The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) collection of

film A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...

s selected for

preservation Preservation may refer to: Heritage and conservation * Preservation (library and archival science), activities aimed at prolonging the life of a record while making as few changes as possible * ''Preservation'' (magazine), published by the Nat ...

, each selected for its cultural, historical, and aesthetic contributions since the NFPB's inception in 1988.

History

Throughout the 1980s, several prominent filmmakers and industry personalities in the United States, such as

Frank Capra Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-American film director, producer, and screenwriter who was the creative force behind Frank Capra filmography#Films that won Academy Award ...

and

Martin Scorsese Martin Charles Scorsese ( , ; born November17, 1942) is an American filmmaker. One of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Martin Scorsese, many accolades, including an Academ ...

, advocated for Congress to enact a film preservation bill in order to avoid commercial modifications (such as pan and scan and editing for TV) of classic films, which they saw as negative. In response to the controversy over the colorization of originally black and white films in the decade specifically, Representatives Robert J. Mrazek and Sidney R. Yates introduced the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, which established the National Film Registry, its purpose, and the criteria for selecting films for preservation. The Act was passed and the NFR's mission was subsequently reauthorized by further acts of Congress in 1992, 1996, 2005, 2008, and 2016. The National Film Preservation Board's mission, to which the NFR contributes, is to ensure the survival, conservation, and increased public availability of America's film heritage. The 1996 law also created the non-profit National Film Preservation Foundation which, although affiliated with the NFPB, raises money from the

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Selection criteria

The NFPB adds to the NFR up to 25 "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant films" each year in December, showcasing the range and diversity of American film heritage to increase awareness for its preservation. A film becomes eligible for inclusion ten years after its original release. For the first selection in 1989, the public nominated almost 1,000 films for consideration. Members of the NFPB then developed individual ballots of possible films for inclusion. The ballots were tabulated into a list of 25 films that was then modified by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington and his staff at the Library for the final selection. Since 1997, members of the public have been able to nominate up to 50 films a year for the NFPB and Librarian to consider, with an August submission deadline. The NFR includes films ranging from Hollywood classics to orphan films. A film is not required to be feature-length, nor is it required to have been theatrically released in the traditional sense. The Registry contains

newsreel A newsreel is a form of short documentary film, containing news, news stories and items of topical interest, that was prevalent between the 1910s and the mid 1970s. Typically presented in a Movie theater, cinema, newsreels were a source of cu ...

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

s, student films,

experimental film Experimental film or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that does not apply standard cinematic conventions, instead adopting Non-narrative film, non-narrative forms or alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working. Many e ...

short film A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...

music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

s, films out of

copyright A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, ...

protection or in the

public domain The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no Exclusive exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly Waiver, waived, or may be inapplicable. Because no one holds ...

, film serials, home movies, documentaries, animation and

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s. As of the 2024 listing, there are 900 films in the Registry.

Films

Notes

* ± Indicates that this film's soundtrack, or a piece recorded for it, is also a National Recording Registry inductee.

Number of films by release year

As of the 2024 induction there are 900 total films. For purposes of this list, multi-year serials are counted only once (as they are in the Registry) by year of completion.

Age of Registry selections

The oldest film in the registry, '' Newark Athlete'', was released in 1891, while the most recent, '' 12 Years a Slave'' and '' 20 Feet from Stardom'', were each released in 2013.

Time span from release to selection

Released in 1895, and selected in December 2024, '' Annabelle Serpentine Dance'' experienced the longest wait, at 129 years (considering the fact that the film was already almost a century old before the Registry was even established, the "wait" was technically only 35 years), while '' Raging Bull'', released theatrically in the United States on December 19, 1980, and inducted in October 1990, holds the record for the shortest delay, having been inducted slightly shy of the 10-year minimum. Only nine films have been inducted at the 10-year mark: '' Do the Right Thing'', '' Goodfellas'', ''

Toy Story ''Toy Story'' is a 1995 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the first installment in the Toy Story (franchise), ''Toy Story'' franchise and the Firsts in animation, firs ...

'', '' Fargo'', '' 13 Lakes'', '' Freedom Riders'', '' 12 Years a Slave'' and '' 20 Feet from Stardom''.

Franchises with multiple entries

While most film franchises have at most one entry in the registry, some have two or more. These include sequels, remakes, or adaptations of the same source material. * Ben-Hur: '' Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ'', '' Ben-Hur'' * '' The Crowd'' and its sequel '' Our Daily Bread'' * Dracula: '' Dracula'', '' Dracula'', '' Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'' *

Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a Sapience, sapient Frankenstein's monster, crea ...

