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National Film Registry

With over 400 movies made a year, the members of the NFR can only select a handful for preservation. Their selections usually skew toward the very old.

Year Award Movie Title T-meter
1994Outstanding FilmThe African Queen100%
1994Outstanding FilmThe Apartment90%
1994Outstanding FilmSafety Last92%
1994Outstanding FilmForce of Evil100%
1994Outstanding FilmFreaks95%
1994Outstanding FilmThe Hospital100%
1994Outstanding FilmInvasion of the Body Snatchers100%
1994Outstanding FilmThe Lady Eve100%
1994Outstanding FilmThe Louisiana Story85%
1994Outstanding FilmThe Manchurian Candidate98%
1994Outstanding FilmMarty100%
1994Outstanding FilmMeet Me in St. Louis100%
1994Outstanding FilmMidnight Cowboy90%
1994Outstanding FilmPinocchio100%
1994Outstanding FilmScarface100%
1994Outstanding FilmTaxi Driver98%
1993Outstanding FilmAn American in Paris98%
1993Outstanding FilmThe Black Pirate100%
1993Outstanding FilmBadlands97%
1993Outstanding FilmBlade Runner91%
1993Outstanding FilmBlade Runner - The Director's Cut93%
1993Outstanding FilmCat People94%
1993Outstanding FilmThe CheatN/A
1993Outstanding FilmChulas FronterasN/A
1993Outstanding FilmHis Girl Friday97%
1993Outstanding FilmIt Happened One Night97%
1993Outstanding FilmLassie Come Home86%
1993Outstanding FilmYankee Doodle Dandy91%
1993Outstanding FilmThe WindN/A
1993Outstanding FilmTouch of Evil94%
1993Outstanding FilmSweet Smell of Success100%
1993Outstanding FilmShane96%
1993Outstanding FilmShadows100%
1993Outstanding FilmOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest96%
1993Outstanding FilmNothing But a Man83%
1991Outstanding FilmChinatown100%
1989Outstanding FilmNanook of the North100%
1989Outstanding FilmAdam's Rib100%
1989Outstanding FilmAll About Eve100%
1989Outstanding FilmAll Quiet on the Western Front97%
1989Outstanding FilmAnnie Hall98%
1989Outstanding FilmThe Bank Dick100%
1989Outstanding FilmBattle of San PietroN/A
1989Outstanding FilmThe Best Years of Our Lives97%
1989Outstanding FilmWind, The (1928)/The CrowdN/A
1989Outstanding FilmDetour100%
1989Outstanding FilmThe Blood of JesusN/A
1989Outstanding FilmThe ItalianN/A
1989Outstanding FilmThe Poor Little Rich GirlN/A
1989Outstanding FilmSunrise97%
1989Outstanding FilmTevyeN/A
1989Outstanding FilmA Woman Under The Influence89%
1989Outstanding FilmAfrican American Cinema 1N/A
1989Outstanding FilmThe ArousersN/A
1989Outstanding FilmVertigo98%
1989Outstanding FilmSunset Boulevard98%
1989Outstanding FilmStar Wars94%
1989Outstanding FilmSome Like It Hot97%
1989Outstanding FilmSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs97%
1989Outstanding FilmSingin' in the Rain100%
1989Outstanding FilmThe Searchers98%
1989Outstanding FilmOn the Waterfront100%
1989Outstanding FilmModern Times100%
1989Outstanding FilmMr. Smith Goes To Washington96%
1989Outstanding FilmThe Maltese Falcon100%
1989Outstanding FilmThe Learning Tree80%
1989Outstanding FilmIntolerance96%
1989Outstanding FilmHigh Noon95%
1989Outstanding FilmThe Grapes of Wrath100%
1989Outstanding FilmThe General92%
1989Outstanding FilmDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb100%
1989Outstanding FilmCitizen Kane100%
1942Outstanding FilmCasablanca97%
1939Outstanding FilmGone With the Wind97%

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2009 Academy Awards

Best Actor
Sean Penn, Milk
Best Actress
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Director
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Best Picture
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