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2021 (33rd 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 2021.

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.


Chicana (1979) [documentary short]   IMDb
Cooley High (1975)   IMDb
Evergreen (1965) [short]   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerFlowers and Trees (1932) [short]   IMDb
The Flying Ace (1926)   IMDb
Hell-Bound Train (1930)   IMDb
Jubilo (1919)   IMDb
The Long Goodbye (1973)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)   IMDb
The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971) [documentary]   IMDb
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)   IMDb
Pink Flamingos (1972)   IMDb
Requiem 29 (1970) [documentary short]   IMDb
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979) [documentary]   IMDb
Ringling Bros. Parade Film (1902) [documentary short]   IMDb
Selena (1997)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerSounder (1972)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerStar Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)   IMDb
Stop Making Sense (1984) [documentary]   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerStrangers on a Train (1951)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerWall-E (2008)   IMDb
Watermelon Woman (1996)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)   IMDb
Oscar Nominated markerWho Killed Vincent Chin (1987) [documentary]   IMDb
The Wobblies (1979) [documentary]   IMDb