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The Complete Library of Congress National Film Registry: All 753 Movies
A comprehensive list of every title that has been entered into the Library of Congress National Film Registry, which preserves films considered culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. The collection serves as an authoritative reference for notable American and international cinema recognized for its lasting impact.
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Every Film in The Complete Library of Congress National Film Registry
753 films from 1901 to 2014, mostly drama and comedy, newest first.
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Salvo 2014 · Drama -
20 Feet from Stardom 2013 · Documentary -
Pariah 2011 · Drama -
The Social Network 2010 · Biography -
Freedom Riders 2010 · History -
The Hurt Locker 2009 · Action -
The Dark Knight 2008 · Action -
WALL-E 2008 · Adventure -
Iron Man 2008 · Action -
No Country for Old Men 2007 · Drama -
Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege 2005 · Documentary -
Brokeback Mountain 2005 · Drama -
The Fog of War 2003 · Documentary -
Real Women Have Curves 2002 · Drama -
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 · Action -
Shrek 2001 · Adventure -
Memento 2001 · Mystery -
Bamboozled 2000 · Drama -
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport 2000 · War -
Love & Basketball 2000 · Drama -
Boys Don't Cry 1999 · Drama -
Compensation 1999 · History -
Buena Vista Social Club 1999 · Music -
The Matrix 1999 · Action -
Rushmore 1998 · Drama -
Saving Private Ryan 1998 · Action -
Smoke Signals 1998 · Drama -
The Big Lebowski 1998 · Comedy -
Titanic 1997 · Drama -
4 Little Girls 1997 · History -
Selena 1997 · Biography -
The Watermelon Woman 1997 · Drama -
Fargo 1996 · Drama -
Toy Story 1995 · Adventure -
Apollo 13 1995 · Adventure -
Congo 1995 · Action -
My Family 1995 · Comedy -
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision 1994 · Documentary -
Clerks 1994 · Comedy -
Hoop Dreams 1994 · Drama -
Pulp Fiction 1994 · Drama -
The Shawshank Redemption 1994 · Drama -
Forrest Gump 1994 · Drama -
Schindler's List 1993 · Biography -
The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 · Fantasy -
The Joy Luck Club 1993 · Drama -
Jurassic Park 1993 · Adventure -
The Wedding Banquet 1993 · Romance -
El mariachi 1993 · Action -
Groundhog Day 1993 · Fantasy -
Malcolm X 1992 · Biography -
Unforgiven 1992 · Drama -
A League of Their Own 1992 · Drama -
American Me 1992 · Biography -
Daughters of the Dust 1991 · Drama -
Beauty and the Beast 1991 · Fantasy -
My Own Private Idaho 1991 · Drama -
Queen of Diamonds 1991 · Drama -
Paris Is Burning 1991 · Documentary -
Boyz n the Hood 1991 · Drama -
Slacker 1991 · Drama -
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 · Action -
Thelma & Louise 1991 · Drama -
The Silence of the Lambs 1991 · Thriller -
Home Alone 1990 · Comedy -
Dances with Wolves 1990 · Adventure -
Sink or Swim 1990 · Documentary -
To Sleep with Anger 1990 · Drama -
Goodfellas 1990 · Biography -
House Party 1990 · Comedy -
Roger & Me 1989 · Documentary -
The Lunch Date 1989 · Comedy -
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt 1989 · History -
The Little Mermaid 1989 · Family -
sex, lies, and videotape 1989 · Drama -
Tongues Untied 1989 · Documentary -
Do the Right Thing 1989 · Drama -
Field of Dreams 1989 · Drama -
Powwow Highway 1989 · Drama -
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser 1988 · Documentary -