: ''

'', '' Bride of Frankenstein'', '' Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'', '' Young Frankenstein'' * The Front Page: '' The Front Page'', '' His Girl Friday'' * The Godfather'': The Godfather'', ''

The Godfather Part II ''The Godfather Part II'' is a 1974 American epic film, epic crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, loosely based on the 1969 novel ''The Godfather (novel), The Godfather'' by Mario Puzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Cop ...

'' * Imitation of Life: '' Imitation of Life'', '' Imitation of Life'' * Philip Marlowe: '' The Big Sleep'', '' The Long Goodbye'' *

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and Cultural impact of Star Wars, quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop cu ...

: ''

'', '' The Empire Strikes Back'', '' Return of the Jedi'' * Terminator: '' The Terminator'', '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' * Zorro: '' The Mark of Zorro'', '' The Mark of Zorro''

Directors with multiple entries (two or more)

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John Ford John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and w ...

: '' The Iron Horse'', '' The Informer'', ''

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'', '' Young Mr. Lincoln'', '' The Grapes of Wrath'', '' How Green Was My Valley'', '' My Darling Clementine'', '' The Quiet Man'', '' The Searchers'', '' The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'', '' How the West Was Won'' (segment) * 10 **

George Cukor George Dewey Cukor ( ; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and film producer, producer. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO Pictures, RKO when David O. Selzn ...

: '' Dinner at Eight'', '' The Prisoner of Zenda'' (uncredited) '' Gone with the Wind'' (uncredited), '' The Women'', '' The Philadelphia Story'', '' Gaslight'', '' Adam's Rib'', '' Born Yesterday'', '' A Star Is Born'', ''

My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical theatre, musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story, based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion (play), Pygmalion'' and on the Pygmalion (1938 film), 1938 film ...

'' **

Howard Hawks Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896December 26, 1977) was an American film director, Film producer, producer, and screenwriter of the Classical Hollywood cinema, classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American ...

: '' Scarface'', '' Twentieth Century'', '' Bringing Up Baby'', '' Only Angels Have Wings'', '' His Girl Friday'', '' Sergeant York'', '' Ball of Fire'', '' The Big Sleep'', '' Red River'', '' Rio Bravo'' **

William Wyler William Wyler (; born Willi Wyler (); July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a German-born American film director and producer. Known for his work in numerous genres over five decades, he received numerous awards and accolades, including three Aca ...

: '' Dodsworth'', '' Jezebel'', '' Wuthering Heights'', '' Mrs. Miniver'', '' Memphis Belle'', ''

The Best Years of Our Lives ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' (also known as ''Glory for Me'' and ''Home Again'') is a 1946 American drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo and Harold Ru ...

'', '' The Heiress'', '' Roman Holiday'', '' Ben-Hur'', '' Funny Girl'' * 9 **

Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featu ...

: ''

Rebecca Rebecca () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban (Bi ...

'', '' Shadow of a Doubt'', '' Notorious'', '' Strangers on a Train'', ''

Rear Window ''Rear Window'' is a 1954 American mystery film, mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes, based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "After-Dinner Story, It Had to Be Murder". Originally released ...

'', '' Vertigo'', '' North by Northwest'', '' Psycho'', '' The Birds'' ** Leo McCarey: '' Mighty Like a Moose'', '' Pass the Gravy'' (supervising director), '' The Battle of the Century'', '' Big Business'' (supervising director), '' Duck Soup'', '' Ruggles of Red Gap'', '' Make Way for Tomorrow'', '' The Awful Truth'', '' Going My Way'' * 8 **

Elia Kazan Elias Kazantzoglou (, ; September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003), known as Elia Kazan ( ), was a Greek-American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by ''The New York Times'' as "one of the most honored and inf ...

: '' A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'', '' Gentleman's Agreement'', '' A Streetcar Named Desire'', '' On the Waterfront'', '' East of Eden'', '' A Face in the Crowd'', '' Wild River'', '' America America'' * 7 **

: '' The Strong Man'', '' The Power of the Press'', '' It Happened One Night'', '' Lost Horizon'', '' Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'', '' Why We Fight'', '' It's a Wonderful Life'' **

Wilfred Jackson Wilfred Emmons Jackson (January 24, 1906 – August 7, 1988) was an American animator, arranger, musical arranger and film director, director best known for his work with The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Productions. Jackson joined Walt Dis ...

: '' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (sequence director), '' The Old Mill'', ''

Pinocchio Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel, ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a poor man named Geppetto in a Tuscan vil ...

'' (sequence director), '' Fantasia'', '' Dumbo'' (sequence director), '' Cinderella'', '' Lady and the Tramp'' **

Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts. He frequently ...

: '' One Week'', '' Cops'', '' Sherlock Jr.'', '' The Navigator'', '' The General'', '' Steamboat Bill, Jr.'', '' The Cameraman'' **

Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg ( ; born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time and is ...

