is a 1979 in film romantic comedy film about Isaac Davis , a twice-divorced 42-year-old comedy writer dating a 17-year-old high school girl ....	1979	2001
March, The	1964	2008
March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany	1938	1993
Marian Anderson: the Lincoln Memorial Concert Marian Anderson: the Lincoln Memorial Concert *Marian Anderson: the Lincoln Memorial Concert* is a 1939 in film documentary film which documents a concert performance by African American opera singer Marian Anderson after the Daughters of the American Revolution had her barred from singing in Washington D.C.'s Constitution Hall because she was black....	1939	2001
Marty Marty *Marty* is a 1955 in film romance film based on a teleplay by the same name. It was directed by Delbert Mann, starring Ernest Borgnine in the title role, and Betsy Blair as the female lead....	1955	1994
Master Hands Master Hands *Master Hands* is a 1936 in film sponsored film documentary film short which shows what work is like in a Chevrolet automobile factory. Credits include original music by Samuel Benavie, cinematography by Gordon Avil, and film editing by Vincent Herman....	1936	1999
Matrimony's Speed Limit Matrimony's Speed Limit *Matrimony's Speed Limit* is a silent film comedy film short film produced and directed by pioneering female film maker Alice Guy-Blach?.The story concerns a young man who refuses to accept financial assistance from his wealthy girlfriend in favor of earning his own fortune on the stock market....	1913	2003
Mean Streets Mean Streets *Mean Streets* is an early Martin Scorsese film starring Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel, released by Warner Bros. on October 2, 1973. De Niro won the National Society of Film Critics award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as John "Johnny Boy" Civello....	1973	1997
Medium Cool Medium Cool *Medium Cool* is a film directed by Haskell Wexler and starring Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill and Harold Blankenship....	1969	2003
Meet Me in St. Louis Meet Me in St. Louis *Meet Me in St. Louis* is a 1944 in film Romance film musical film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer which tells the story of four sisters living in St....	1944	1994
Melody Ranch Melody Ranch *Melody Ranch* is a 1940 in film western film which tells the story of a singing cowboy who returns to his hometown to restore order when his former childhood enemies take over the town....	1940	2002
Memphis Belle Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress *The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress* is a 1944 documentary film which ostensibly provides an account of the final mission of the Memphis Belle , a B-17 Flying Fortress....	1944	2001
Meshes of the Afternoon Meshes of the Afternoon *Meshes of the Afternoon* is a short experimental film directed by wife and husband team, Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid. The film's narrative is circular, and repeats a number of psychologically symbolic images, including a flower on a long driveway, a key falling, a door unlocked, a knife in a loaf of bread, a mysterious Grim Reaper?lik...	1943	1990
Midnight Cowboy Midnight Cowboy *Midnight Cowboy* is a 1969 in film Cinema of the United States drama film based on the 1965 in literature Midnight Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy....	1969	1994
Mighty Like a Moose Mighty Like a Moose *Mighty Like a Moose* is a Charley Chase short silent film that was directed by Leo McCarey. It was released on July 18, 1926.In this short comedy, a homely husband and his equally unsightly wife improve their looks with plastic surgery without telling each other....	1926	2007
Mildred Pierce Mildred Pierce (film) *Mildred Pierce* is a Warner Bros. feature film starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, and Eve Arden in a film noir tale about a sacrificing mother and her ungrateful daughter....	1945	1996
Miracle of Morgan's Creek, The The Miracle of Morgan's Creek *The Miracle of Morgan's Creek* is a satire screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Eddie Bracken and Betty Hutton, and featuring Diana Lynn, William Demarest and Porter Hall....	1944	2001
Miracle on 34th Street Miracle on 34th Street *Miracle on 34th Street* is a 1947 film written by Valentine Davies, directed by George Seaton, and starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne , Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn....	1947	2005
Miss Lulu Bett Miss Lulu Bett *Miss Lulu Bett* is a 1920 novel by American writer Zona Gale, and later adapted for the stage. Gale received the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her work....	1922	2001
Modern Times Modern Times (film) *Modern Times* is a 1936 in film comedy film by Charles Chaplin that has his iconic The Tramp character, in his final silent-film appearance, struggling to survive in the modern, industrialized world....	1936	1989
Modesta Modesta *Modesta* is a 1956 short film, set in Puerto Rico, in which a peasant woman rebels against her husband's authoritarianism. She and the other women of her community community organizing the Liberated Women League to fight for their rights....	1956	1998
Mom and Dad Mom and Dad *Mom and Dad* is a feature-length 1945 in film directed by William Beaudine, and largely produced by the exploitation filmmaker and presenter Kroger Babb....	1944	2005
Morocco Morocco (1930 film) *Morocco* is a 1930 in film film in which a French Foreign Legionnaire meets and falls in love with a sultry seductress. It was directed by Josef von Sternberg and stars Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich and Adolphe Menjou....	1930	1992
Motion Painting No. 1 Motion Painting No. 1 *Motion Painting No. 1* is a 1947 short animated film in which film artist Oskar Fischinger put images in motion to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg_concerti#Brandenburg_Concerto_.233_in_G_major....	1947	1997
Movie, A A Movie *A Movie* is an experimental film in which Bruce Conner put together snippets of found footage, taken from B-movies, newsreels, soft-core pornography, novelty short films, and other sources, to a musical score featuring Ottorino Respighi's The Pines of Rome....	1958	1994
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Mr. Smith Goes to Washington *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington* is an Cinema of the United States comedy film/drama film starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur, about one man's effect on Politics of the United States....	1939	1989
Multiple Sidosis Multiple Sidosis *Multiple Sidosis* is a 1970 short film in which a single performer creates an entire multi-part performance of the song "Nola". It is an example of a kind of one-man band musical performance....	1970	2000
Music Box, The	1932	1997
