National Film Registry entries
Last year, the Library of Congress added 25 films to the National Film Registry that included gangster classics, horror essentials, landmark documentaries, and even Spy Kids. Deadline reports that a new class of films has been added by the Library of Congress, which span from an 1800’s film, The Tramp and the Dog, to 2014’s The Grand Budapest Hotel. A number of pop culture favorites, such as The Karate Kid, Clueless and The Thing, are among the 25 titles included in this recent list.
2026’s list of titles chosen for preservation
The list of films include:
- The Tramp and the Dog (1896)
- The Oath of the Sword (1914)
- The Maid of McMillan (1916)
- The Lady (1925)
- Sparrows (1926)
- Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926)
- White Christmas (1954)
- High Society (1956)
- Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
- Say Amen, Somebody (1982)
- The Thing (1982)
- The Big Chill (1983)
- The Karate Kid (1984)
- Glory (1989)
- Philadelphia (1993)
- Before Sunrise (1995)
- Clueless (1995)
- The Truman Show (1998)
- Frida (2002)
- The Hours (2002)
- The Incredibles (2004)
- The Wrecking Crew (2008)
- Inception (2010)
- The Loving Story (2011)
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Library of Congress
Per Deadline, the latest class has brought the total number of titles in the registry to 925, with some among the 2 million moving image collection items held in the Library of Congress. Others are preserved in coordination with copyright holders or other film archives, the library says. The expectation that they will hit 1,000 titles in 2028.
Acting Librarian of Congress, Robert R. Newlen, stated in a release, “When we preserve films, we preserve American culture for generations to come. These selections for the National Film Registry show us that films are instrumental in capturing important parts of our nation’s story. We are proud to continue this important work, adding a broad range of 25 films to the National Film Registry as a collective effort in the film community to protect our cinematic heritage.”
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