: '' Jaws'', '' Close Encounters of the Third Kind'', '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'', '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'', ''

Jurassic Park ''Jurassic Park'', later referred to as ''Jurassic World'', is an American science fiction media franchise created by Michael Crichton, centered on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of De-extinction#Cloning, cloned dinosaurs. It bega ...

'', '' Schindler's List'', ''

Saving Private Ryan ''Saving Private Ryan'' is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set in 1944 in Normandy, France, during World War II, it follows a group of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller ( Tom Hanks) ...

'' **

George Stevens George Cooper Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for ''A Place in the Sun (1951 film), A Place in the Sun'' (1951) ...

: '' Swing Time'', '' Gunga Din'', '' Woman of the Year'', George Stevens' World War II footage, '' A Place in the Sun'', '' Shane'', ''

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'' **

Billy Wilder Billy Wilder (; ; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an American filmmaker and screenwriter. His career in Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and ver ...

: '' The Lost Weekend'', ''

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'', '' Sunset Boulevard'', '' Ace in the Hole'', '' Sabrina'', ''

Some Like It Hot ''Some Like It Hot'' is a 1959 American crime comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, with George Raft, Pat O'Brien (actor), Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee an ...

'', '' The Apartment'' * 6 **

Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered o ...

: '' The Immigrant'', '' The Kid'', '' The Gold Rush'', '' City Lights'', '' Modern Times'', '' The Great Dictator'' ** William Kennedy Dickson: '' Newark Athlete'', '' Blacksmith Scene'', '' Edison Kinetographic Record of a Sneeze'', '' The Dickson Experimental Sound Film'', '' Annabelle Serpentine Dance'', '' Rip Van Winkle'' ** D. W. Griffith: '' Lady Helen's Escapade'', '' A Corner in Wheat'', '' The Musketeers of Pig Alley'', '' The Birth of a Nation'', ''

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'', '' Broken Blossoms'' ** John Huston: '' The Maltese Falcon'', '' The Battle of San Pietro'', '' Let There Be Light'', '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'', '' The Asphalt Jungle'', '' The African Queen'' ** Stanley Kubrick: '' Paths of Glory'', ''

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'', '' Dr. Strangelove'', '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', '' A Clockwork Orange'', '' The Shining'' **

Vincente Minnelli Vincente Minnelli (; born Lester Anthony Minnelli; February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was an American Theatre director, stage director and film director. From a career spanning over half a century, he is best known for his sophisticated innovat ...

: '' Cabin in the Sky'', '' Meet Me in St. Louis'', '' An American in Paris'', '' The Bad and the Beautiful'', '' The Band Wagon'', '' Gigi'' **

King Vidor King Wallis Vidor ( ; February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose 67-year film-making career successfully spanned the silent and sound eras. His works are distinguished by a vivid, ...

: '' The Big Parade'', '' The Crowd'', '' Show People'', '' Hallelujah'', '' Our Daily Bread'', '' The Wizard of Oz'' (uncredited) * 5 **

Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz (; born Manó Kaminer; from 1905 Mihály Kertész; ; December 24, 1886 April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history. He directed classic films from the silen ...

: ''

The Adventures of Robin Hood ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' is a 1938 American Epic film, epic swashbuckler film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke, directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, and written by Norman Reilly Ra ...

'', '' Angels with Dirty Faces'', '' Yankee Doodle Dandy'', ''

Casablanca Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...

'', '' Mildred Pierce'' ** Spike Lee: '' She's Gotta Have It'', '' Do the Right Thing'', '' Malcolm X'', '' 4 Little Girls'', '' Bamboozled'' ** Ernst Lubitsch: '' Lady Windermere's Fan'', '' Trouble in Paradise'', '' Ninotchka'', '' The Shop Around the Corner'', '' To Be or Not to Be'' **

Sidney Lumet Sidney Arthur Lumet ( ; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before moving to film, where he gained a reputation for making realistic and gritty New York City, New York dramas w ...

: '' 12 Angry Men'', '' The Pawnbroker'', '' King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis'', '' Dog Day Afternoon'', '' Network'' **

Otto Preminger Otto Ludwig Preminger ( ; ; 5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian Americans, Austrian-American film and theatre director, film producer, and actor. He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the the ...

: '' Laura'', '' Carmen Jones'', '' The Man with the Golden Arm'', ''

Porgy and Bess ''Porgy and Bess'' ( ) is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play ''Porgy (play), ...

'', '' Anatomy of a Murder'' **

: '' Mean Streets'', ''

Taxi Driver ''Taxi Driver'' is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. Set in a morally decaying New York City following the Vietnam War, it stars Robert De Niro as veteran Marine and ...