The Thin Blue Line 1988 · Mystery -
Tin Toy 1988 · Family -
Die Hard 1988 · Action -
Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 · Mystery -
Stand and Deliver 1988 · Biography -
Hairspray 1988 · Comedy -
Broadcast News 1987 · Drama -
The Princess Bride 1987 · Adventure -
Matewan 1987 · Drama -
Dirty Dancing 1987 · Drama -
La Bamba 1987 · Biography -
Who Killed Vincent Chin? 1987 · Documentary -
Platoon 1986 · Drama -
Hoosiers 1986 · Drama -
She's Gotta Have It 1986 · Comedy -
Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 · Comedy
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Top Gun 1986 · Action -
Sherman’s March 1985 · Documentary -
Back to the Future 1985 · Adventure -
Before Stonewall 1985 · History -
The Goonies 1985 · Adventure -
Desperately Seeking Susan 1985 · Drama -
The Breakfast Club 1985 · Drama -
Beverly Hills Cop 1984 · Action -
A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 · Horror -
The Terminator 1984 · Action -
Stop Making Sense 1984 · Music -
The Times of Harvey Milk 1984 · Documentary -
Amadeus 1984 · Drama -
Purple Rain 1984 · Drama -
Stranger Than Paradise 1984 · Drama -
Ghostbusters 1984 · Sci-Fi -
This Is Spinal Tap 1984 · Comedy -
El Norte 1984 · Adventure -
Itam Hakim, Hopiit 1984 · Documentary -
Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People 1984 · Animation -
Bless Their Little Hearts 1983 · Drama -
A Christmas Story 1983 · Comedy -
Michael Jackson’s Thriller 1983 · Mystery -
The Right Stuff 1983 · Adventure -
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1983 · Action -
Koyaanisqatsi 1983 · Music -
Tootsie 1982 · Drama -
Hours for Jerome 1982 · Documentary -
Illusions 1982 · Drama -
Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982 · Drama -
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez 1982 · Western -
Blade Runner 1982 · Action -
Chan Is Missing 1982 · Drama -
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982 · Action -
Losing Ground 1982 · Drama -
The Atomic Cafe 1982 · History -
Zoot Suit 1981 · Drama -
The Decline of Western Civilization 1981 · History -
Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 · Action -
Atlantic City 1981 · Drama -
Will 1981 · Drama -
Raging Bull 1980 · Biography -
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers 1980 · Documentary -
Airplane! 1980 · Comedy -
The Blues Brothers 1980 · Action -
The Shining 1980 · Thriller -
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1980 · Action -
Fame 1980 · Drama -
Return of the Secaucus Seven 1980 · Drama -
Coal Miner's Daughter 1980 · Biography -
All That Jazz 1979 · Drama -
Being There 1979 · Drama -
The Black Stallion 1979 · Adventure -
Bush Mama 1979 · Drama -
Apocalypse Now 1979 · Action -
Alien 1979 · Horror -
The Muppet Movie 1979 · Adventure -
Boulevard Nights 1979 · Drama -
Manhattan 1979 · Drama -
Norma Rae 1979 · Drama -
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert 1979 · Comedy -
Chicana 1979 · Documentary -
Superman 1978 · Action -
The Deer Hunter 1978 · Drama -
Halloween 1978 · Thriller -
Up in Smoke 1978 · Comedy -
Days of Heaven 1978 · Drama -
Girlfriends 1978 · Comedy -
Animal House 1978 · Comedy -
Grease 1978 · Romance -
The Last Waltz 1978 · Music -
Killer of Sheep 1978 · Drama -
Eraserhead 1978 · Horror -
Saturday Night Fever 1977 · Drama -
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 · Adventure -
Alambrista! 1977 · Drama -
Passing Through 1977 · Drama -
Powers of Ten 1977 · Documentary -
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1977 · Action -