Music Man, The The Music Man (1962 film) *The Music Man* is a 1962 film musical starring Robert Preston as Harold Hill and Shirley Jones as Marian Paroo. The film is based on the 1957 The Music Man of the same name by Meredith Willson....	1962	2005
My Darling Clementine My Darling Clementine *My Darling Clementine* is a western movie film, directed by John Ford, and based on the story of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral between the Earp brothers and the Clanton gang....	1946	1991
My Man Godfrey My Man Godfrey *My Man Godfrey* is a screwball comedy film released in by Universal Pictures, directed by Gregory LaCava. It was adapted from Eric Hatch's novel 1101 Park Avenue by Hatch himself and Morrie Ryskind, with uncredited contributions by LaCava....	1936	1999
Naked City, The The Naked City *The Naked City* is a 1948 in film black-and-white film noir directed by Jules Dassin. The movie, shot in Semidocumentary style, was filmed on location on the streets of New York City, featuring landmarks such as the Williamsburg Bridge and the Whitehall Building in Manhattan....	1948	2007
Naked Spur, The The Naked Spur *The Naked Spur* is a 1953 in film United States western directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in their third collaboration. The screenplay was written by Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom....	1953	1997
Nanook of the North Nanook of the North *Nanook of the North* is a silent documentary film by Robert J. Flaherty. In the tradition of what would later be called salvage ethnography, Flaherty captured the struggles of the Inuit Nanook and his family in the Canada arctic....	1922	1989
Nashville	1975	1992
National Lampoon's Animal House National Lampoon's Animal House *National Lampoon's Animal House* is a 1978 in film comedy film directed by John Landis. The screenplay was adapted by Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller and Harold Ramis from stories written by Miller and published in National Lampoon magazine based on his experiences in the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity at Dartmouth College, as well as Ramis's e...	1978	2001
National Velvet National Velvet (film) *National Velvet* is a 1944 in film film based on the National Velvet by Enid Bagnold, first published in 1935. It stars a very young Elizabeth Taylor ....	1944	2003
Naughty Marietta	1935	2003
Network Network (film) *Network* is a satire about a fictional television network, Union Broadcasting System , and its struggle with poor Nielsen Ratings. It was written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet, and stars Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch and Robert Duvall and features Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty and Beatrice Straight....	1976	2000
Night at the Opera, A A Night at the Opera (film) *A Night at the Opera* is a comedy film starring Groucho Marx, Chico Marx and Harpo Marx, and featuring Kitty Carlisle Hart, Allan Jones , Margaret Dumont, Siegfried Rumann, and Walter Woolf King....	1935	1993
Night of the Hunter, The The Night of the Hunter (film) *The Night of the Hunter* is a 1955 film noir, starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters,. The film is based on the The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb, adapted for the screen by James Agee and Laughton....	1955	1992
Night of the Living Dead Night of the Living Dead *Night of the Living Dead*, directed by George Romero, is a 1968 in film independent film black-and-white horror film. Ben and Barbra are the protagonists of a story about the mysterious Corporeal reanimation of the recently dead, and their efforts, along with five other people, to survive the night while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania...	1968	1999
Ninotchka Ninotchka *Ninotchka* is a 1939 in film American film made for Metro Goldwyn Mayer by producer and director Ernst Lubitsch which stars Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas....	1939	1990
No Lies No Lies *No Lies...* is a short film drama film made by Mitchell Block while he was a student at New York University. The film, which is in the style of a cin?ma v?rit? interview, deals with a young woman who has been rape and has been widely viewed by nurses, therapists and police officers....	1973	2008
North by Northwest North by Northwest *North by Northwest* is an Cinema of the United States Thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason, and featuring Leo G....	1959	1995
(nostalgia) Nostalgia (film) is a 31 minute 1971 film by artist Hollis Frampton . The film is composed of still black and white photographs taken by Frampton during his early artistic explorations which are slowly burned on the element of a hot plate, while the soundtrack offers personal comments on the content of the images, read by fellow artist Michael Snow....	1971	2003
Nothing But a Man Nothing But a Man *Nothing But a Man* is a 1964 film about an African American man in the American South who wants to be treated as "nothing but a man", instead of a "boy"....	1964	1993
Notorious	1946	2006
Now, Voyager Now, Voyager *Now, Voyager* is a 1942 in film United States drama film directed by Irving Rapper. The screenplay by Casey Robinson is based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Olive Higgins Prouty, who borrowed her title from a line in the Walt Whitman poem "The Untold Want," which reads in its entirety, "The untold want by life and land ne'er granted...	1942	2007
Nutty Professor, The The Nutty Professor *The Nutty Professor* is a Paramount Pictures feature film produced, directed, co-written and starring Jerry Lewis. The original music score was composed by Walter Scharf....	1963	2004
OffOn OffOn *OffOn* is an experimental film created by Scott Bartlett made in 1967 and released in 1972 . It is most notable for being one of the first examples in which film and video technologies were combined....	1968	2004
Oklahoma! Oklahoma! (film) The 1943 musical play *Oklahoma!*, written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II , was adapted into a musical film in 1955, starring Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones , Rod Steiger, Charlotte Greenwood, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, James Whitmore and Eddie Albert....	1955	2007
On the Bowery On the Bowery On the Bowery is a 1956 in film documentary film directed by Lionel Rogosin. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Academy Award for Documentary Feature....	1957	2008
On the Waterfront On the Waterfront *On the Waterfront* is a United States drama film about mob violence and corruption among stevedore. The film was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg....	1954	1989
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film) *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* is an Cinema of the United States drama film film director by Milo? Forman. The film is an adaptation of the 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey....	1975	1993