'', '' The Last Waltz'', '' Raging Bull'', '' Goodfellas'' ** Ben Sharpsteen: '' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (sequence director), ''

'' (supervising director), '' Fantasia'', '' Dumbo'' (supervising director), '' Cinderella'' (supervising director) ** William Wellman: '' Wings'', '' The Public Enemy'', '' Wild Boys of the Road'', '' The Ox-Bow Incident'', '' The Story of G.I. Joe'' * 4 **

Robert Altman Robert Bernard Altman ( ; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer, producer. He is considered an enduring figure from the New Hollywood era, known for directing subversive and sat ...

: '' M* A* S* H'', '' McCabe & Mrs. Miller'', '' The Long Goodbye'', ''

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Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola ( ; born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the leading figures of the New Hollywood and one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. List of awards and nominations received by Francis Ford Coppo ...

: '' The Godfather'', ''

'', '' The Conversation'', ''

Apocalypse Now ''Apocalypse Now'' is a 1979 American psychological epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius, and Michael Herr, is loosely inspired by the 1899 novella '' Heart of Darkn ...

'' **

Stanley Donen Stanley Donen ( ; April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019) was an American film director and choreographer. He received the Honorary Academy Award in 70th Academy Awards, 1998, and the Golden Lion#Golden Lion – Honorary Award, Career Golden Lion ...

: '' On the Town'', '' Singin' in the Rain'', '' Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'', '' Charade'' **

Dave Fleischer Dave Fleischer (; July 14, 1894 – June 25, 1979) was an American film director and producer who co-owned Fleischer Studios with his older brother Max Fleischer. He was a native of New York City. Biography Early life and career Fleisch ...

: '' Koko's Earth Control'', '' Snow White'', '' Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor'', '' Let's All Go to the Lobby'' (uncredited) ** Clyde Geronimi: ''

Bambi ''Bambi'' is a 1942 American Animated film, animated Coming of age, coming-of-age drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Loosely based on Felix Salten's 1923 novel ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods'', the ...

'' (sequence director; uncredited), '' Cinderella'', '' Lady and the Tramp'', ''

Sleeping Beauty "Sleeping Beauty" (, or ''The Beauty Sleeping in the Wood''; , or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess curse, cursed by an evil fairy to suspended animation in fi ...

'' (supervising director) **

Mervyn LeRoy Mervyn LeRoy (; October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987) was an American film director and producer. During the 1930s, he was one of the two great practitioners of economical and effective film directing at Warner Bros., Warner Brothers studios, ...

: '' Little Caesar'', '' I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'', ''

Gold Diggers of 1933 ''Gold Diggers of 1933'' is an American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy with songs by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics). The film's numbers were staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It starr ...

'', '' The House I Live In'' (uncredited) ** Hamilton Luske: ''

'' (supervising director), '' Fantasia'', '' Cinderella'', '' Lady and the Tramp'' ** Rouben Mamoulian: '' Applause'', '' Love Me Tonight'', '' Becky Sharp'', '' The Mark of Zorro'' ** Edwin S. Porter: '' Life of an American Fireman'', '' The Great Train Robbery'', '' Dream of a Rarebit Fiend'', '' Tess of the Storm Country'' ** Martin Ritt: '' Edge of the City'', '' Hud'', '' Sounder'', '' Norma Rae'' **

Preston Sturges Preston Sturges (; born Edmund Preston Biden; August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He is credited as being the first screenwriter to find success as a director. Prior to Sturges, other ...

: '' The Lady Eve'', '' Sullivan's Travels'', ''

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek ''The Miracle of Morgan's Creek'' is a 1944 American screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Eddie Bracken and Betty Hutton, and featuring Diana Lynn, William Demarest and Porter Hall. Brian Donlevy and A ...

'', '' Hail the Conquering Hero'' **

Maurice Tourneur Maurice Félix Thomas (; 2 February 1876 – 4 August 1961), known as Maurice Tourneur (), was a French film director and screenwriter. Life Born Maurice Félix Thomas in the Épinettes district (17th arrondissement of Paris), his father was a w ...

: '' The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England'', '' The Poor Little Rich Girl'', '' The Blue Bird'', '' The Last of the Mohicans'' ** Josef von Sternberg: '' It'' (uncredited), '' The Last Command'', '' The Docks of New York'', ''

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'' ** Raoul Walsh: '' Regeneration'', '' The Thief of Bagdad'', '' The Big Trail'', '' White Heat'' ** Orson Welles: '' Citizen Kane'', '' The Magnificent Ambersons'', '' The Lady from Shanghai'', '' Touch of Evil'' ** James Whale: ''

'', '' The Invisible Man'', '' Bride of Frankenstein'', '' Show Boat'' * 3 ** James Algar: '' Fantasia'', ''

