--- title: See the 25 Additions to the National Film Registry for 2019 description: A new crop of films, including 'Purple Rain,' 'Clerks' and 'Sleeping Beauty, were added to the Library of Congress's list of significant films that expands every year canonical: https://time.com/5747503/national-film-registry-2019-additions/ author: Andrew R. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Andrew R. Chow](https://time.com/author/andrew-r-chow/)  ## Andrew R. Chow Correspondent Dec 11, 2019 8:01 AM UTC  Purple Rain (1984) Purple Rain (1984)Courtesy: Warner Bros  by [Andrew R. Chow](https://time.com/author/andrew-r-chow/)  ## Andrew R. Chow Correspondent Dec 11, 2019 8:01 AM UTC Prince’s _Purple Rain_, Spike Lee’s _She’s Gotta Have It_ and Elaine May’s _A New Leaf_ are among the new entries to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry, which adds 25 films every year. The selections were announced Wednesday for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant—and reflect an emphasis on increased representation. Founded in 1988, the National Film Registry has acted as a hall of fame of sorts for influential American movies, with the original crop consisting of standard canonical material like _Casablanca_, _Citizen Kane_ and _Gone With the Wind_. Over the last few years, however, articles have been written about the list’s relative lack of diversity; Last year, 52 of the registry’s total of 750 films were directed by women, while only 36 were made by filmmakers of color, according to the [New York _Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/movies/national-film-registry-movies-library-congress.html) and [Refinery29](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/03/227003/national-film-registry-women-directors-new-additions). The numbers are perhaps unsurprising given that women and people of color have faced so many obstacles to making films in Hollywood over the last century. But the registry board strove to make the list more representative of a wider spectrum of American life, and two years ago formed a task force on diversity, equity and inclusion. “The board has been asking, ‘How many more John Ford or Albert Hitchcock films do we put on the registry?,” Professor Jacqueline Stewart, who was tapped to chair the task force, told TIME. “It seems like we’ve covered a lot of those bases—and because of the sheer number of films on the registry, we absolutely have to broaden our horizons, and engage with archives and film critics and scholars and the American public to help us bring a wider variety of films into view.” Because so few feature films across American history were led by women or people of color, Stewart and her team worked to identify less traditional filmmaking efforts. That included footage of the botanist and inventor George Washington Carver at the Tuskegee Institute in 1937, as well as the documentary [_Before Stonewall_](https://time.com/5611605/before-stonewall-documentary-revisited/), directed by Greta Schiller, which looks back the LGBTQ community in 20th-century America before the [1969 Stonewall riots](https://time.com/5598363/stonewall-beginnings-history/). “One of the things we uncovered when we looked at the registry is that we have a long way to go in terms of reflecting LGBTQ+ experiences,” Stewart said. This year’s list of additions, which was ultimately chosen by the Librarian of Congress [Carla Hayden](https://time.com/collection/firsts/4898563/carla-hayden-firsts/), includes seven films by female directors, the highest number of any registry class. _A New Leaf_, which made Elaine May the first woman to write, direct and star in a major American studio feature in 1971, was added, as was Kimberly Peirce’s 1999 _Boys Don’t Cry_, which stars Hilary Swank as a trans man.  Peter Sarsgaard, Hilary Swank and Brendan Sexton III in Boys Don’t Cry (1999) Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Films made by people of color include _She’s Gotta Have It_, Spike Lee’s first feature-length film that was recently adapted as a television series for Netflix, and Luis Valdez’s _Zoot Suit._ There are, of course, more expected selections on this year’s list, including Oliver Stone’s 1986 Oscar best picture winner _Platoon_, Disney’s _Sleeping Beauty_ and the 1984 Oscar best picture winner _Amadeus_. Kevin Smith’s cult classic _Clerks_ was added; it received the most votes in the public poll.  (clockwise from left Marilyn Ghigliotti, Kein Smith, Jeff Anderson and Brian O'Halloran) Clerks (1994) Courtesy beIN Media Group Also of note is black-and-white footage that shows immigrants arriving at Ellis Island in 1903\. That video can be viewed [here](https://www.loc.gov/item/00694367/). The full list is below. 1. _Amadeus_ (1984) 2. _Becky Sharp_ (1935) 3. _Before Stonewall_ (1984) 4. _Body and Soul_ (1925) 5. _Boys Don’t Cry_ (1999) 6. _Clerks_ (1994) 7. _Coal Miner’s Daughter_ (1980) 8. Emigrants Landing at Ellis Island (1903) 9. _Employees Entrance_ (1933) 10. _Fog of War_ (2003) 11. _Gaslight_ (1944) 12. George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute (1937) 13. _Girlfriends_ (1978) 14. _I Am Somebody_ (1970) 15. _The Last Waltz_ (1978) 16. _My Name Is Oona_ (1969) 17. _A New Leaf_ (1971) 18. _Old Yeller_ (1957) 19. _The Phenix City Story_ (1955) 20. _Platoon_ (1986) 21. _Purple Rain_ (1984) 22. _Real Women Have Curves_ (2002) 23. _She’s Gotta Have It_ (1986) 24. _Sleeping Beauty_ (1959) 25. _Zoot Suit_ (1981) See the 25 Additions to the National Film Registry for 2019 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5747503/national-film-registry-2019-additions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5747503/national-film-registry-2019-additions/"},"headline":"See the 25 New Additions to the National Film Registry, From Purple Rain to Clerks","datePublished":"2019-12-11T08:01:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:56:23.324Z","description":"This year's class reflects an increasing focus on representation","url":"https://time.com/5747503/national-film-registry-2019-additions/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6de6f158234e60b/698a072c09208f0116415fde/PURPLE-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Andrew R. 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