One Froggy Evening One Froggy Evening *One Froggy Evening* is an approximately seven-minute long Technicolor animated short film written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones....	1956	2003
One Week	1920	2008
Out of the Past Out of the Past *Out of the Past* is a film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur. The movie was adapted by Daniel Mainwaring from his novel Build My Gallows High ....	1947	1991
Ox-Bow Incident, The The Ox-Bow Incident *The Ox-Bow Incident* is a 1943 Western movie directed by William A. Wellman and starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn, William Eythe, Harry Morgan and Jane Darwell in an ensemble cast....	1943	1998
Our Day Our Day *Our Day* is a silent film documentary film short film directed by Wallace Kelly in , about a day in the life of the Kelly family in Lebanon, Kentucky....	1938	2007
Outlaw Josey Wales, The The Outlaw Josey Wales *The Outlaw Josey Wales* is a 1976 in film Revisionist Western Western film set at the end of the American Civil War directed by and starring Clint Eastwood , with Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, John Vernon, Paula Trueman, Sam Bottoms, Geraldine Keams, John Russell , Woodrow Parfrey, Joyce Jameson, Sheb Wooley, John Quade,...	1976	1996
Pass the Gravy Pass the Gravy *Pass the Gravy* is a 1928 in film short comedy silent film in which neighbors argue over their pet chickens and their children, who are in love....	1928	1998
Paths of Glory Paths of Glory *Paths of Glory* is a war film film by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb....	1957	1992
Patton Patton (film) *Patton* is a Biography film war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II. It stars George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates , and Karl Michael Vogler....	1970	2003
Pawnbroker, The The Pawnbroker (film) *The Pawnbroker* is a drama film, starring Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters and Jaime S?nchez and directed by Sidney Lumet. It was adapted by Morton S....	1965	2008
Pearl, The	1948	2002
Peege Peege *Peege* is an award-winning short film film school, written and directed by Randal Kleiser, about a family's visit to a elderly relative in a nursing home....	1972	2007
Perils of Pauline, The The Perils of Pauline (1914 serial) *The Perils of Pauline* was a motion picture film serial shown in weekly installments featuring Pearl White as the title character. Pauline has often been cited as a famous example of a damsel in distress, although Damsel_in_distress#Critical_and_theoretical_responses hold that her character was more resourceful and less helpless than the c...	1914	2008
Peter Pan Peter Pan (1924 film) *Peter Pan* is a silent movie released in 1924 in film by Paramount Pictures, the first film adaptation of the play by J.M. Barrie. It was directed by Herbert Brenon and starred Betty Bronson as Peter Pan, Ernest Torrence as Captain Hook, Mary Brian as Wendy, and Virginia Browne Faire as Tinker Bell....	1924	2000
Phantom of the Opera, The The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film) *The Phantom of the Opera* is a 1925 in film silent film directed by Rupert Julian adaptation of the Gaston Leroux The Phantom of the Opera. The film featured Lon Chaney, Sr....	1925	1998
Philadelphia Story, The The Philadelphia Story *The Philadelphia Story* is a romantic comedy film starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart , and directed by George Cukor. Based on a Broadway theatre play of the same name by Philip Barry, with screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart and an uncredited Waldo Salt, the film is about a socialite whose wedding plans are complicat...	1940	1995
Pinocchio Pinocchio (1940 film) *Pinocchio* is the second animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. It was produced by Walt Disney and was originally released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on February 7, 1940....	1940	1994
Place in the Sun, A A Place in the Sun *A Place in the Sun* is a film based on the novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the play of the same name adapted from it by Patrick Kearney....	1951	1991
Planet of the Apes Planet of the Apes (1968 film) *Planet of the Apes* is a 1968 science fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner loosely based on the novel Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle....	1968	2001
Plow That Broke the Plains, The The Plow That Broke the Plains *The Plow That Broke the Plains* is a short documentary film which shows what happened to the Great Plains region of the United States and Canada when uncontrolled agricultural farming led to the Dust Bowl....	1936	1999
Point of Order Point of Order (film) *Point of Order!* is a 1964 in film documentary film about the United States Senate Army-McCarthy Hearings of 1954. The hearings were broadcast live on television in their entirety and also recorded via kinescope....	1964	1993
Poor Little Rich Girl, The The Poor Little Rich Girl *The Poor Little Rich Girl* is a 1917 in film film which tells the story of a rich girl whose parents ignore her and whose servants push her around, until tragedy brings them to realize the error of their ways....	1917	1991
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor	1936	2004
Porky in Wackyland Porky in Wackyland *Porky in Wackyland* is a 1938 animated short film, directed by Robert Clampett for Warner Bros. Cartoons as part of Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes series....	1938	2000
Power of the Press, The The Power of the Press *The Power of the Press* is a 1928 in film silent film directed by Frank Capra and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr as an aspiring newspaper reporter and Jobyna Ralston as a young woman suspected of murder....	1928	2005
Powers of Ten Powers of Ten *Powers of Ten* is a 1977 short documentary film written and directed by Ray Eames and her husband, Charles Eames. The film depicts the relative Scale of the Universe in factors of ten ....	1978	1998
President McKinley Inauguration Footage President McKinley Inauguration Footage *President McKinley Inauguration Footage* is the name given to two different short documentary films which were combined as one. The two titles are President McKinley Taking the Oath and President McKinley and Escort Going to the Capitol....	1901	2000
Primary Primary (film) *Primary* is a 1960 in film Direct Cinema documentary film about the 1960 primary election between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey for the United States Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States....	1960	1990
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy *Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy* is a 1909 in film five minute silent film directed by J. Stuart Blackton.In the film, a smoker falls asleep and is visited by two fairy ....	1909	2003
