Hunter Smith
3 min readOct 25, 2021

U.S. National Film Registry- Movies that need to be inducted.

  1. The Toll of the Sea (1922) (Chester M. Franklin)
  2. The Ten Commandments (1923) (Cecil B. DeMille)
  3. Hell’s Angels (1930) (Howard Hughes, Edmund Goulding, James Whale)
  4. The Outlaw (1943) (Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks)
  5. Peter Pan (1953) (Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney)
  6. Doctor Zhivago (1965) (David Lean)
  7. The Rain People (1969) (Francis Ford Coppola)
  8. THX 1138 (1971) (George Lucas)
  9. Johnny Got His Gun (1971) (Dalton Trumbo)
  10. Last Tango in Paris (1972) (Bernardo Bertolucci)
  11. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) (Tobe Hopper)
  12. Carrie (1976) (Brian De Palma)
  13. Smokey and the Bandit (1977) (Hal Needham)
  14. The Warriors (1979) (Walter Hill)
  15. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) (Robert Benton)
  16. Ordinary People (1980) (Robert Redford)
  17. The Elephant Man (1980) (David Lynch)
  18. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) (Nicholas Meyer)
  19. Poltergeist (1982) (Tobe Hooper)
  20. The Thing (1982) (John Carpenter)
  21. The Outsiders (1983) (Francis Ford Coppola)
  22. Risky Business (1983) (Paul Brickman)
  23. Scarface (1983) (Brian De Palma)
  24. Beverly Hills Cop (1984) (Martin Brest)
  25. The Color Purple (1985) (Steven Spielberg)
  26. Aliens (1986) (James Cameron)
  27. Stand by Me (1986) (Rob Reiner)
  28. Robocop (1987) (Paul Verhoeven)
  29. Dirty Dancing (1987) (Emile Ardolino)
  30. Full Metal Jacket (1987) (Stanley Kubrick)
  31. Wall Street (1987) (Oliver Stone)
  32. Beetlejuice (1988) (Tim Burton)
  33. Big (1988) (Penny Marshall)
  34. Coming to America (1988) (John Landis)
  35. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) (Martin Scorsese)
  36. Rain Man (1988) (Barry Levinson)
  37. Dead Poets Society (1989) (Peter Weir)
  38. When Harry Met Sally… (1989) (Rob Reiner)
  39. Pretty Woman (1990) (Garry Marshall)
  40. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) (James Cameron)
  41. My Own Private Idaho (1991) (Gus Van Sant)
  42. JFK (1991) (Oliver Stone)
  43. Reservoir Dogs (1992) (Quentin Tarantino)
  44. Aladdin (1992) (Ron Clements, John Musker)
  45. A Few Good Men (1992) (Rob Reiner)
  46. Dazed and Confused (1993) (Richard Linklater)
  47. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (Henry Selick)
  48. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) (Chris Columbus)
  49. Philadelphia (1993) (Jonathan Demme)
  50. Apollo 13 (1995) (Ron Howard)
  51. The Usual Suspects (1995) (Bryan Singer)
  52. Se7en (1995) (David Fincher)
  53. Casino (1995) (Martin Scorsese)
  54. Heat (1995) (Michael Mann)
  55. Jerry Maguire (1996) (Cameron Crowe)
  56. Scream (1996) (Wes Craven)
  57. Good Will Hunting (1997) (Gus Van Sant)
  58. Boogie Nights (1997) (Paul Thomas Anderson)
  59. The Truman Show (1998) (Peter Weir)
  60. American History X (1998) (Tony Kaye)
  61. The Thin Red Line (1998) (Terrence Malick)
  62. The Blair Witch Project (1999) (Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez)
  63. The Sixth Sense (1999) (M. Night Shyamalan)
  64. American Beauty (1999) (Sam Mendes)
  65. Fight Club (1999) (David Fincher)
  66. Being John Malkovich (1999) (Spike Jonze)
  67. The Green Mile (1999) (Frank Darabont)
  68. Gladiator (2000) (Ridley Scott)
  69. Requiem for a Dream (2000) (Darren Aronofsky)
  70. Mulholland Drive (2001) (David Lynch)
  71. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) (Peter Jackson)
  72. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (Peter Jackson)
  73. Lost in Translation (2003) (Sofia Ford Coppola)
  74. Finding Nemo (2003) (Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkirch)
  75. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (Peter Jackson)
  76. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) (Michel Gondry)
  77. Million Dollar Baby (2004) (Clint Eastwood)
  78. The Departed (2006) (Martin Scorsese)
  79. No Country for Old Men (2007) (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)
  80. There Will Be Blood (2007) (Paul Thomas Anderson)
  81. WALL-E (2008) (Andrew Stanton)
  82. Avatar (2009) (James Cameron)
  83. Inception (2010) (Christopher Nolan)
  84. The Social Network (2010) (David Fincher)
  85. The Tree of Life (2011) (Terrence Malick)
  86. The Avengers (2012) (Joss Whedon)
  87. Django Unchained (2012) (Quentin Tarantino)
  88. 12 Years a Slave (2013) (Steve McQueen)
  89. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) (Martin Scorsese)
  90. Boyhood (2014) (Richard Linklater)
  91. Whiplash (2014) (Damien Chazelle)
  92. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) (Alejandro G. Inarritu)
  93. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) (George Miller)
  94. Spotlight (2015) (Tom McCarthy)
  95. Moonlight (2016) (Barry Jenkins)
  96. La La Land (2016) (Damien Chazelle)
  97. Get Out (2017) (Jordan Peele)
  98. Dunkirk (2017) (Christopher Nolan)
  99. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) (Martin McDonagh)
  100. The Shape of Water (2017) (Guillermo del Toro)
  101. Black Panther (2018) (Ryan Coogler)
  102. Parasite (2019) (Bong Joon Ho)
  103. Nomadland (2020) (Chloe Zhao)

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Hunter Smith
Hunter Smith

Written by Hunter Smith

Independent filmmaker, aspiring film critic, and Eagle Scout in the heartland.

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