The Library of Congress National Film Registry has unveiled their 25 movie title additions for the year, a quarter of them being films from the 1980s.
The National Film Registry recognizes those movies of cultural, historic or aesthetic importance which preserves the nation’s film heritage.
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced the 2024 selection this morning. The selections bring the number of feature titles in the registry to 900.
Some films are among the 2 million moving image collection items held in the Library of Congress. Among the 1980s titles are such blockbusters as Dirty Dancing ($214.5M WW), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ($97M WW) and the Eddie Murphy R-rated action comedy, Beverly Hills Cop ($316.3M WW).
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