Prisoner of Zenda, The The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 film) *The Prisoner of Zenda* is a 1937 in film black-and-white adventure film based on the Anthony Hope The Prisoner of Zenda and the 1896 play. Of the many film adaptations, this is considered by many to be the definitive version....	1937	1991
Producers, The The Producers (1968 film) *The Producers* is a comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks, which tells the story of a theatrical producer and an accountant who attempt to cheat their investors by deliberately producing a flop show on Broadway theatre....	1968	1996
Psycho Psycho (1960 film) *Psycho* is an Cinema of the United States Thriller /thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from the screenplay by Joseph Stefano. It is based on the Psycho by Robert Bloch, which was in turn inspired by the crimes of Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein....	1960	1992
Public Enemy, The The Public Enemy *The Public Enemy* is a pre-Code Cinema of the United States crime film drama film film starring James Cagney and directed by William A. Wellman....	1931	1998
Pull My Daisy Pull My Daisy *Pull My Daisy* is a short film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation Kerouac also provided improvised narration....	1959	1996
Punch Drunks Punch Drunks *Punch Drunks* is the second short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 in film and 1959 in film....	1934	2002
Pups is Pups Pups Is Pups *Pups Is Pups* is a two-reel comedy short subject; part of the Our Gang series. It was produced and directed by Robert F. McGowan for Hal Roach, and originally released to theatres by MGM in 1930 in film....	1930	2004
Raging Bull	1980	1990
Raiders of the Lost Ark Raiders of the Lost Ark *Raiders of the Lost Ark* is a action film-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas and starring Harrison Ford....	1981	1999
Raisin in the Sun, A	1961	2005
Rear Window Rear Window *Rear Window* is a suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and written by John Michael Hayes, based on Cornell Woolrich's short story It Had to Be Murder....	1954	1997
Rebel Without a Cause Rebel Without a Cause *Rebel Without a Cause* is a 1955 in film film directed by Nicholas Ray that tells the story of a rebellious Adolescence#Teenagers played by James Dean, who comes to a new town, meets a girl, defies his parents, and faces the local high school bullies....	1955	1990
Red Dust Red Dust *Red Dust* is an United States 1932 in film Romance film drama film directed by Victor Fleming. The picture is the second of six movies Clark Gable and Jean Harlow made together and was produced during the Pre-Code era of Hollywood....	1932	2006
Red River	1948	1990
Regeneration Regeneration (film) *Regeneration* is a 1915 in film film which tells the story of a poor orphan who rises to control the mob, until he meets a woman for whom he wants to change....	1915	2000
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania *Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania* is a 1971?72 documentary film about avant-garde filmmaker Jonas Mekas's trip back to Semeni?kiai, the village of his birth....	1971-72	2006
Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage *Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage* is a 1937 in film documentary film which tells the story of a strike at Republic Steel on Memorial Day, May 26, 1937, which escalated into a massacre in which 10 workers were killed, documented by this film....	1937	1997
Return of the Secaucus 7 Return of the Secaucus 7 *Return of the Secaucus 7* is a drama film written and directed by John Sayles. It features Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre, Maggie Cousineau, Gordon Clapp, Jean Passanante, and others....	1980	1997
Ride the High Country Ride the High Country *Ride the High Country* is a noted 1962 in film western film. It stars Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr and Edgar Buchanan....	1962	1992
Rip Van Winkle Rip Van Winkle "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving published in 1819 in literature, as well as the name of the story's fictional protagonist....	1896	1995
River, The	1937	1990
Road to Morocco Road to Morocco *Road to Morocco* is a 1942 Academy Award nominated comedy film which tells the story of two fast-talking guys who find themselves tossed up on a desert shore and sold into slavery to a beautiful princess....	1942	1996
Rocky Rocky *Rocky* is a 1976 film written by and starring Sylvester Stallone and directed by John G. Avildsen. It tells the rags-to-riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa , an uneducated but good-hearted debt collector for a loan shark in Philadelphia....	1976	2006
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The The Rocky Horror Picture Show *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* is a 1975 in film Cinema of the United Kingdom-Cinema of the United States musical film comedy film that parodies science fiction and horror films....	1975	2005
Roman Holiday	1953	1999
Rose Hobart	1936	2001
Sabrina Sabrina (1954 film) *Sabrina* is a 1954 film directed by Billy Wilder, adapted for the screen by Wilder, Samuel A. Taylor, and Ernest Lehman from Taylor's play Sabrina Fair ....	1954	2002
Safety Last	1923	1994
Salesman Salesman (film) *Salesman* is a 1969 direct cinema documentary film directed by brothers Albert and David Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin....	1969	1992
Salomé Salomé (1923 film) *Salom?* , a silent film directed by Charles Bryant and starring Alla Nazimova, is a film adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play of the same name....	1923	2000
Salt of the Earth Salt of the Earth *Salt of the Earth* is an United States drama film written by Michael Wilson , directed by Herbert J. Biberman , and produced by Paul Jarrico....	1954	1992
San Francisco earthquake and fire 1906 San Francisco earthquake The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco, California, California and the coast of Northern California at 5:12 A.M....	1906	2005
Scarface Scarface (1932 film) *Scarface* is a 1932 in film Cinema of the United States gangster film, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins, C....	1932	1994
Schindler's List Schindler's List *Schindler's List* is an Cinema of the United States biographical film about Oskar Schindler, a Germany businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand Poland Jews during the The Holocaust by employing them in his factories....	1993	2004
Searchers, The The Searchers (film) *The Searchers* is a 1956 in film epic Western film directed by John Ford, based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May, which tells the story of Ethan Edwards, a bitter, middle-aged loner and American Civil War veteran played by John Wayne, who spends years looking for his abducted niece....	1956	1989
Serene Velocity Serene Velocity *Serene Velocity* is a 1970 short film which is a meditation on lines and squares. It was directed by Ernie Gehr and filmed in the basement of a Binghamton University academic building....	1970	2001
