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2019 (31st 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 2019.

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 markerAmadeus (1984)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerBecky Sharp (1935)   IMDb
Before Stonewall (1984) [documentary]   IMDb
Body and Soul (1925)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerBoys Don’t Cry (1999)   IMDb
Clerks (1994)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerCoal Miner’s Daughter (1980)   IMDb
Emigrants Landing at Ellis Island (1903) [documentary short]   IMDb
Employees Entrance (1933)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerFog of War (2003) [documentary]   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerGaslight (1944)   IMDb
George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute (1937) [documentary short]   IMDb
Girlfriends (1978)   IMDb
I Am Somebody (1970) [documentary short]   IMDb
The Last Waltz (1978) [documentary]   IMDb
My Name Is Oona (1969) [short]   IMDb
A New Leaf (1971)   IMDb
Old Yeller (1957)   IMDb
The Phenix City Story (1955)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerPlatoon (1986)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerPurple Rain (1984)   IMDb
Real Women Have Curves (2002)   IMDb
She’s Gotta Have It (1986)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerSleeping Beauty (1959)   IMDb
Zoot Suit (1981)   IMDb