Annie Hall 1977 · Comedy -
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives 1977 · Documentary -
Chulas Fronteras 1976 · Music -
Rocky 1976 · Drama -
Carrie 1976 · Horror -
Network 1976 · Drama -
Harlan County U.S.A. 1976 · Documentary -
The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 · Western -
Quasi at the Quackadero 1976 · Comedy -
All the President's Men 1976 · Biography -
Please Don’t Bury Me Alive! 1976 -
Dog Day Afternoon 1975 · Biography -
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 · Drama -
Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer 1975 · Documentary -
Grey Gardens 1975 · Drama -
The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 · Comedy -
Cooley High 1975 · Drama -
Jaws 1975 · Adventure -
Hester Street 1975 · Romance -
Cruisin’ J-Town 1975 -
Young Frankenstein 1974 · Comedy -
The Godfather: Part II 1974 · Drama -
A Woman Under the Influence 1974 · Drama -
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974 · Mystery -
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman 1974 · Music -
Chinatown 1974 · Drama -
Uptown Saturday Night 1974 · Crime -
Hearts and Minds 1974 · War -
The Conversation 1974 · Drama -
Blazing Saddles 1974 · Comedy -
The Exorcist 1973 · Drama -
The Sting 1973 · Drama -
Badlands 1973 · Drama -
Mean Streets 1973 · Drama -
Peege 1973 -
The Spook Who Sat by the Door 1973 · Drama -
Enter the Dragon 1973 · Action -
American Graffiti 1973 · Drama -
…No Lies 1973 · Drama -
Ganja & Hess 1973 · Drama -
Frank Film 1973 · Animation -
The Long Goodbye 1973 · Drama -
Wattstax 1973 · Music -
Betty Tells Her Story 1972 · Documentary -
Sounder 1972 · Drama -
Lives of Performers 1972 · Drama -
Super Fly 1972 · Action -
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania 1972 · Documentary -
Deliverance 1972 · Adventure -
Film Portrait 1972 · Documentary -
The Godfather 1972 · Drama -
Pink Flamingos 1972 · Comedy -
Cabaret 1972 · Drama -
Dirty Harry 1971 · Action -
A Clockwork Orange 1971 · Sci-Fi -
Harold and Maude 1971 · Drama -
The Hospital 1971 · Drama -
The Last Picture Show 1971 · Drama -
The French Connection 1971 · Action -
The Murder of Fred Hampton 1971 · Biography -
Two-Lane Blacktop 1971 · Drama -
Shaft 1971 · Action -
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971 · Fantasy -
Growing Up Female 1971 · Documentary -
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song 1971 · Drama -
A New Leaf 1971 · Comedy -
Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia 1971 · Drama -
Multiple SIDosis 1970 · Documentary -
Little Big Man 1970 · Adventure -
Five Easy Pieces 1970 · Drama -
Wanda 1970 · Crime -
Woodstock 1970 · History -
Patton 1970 · Biography -
MASH 1970 · Drama -
I Am Somebody 1970 · Documentary -
Czechoslovakia 1968 1969 · Documentary -
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 · Adventure -
Medium Cool 1969 · Drama -
The Learning Tree 1969 · Drama -
Easy Rider 1969 · Drama -
Putney Swope 1969 · Comedy -
The Wild Bunch 1969 · Action -
Midnight Cowboy 1969 · Drama -
Brandy in the Wilderness 1969 · Drama -
Salesman 1969 · Drama -
My Name Is Oona 1969 -
Monterey Pop 1968 · History -
Faces 1968 · Drama -
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One 1968 · Documentary -
Bullitt 1968 · Action -
Night of the Living Dead 1968 · Horror -
Funny Girl 1968 · Biography -
Rosemary's Baby 1968 · Drama -
Planet of the Apes 1968 · Adventure -
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 · Adventure -
Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 1968 · Music -