Sergeant York Sergeant York *Sergeant York* is a 1941 in film biographical film about the life of Alvin York, the most-decorated American soldier of World War I. It was directed by Howard Hawks and was the highest-grossing film of the year....	1941	2008
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	1954	2004
Seventh Heaven Seventh Heaven (film) *Seventh Heaven* is a silent film and one of the first films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture . The film was written by H.H....	1927	1995
sex, lies, and videotape Sex, lies, and videotape *sex, lies, and videotape* is a 1989 in film independent film that brought film director Steven Soderbergh to prominence. It tells the story of a man who films women discussing their sexuality, and his impact on the relationship of a troubled married couple....	1989	2006
Sex Life of the Polyp, The The Sex Life of the Polyp *The Sex Life of the Polyp* is a short film written and performed by Robert Benchley, based on a routine he first did in 1922. The short, which was adapted from an essay by Benchley, documents a dim-witted doctor attempting to discuss the sex life of a polyp to a women's club....	1928	2007
Shadow of a Doubt Shadow of a Doubt *Shadow of a Doubt* is a Thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson and Alma Reville. It stars Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Patricia Collinge, Henry Travers and Hume Cronyn....	1943	1991
Shadows Shadows (film) *Shadows* is an improvisational film about interracial relations during the Beat Generation years in New York City, and was written and directed by John Cassavetes....	1959	1993
Shaft Shaft (1971 film) *Shaft* is a 1971 in film USA blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An action film with elements of film noir, Shaft tells the story of a black private detective, John Shaft, who travels through Harlem and to the Italian mob in order to find the missing daughter of a black mobster....	1971	2000
Shane	1953	1993
She Done Him Wrong She Done Him Wrong *She Done Him Wrong* is a Pre-Code 1933 in film Paramount Pictures comedy film/romance film film starring Mae West and Cary Grant. Others in the cast include Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery, Sr., and Rochelle Hudson....	1933	1996
Sherlock, Jr. Sherlock, Jr. *Sherlock, Jr.* is an United States comedy silent film starring and directed by Buster Keaton and written by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez and Joseph A....	1924	1991
Sherman's March	1986	2000
Shock Corridor Shock Corridor *Shock Corridor* is a 1963 in film film, directed and written by Samuel Fuller....	1963	1996
Shop Around the Corner, The The Shop Around the Corner *The Shop Around the Corner* is a romantic comedy film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan. The screenplay was written by Samson Raphaelson based on a 1937 Hungary play Parfumerie, written by Mikl?s L?szl?....	1940	1999
Show Boat Show Boat (1936 film) *Show Boat* is a film based on the Show Boat by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II , which the team adapted from the Show Boat by Edna Ferber....	1936	1996
Show People Show People *Show People* is a comedy silent film directed by King Vidor. The movie was a starring vehicle for actress Marion Davies and actor William Haines and included notable cameo appearances by many of the great film stars of the day, including Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, William S....	1928	2003
Siege Siege (film) *Siege* is a documentary film short film about the Siege of Warsaw by the Wehrmacht at the start of World War II. It was shot by Julien Bryan, a Pennsylvanian photographer and cameraman who later established the International Film Foundation....	1940	2006
Singin' in the Rain Singin' in the Rain (film) *Singin' in the Rain* is a 1952 in film comedy musical film starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and directed by Kelly and Stanley Donen, with Kelly also providing the choreography....	1952	1989
Sky High Sky High (1922 film) *Sky High* is a 1922 in film silent film which tells the story of a government agent investigating the smuggling of China aliens across the border in the Southwest United States....	1922	1998
Snow White Snow White (1933 cartoon) *Snow White* is a 1933 in film animation short film in the Betty Boop series from Max Fleischer's Fleischer Studios. Dave Fleischer was credited as director, although virtually all the animation was done by Roland Crandall....	1933	1994
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* is a 1937 American film based on the Snow White by the Brothers Grimm. It was the first full length animation feature film to be produced by Walt Disney, and the first American animated feature film in movie history....	1937	1989
So's Your Old Man So's Your Old Man *So's Your Old Man* is a silent comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring W.C. Fields and Alice Joy. It was written by J. Clarkson Miller based on the story "Mr....	1926	2008
Some Like It Hot Some Like It Hot *Some Like It Hot* is an Cinema of the United States comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon....	1959	1989
Son of the Sheik, The	1926	2003
Sound of Music, The The Sound of Music (film) Rodgers and Hammerstein's *The Sound of Music* is a musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews in the lead role. The film is based on the Broadway theatre The Sound of Music, with songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and with the musical book written by the writing team of Howard Lindsay and R...	1965	2001
Stagecoach Stagecoach (film) *Stagecoach* is a western film directed by John Ford, starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role. The screenplay, written by Dudley Nichols and Ben Hecht, is an adaptation of "The Stage to Lordsburg", a 1937 in literature short story by Ernest Haycox....	1939	1995
Star Is Born, A A Star Is Born (1954 film) *A Star Is Born* is a 1954 in film Cinema of the United States musical film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Moss Hart is an adaptation of the A Star Is Born , which was based on a story by William A....	1954	2000
Star Theatre Star Theatre (film) *Star Theatre* is a 1901 short documentary film in which time-lapse photography is used to show the dismantling and demolition of New York City's Star Theatre over a period of about a month....	1901	2002
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope *Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope* is an Cinema of the United States 1977 in film space opera film, written and directed by George Lucas. It was the first of six films released in the Star Wars saga: Star Wars#Original trilogy continue the story, while a Star Wars#Prequel trilogy contributes backstory, primarily for the troubled charac...	1977	1989
