The National Film Registry is a subsidiary of the Library of Congress which immortalizes movies that it deems significant. Each year, 25 more films are added to the collection, and this year’s got some pretty cool picks, including Forrest Gump, Silence of the Lambs, and The Kid. I am most excited by that last addition, because The Kid has the honor of being the first silent film I ever watched. If you haven’t seen it, you should do so. It’s early Charlie Chaplin, and it’s awesome.
Speaking of awesome, The Kid is now in the public domain, so I’ve embedded the youtube link (along with the full list) after the break. Enjoy.
[Via Washington Post]- Allures (1961)
- Bambi (1942)
- The Big Heat (1953)
- A Computer Animated Hand (1972)
- Crisis: Behind A Presidential Commitment (1963)
- The Cry of the Children (1912)
- A Cure for Pokeritis (1912)
- El Mariachi (1992)
- Faces (1968)
- Fake Fruit Factory (1986)
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- Growing Up Female (1971)
- Hester Street (1975)
- I, an Actress (1977)
- The Iron Horse (1924)
- The Kid (1921)
- The Lost Weekend (1945)
- The Negro Soldier (1944)
- Nicholas Brothers Family Home Movies (1930s-40s)
- Norma Rae (1979)
- Porgy and Bess (1959)
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- Stand and Deliver (1988)
- Twentieth Century (1934)
- War of the Worlds (1953)
