The Library of Congress is accepting nominations for its National Film Registry. Each year, the LoC inducts up to 25 new film titles. A movie must be 10 years old and “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” to be eligible… otherwise, the guidelines are loose.
The films needn’t be full-length, theatrically released, or even American. The only other rule is that each person’s nominees must be properly formatted and capped at 50. With that in mind, I made a lot of difficult decisions in order to devise the following list of nominees for 2012.
It’s very cool of the LoC to get the community involved in this way, and I see it as an opportunity to advocate for oft-overlooked classics as much as a chance to recognize the undisputed all-time greats. These are my nominees:
- Dumbo (1941)
- Gilda (1946)
- Song of the South (1946)
- Cinderella (1950)
- Scrooge (a/k/a/ A Christmas Carol) (1951)
- Sleeping Beauty (1959)
- Pollyanna (196)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- My Fair Lady (1964)
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
- Charlie Brown Christmas, A (1965)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
- Hello, Dolly! (1969)
- Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Pete’s Dragon (1977)
- Grease (1978)
- Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
- Shining, The (1980)
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
- Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Muppets Take Manhattan, The (1984)
- Color Purple, The (1985)
- Captain EO (1986)
- Big (1988)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- Batman (1989)
- Little Mermaid, The (1989)
- Ghost (1990)
- Home Alone (1990)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- Aladdin (1992)
- Sister Act (1992)
- Hocus Pocus (1993)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993)
- Lion King, The (1994)
- Santa Clause, The (1994)
- Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
- Sling Blade (1996)
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
- Men in Black (1997)
- Titanic (1997)
- Truman Show, The (1998)
- Matrix, The (1999)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
- Lord of the Rings, The: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Minority Report (2002)
Anyone can submit nominations for the National Film Registry. If you want to contribute yours, you’ll have to act fast. The deadline is September 28, 2012. Find out all about it on NFR site.