'' (sequence director), '' The Living Desert'' ** Samuel Armstrong: '' Fantasia'', '' Dumbo'' (sequence director), ''

'' (sequence director) **

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: '' 42nd Street'', '' Footlight Parade'', '' Knute Rockne, All American'' ** Clarence G. Badger: '' Jubilo'', '' Hands Up!'', '' It'' ** Reginald Barker: '' The Bargain'', '' The Italian'', ''

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: '' The Producers'', '' Blazing Saddles'', '' Young Frankenstein'' ** Clarence Brown: '' The Last of the Mohicans'', '' Flesh and the Devil'', '' National Velvet'' **

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: '' The Terminator'', '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'', '' Titanic'' ** John Cassavetes: '' Shadows'', '' Faces'', '' A Woman Under the Influence'' ** Edward F. Cline: '' One Week'', '' Cops'', '' The Bank Dick'' ** Joel and Ethan Coen: '' Fargo'', '' The Big Lebowski'', '' No Country for Old Men'' ** Merian C. Cooper: ''

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'', '' King Kong'', '' This Is Cinerama'' **

Blake Edwards Blake Edwards (born William Blake Crump; July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Edwards began his career in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon began writing screenplays and radio scripts ...

: '' Days of Wine and Roses'', ''

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'', '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' ** Rob Epstein: '' Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives'', '' The Times of Harvey Milk'', '' Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt'' ** Norm Ferguson: ''

'' (sequence director), '' Fantasia'', '' Dumbo'' (sequence director) **

Victor Fleming Victor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were the historical drama ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind'', for which he won an A ...

: '' Red Dust'', '' Gone with the Wind'', '' The Wizard of Oz'' ** Samuel Fuller: '' V-E+1'', '' Pickup on South Street'', '' Shock Corridor'' ** David Hand: '' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (supervising director), '' Fantasia'', ''

'' (supervising director) **

Chuck Jones Charles Martin Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, painter, voice actor and filmmaker, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of shorts. He ...

: '' Duck Amuck'', '' One Froggy Evening'', '' What's Opera, Doc?'' ** Henry King: '' Tol'able David'', '' State Fair'', '' Twelve O'Clock High'' ** Jack Kinney: ''

'' (sequence director), '' Dumbo'' (sequence director), '' The Story of Menstruation'' (uncredited) ** John Landis: '' National Lampoon's Animal House'', '' The Blues Brothers'', '' Michael Jackson's Thriller'' ** John Lasseter: '' Luxo Jr.'', '' Tin Toy'', ''

'' ** George Lucas: '' Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB'', '' American Graffiti'', ''

'' ** Winsor McCay: '' Little Nemo'', '' Gertie the Dinosaur'', '' The Sinking of the Lusitania'' ** Lewis Milestone: '' All Quiet on the Western Front'', '' The Front Page'', '' A Walk in the Sun'' ** Dudley Murphy: '' St. Louis Blues'', '' Black and Tan'', '' The Emperor Jones'' ** Gregory Nava: '' El Norte'', '' My Family'', '' Selena'' ** Arthur Penn: '' The Miracle Worker'', '' Bonnie and Clyde'', '' Little Big Man'' ** Nicholas Ray: '' In a Lonely Place'', '' Johnny Guitar'', '' Rebel Without a Cause'' ** Rob Reiner: '' This Is Spinal Tap'', '' The Princess Bride'', '' When Harry Met Sally...'' ** Bill Roberts: '' Fantasia'', '' Dumbo'' (sequence director), ''

'' (sequence director) ** Ridley Scott: '' Alien'', '' Blade Runner'', '' Thelma & Louise'' ** Luis Valdez: '' I Am Joaquín'', '' Zoot Suit'', '' La Bamba'' ** W. S. Van Dyke: '' The Thin Man'', '' Naughty Marietta'', '' The Prisoner of Zenda'' (uncredited) ** Erich von Stroheim: '' Foolish Wives'', '' Greed'', '' The Wedding March'' ** Lois Weber: '' Suspense'', '' Where Are My Children?'' (uncredited), '' Shoes'' ** Robert Wise: '' The Day the Earth Stood Still'', '' West Side Story'', ''

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. ...

'' ** Frederick Wiseman: '' Titicut Follies'', ''

High School A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., ...

'', ''

Hospital A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized Medical Science, health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically ...

'' ** Robert Zemeckis: ''

Back to the Future ''Back to the Future'' is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, and Thomas F. Wilson. Set in 1985 ...

'', ''

Who Framed Roger Rabbit ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' is a 1988 American fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. It is loosely based on the 1981 novel ''Who Censored Roger Rabbit?'' by Gary K. Wol ...

