National Film Registry Class of 2014
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1. The Big Lebowski (1998)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Crime
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi
Votes: 860,186 | Gross: $17.50M
2. Down Argentine Way (1940)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
An American girl on vacation in Argentina falls for a wealthy racehorse owner.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, Charlotte Greenwood
Votes: 1,364
3. The Dragon Painter (1919)
TV-PG | 53 min | Drama, Romance
A wild man and genius becomes a master painter's disciple, but loses his divine gift when he finds love.
Director: William Worthington | Stars: Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Edward Peil Sr., Toyo Fujita
Votes: 665
4. Felicia (1965)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Felicia Bragg, an unassuming-yet-articulate African-American teenager from the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, opens up about her struggles, frustrations and hopes for the future.
Directors: Bob Dickson, Alan Gorg, Trevor Greenwood | Star: Felicia Bragg
Votes: 105
5. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy
A popular high school student, admired by his peers, decides to take a day off from school and goes to extreme lengths to pull it off, to the chagrin of his Dean, who'll do anything to stop him.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones
Votes: 386,379 | Gross: $70.14M
6. The Gang's All Here (1943)
Passed | 103 min | Musical, Romance
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Phil Baker, Benny Goodman
Votes: 2,059
7. House of Wax (1953)
GP | 88 min | Horror
An associate burns down a wax museum with the owner inside, but he survives only to become vengeful and murderous.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones
Votes: 20,248 | Gross: $23.75M
8. Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
PG | 122 min | Documentary, History, War
The secret smuggling of 9,300 Jewish children out of Nazi Germany in the late 1930s.
Director: Mark Jonathan Harris | Stars: Judi Dench, Lory Cahn, Kurt Fuchel, Eva Hayman
Votes: 1,960 | Gross: $0.37M
9. Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913)
65 min
Modeled after a popular collection of stories known as "Brother Gardener's Lime Kiln Club," the plot features three suitors vying to win the hand of the local beauty.
Directors: T. Hayes Hunter, Edwin Middleton | Stars: Bert Williams, Odessa Warren Grey, Wes Jenkins, Tom Brown
Votes: 60
10. Little Big Man (1970)
PG-13 | 139 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam
Votes: 37,886 | Gross: $31.56M
11. Luxo Jr. (1986)
G | 2 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A larger lamp watches while a smaller, younger lamp plays exuberantly with a ball but doesn't pick up the knack of correct handling.
Director: John Lasseter
Votes: 15,517
12. Moon Breath Beat (1980)
5 min | Animation, Short
An animated short by Lisze Bechtold in which a woman and her two cats battle the forces of nature.
Director: Lisze Bechtold
Votes: 132
13. Please, Don't Bury Me Alive! (1976)
81 min | Crime, Drama
This independent film, a slice-of-barrio- life that was shot and exhibited in South Texas. It is a compelling film about the dilemmas facing a young Chicano in the spring of 1972 amid the Chicano Movement.
Director: Efrain Gutierrez | Stars: Efrain Gutierrez, Jose Armando, Margarita Armando de Hoyas, Diana Doss
Votes: 33 | Gross: $0.30M
14. The Power and the Glory (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Drama
The tragic life story of a power-hungry industrialist is recounted in the aftermath of his death.
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Colleen Moore, Ralph Morgan, Helen Vinson
Votes: 734
15. Rio Bravo (1959)
Passed | 141 min | Western
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson
Votes: 68,043 | Gross: $12.54M
16. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Approved | 137 min | Drama, Horror
A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 235,109
17. Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
An English valet brought to the American west assimilates into the American way of life.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 4,512
18. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
R | 169 min | Drama, War
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns
Votes: 1,496,168 | Gross: $216.54M
19. Shoes (1916)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
A young woman grows tired of providing for her family.
Director: Lois Weber | Stars: Mary MacLaren, Harry Griffith, Mattie Witting, Jessie Arnold
Votes: 763
20. State Fair (1933)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An Iowa family finds adventure, love, and heartbreak when they spend a week at the state fair.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, Lew Ayres, Sally Eilers
Votes: 1,069
21. 13 Lakes (2004)
135 min | Documentary
Shots of 13 great lakes in the USA, with each shot containing half water and half sky or land.
Director: James Benning
Votes: 368
22. Unmasked (1917)
12 min | Short, Drama
The story of a two jewel thieves whose lives intersect during the course of their crimes.
Directors: Grace Cunard, Francis Ford | Stars: Francis Ford, Grace Cunard, Edgar Keller, Tony Jeannette
Votes: 78
23. V-E +1 (1945)
21 min | Documentary, Short
A film that documents the burial of those who lost their lives at the Holocaust camp in Falkenau, Czechoslovakia.
Director: Samuel Fuller
Votes: 49
24. The Way of Peace (1947)
Not Rated | 18 min | Animation, Short
A Christian fable about the end of the world, atomic-style.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Star: Lew Ayres
Votes: 119
25. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
G | 100 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
Director: Mel Stuart | Stars: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear
Votes: 227,271 | Gross: $4.00M
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