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2018 (30th Year)
National Film Registry

The National Film Preservation Board was founded by the Library of Congress in 1988. Each year the Board selects up to 25 films which are considered to be culturally, historically or aesthetically important. Films must be at least 10 years old to be eligible for the registry. Listed below are the films inducted into the National Film Registry in 2018.

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


Oscar Nominated markerBad Day at Black Rock (1955)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerBroadcast News (1987)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerBrokeback Mountain (2005)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerCinderella (1950)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerDays of Wine and Roses (1962)   IMDb
Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency (1908) [documentary]   IMDb
Eve’ Bayou (1997)   IMDb
The Girl Without a Soul (1917)   IMDb
Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy-Headed People (1984) [animated short]   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerHearts and Minds (1974) [documentary]   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerHud (1963)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerThe Informer (1935)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerJurassic Park (1993)   IMDb
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerLeave Her to Heaven (1945)   IMDb
Monterey Pop (1968) [documentary]   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerMy Fair Lady (1964)   IMDb
The Navigator (1924)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerOn the Town (1949)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerOne-Eyed Jacks (1961)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerPickup on South Street (1953)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerRebecca (1940)   IMDb
The Shining (1980)   IMDb
Smoke Signals (1998)   IMDb
Something Good—Negro Kiss (1898) [29-second short]   IMDb