'', '' Forrest Gump'' ** Fred Zinnemann: '' High Noon'', '' From Here to Eternity'', ''

Oklahoma! ''Oklahoma!'' is the first musical theater, musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs's 1931 play, ''Green Grow the Lilacs (play), Green Grow the Lilacs''. Set in farm country outside the town of ...

'' * 2 ** Robert Aldrich: '' Kiss Me Deadly'', '' What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'' **

Woody Allen Heywood Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American filmmaker, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades. Allen has received many List of awards and nominations received by Woody Allen, accolade ...

: '' Annie Hall'', ''

Manhattan Manhattan ( ) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the County statistics of the United States#Smallest, larg ...

'' **

Kenneth Anger Kenneth Anger (born Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer, February 3, 1927 – May 11, 2023) was an American Underground film, underground experimental filmmaker, actor, and writer. Working exclusively in short films, he produced almost 40 works beginning i ...

: '' Eaux d'Artifice'', '' Scorpio Rising'' **

Hal Ashby William Hal Ashby (September 2, 1929 – December 27, 1988) was an Cinema of the United States, American film Film director, director and Film editing, editor. His work exemplified the countercultural attitude of the era. He directed wide-rangi ...

: '' Harold and Maude'', '' Being There'' ** Billy Bitzer: '' Westinghouse Works, 1904'', '' Interior New York Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street'' ** Les Blank: '' Chulas Fronteras'', '' Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers'' ** John Boorman: '' Point Blank'', ''

Deliverance ''Deliverance'' is a 1972 American thriller film directed and produced by John Boorman from a screenplay by James Dickey, who adapted it from his own Deliverance (novel), 1970 novel. It follows four businessmen from Atlanta who venture into th ...

'' **

Frank Borzage Frank Borzage ( né Borzaga; April 23, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an American film director and actor. He was the first person to win the Academy Awards, Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director for his film ''7th Heaven ...

: '' Humoresque'', '' Seventh Heaven'' ** Martin Brest: '' Hot Dogs for Gauguin'', '' Beverly Hills Cop'' ** Richard Brooks: ''

Blackboard Jungle ''Blackboard Jungle'' is a 1955 American social drama film about an English teacher in an interracial inner-city school, based on the 1954 novel ''The Blackboard Jungle'' by Evan Hunter and adapted for the screen and directed by Richard Brook ...

'', '' In Cold Blood'' ** Tod Browning: '' Dracula'', '' Freaks'' **

Clyde Bruckman Clyde Adolf Bruckman (June 30, 1894January 4, 1955) was an American writer and director of comedy films during the late Silent film, silent era, who continued working into the 1950s. Bruckman collaborated with such comedians as Buster Keaton, Mo ...

: '' The General'', '' The Battle of the Century'' ** Charles Burnett: '' Killer of Sheep'', '' To Sleep with Anger'' ** Shirley Clarke: '' The Cool World'', '' Portrait of Jason'' **

Julie Dash Julie Ethel Dash (born October 22, 1952) is an American filmmaker, music video and commercial director, author, and website producer. Dash received her Master of Fine Arts, MFA in 1985 at the UCLA Film School and is one of the graduates and filmm ...

: '' Illusions'', '' Daughters of the Dust'' ** Cecil B. DeMille: '' The Cheat'', '' The Ten Commandments'' **

Jonathan Demme Robert Jonathan Demme ( ; February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American filmmaker, whose career directing, producing, and screenwriting spanned more than 30 years and 70 feature films, documentaries, and television productions. He was an ...

: '' Stop Making Sense'', '' The Silence of the Lambs'' **

Richard Donner Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg; April 24, 1930 – July 5, 2021) was an American film director, producer and actor. Described as "one of Hollywood's most reliable makers of action blockbusters", Donner directed some of the mo ...

: ''

Superman Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics ...

'', '' The Goonies'' **

Clint Eastwood Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western (genre), Western TV series ''Rawhide (TV series), Rawhide'', Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the "Ma ...

: '' The Outlaw Josey Wales'', '' Unforgiven'' ** Robert J. Flaherty: '' Nanook of the North'', '' Louisiana Story'' ** Robert Florey: '' The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra'', '' Daughter of Shanghai'' ** Miloš Forman: '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', '' Amadeus'' ** Bob Fosse: ''

Cabaret Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, casino, hotel, restaurant, or nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or drinking, ...

'', '' All That Jazz'' ** John Frankenheimer: '' The Manchurian Candidate'', ''

Seconds The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes, and finally to 60 seconds each (24 × 60 × 60 = 86400). The current and formal definition in the International System of ...

'' **

William Friedkin William David Friedkin (; August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in doc ...

: '' The French Connection'', ''

The Exorcist ''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by William Peter Blatty, based on The Exorcist (novel), his 1971 novel. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller (play ...

