National Film Registry Class of 2002
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- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
- DirectorGeorge C. StoneyStarsMary ColeyConceived as an educational film for rural midwives, the film presents a beautifully humane profile of the life and work of the midwife "Miss Mary" Coley.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsLana TurnerKirk DouglasWalter PidgeonAn unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.
- DirectorGary TrousdaleKirk WiseStarsPaige O'HaraRobby BensonJesse CortiA prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.
- DirectorCarroll BallardStarsKelly RenoMickey RooneyTeri GarrAfter being shipwrecked with a magnificent horse off the coast of Africa in the 1940s, a boy bonds with the stallion, and trains him to race after their rescue.
- DirectorJohn SingletonStarsCuba Gooding Jr.Laurence FishburneHudhail Al-AmirFollows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.
- DirectorBruce BrownStarsRobert AugustMichael HynsonLord James BlearsThe crown jewel to ten years of Bruce Brown surfing documentaries. Brown follows two young surfers around the world in search of the perfect wave, and ends up finding quite a few in addition to some colorful local characters.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.
- DirectorAlfred AmesHoward KahnStarsTim SampleA short film which documents the logging industry in Maine in 1930.
- DirectorRobert BreerAn animated short of passengers on a train with Mt. Fuji visible from the window.
- DirectorTheodore CaseEarl I. SponableStarsGus VisserGus Visser performs part of his vaudeville act, appearing on the stage holding a white duck. Gus sings the song, "Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me)", and soon the duck begins to accompany him by quacking.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsSidney PoitierRod SteigerWarren OatesA black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsIrene RichMay McAvoyBert LytellA society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
- DirectorJoseph SantleyStarsGene AutryJimmy DuranteAnn MillerHis Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration.
- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsPedro ArmendárizMaría Elena MarquésFernando WagnerThe discovery of a perfect pearl forever changes the lives of a poor Mexican fisherman and his family.
- DirectorLou BreslowStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges discover Curly's hidden talent for boxing, which appears only when he hears the tune "Pop Goes the Weasel". With the help of Larry's violin, Moe attempts to turn him into a champion.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsHumphrey BogartAudrey HepburnWilliam HoldenA playboy becomes interested in the daughter of his family's chauffeur, but it's his more serious brother who would be the better man for her.
- DirectorFrederick S. ArmitageTime-lapse photography is used to show the manual dismantling and demolition of New York's Star Theatre over a period of about 30 days.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsJohn LurieEszter BalintRichard EdsonA New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
- DirectorMerian C. CooperGunther von FritschErnest B. SchoedsackStarsLowell ThomasKathy DarlynToni ValkOn the evening of September 30, 1952, the shape and sound of movies changed forever with the introduction of Cinerama.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsRob ReinerMichael McKeanChristopher GuestSpinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.
- DirectorAlfred ClahStarsJohnny NelsonAl Clah was not a Navajo from Pine Springs. He said: they making films about things out there, the trading post, things you can see; I'm making films about inside: I like to see scenes that people never expected, the legends, the gods'.
- DirectorJohnny NelsonA Navajo documentary focusing on the location, refinement, and craftsmanship of silver art.
- DirectorSusie BenallyStarsAlta KahnAn experimental film by Susie Benally which depicts the creation process of a Navajo Weaver.
- DirectorMike AndersonA Navajo short film which documents a boy drawing and using water from Old Antelope Lake.
- DirectorAlta KahnStarsSusie BenallyA Navajo short documentary about a weaver.
- DirectorJohnny NelsonFollows a group of Indians as they survey, excavate, and install a water well and pump on a Navajo Reservation.
- DirectorMary J. TsosieMaxine TsosieStarsSam YazzieAn experimental film from directors Mary J. Tsosie and Maxine Tsosie which focuses on the role of the Medicine Man in the Navajo culture.
- DirectorSaul BassStarsPeter HansenPaul SaltmanMixing animation with live-action, Saul Bass' "Why Man Creates" is an eight-part meditation on the nature and struggle of creativity.
- DirectorJohn EmersonStarsDouglas FairbanksEileen PercyCalvert CarterThe civilized inhabitants of a formerly "wild" western town scramble to recreate the town's rough and rowdy heyday in order to indulge the fantasies of a rich newcomer.
- DirectorElia KazanStarsMontgomery CliftLee RemickJo Van FleetA TVA bureaucrat comes to the river to do what none of his predecessors have been able to do - evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her.