The Library of Congress has unveiled its annual list of 25 films that will join the National Film Registry for the year 2017.

The films were chosen for their cultural and historical significance. The films have to be at least a decade old prior to entry.





Interior New York Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street (1905)
The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918)
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Fuentes Family Home Movies Collection (1920s-1930s)
With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain (1937-1938)




Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Dumbo (1941)
Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
Ace in the Hole (aka Big Carnival) (1951)
Spartacus (1960)




Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
Wanda (1971)
Lives of Performers (1972)
Time and Dreams (1976)
Superman (1978)




Boulevard Nights (1979)
The Goonies (1985)
La Bamba (1987)
Die Hard (1988)
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988)




Field of Dreams (1989)
To Sleep with Anger (1990)
4 Little Girls (1997)
Titanic (1997)
Memento (2000)