The US National Film Registry chooses twenty-five films each year for cultural preservation. We took the plain list of titles selected for 2007 from BBC News and have added some details from IMDB for each selection, and hunted down video (clips or full-length) and movie posters or stills, when possible. (Note: the following list is not a ranking and the items are numbered only for convenience.)

1. Back to the Future (1985)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
Release Date: Jul 3, 1985
Awards: 1 Oscar, 11 other wins and 22 nominations.
Actors: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Cripsin Glover, Casey Siemaszko, Billy Zane.
IMDB: Back to the Future.

2. Bullitt (1968)
Director: Peter Yates
Writers: Robert L. Fish (novel), Alan Trustman (screenplay)
Release Date: Oct 17, 1968
Awards: 1 Oscar, 7 other wins and 6 nominations.
Actors: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bissett, Robert Duvall.
IMDB: Bullitt.

3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Steven Spielberg
Release Date: Nov 16, 1977
Awards: 1 Oscar, 10 other wins, 29 nominations.
Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr.
IMDB: Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

4. Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
Director: Dorothy Arzner
Writers: Vicki Baum, Frank Davis
Release Date: Aug 30, 1940
Actors: Maureen O’Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, Virginia Field, Ralph Bellamy.
IMDB: Dance, Girl, Dance.

5. Dances With Wolves (1990)
Director: Kevin Kostner
Writers: Michael Blake (novel, screenplay)
Release Date: Nov 21, 1990
Awards: 7 Oscars, 29 other wins, 20 nominations
Actors: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene
IMDB: Dances With Wolves.

6. Days of Heaven (1978)
Director: Terence Malick
Writers: Terence Malick
Release Date: Sep 13, 1978
Awards: 1 Oscar, 9 other wins, 8 nominations.
Actors: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Linda Manz, Sam Shepard, Robert J. Wilke (d).
Score: Ennio Morricone
IMDB: Days of Heaven.

7. Glimpse of the Garden (1957)
Director: Marie Menken
Writers: n/a
Release Date: 1957
Awards: n/a
Actors: n/a
IMDB: Glimpse of the Garden.

8. Grand Hotel (1932)
Director: Edmund Goulding
Writers: Vicki Baum (play), William A. Drake (play)
Release Date: Jul 15, 1932
Awards: 1 Oscar
Actors: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore.
IMDB: Grand Hotel.

9. The House I Live In (1945)
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Writers: Albert Maltz
Release Date: Nov 9, 1945
Awards: 1 Golden Globe, 1 Honorary Academy Award.
Actors: Frank Sinatra
IMDB: The House I Live In.

10. In a Lonely Place (1950)
Director: Nicholas Ray
Writers: Dorothy B. Hughes (novel), Edmund H. North (adaptation)
Release Date: May 17, 1950
Awards: n/a
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame.
IMDB: In a Lonely Place.

11. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Director: John Ford
Writers: James Warner Bellah, Willis Goldbeck
Release Date: Apr 22, 1962
Awards: 2 wins and 3 nominations (incl. Oscar)
Actors: John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O’Brian, John Carradine, Strother Martin
IMDB: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

12. Mighty Like a Moose (1926)
Director: Leo McCarey
Writers: H.M. Walker (titles), Charley Chase
Release Date: Jul 18, 1926
Awards: n/a
Actors: Charley Chase, Vivien Oakland, Ann Howe, Charles Clary, Gale Henry, Malcolm Denny.
IMDB: Mighty Like a Moose.
Note: Charley Chase’s career encompassed 275 movies, with 1914 being his first year. The video clip below is of 1914’s The Rounders, in which appears as a diner, along with Charlie Chaplin and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle.

13. The Naked City (1948)
Director: Jules Dassin
Writers: Albert Maltz, Malvin Wald
Release Date: Mar 4, 1948
Awards: 2 Oscars, 4 other nominations
Actors: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor, Frank Conroy.
IMDB: The Naked City.
Note: Photographer Arthur “Weegee” Fellig showed some of the gritty side of New York City. His book collection, Naked City, was the inspiration for the movie The Naked City. The video clip below shows some of his pics.

