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2020 (32nd 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 2020.

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.


The Battle of the Century (1927) [short]   IMDb
The Blues Brothers (1980)   IMDb
Bread (1918)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerBuena Vista Social Club (1999) [documentary]   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerCabin in the Sky (1943)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerA Clockwork Orange (1971)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerThe Dark Knight (2008)   IMDb
The Devil Never Sleeps (1994) [documentary]   IMDb
Freedom Riders (2010) [documentary]   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerGrease (1978)   IMDb
The Ground (1993-2001) [avant-garde film]   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerThe Hurt Locker (2008)   IMDb
Illusions (1982) [short]   IMDb
The Joy Luck Club (1993)   IMDb
Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914) [short]   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerLilies of the Field (1963)   IMDb
Losing Ground (1982)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerThe Man with the Golden Arm (1955)   IMDb
Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege (2006) [documentary]   IMDb
Outrage (1950)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerShrek (2001) [animated feature]   IMDb
Suspense (1913) [short]   IMDb
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971)   IMDb
Wattstax (1973) [documentary]   IMDb
With Car and Camera Around the World (1929) [documentary]   IMDb