The National Film Registry, a list of films chosen for preservation because of their “cultural, historic and aesthetic” significance to the nation’s film heritage, has added Orson Welles’ The Lady from Shanghai to its roster.
The Librarian of Congress today announced 25 additions to the 30-year-old registry.
Chosen with input from the National Film Preservation Board , which also considers online nominations from the public, this year’s list includes Welles’ 1948 thriller with then-wife Rita Hayworth, as well as Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, John Ford’s The Informer, Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca and Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park.
Welles’ Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons and Touch of Evil were previously included on the list.
The registry, which now numbers 750 titles, is limited to works that are at least 10 years old.
Films selected for the 2018 National Film Registry:
- Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
- Broadcast News (1987)
- Brokeback Mountain (2005)
- Cinderella (1950)
- Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
- Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency (1908)
- Eve’s Bayou (1997)
- The Girl Without a Soul (1917)
- Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy-Headed People (1984)
- Hearts and Minds (1974)
- Hud (1963)
- The Informer (1935)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- The Lady From Shanghai (1948)
- Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
- Monterey Pop (1968)
- My Fair Lady (1964)
- The Navigator (1924)
- On the Town (1949)
- One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
- Pickup on South Street (1953)
- Rebecca (1940)
- The Shining (1980)
- Smoke Signals (1998)
- Something Good — Negro Kiss (1898)
The complete list of motion pictures included in the National Film Registry can be found online at https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/
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