The Producers 1968 · Comedy -
The Inner World of Aphasia 1968 -
The Graduate 1967 · Drama -
In Cold Blood 1967 · Drama -
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967 · Drama -
Cool Hand Luke 1967 · Drama -
David Holzman’s Diary 1967 · Comedy -
Portrait of Jason 1967 · Documentary -
Point Blank 1967 · Drama -
Bonnie and Clyde 1967 · Biography -
In the Heat of the Night 1967 · Drama -
The Way West 1967 · Adventure -
Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back 1967 · Music -
Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB 1967 · Sci-Fi -
A Time for Burning 1967 · Documentary -
A Navajo Weaver 1966 -
Seconds 1966 · Sci-Fi -
Chelsea Girls 1966 · Drama -
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966 · Drama -
The Endless Summer 1966 · Sport -
They Call it Pro Football 1966 · Documentary -
The Pawnbroker 1965 · Drama -
Empire 1965 · Documentary -
The Sound of Music 1965 · Biography -
My Fair Lady 1964 · Drama -
Dog Star Man: Part III 1964 · Drama -
Dog Star Man: Part IV 1964 · Drama -
The T.A.M.I. Show 1964 · Music -
Parable 1964 · Fantasy -
Nothing But a Man 1964 · Romance -
Mary Poppins 1964 · Fantasy -
America America 1963 · Drama -
Charade 1963 · Mystery -
Scorpio Rising 1963 · Music -
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment 1963 · Documentary -
Dead Birds 1963 · Documentary -
Lilies of the Field 1963 · Drama -
Shock Corridor 1963 · Mystery -
The Cool World 1963 · Crime -
Hud 1963 · Drama -
Dog Star Man: Part I 1963 -
How the West Was Won 1963 · Western -
Days of Wine and Roses 1962 · Drama -
To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 · Drama -
Lawrence of Arabia 1962 · Adventure -
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962 · Drama -
The Manchurian Candidate 1962 · Drama -
The Miracle Worker 1962 · Biography -
The Music Man 1962 · Comedy -
Ride the High Country 1962 · Drama -
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 · Drama -
Prelude: Dog Star Man 1962 · Drama -
Judgment at Nuremberg 1961 · Drama -
West Side Story 1961 · Drama -
Flower Drum Song 1961 · Music -
Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 · Drama -
The Hustler 1961 · Drama -
The Exiles 1961 · Drama -
A Raisin in the Sun 1961 · Drama -
One-Eyed Jacks 1961 · Western -
Primary 1960 · Documentary -
The Magnificent Seven 1960 · Action -
Spartacus 1960 · Adventure -
Psycho 1960 · Mystery -
House of Usher 1960 · Drama -
The Apartment 1960 · Drama -
Wild River 1960 · Drama -
Ben-Hur 1959 · Adventure -
Pull My Daisy 1959 · Comedy -
Shadows 1959 · Drama -
Pillow Talk 1959 · Comedy -
Jazz on a Summer’s Day 1959 · Music -
North by Northwest 1959 · Action -
Anatomy of a Murder 1959 · Drama -
Porgy and Bess 1959 · Drama -
Rio Bravo 1959 · Action -
Some Like It Hot 1959 · Comedy -
The Cry of Jazz 1959 · Music -
Imitation of Life 1959 · Drama -
Sleeping Beauty 1959 · Fantasy -
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 1958 · Fantasy -
A Movie 1958 · Drama -
Gigi 1958 · Comedy -
Vertigo 1958 · Mystery -
Touch of Evil 1958 · Drama -
Old Yeller 1957 · Adventure -
Paths of Glory 1957 · Drama -
The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 · Adventure -
Jailhouse Rock 1957 · Drama -
3:10 to Yuma 1957 · Drama -
What’s Opera, Doc? 1957 · Music -
Sweet Smell of Success 1957 · Drama -
A Face in the Crowd 1957 · Drama -
The Tall T 1957 · Western -
12 Angry Men 1957 · Drama -
The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957 · Sci-Fi -
Edge of the City 1957 · Drama -
The Hunters 1957 · Documentary -
