The 25 Films Accepted into the National Film Registry (2013)

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by THE DEADLINE TEAM
December 18, 2013


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

The movies are culled from the period 1919-2002 and include classics like Rita Hayworth-starrer Gilda; sci-fi pic Forbidden Planet; western The Magnificent Seven; war drama Judgment At Nuremberg; Mary Poppins (fitting in a year where Saving Mr Banks, the story of that film’s genesis, is playing in movie theaters); astronaut epic The Right Stuff; Michael Moore’s Roger & Me; and Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction.





Each of the 25 films will be preserved as cinematic treasures for generations to come.

“The National Film Registry stands among the finest summations of more than a century of extraordinary American cinema,” said Librarian of Congress, James H Billington. “This key component of American cultural history, however, is endangered, so we must protect the nation’s matchless film heritage and cinematic creativity.”





There are also some silent films on the list including Daughter Of Dawn, featuring an all-Native-American cast; 1919′s A Virtuous Vamp, starring Constance Talmadge; and 1926′s Ella Cinders.

Earlier this month, the Library of Congress released a survey that found that 70% of American silent movies have been lost. In all, this year’s additions bring the number of films in the registry to 625.







A Virtuous Vamp (1919)
Daughter of Dawn (1920)
Ella Cinders (1926)
King of Jazz (1930)
Martha Graham Early Dance Films (1931-1944)




Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
Midnight (1939)
Men and Dust (1940)
Gilda (1946)
Notes on the Port of St. Francis (1951)




The Quiet Man (1952)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Hole (1962)




Mary Poppins (1964)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Cicero March (1966)
Brandy in the Wilderness (1969)
The Right Stuff (1983)




Bless Their Little Hearts (1984)
The Lunch Date (1989)
Roger & Me (1989)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Decasia (2002)

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