'' ** Robert Gardner: '' The Hunters'', '' Dead Birds'' ** Louis J. Gasnier: '' The Perils of Pauline'', '' The Exploits of Elaine'' ** Burt Gillett: '' Flowers and Trees'', '' Three Little Pigs'' ** Michael Gordon: '' Cyrano de Bergerac'', '' Pillow Talk'' ** Alfred E. Green: '' Ella Cinders'', '' Baby Face'' ** T. Hee: ''

'' (sequence director), '' Fantasia'' ** William Heise: '' Annabelle Serpentine Dance'', '' The Kiss'' ** George Roy Hill: ''

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' is a 1969 American Western (genre), Western buddy film directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman. Based loosely on fact, the film tells the story of Wild West outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker, k ...

'', ''

The Sting ''The Sting'' is a 1973 American caper film. Set in 1936, it involves a complicated plot by two professional grifters (Paul Newman and Robert Redford) to con a mob boss ( Robert Shaw). The film was directed by George Roy Hill, who had dir ...

'' ** William K. Howard: '' The Power and the Glory'', '' Knute Rockne, All American'' (uncredited) **

John Hubley John Kirkham Hubley (May 21, 1914 – February 21, 1977) was an American Animation, animated film director, art director, Film producer, producer, and Screenwriter, writer, known for his work with the United Productions of America, United Product ...

: '' Gerald McBoing-Boing'' (supervising director), '' The Hole'' ** John Hughes: '' The Breakfast Club'', '' Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' **

Gene Kelly Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and sought to create a new form of American dance accessibl ...

: '' On the Town'', '' Singin' in the Rain'' ** Jim Klein: '' Growing Up Female'', '' Union Maids'' **

Randal Kleiser John Randal Kleiser (born July 20, 1946) is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for directing the films ''Grease (film), Grease'' (1978), ''The Blue Lagoon (1980 film), The Blue Lagoon'' (1 ...

: '' Peege'', '' Grease'' ** Stanley Kramer: '' Judgment at Nuremberg'', '' Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'' **

Gregory La Cava Gregory La Cava (March 10, 1892 – March 1, 1952) was an American film director of Italian descent best known for his films of the 1930s, including ''My Man Godfrey'' and ''Stage Door'', which earned him nominations for Academy Award for Best ...

: '' So's Your Old Man'', '' My Man Godfrey'' **

Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), better known as Fritz Lang (), was an Austrian-born film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States.Obituary ''Variety Obituari ...

: '' Fury'', '' The Big Heat'' **

David Lean Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor, widely considered one of the most important figures of Cinema of the United Kingdom, British cinema. He directed the large-scale epi ...

: '' The Bridge on the River Kwai'', '' Lawrence of Arabia'' **

Ang Lee Ang Lee (; born October 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker. His films are known for their emotional charge and exploration of repressed, hidden emotions. During his career, he has received international critical and popular acclaim and List o ...

: '' The Wedding Banquet'', '' Brokeback Mountain'' ** Pare Lorentz: '' The Plow That Broke the Plains'', '' The River'' ** Ida Lupino: '' Outrage'', '' The Hitch-Hiker'' ** Terrence Malick: '' Badlands'', '' Days of Heaven'' ** Joseph L. Mankiewicz: ''

All About Eve ''All About Eve'' is a 1950 American Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on the 1946 short story (and subsequent 1949 radio drama) "The Wisdom of E ...

'', '' King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis'' **

Anthony Mann Anthony Mann (born Emil Anton Bundsmann; June 30, 1906 – April 29, 1967) was an American film director and stage actor. He came to prominence as a skilled director of ''Film noirs, film noir'' and Western film, Westerns, and for his Epic film ...

: '' Winchester '73'', '' The Naked Spur'' ** George Marshall: '' Destry Rides Again'', '' How the West Was Won'' ** Albert and David Maysles: '' Salesman'', '' Grey Gardens'' **

Oscar Micheaux Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (; January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and c ...

: '' Within Our Gates'', '' Body and Soul'' ** Errol Morris: '' The Thin Blue Line'', '' The Fog of War'' ** F. W. Murnau: '' Sunrise'', '' Tabu: A Story of the South Seas'' ** Fred C. Newmeyer: '' Safety Last!'', '' The Freshman'' ** Fred Niblo: '' The Mark of Zorro'', '' Ben-Hur'' ** Mike Nichols: '' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'', ''

The Graduate ''The Graduate'' is a 1967 American independent romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, based on the 1963 novella by Charles Webb. It stars Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddoc ...