Giant 1956 · Drama -
The Ten Commandments 1956 · History -
On the Bowery 1956 · Documentary -
Modesta 1956 · Drama -
Disneyland Dream 1956 · Documentary -
The Searchers 1956 · Adventure -
Forbidden Planet 1956 · Adventure -
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 · Sci-Fi -
One Froggy Evening 1955 · Comedy -
The Man with the Golden Arm 1955 · Drama -
Rebel Without a Cause 1955 · Drama -
Oklahoma! 1955 · Western -
All That Heaven Allows 1955 · Drama -
The Night of the Hunter 1955 · Drama -
The Phenix City Story 1955 · Crime -
Lady and the Tramp 1955 · Adventure -
Kiss Me Deadly 1955 · Mystery -
Marty 1955 · Drama -
East of Eden 1955 · Drama -
Blackboard Jungle 1955 · Drama -
Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 · Thriller -
Carmen Jones 1954 · Drama -
A Star Is Born 1954 · Drama -
Sabrina 1954 · Drama -
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 · Drama -
On the Waterfront 1954 · Drama -
Johnny Guitar 1954 · Western -
Salt of the Earth 1954 · Drama -
A Time Out of War 1954 · Drama -
The Tell-Tale Heart 1953 · Animation -
The Living Desert 1953 · Family -
The Big Heat 1953 · Crime -
Little Fugitive 1953 · Family -
From Here to Eternity 1953 · Drama -
Roman Holiday 1953 · Drama -
The War of the Worlds 1953 · Action -
The Band Wagon 1953 · Comedy -
Pickup on South Street 1953 · Romance -
House of Wax 1953 · Horror -
Shane 1953 · Drama -
Invaders from Mars 1953 · Horror -
Duck Amuck 1953 · Comedy -
The Naked Spur 1953 · Western -
The Bad and the Beautiful 1953 · Drama -
Eaux d’artifice 1953 · Drama -
This Is Cinerama 1952 · Documentary -
The Quiet Man 1952 · Drama -
High Noon 1952 · Action -
Singin' in the Rain 1952 · Comedy -
The African Queen 1952 · Adventure -
Magical Maestro 1952 · Animation -
Duck and Cover 1952 · Family -
Trance and Dance in Bali 1952 · Documentary -
An American in Paris 1951 · Drama -
The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 · Sci-Fi -
A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 · Drama -
A Place in the Sun 1951 · Drama -
Strangers on a Train 1951 · Thriller -
Ace in the Hole 1951 · Drama -
The Thing from Another World 1951 · Sci-Fi -
Cyrano de Bergerac 1950 · Romance -
Gerald McBoing-Boing 1950 · Comedy -
All About Eve 1950 · Drama -
Outrage 1950 · Drama -
Sunset Boulevard 1950 · Drama -
Winchester ’73 1950 · Western -
In a Lonely Place 1950 · Romance -
The Asphalt Jungle 1950 · Drama -
Cinderella 1950 · Fantasy -
Gun Crazy 1950 · Drama -
On the Town 1949 · Comedy -
D.O.A. 1949 · Crime -
Twelve O’Clock High 1949 · Action -
Adam's Rib 1949 · Drama -
All the King’s Men 1949 · Drama -
The Heiress 1949 · Romance -
White Heat 1949 · Action -
Force of Evil 1949 · Drama -
Red River 1948 · Drama -
Louisiana Story 1948 · Drama -
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein 1948 · Horror -
The Naked City 1948 · Drama -
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 · Adventure -
The Lady from Shanghai 1947 · Crime -
Out of the Past 1947 · Drama -
Gentleman’s Agreement 1947 · Drama -
The Pearl 1947 · Drama -
Miracle on 34th Street 1947 · Drama -
The Way of Peace 1947 · War -
It's a Wonderful Life 1947 · Drama -
The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 · Drama -
Let There Be Light 1946 · War -
The Story of Menstruation 1946 · Animation -
My Darling Clementine 1946 · Romance -
John Henry and the Inky-Poo 1946 · Animation -
Notorious 1946 · Drama -
The Big Sleep 1946 · Mystery -
The Killers 1946 · Mystery -
Gilda 1946 · Romance -
Leave Her to Heaven 1945 · Thriller -