14. Now, Voyager (1942)
Director: Irving Rapper
Writers: Olive Higgins Prouty (novel), Casey Robinson (screenplay)
Release Date: Oct 22, 1942
Awards: 1 Oscar, 2 other nominations
Actors: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper, Bonita Granville.
IMDB: Now, Voyager.
Note: Full length movie below.

15. Oklahoma! (1955)
Director: Fred Zinneman
Writers: Lynn Riggs (play), Oscar Hammerstein II (play), Sonya Levien, William Ludwig.
Release Date: Jan 9, 1956
Awards: 2 Oscars, 3 other nominations.
Actors: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Green wood, Shirley Jones, Eddie Albert, James Whitmore, Rod Steiger.
IMDB: Oklahoma!

16. Our Day (1938)
Director: n/a
Writers: n/a
Release Date: 1938
Awards: n/a
Actors: Kelly Family of Lebanon, Kentucky.
IMDB: Our Day.

17. Peege (1972)
Director: Randal Kleiser
Writers: Randal Kleiser
Release Date: 1972
Awards: n/a
Actors: Bruce Davison, Barbara Rush, Jeanette Nolan, William Schallert.
IMDB: Peege.

18. The Sex Life of the Polyp (1928)
Director: Thomas Chalmers
Writers: Robert Benchley
Release Date: Jul 25, 1928
Awards:
Actors: Robert Benchley
IMDB: The Sex Life of the Polyp.

19. The Strong Man (1926)
Director: Frank Capra
Writers: Hal Conklin, Robert Eddy
Release Date: Sep 19, 1926
Awards: n/a
Actors: Harry Langdon, Priscilla Bonner, Gertrude Astor.
IMDB: The Strong Man.

20. Three Little Pigs (1933)
Director: Burt Gilett
Writers: Boris V. Morkovin
Release Date: May 27, 1933
Awards: 1 Oscar
Voices: Pinto Colvig, Dorothy Compton, Walt Disney, Mary Moder.
IMDB: Three Little Pigs.

21. Tol’able David (1921)
Director: Henry King
Writers: Joseph Hergesheimer (novel), Edmund Goulding
Release Date: Dec 31, 1921
Awards: 1 Medal of Honor
Actors: Richard Barthelmess, Gladys Hulette, Walter P. Lewis, Ernest Torrence.
IMDB: Tol’able David.

22. Tom, Tom the Piper’s Son (1969-71)
Director: Ken Jacobs
Writers: n/a
Release Date: 1969
Awards: n/a
Actors: n/a
IMDB: Tom, Tom the Piper’s Son.

23. 12 Angry Men (1957)
Director: Sidney Lumet
Writers: Reginald Rose (story, screenplay)
Release Date: Jul 29, 1957
Awards: 3 Oscar nominations, 12 other award wins, 6 other nominations.
Actors: Martin Balsam, John Fielder, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Ed Binns, Jack Warden, Henry Fonda, Joseph Sweeney, Ed Begley Sr, George Voskovec, Robert Webber.
IMDB: 12 Angry Men.

24. The Women (1939)
Director: George Cukor
Writers: Clare Booth Luce (play), Anita Loos (screenplay)
Release Date: Sep 1, 1939
Awards: n/a
Actors: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine, Hedda Hopper.
IMDB: The Women.
Note: The video clip below is from The Women but is set to the song “Trouble” by Pink.

25. Wuthering Heights (1939)
Director: William Wyler
Writers: Emily Bronte (novel), Charles MacArthur
Release Date: Apr 13, 1939
Awards: 1 Oscar, 1 other win, 7 other nominations.
Actors: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Geraldine Fitzgerald.
IMDB: Wuthering Heights.
Note: The video clip below is from the 1939 version, set to Kate Bush’s song Wuthering Heights.