'' ** Christopher Nolan: '' Memento'', '' The Dark Knight'' ** George Pal: '' Tulips Shall Grow'', '' John Henry and the Inky-Poo'' ** Gordon Parks: '' The Learning Tree'', '' Shaft'' ** Sam Peckinpah: '' Ride the High Country'', '' The Wild Bunch'' ** D. A. Pennebaker: '' Dont Look Back'', ''

Monterey Pop ''Monterey Pop'' is a 1968 American concert film by D. A. Pennebaker that documents the Monterey International Pop Festival of 1967. Among Pennebaker's several camera operators were fellow documentarians Richard Leacock and Albert Maysles. ...

'' **

Roman Polanski Raymond Roman Thierry Polański (; born 18 August 1933) is a Polish and French filmmaker and actor. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Roman Polanski, numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, three Britis ...

: '' Rosemary's Baby'', '' Chinatown'' ** Julia Reichert: '' Growing Up Female'', '' Union Maids'' ** Robert Rodriguez: '' El Mariachi'', '' Spy Kids'' ** Robert Rossen: '' All the King's Men'', '' The Hustler'' **

Denis Sanders Denis Sanders (January 21, 1929 – December 10, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He was the brother of Terry Sanders. Biography He was born in New York City, the son of sculptor and designer Altina Schinasi. ...

: '' A Time Out of War'', ''

Czechoslovakia 1968 ''Czechoslovakia 1968'' (also known as ''Czechoslovakia 1918-1968'') is a 1969 short documentary film about the "Prague Spring", the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. The film was produced by the United States Information Agency (USIA) und ...

'' ** Paul Satterfield: '' Fantasia'', ''

'' (sequence director) ** John Sayles: '' Return of the Secaucus 7'', '' Matewan'' ** Franklin J. Schaffner: '' Planet of the Apes'', '' Patton'' ** Ernest B. Schoedsack: ''

'', '' King Kong'' **

Edward Sedgwick Edward Sedgwick, Jr. (November 7, 1889 – May 7, 1953) was an American film director, screenwriter, writer, actor and film producer, producer. Early life He was born in Galveston, Texas, the son of Edward Sedgwick, Sr. and Josephine Walker, ...

: '' The Phantom of the Opera'' (uncredited), '' The Cameraman'' ** George B. Seitz: '' The Exploits of Elaine'', '' Love Finds Andy Hardy'' ** Don Siegel: '' Invasion of the Body Snatchers'', '' Dirty Harry'' ** Douglas Sirk: '' All That Heaven Allows'', '' Imitation of Life'' ** Victor Sjöström: '' He Who Gets Slapped'', '' The Wind'' **

Phillips Smalley Wendell Phillips Smalley (August 7, 1865 – May 2, 1939) was an American silent film director and actor. Biography Born in Brooklyn, New York (state), New York, he was the grandson of Wendell Phillips; he was the son of George Washburn Smalle ...

: '' Suspense'', '' Where Are My Children?'' (uncredited) ** John M. Stahl: '' Imitation of Life'', '' Leave Her to Heaven'' ** Ralph Steiner: '' H2O'', '' The City'' ** Robert Stevenson: '' Old Yeller'', ''

Mary Poppins Mary Poppins may refer to: * Mary Poppins (character), a nanny with magical powers * Mary Poppins (franchise), based on the fictional nanny ** Mary Poppins (book series), ''Mary Poppins'' (book series), the original 1934–1988 children's fanta ...

'' ** Mel Stuart: '' Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'', '' Wattstax'' ** John Sturges: '' Bad Day at Black Rock'', '' The Magnificent Seven'' ** Frank Tashlin: '' The Way of Peace'', '' Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?'' ** Sam Taylor: '' Safety Last!'', '' The Freshman'' ** Jacques Tourneur: '' Cat People'', ''

Out of the Past ''Out of the Past'' (billed in the United Kingdom as ''Build My Gallows High'') is a 1947 American film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas. The film was adapted by Geoffrey Homes (Daniel ...

'' ** Wayne Wang: '' Chan Is Missing'', '' The Joy Luck Club'' ** Andy Warhol: ''

Empire An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outpost (military), outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a hegemony, dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the ...

'', '' Chelsea Girls'' ** John Waters: '' Pink Flamingos'', '' Hairspray'' ** Fred M. Wilcox: '' Lassie Come Home'', '' Forbidden Planet'' **

Sam Wood Samuel Grosvenor Wood (July 10, 1883 – September 22, 1949) was an American film director and producer who is best known for having directed such Hollywood hits as ''A Night at the Opera (film), A Night at the Opera'', ''A Day at the Races (fi ...

: '' A Night at the Opera'', '' The Pride of the Yankees'' ** Robert M. Young: '' Alambrista!'', '' The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez'' ** Charlotte Zwerin: '' Salesman'', '' Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser''

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History

Selection criteria

Films

Notes

Number of films by release year

Age of Registry selections

Time span from release to selection

Franchises with multiple entries

Directors with multiple entries (two or more)

See also

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