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| National Film Registry picks Thelma & Louise and The Breakfast Club for preservation National Film Registry picks Thelma & Louise and The Breakfast Club for preservation | |
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| Thelma & Louise, The Breakfast Club and The Birds are among the 25 films selected for preservation by the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, it has been announced. | Thelma & Louise, The Breakfast Club and The Birds are among the 25 films selected for preservation by the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, it has been announced. |
| Each year the National Film Preservation Board advises congress on which titles should be added to the registry, along with nominations from the public. To qualify, a film must be at least a decade old and be “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant”. | Each year the National Film Preservation Board advises congress on which titles should be added to the registry, along with nominations from the public. To qualify, a film must be at least a decade old and be “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant”. |
| The 1991 thriller Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, was considered a landmark in Hollywood’s portrayal of women characters. The Breakfast Club, written and directed by the late John Hughes and released in 1985, is arguably the best-known of the 1980s teen-movie cycle that included Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (both already in the register) and Pretty in Pink. | The 1991 thriller Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, was considered a landmark in Hollywood’s portrayal of women characters. The Breakfast Club, written and directed by the late John Hughes and released in 1985, is arguably the best-known of the 1980s teen-movie cycle that included Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (both already in the register) and Pretty in Pink. |
| Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 thriller The Birds joins a number of the director’s other films on the list, including North by Northwest, Vertigo and Psycho. | Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 thriller The Birds joins a number of the director’s other films on the list, including North by Northwest, Vertigo and Psycho. |
| Full list of films selected for the National Film Registry | Full list of films selected for the National Film Registry |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916, dir: Stuart Paton)The Atomic Cafe (1982, dirs: Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Pierce Rafferty)Ball of Fire (1941, dir: Howard Hawks)The Beau Brummels (1928)The Birds (1963, dir: Alfred Hitchcock)Blackboard Jungle (1955, dir: Richard Brooks)The Breakfast Club (1985, dir: John Hughes)The Decline of Western Civilization (1981, dir: Penelope Spheeris)East of Eden (1955, Elia Kazan)Funny Girl (1968, dir: William Wyler)Life of an American Fireman (1903, dir: Edwin S Porter)The Lion King (1994, dirs: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff)Lost Horizon (1937, dir: Frank Capra)Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912, dir: DW Griffith)Paris Is Burning (1990, dir: Jennie Livingston)Point Blank (1967, dir: John Boorman)The Princess Bride (1987, dir: Rob Reiner)Putney Swope (1969, dir: Robert Downey Sr)Rushmore (1998, dir: Wes Anderson)Solomon Sir Jones films (1924-28)Steamboat Bill Jr (1928, dir: Charles Reisner)Suzanne, Suzanne (1982, dir: Camille Billops, James Hatch)Thelma & Louise (1991, dir: Ridley Scott)A Walk in the Sun (1945, dir: Lewis Milestone)Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, dir: Robert Zemeckis) | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916, dir: Stuart Paton)The Atomic Cafe (1982, dirs: Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Pierce Rafferty)Ball of Fire (1941, dir: Howard Hawks)The Beau Brummels (1928)The Birds (1963, dir: Alfred Hitchcock)Blackboard Jungle (1955, dir: Richard Brooks)The Breakfast Club (1985, dir: John Hughes)The Decline of Western Civilization (1981, dir: Penelope Spheeris)East of Eden (1955, Elia Kazan)Funny Girl (1968, dir: William Wyler)Life of an American Fireman (1903, dir: Edwin S Porter)The Lion King (1994, dirs: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff)Lost Horizon (1937, dir: Frank Capra)Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912, dir: DW Griffith)Paris Is Burning (1990, dir: Jennie Livingston)Point Blank (1967, dir: John Boorman)The Princess Bride (1987, dir: Rob Reiner)Putney Swope (1969, dir: Robert Downey Sr)Rushmore (1998, dir: Wes Anderson)Solomon Sir Jones films (1924-28)Steamboat Bill Jr (1928, dir: Charles Reisner)Suzanne, Suzanne (1982, dir: Camille Billops, James Hatch)Thelma & Louise (1991, dir: Ridley Scott)A Walk in the Sun (1945, dir: Lewis Milestone)Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, dir: Robert Zemeckis) |