National Film Registry Adds ‘Iron Man’, ‘Carrie’, ‘When Harry Met Sally’, ‘House Party’ & More
deadline.comThe Library of Congress has unveiled its annual list of 25 movies to make the cut for the National Film Registry. The selection, considered among America’s most influential motion pictures, features titles ranging from an 1898 documentary of the Mardi Gras Carnival parade in New Orleans to the 1950 Cyrano de Bergerac — which made José Ferrer the first Hispanic actor to win an Oscar for Best Actor — and more recent classics like Super Fly (1972), Carrie (1976), Hairspray (1988), The Little Mermaid (1989), When Harry Met Sally (1989), House Party (1990) and Iron Man (2008).
Scroll down for the full list. Selected for their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage, the latest group includes a diversity of American filmmakers, as well as landmark works in key genres.
There are at least 15 films directed or co-directed by filmmakers of color, women or LGBTQ+ helmers. The selections bring the number of films in the registry to 850.
In 2008, the Jon Favreau-directed Iron Man launched Marvel Studios as a daily presence in American pop culture. Said Marvel President Kevin Feige, “Iron Man was the very first film Marvel Studios independently produced.
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