--- description: "Ghostbusters," "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Top Gun" have been named to the National Film Registry, along with 22 other films this year. title: 'Ghostbusters' and 'Top Gun' Among Movies Named to the National Film Registry image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2ee9654936db762/69887543a988ca41ef6b5b95/ghostbusters_firing.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 # _Ghostbusters_ and _Top Gun_ Were Just Named to the National Film Registry  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 16, 2015 8:00 AM CUT  Ghostbusters Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson take care not to cross the streams as they fire on evil spirits menacing New York City. Ghostbusters Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson take care not to cross the streams as they fire on evil spirits menacing New York City.Courtesy Columbia Pictures.  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 16, 2015 8:00 AM CUT If there are any ghosts lurking in the Library of Congress, they’d do well to watch their backs, because they’ll soon be keeping company with a cadre of their fiercest enemies. On Wednesday morning, the 1984 movie _Ghostbusters_ was among the 25 films named this year to the National Film Registry, rounding out the total number in the registry to 675\. Under the National Film Preservation Act, movies are eligible to join the registry if they are at least 10 years old and deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” Though the list is selected by the Librarian of Congress and the National Film Preservation Board, the committee also considers films nominated by the public (each person can nominate up to 50 movies per year by filling out an [online form](http://libraryofcongress.polldaddy.com/s/national-film-registry-nominations-2016 "undefined")). In addition to _Ghostbusters,_ which is already top of mind as a reboot is being prepped for summer 2016, new additions to the registry include some films with which modern moviegoers will be familiar—such as _The Shawshank Redemption_ (1994), _L.A. Confidential_ (1997) and _Top Gun_ (1986)—and some that are likely to ring a bell only to the most discerning scholars of cinematic history (such as an 1894 recording, by Thomas Edison’s chief inventor, of a man sneezing). Other notable additions include a 1946 educational film about menstruation, a short musical film starring Duke Ellington (_Black and Tan_), the very first Zorro movie (_The Mark of Zorro_) and _Portrait of Jason_, one of the first LGBT films seen by mainstream audiences. Below is the full list of films newly named to the registry: _Being There_ (1979) _Black and Tan_ (1929) _Dracula_ (Spanish language version) (1931) _Dream of a Rarebit Fiend_ (1906) _Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer_ (1975) _Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze_ (1894) _A Fool There Was_ (1915) _Ghostbusters_ (1984) _Hail the Conquering Hero_ (1944) _Humoresque_ (1920) _Imitation of Life_ (1959) _The Inner World of Aphasia_ (1968) _John Henry and the Inky-Poo_ (1946) _L.A. Confidential_ (1997) _The Mark of Zorro_ (1920) _The Old Mill_ (1937) _Our Daily Bread_ (1934) _Portrait of Jason_ (1967) _Seconds_ (1966) _The Shawshank Redemption_ (1994) _Sink or Swim_ (1990) _The Story of Menstruation_ (1946) _Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One_ (1968) _Top Gun_ (1986) _Winchester ‘73_ (1950) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4148272/ghostbusters-and-top-gun-were-just-named-to-the-national-film-registry/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4148272/ghostbusters-and-top-gun-were-just-named-to-the-national-film-registry/"},"headline":"Ghostbusters and Top Gun Were Just Named to the National Film Registry","datePublished":"2015-12-16T08:00:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:21:42.323Z","description":"The Library of Congress announced a new list of 25 films to be preserved under the National Film Preservation Act","url":"https://time.com/4148272/ghostbusters-and-top-gun-were-just-named-to-the-national-film-registry/","keywords":["movies","Ghostbusters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2ee9654936db762/69887543a988ca41ef6b5b95/ghostbusters_firing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2ee9654936db762/69887543a988ca41ef6b5b95/ghostbusters_firing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson take care not to cross the streams as they fire on evil spirits menacing New York City.","caption":"Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson take care not to cross the streams as they fire on evil spirits menacing New York City.","creditText":"Courtesy Columbia Pictures.","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/4148272/ghostbusters-and-top-gun-were-just-named-to-the-national-film-registry/","name":"Ghostbusters and Top Gun Were Just Named to the National Film Registry"}}]}] ```