Steamboat Willie Steamboat Willie *Steamboat Willie* is an animated cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse released on November 18, 1928. It was the first Mickey Mouse cartoon released ....	1928	1998
Sting, The The Sting *The Sting* is a 1973 caper film set in September 1936 and revolving around a complicated plot by two professional Confidence trick to confidence trick a mob boss ....	1973	2005
Stormy Weather Stormy Weather (1943 film) *Stormy Weather* is the title of an United States musical film motion picture produced and released by 20th Century Fox in 1943 in film.The film is one of two major Hollywood musicals produced in 1943 in film with primarily African-American casts, the other being MGM's Cabin in the Sky, and is considered a time capsule showcasing some...	1943	2001
Stranger Than Paradise Stranger Than Paradise *Stranger Than Paradise* is an absurdist comedy film written and directed by American film director Jim Jarmusch in 1984. It stars jazz musician John Lurie, former Sonic Youth drummer-turned-actor Richard Edson and Hungarian-born actress Eszter Balint....	1984	2002
Streetcar Named Desire, A A Streetcar Named Desire (film) *A Streetcar Named Desire* is a film adaptation of the A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. It was directed by Elia Kazan, who had also directed the original stage production, and stars Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden; all but Leigh were chosen from the Broadway theatre cast of the play, while Leigh had...	1951	1999
Strong Man, The The Strong Man *The Strong Man* is an United States comedy silent film starring Harry Langdon and directed by Frank Capra.Along with Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, The Strong Man is Langdon's best known film....	1926	2007
St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues (1929 film) *St. Louis Blues* is a two-reel short film starring Bessie Smith. The early sound film features Smith in an African-American speakeasy of the prohibition era singing the W....	1929	2006
Sullivan's Travels Sullivan's Travels *Sullivan's Travels* is a United States comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges. It is a satire about a movie director, played by Joel McCrea, who longs to make a socially relevant drama, but eventually learns that comedies are a more valuable contribution to society....	1941	1990
Sunrise Sunrise (film) *Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans* , also known as *Sunrise, is an United States film directed by Germany film director F. W. Murnau. The story was adapted by Carl Mayer from the short story Die Reise nach Tilsit* by Hermann Sudermann....	1927	1989
Sunset Boulevard	1950	1989
Sweet Smell of Success Sweet Smell of Success *Sweet Smell of Success* is a 1957 in film Cinema of the United States film noir made by Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Productions and released by United Artists....	1957	1993
Swing Time	1936	2004
T.A.M.I. Show, The The T.A.M.I. Show *The T.A.M.I. Show* is a 1964 in music concert film, released by American International Pictures. It includes performances by numerous popular rock and roll and R&B musicians from the United States and England....	1964	2006
Tabu Tabu (film) *Tabu* is a 1931 in film film which tells the story of two lovers in the South Seas, who must escape their village when the girl is chosen as the holy maid to the gods....	1931	1994
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) The original Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened on July 1, 1940 and dramatically structural failure into Puget Sound on November 7 of the same year. The suspension bridge spanned the Tacoma Narrows strait between Tacoma, Washington and the Kitsap Peninsula....	1940	1998
Tall T, The The Tall T *The Tall T* is a 1957 in film Western directed by Budd Boetticher. The movie was adapted by Burt Kennedy from Elmore Leonard's short story "The Captives." In 2000, The Tall T was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically signi...	1957	2000
Tarzan and His Mate Tarzan and His Mate *Tarzan and His Mate* is a Tarzan film based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was the second in the Tarzan film series to star Johnny Weissmuller....	1934	2003
Taxi Driver Taxi Driver *Taxi Driver* is a 1976 in film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. The movie is set in early post?Vietnam War Era New York City and stars Robert De Niro and features a young Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris , Peter Boyle and Cybill Shepherd....	1976	1994
Tell-Tale Heart, The The Tell-Tale Heart (film) *The Tell-Tale Heart* is a 1953 animated short film produced by United Productions of America, which retells the Edgar Allan Poe The Tell-Tale Heart of a man who is haunted by the beating heart of the man he has murdered....	1953	2001
Ten Commandments, The The Ten Commandments (1956 film) *The Ten Commandments* is a 1956 in film Film that dramatized the story of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince-turned deliverer of the Hebrews Slavery....	1956	1999
Terminator, The The Terminator *The Terminator* is a 1984 in film Science fiction film/action film directed and co-written by James Cameron. It features Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn....	1984	2008
Tess of the Storm Country Tess of the Storm Country (1914 film) *Tess of the Storm Country* is a drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Grace Miller White. It starred Mary Pickford, in a role she would reprise eight years later for the Tess of the Storm Country by John S....	1914	2006
Tevye Tevye (film) *Tevye* is a 1939 in film film adaptation of Sholem Aleichem's story Tevye . It stars Maurice Schwartz, Miriam Riselle, Rebecca Weintraub, Paula Lubelski, Leon Liebgold, Vicki Marcus, Betty Marcus and Julius Adler....	1939	1991
Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and his Singing Duck Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and his Singing Duck *Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and his Singing Duck* , also known as *Gus Visser and His Singing Duck*, is an early sound film, directed by Theodore Case while perfecting his variable density sound-on-film process....	1925	2002
There It Is There It Is There It Is may refer to:There It Is , a 1972 album by James BrownThere It Is , a 1999 album by 911"Whoomp! ", a 1993 single by Tag TeamThere It Is , a 1928 short film starring Charles R....	1928	2004
Thief of Bagdad, The The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film) The Thief of Bagdad is a 1924 in film Douglas Fairbanks Swashbuckler films adventure film which tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph....	1924	1996
Thin Blue Line, The The Thin Blue Line (documentary) *The Thin Blue Line* is a 1988 documentary film about a man convicted and sentenced to die for a murder he did not commit....	1988	2001
Thin Man, The The Thin Man (film) *The Thin Man* was the first of six comic detective films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a flirtatious married couple who banter wittily as they solve crimes with ease....	1934	1997