A Walk in the Sun 1945 · Drama -
The Lost Weekend 1945 · Drama -
Detour 1945 · Drama -
The House I Live In 1945 · Music -
Mildred Pierce 1945 · Drama -
Story of G.I. Joe 1945 · War -
War Comes to America 1945 · War -
The Battle of San Pietro 1945 · War -
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945 · Drama -
National Velvet 1945 · Drama -
Mom and Dad 1945 · Drama -
Why We Fight: The Battle of China 1944 · Documentary -
Laura 1944 · Mystery -
Hail the Conquering Hero 1944 · Comedy -
Double Indemnity 1944 · Drama -
Jammin’ the Blues 1944 · Music -
Gaslight 1944 · Drama -
Going My Way 1944 · Drama -
The Memphis Belle 1944 · Documentary -
The Negro Soldier 1944 · Drama -
Appalachian Spring 1944 -
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944 · Comedy -
Lamentation 1943 -
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain 1943 · War -
Stormy Weather 1943 · Music -
Cabin in the Sky 1943 · Fantasy -
The Ox-Bow Incident 1943 · Western -
Casablanca 1943 · Drama -
Shadow of a Doubt 1943 · Film-Noir -
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer 1943 · Documentary -
Meshes of the Afternoon 1943 · Mystery -
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike 1943 · Documentary -
Cat People 1942 · Thriller -
Road to Morocco 1942 · Adventure -
Now, Voyager 1942 · Drama -
Bambi 1942 · Drama -
The Pride of the Yankees 1942 · Drama -
The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 · Drama -
Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 · Biography -
Mrs. Miniver 1942 · Romance -
Why We Fight: Prelude to War 1942 · War -
Tulips Shall Grow 1942 · War -
Woman of the Year 1942 · Drama -
Ball of Fire 1942 · Comedy -
Jam Session 1942 · Music -
Sullivan’s Travels 1941 · Comedy -
Dumbo 1941 · Animation -
How Green Was My Valley 1941 · Drama -
The Maltese Falcon 1941 · Mystery -
Citizen Kane 1941 · Drama -
The Blood of Jesus 1941 · Drama -
The Lady Eve 1941 · Comedy -
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse 1940 · Documentary -
The Philadelphia Story 1940 · Comedy -
The Bank Dick 1940 · Comedy -
Fantasia 1940 · Fantasy -
Men and Dust 1940 · Documentary -
The Mark of Zorro 1940 · Romance -
The Great Dictator 1940 · Comedy -
Down Argentine Way 1940 · Comedy -
Knute Rockne All American 1940 · Drama -
Melody Ranch 1940 · Western -
Dance, Girl, Dance 1940 · Drama -
Rebecca 1940 · Drama -
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 1940 · Documentary -
The Grapes of Wrath 1940 · Drama -
Pinocchio 1940 · Fantasy -
Siege 1940 · Documentary -
Gone with the Wind 1940 · Drama -
The Shop Around the Corner 1940 · Drama -
His Girl Friday 1940 · Romance -
Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther 1939 · Documentary -
Tevye 1939 · Drama -
Ninotchka 1939 · Comedy -
The Wizard of Oz 1939 · Adventure -
The City 1939 · Documentary -
Only Angels Have Wings 1939 · Adventure -
The Middleton Family at the New York World’s Fair 1939 · Drama -
Wuthering Heights 1939 · Drama -
Stagecoach 1939 · Adventure -
Gunga Din 1939 · War -
Verbena trágica 1938 · Drama -
Angels with Dirty Faces 1938 · Drama -
Porky in Wackyland 1938 · Comedy -
Love Finds Andy Hardy 1938 · Comedy -
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 · Romance -
Under Western Stars 1938 · Western -
Bringing Up Baby 1938 · Comedy -
Our Day 1938 -
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1938 · Fantasy -
The River 1938 · Documentary -
Inside Nazi Germany 1938 · Documentary -
George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute 1937 · Documentary -
Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage 1937 · Documentary -
Daughter of Shanghai 1937 · Crime -
The Old Mill 1937 · Music -
The Awful Truth 1937 · Comedy -
The Prisoner of Zenda 1937 · Adventure -
The Life of Emile Zola 1937 · Drama -
Make Way for Tomorrow 1937 · Romance -
Lost Horizon 1937 · Adventure -
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor 1936 · Adventure -
My Man Godfrey 1936 · Comedy -
Swing Time 1936 · Comedy -
Show Boat 1936 · Comedy -
The Plow That Broke the Plains 1936 · Documentary -
Flash Gordon 1936 · Adventure -
Frontier 1936 -
Modern Times 1936 · Drama -
A Night at the Opera 1935 · Comedy -
Top Hat 1935 · Comedy -
Becky Sharp 1935 · Drama -
The Informer 1935 · Drama -
The Bride of Frankenstein 1935 · Drama -
Naughty Marietta 1935 · Music -
Ruggles of Red Gap 1935 · Comedy -
It’s a Gift 1934 · Comedy -
Imitation of Life 1934 · Romance -
Our Daily Bread 1934 · Romance -
Punch Drunks 1934 · Comedy -
Little Miss Marker 1934 · Drama -
The Thin Man 1934 · Mystery -
Twentieth Century 1934 · Romance -
Tarzan and His Mate 1934 · Action -
It Happened One Night 1934 · Comedy -
Sons of the Desert 1933 · Comedy -
Duck Soup 1933 · Comedy -
The Invisible Man 1933 · Horror -
Footlight Parade 1933 · Comedy -
The Power and the Glory 1933 · Drama -
Wild Boys of the Road 1933 · Drama -
Emperor Jones 1933 · Music -
Snow-White 1933 · Fantasy -
Baby Face 1933 · Drama -
Three Little Pigs 1933 · Music -
King Kong 1933 · Adventure -
42nd Street 1933 · Comedy -
State Fair 1933 · Drama -
She Done Him Wrong 1933 · Crime -
Employees’ Entrance 1933 · Drama -
Trouble in Paradise 1932 · Comedy -
Red Dust 1932 · Drama -
Grand Hotel 1932 · Drama -
Love Me Tonight 1932 · Romance -
Flowers and Trees 1932 · Thriller -
The Music Box 1932 · Comedy -
Scarface 1932 · Action -
Freaks 1932 · Drama -
The Forgotten Frontier 1931 · Drama -
Frankenstein 1931 · Drama -
The Public Enemy 1931 · Drama -
The Front Page 1931 · Comedy -
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas 1931 · Adventure -
Drácula 1931 · Horror -
City Lights 1931 · Drama -
Heretic 1931 -
Little Caesar 1931 · Drama -
Morocco 1930 · Romance -
The Big Trail 1930 · Western -
Pups Is Pups 1930 · Comedy -
All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 · Drama -
King of Jazz 1930 · Music -
Lambchops 1929 · Music -
Applause 1929 · Drama -
St. Louis Blues 1929 · Drama -
Hallelujah 1929 · Music -
Show People 1928 · Comedy -
The Power of the Press 1928 · Drama -
The Wedding March 1928 · Romance -
The Beau Brummels 1928 · Comedy -
The Docks of New York 1928 · Drama -
The Wind 1928 · Thriller -
The Cameraman 1928 · Romance -
The Sex Life of the Polyp 1928 · Comedy -
Lonesome 1928 · Drama -
The Life and Death of 9413, A Hollywood Extra 1928 · Drama -
Steamboat Willie 1928 · Animation -
Steamboat Bill, Jr. 1928 · Comedy -
The Crowd 1928 · Romance -
Pass the Gravy 1928 · Comedy -
There It Is 1928 · Animation -
The Battle of the Century 1927 · Comedy -
The Jazz Singer 1927 · Drama -
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 1927 · Romance -
7th Heaven 1927 · Drama -
Stark Love 1927 · Drama -
“It” 1927 · Comedy -
Flesh and the Devil 1926 · Romance -
The General 1926 · Comedy -
The Strong Man 1926 · Romance -
The Flying Ace 1926 · Action -
So’s Your Old Man 1926 · Comedy -
The Son of the Sheik 1926 · Drama -
Mighty Like a Moose 1926 · Comedy -
Ella Cinders 1926 · Romance -
The Black Pirate 1926 · Drama -
Hands Up! 1926 · Comedy -
Lady Windermere’s Fan 1925 · Comedy -
