National Film Registry adds Dirty Dancing, Beverly Hills Cop, Wrath of Khan, and Spy Kids
National Film Registry: 'Dirty Dancing', 'Beverly Hills Cop', 'Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan' & 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' Among 25 Movies Added This Year https://t.co/wfrHEfqSLC
- Deadline (@DEADLINE) December 17, 2024
- The National Film Registry announced the 25 titles being added this year, about a quarter of them from the 80s. They represent the diversity of American filmmaking, genres ranging from biopics like Pride of the Yankees and The Miracle Worker to horror with Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and firsts like Jessie Maple’s Will, the first feature-length film directed by a black woman as well as Loretta Devine’s first movie role.
- Cheech Marin has two films entering the registry, Up In Smoke and Spy Kids. The iconic kids movie is one of three 21st century films being added, alongside The Social Network and No Country for Old Men.
Annabelle Serpentine Dance (1895)
KoKo’s Earth Control (1928)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
The Miracle Worker (1962)
The Chelsea Girls (1966)
Ganja and Hess (1973)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Zora Lathan Student Films (1975-76)
Up in Smoke (1978)
Will (1981)
Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan (1982)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
Powwow Highway (1989)
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
American Me (1992)
Mi Familia (1995)
Compensation (1999)
Spy Kids (2001)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
The Social Network (2010)
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