Thing from Another World, The The Thing from Another World *The Thing from Another World* , is a science fiction film that tells the story of an Air Force crew and scientists at a remote Arctic research outpost who fight a malevolent plant-based alien being....	1951	2001
Think of Me First as a Person Think of Me First as a Person *Think of Me First as a Person* is a documentary film and home movie about Dwight Core, Jr., a boy with Down syndrome. The footage was originally shot throughout the 1960s and 1970s by Core's father, Dwight Core, Sr....	1960-75	2006
This is Cinerama This is Cinerama *This is Cinerama* is a 1952 full-length film designed to introduce the then-new widescreen process Cinerama, which broadens the aspect ratio so the viewer's peripheral vision is involved....	1952	2002
This is Spinal Tap This Is Spinal Tap is a 1984 in film mockumentary rockumentary directed by Rob Reiner and starring members of the fictional heavy-metal/hard rock band Spinal Tap....	1984	2002
Three Little Pigs Three Little Pigs (film) *Three Little Pigs* is an animation short film released on May 27, 1933 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Burt Gillett....	1933	2007
Through Navajo Eyes Through Navajo Eyes *Through Navajo Eyes* is a series of seven short documentary films which show scenes of life in the Navajo Nation. The films are:*Intrepid Shadows directed by Al Clah...	1966	2002
Time for Burning, A A Time for Burning *A Time for Burning* is a 1966 Academy Award nominated documentary film which explores the attempts of the minister of Augustana Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska, Nebraska, to persuade his all-white Wiktionary:congregation to reach out to "negro" Lutherans in the city's North Omaha....	1966	2005
Time Out of War, A A Time Out of War *A Time Out of War* is a 1954 in film short subject war film directed by Denis Sanders. It won an Academy Award in 27th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film, first prize at the Venice Film Festival Live Action Short Film category, and a special BAFTA Award....	1954	2006
Tin Toy Tin Toy *Tin Toy* is a 1988 Pixar Animation Studios short film using computer animation. It was directed by John Lasseter and won the 1989 Academy Award for Animated Short Film....	1988	2003
To Be or Not to Be To Be or Not to Be (1942 film) *To Be or Not to Be* is a 1942 in film comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, about a troupe of actors in Nazism-occupied Warsaw who use their abilities at disguise and acting to fool the occupying troops....	1942	1996
To Fly! To Fly! *To Fly!* is a documentary film and the first ever to be shot in the IMAX format . It follows the history of flight, from the first hot air balloons in the 19th century to 20th century space missions....	1976	1995
To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (film) *To Kill a Mockingbird* is an Cinema of the United States drama film based on the To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It was directed by Robert Mulligan and stars Gregory Peck in the role of Atticus Finch ....	1962	1995
Tol'able David Tol'able David *Tol'able David* is a 1921 in film United States silent film based on the Joseph Hergesheimer short story. It was adapted to the screen by Edmund Goulding and directed by Henry King for Inspiration Pictures....	1921	2007
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son is a nursery rhyme.The rhyme is featured in Benjamin Britten's 1954 opera, The Turn of the Screw . The two children, Miles and Flora, sing it in Act I, scene 5, at the window....	1969-71	2007
Tootsie Tootsie *Tootsie* is a 1982 in film comedy film that tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to go to extreme lengths to land a job....	1982	1998
Top Hat Top Hat *Top Hat* is a 1935 in film Screwball comedy film musical film comedy in which Fred Astaire plays an American dancer named Jerry Travers, who comes to London to star in a show produced by Horace Hardwick ....	1935	1990
Topaz Topaz (1945 film) *Topaz* is a 1945 documentary film, shot illegally , which documented life at the Topaz War Relocation Center in Utah during World War II.Filmed by internee Dave Tatsuno , it was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress in 1997, and was the second amateur film ever selected for preservation in the Nationa...	1943-45	1996
Touch of Evil Touch of Evil *Touch of Evil* is an American police procedural film, written, directed and co-starring Orson Welles. Paul Monash and Franklin Coen also wrote scenes for the film....	1958	1993
Toy Story Toy Story *Toy Story* is a 1995 in film Cinema of the United States computer animation family film, directed by John Lasseter and starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen....	1995	2005
Traffic in Souls	1913	2006
Trance and Dance in Bali Trance and Dance in Bali *Trance and Dance in Bali* is a short documentary film shot by Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson during their visits to Bali in the 1930s. The film was not released until 1952....	1936-39	1999
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film) *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* is John Huston's Cinema of the United States feature film adaptation of B. Traven's The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, in which two United States down-and-outers in 1920s Mexico hook up with an old-timer to prospect for gold....	1948	1990
Trouble in Paradise Trouble in Paradise *Trouble in Paradise* is a 1932 in film romantic comedy film that tells the story of a master thief who meets up with a beautiful pickpocket. The two of them go to work for a famous perfume manufacturer, and the thief finds himself torn between the two women....	1932	1991
Tulips Shall Grow Tulips Shall Grow *Tulips Shall Grow* is a 1942 animated short film about a Netherlands boy and girl whose idyllic existence is destroyed when they are overrun by a group of mechanical men called "The Screwballs", who lay waste to everything they touch, and is generally recognized as a not-so-subtle pro-Dutch, anti-Germany film....	1942	1997
Twelve O'Clock High Twelve O'Clock High *Twelve O'Clock High* is a war film about crews of the United States Army's Eighth Air Force who flew daylight bombing missions against Nazi Germany and occupied France during the early days of American involvement in World War II....	1949	1998
Unforgiven Unforgiven *Unforgiven* is a 1992 Western film which was produced and directed by Clint Eastwood with the screenplay written by David Peoples. The film tells the story of William Munny, an aging and retired gunslinger who takes on one more job years after he had hung up his guns and turned to farming....	1992	2004
Verbena Tragica Verbena Tragica *Verbena Tragica* is a 1939 in film film film director by Charles Lamont. The film is in both the English language and Spanish languages.In 1996 the film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for film preservation in the National Film Registry....	1939	1996