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 1925 · Drama -
Clash of the Wolves 1925 · Adventure -
Body and Soul 1925 · Drama -
The Big Parade 1925 · Drama -
The Freshman 1925 · Romance -
Gus Visser and His Singing Duck 1925 -
The Gold Rush 1925 · Drama -
The Phantom of the Opera 1925 · Music -
Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life 1925 · Documentary -
Peter Pan 1924 · Fantasy -
Greed 1924 · Crime -
He Who Gets Slapped 1924 · Thriller -
The Navigator 1924 · Action -
Sherlock Jr. 1924 · Comedy -
The Thief of Bagdad 1924 · Fantasy -
The Chechahcos 1923 · Drama -
Safety Last! 1923 · Comedy -
Cops 1922 · Family -
Foolish Wives 1922 · Drama -
Kodachrome Two-Color Test Shots No. III 1922 · Documentary -
Tol’able David 1921 · Drama -
Miss Lulu Bett 1921 · Comedy -
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1921 · War -
The Mark of Zorro 1920 · Drama -
The Last of the Mohicans 1920 · Adventure -
The Daughter of Dawn 1920 · Western -
One Week 1920 · Comedy -
Humoresque 1920 · Drama -
The Making of an American 1920 -
Within Our Gates 1920 · Romance -
Heroes All 1920 · Documentary -
Jubilo 1919 · Comedy -
The Dragon Painter 1919 · Romance -
Broken Blossoms 1919 · Drama -
Bread 1918 · Drama -
The Sinking of the Lusitania 1918 · History -
The Blue Bird 1918 · Fantasy -
Wild and Woolly 1917 · Western -
The Immigrant 1917 · Romance -
The Poor Little Rich Girl 1917 · Drama -
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1916 · Sci-Fi -
Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916 · Drama -
Shoes 1916 · Drama -
Civilization 1916 · Drama -
The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West 1916 · Drama -
Where Are My Children? 1916 · Drama -
Hell’s Hinges 1916 · Romance -
The Cheat 1915 · Drama -
The Regeneration 1915 · Crime -
Fatty’s Tintype Tangle 1915 · Comedy -
The Birth of a Nation 1915 · Drama -
A Fool There Was 1915 · Drama -
The Italian 1915 · Drama -
The Exploits of Elaine 1914 · Action -
In the Land of the Head Hunters 1914 · Drama -
The Bargain 1914 · Romance -
The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England 1914 · Drama -
Mabel’s Blunder 1914 · Comedy -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1914 · Drama -
The Perils of Pauline 1914 · Drama -
Tess of the Storm Country 1914 · Drama -
Gertie the Dinosaur 1914 · Comedy -
Kid Auto Races at Venice 1914 · Comedy -
Preservation of the Sign Language 1913 · Documentary -
Traffic in Souls 1913 · Drama -
The Black Masks 1913 · Drama -
Suspense. 1913 · Drama -
Matrimony’s Speed Limit 1913 · Comedy -
The Evidence of the Film 1913 · Crime -
Lime Kiln Club Field Day 1913 · Comedy -
A Cure for Pokeritis 1912 · Comedy -
The Musketeers of Pig Alley 1912 · Drama -
The Land Beyond the Sunset 1912 · Fantasy -
From the Manger to the Cross 1912 · Drama -
The Cry of the Children 1912 · Drama -
Little Nemo 1911 · Animation -
Jeffries-Johnson World’s Championship Boxing Contest, Held at Reno, Nevada, July 4, 1910 1910 · Documentary -
White Fawn’s Devotion: A Play Acted by a Tribe of Red Indians in America 1910 · Western -
A Corner in Wheat 1909 · Drama -
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy 1909 · Fantasy -
Lady Helen’s Escapade 1909 · Comedy -
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend 1906 · Comedy -
The Great Train Robbery 1903 · Action -
Life of an American Fireman 1903 · Action -
President McKinley Taking the Oath 1901 · Documentary -
President McKinley and Escort Going to the Capitol 1901 · Documentary
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