--- description: Titanic, Dumbo and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner were among the 25 films to be preserved under the National Film Preservation Act for 2017. title: These 25 Movies Were Just Added to the National Film Registry image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt118cda41e1d12b43/6988f4c28fd2ee8b7b359fd8/titanic-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These 25 Movies Were Just Added to the National Film Registry (13 Dec 2017) by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 13, 2017 8:01 AM CUT  Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic, 1997. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic, 1997.Courtesy of Paramount 20th Century Fox and Paramount by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 13, 2017 8:01 AM CUT If you’ve ever felt the need to defend your love for Jame’s Cameron’s [1997 blockbuster _Titanic_](http://time.com/5017163/titanic-jack-door-theory/ "undefined"), it’s finally time to come out of the shadows. The movie is one of 25 new additions to the [National Film Registry](http://time.com/4600173/national-film-registry-announcement-2016-films/ "undefined"), meaning the Library of Congress believes Jack and Rose’s love story to be worthy of preservation as part of America’s cultural and historical heritage. _Dumbo_, Disney’s 1941 Oscar-winning animation, is also included in the list, as well as the 1967 classic _Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner_, starring Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn. Other notable films selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry are _Memento_, Christopher Nolan’s 2000 psychological thriller; _The Goonies,_ the beloved 1985 adventure film executive produced by Steven Spielberg; and Spike Lee’s 1997 documentary about the 1963 firebombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, _4 Little Girls_. Also included are the 1978 _Superman_ starring Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel and 1988’s _Die Hard_ — just in time for [Christmas](http://time.com/3634524/christmas-movies-unconventional/ "undefined"). The new entries bring the number of films included in the National Film Registry to 725 — a small fraction of the Library of Congress’ moving-image collection of 1.3 million items. [Last year’s new entries](http://time.com/4600173/national-film-registry-announcement-2016-films/ "undefined") included _The Lion King_, _The Breakfast Club_ and _Who Framed Roger Rabbit._ To qualify for inclusion, a film needs to be at least 10 years old. Below is the full list of films newly named to the registry, in alphabetical order: _Ace in the Hole (aka Big Carnival)_ (1951) _Boulevard Nights_ (1979) _Die Hard_ (1988) _Dumbo_ (1941) _Field of Dreams_ (1989) _4 Little Girls_ (1997) _Fuentes Family Home Movies Collection_ (1920s and 1930s) _Gentleman’s Agreement_ (1947) _The Goonies_ (1985) _Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner_ (1967) _He Who Gets Slapped_ (1924) _Interior New York Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street_ (1905) _La Bamba_ (1987) _Lives of Performers_ (1972) _Memento_ (2000) _Only Angels Have Wings_ (1939) _The Sinking of the Lusitania_ (1918) _Spartacus_ (1960) _Superman_ (1978) _Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser_ (1988) _Time and Dreams_ (1976) _Titanic_ (1997) _To Sleep with Anger_ (1990) _Wanda_ (1971) _With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain_ (1937 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5060626/national-film-registry-2017/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5060626/national-film-registry-2017/"},"headline":"These 25 Movies Were Just Added to the National Film Registry (13 Dec 2017)","datePublished":"2017-12-13T08:01:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T11:25:05.781Z","description":"'Titanic', 'Dumbo' and 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' have all been included","url":"https://time.com/5060626/national-film-registry-2017/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt118cda41e1d12b43/6988f4c28fd2ee8b7b359fd8/titanic-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt118cda41e1d12b43/6988f4c28fd2ee8b7b359fd8/titanic-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic, 1997.","caption":"Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic, 1997.","creditText":"Courtesy of Paramount 20th Century Fox and Paramount","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5060626/national-film-registry-2017/","name":"These 25 Movies Were Just Added to the National Film Registry (13 Dec 2017)"}}]}] ```