Vertigo Vertigo (film) *Vertigo* is a psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak and featuring Barbara Bel Geddes and Tom Helmore....	1958	1989
Water and Power	1989	2008
Wedding March, The	1928	2003
West Side Story West Side Story (film) *West Side Story* is a 1961 in film Cinema of the United States film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. It is an adaptation of the Broadway musical West Side Story, which itself was adapted from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet....	1961	1997
Westinghouse Works, 1904 Westinghouse Works, 1904 *Westinghouse Works, 1904* is a collection of 21 short films, averaging about three minutes each, taken of various Westinghouse Electric Corporation manufacturing plants from April 13, 1904 to May 16, 1904....	1904	1998
What's Opera, Doc? What's Opera, Doc? *What's Opera, Doc?* is a 1957 animated cartoon short subject in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Chuck Jones for Warner Bros. Cartoons....	1957	1992
Where Are My Children? Where Are My Children? *Where Are My Children?* is a 1916 in film film in which a district attorney, while prosecuting a doctor for illegal abortions, finds out that society people, including his wife, used the doctor's services....	1916	1993
White Fawn's Devotion White Fawn's Devotion *White Fawn's Devotion: A Play Acted by a Tribe of Red Indians in America* is a Cinema of the United States short film drama film silent film....	1910	2008
White Heat White Heat White Heat may refer to:In film:* White Heat, a 1949 film starring James CagneyIn music:* White Light/White Heat, a 1968 album by The Velvet Underground...	1949	2003
Why Man Creates Why Man Creates *Why Man Creates* is a 1968 animated short documentary film which discusses the nature of creativity. It was written by Saul Bass and Mayo Simon, and directed by Bass....	1968	2002
Why We Fight Why We Fight *Why We Fight* is a film series of seven propaganda films commissioned by the United States government during World War II to demonstrate to American soldiers the reason for U.S....	1943-45	2000
Wild and Woolly Wild and Woolly *Wild and Woolly* is a 1917 in film silent film which tells the story of one man's personal odyssey from sophisticated Easterner to Western tough guy....	1917	2002
Wild Bunch, The The Wild Bunch *The Wild Bunch* , directed by Sam Peckinpah, is a Western film about an aging outlaw gang at the Texas-Mexico border trying to exist in the modern world of 1913....	1969	1999
Wild River Wild River *Wild River* is a 1960 film directed by Elia Kazan starring Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet, Albert Salmi and Jay C. Flippen filmed on location in the Tennessee Valley....	1960	2002
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? *Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?* is a 1957 in film 20th Century Fox romantic comedy film starring Jayne Mansfield and Tony Randall, with Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell, John Williams , Henry Jones , Lili Gentle, Mickey Hargitay, and a cameo by Groucho Marx....	1957	2000
Wind, The The Wind *The Wind* is an United States dramatic silent film directed by Victor Sj?str?m. The movie was adapted by Frances Marion from the novel The Wind written by Dorothy Scarborough....	1928	1993
Wings Wings (film) *Wings* is a silent film about World War I fighter pilots, directed by William A. Wellman and released by Paramount Pictures. It was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture -- and the only silent film ever to win Best Picture -- and stars Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers and Richard Arlen, with Gary Cooper in a scene whic...	1927	1997
Within Our Gates Within Our Gates *Within Our Gates* is a 1920 in film silent film race movie that dramatically depicts the racial situation in America during the violent years of Jim Crow, the Ku Klux Klan, the Great Migration, and the emergence of the "New Negro"....	1920	1992
Wizard of Oz, The The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) *The Wizard of Oz* is a 1939 in film Cinema of the United States musical film-fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 Children's literature novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L....	1939	1989
Women, The	1939	2007
Woman of the Year Woman of the Year *Woman of the Year* is a romantic comedy film in which a feminist, chosen "Woman of the Year", tries to keep the spark in her personal relationship....	1942	1999
Woman Under the Influence, A A Woman Under the Influence *A Woman Under the Influence* is an Academy Award nominated film written and directed by John Cassavetes. It tells the story of a young wife and mother's uninhibited, erratic, psychotic behavior which leads her violent, confused husband to commit her for psychiatric treatment, leaving the family even more dysfunctional than before....	1974	1990
Woodstock Woodstock (film) *Woodstock* is a 1970 in film documentary on the Woodstock Festival that took place in August 1969 in music at Bethel, New York in New York. The film was directed by Michael Wadleigh and was edited by Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker; Schoonmaker was nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing....	1970	1996
Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (1939 film) *Wuthering Heights* is a film, directed by William Wyler and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It is based on the celebrated novel, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront?, although the film only depicts sixteen of the novel's thirty-four chapters....	1939	2007
Yankee Doodle Dandy Yankee Doodle Dandy *Yankee Doodle Dandy* is a biopic about George M. Cohan, the actor-singer-dancer-playwright-songwriter-producer-theatre owner-director-choreographer known as "The Man Who Owns Broadway", starring James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston and Richard Whorf, and featuring Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp and Jeanne Cagney....	1942	1993
Young Frankenstein Young Frankenstein *Young Frankenstein* is a 1974 in film comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder as the title character. Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, and Gene Hackman also star....	1974	2003
Young Mr. Lincoln Young Mr. Lincoln *Young Mr. Lincoln* is a 1939 in film fictionalized biography/drama film about the early life of President Abraham Lincoln, directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda....	1939	2003
Zapruder film Zapruder film The *Zapruder film* is a silent Standard 8 mm film color home movies of the presidential motorcade of John F. Kennedy through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, filmed by a private citizen named Abraham Zapruder....	1963	1994

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