2024 National Film Registry Announcement

The Librarian of Congress announces the annual selection of 25 inductees for the National Film Registry for 2024. The oldest film is a 1895 silent short titled "Annabelle Serpentine Dance" which many prints were distributed with hand-tinted color, and the newest is the 2010 social media biopic "The Social Network." In between are memorable Hollywood classics films such as "The Miracle Worker," sci-fi favorite "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan," action comedy "Beverly Hills Cop," iconic box office hit "Dirty Dancing" and Academy-award winner "No Country for Old Men." There are now 900 film titles on the National Film Registry, including celebrated landmark films, cult hits, silent shorts, student films and searing documentaries. This year's class of inductees includes groundbreaking independent films such as the moving drama "Will" directed by Jesse Maple -- the first independent feature-length film directed by an African American woman. Another film, "Ganja and Hess," an early breakthrough in Afrofuturtist horror, was nearly lost forever and later saved by a single print which was then restored. Also included in this year's selection is the horror hit "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" which finished first in public voting. Listen to writer Aaron Sorkin, writer/actor Cheech Marin, writer/director Gus Van Sant and others talk about their favorite scenes and lines from their films inducted this year's National Film Registry.
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