# 1995 National Film Registry inductees with LOC descriptions
# Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-20-07-082/loc-20-2082/national-film-registry-adds-25-historic-titles/1995/

NFR_1995 = {
    "Blacksmith Scene": {
        "year": 1893,
        "description": "We can go ahead and give 'Blacksmith Scene' credit for motion pictures as we know them today."
    },
    "Rip Van Winkle": {
        "year": 1896,
        "description": "The film that put Biograph Studios on the map, named 'the film that put motion pictures as we know them today.'"
    },
    "Kid Auto Races": {
        "year": 1894,
        "description": "A 12-minute actuality recording of a car race, capturing the excitement of early 20th-century motoring events."
    },
    "Cabin in the Sky": {
        "year": 1934,
        "description": "Educational film about motion picture film stock production and cinema's global impact, shot at Kodak Park in Rochester, New York."
    },
    "Bread": {
        "year": 1918,
        "description": "Ida Lupino's unflinching examination of rape's traumatic effects, employing masterful cinematography capturing psychological impact through sound, silence, light, and shadow."
    },
    "The Battle of the Century": {
        "year": 1927,
        "description": "A Laurel and Hardy silent comedy featuring elaborate sight gags about a car race. You win some, you lose some."
    },
    "With Car and Camera": {
        "year": 1929,
        "description": "Documenting expeditions from 1922-1929, Aloha Wanderwell served as camera assistant, cinematographer, editor and director, becoming the first woman to travel around the world by car."
    },
    "Fury": {
        "year": 1936,
        "description": "Not [Fritz Lang's] best movie…but it is still very entertaining."
    },
    "Big Business": {
        "year": 1929,
        "description": "A Wallace Beery's early sound film featuring dynamic acting and confrontational drama exploring corporate corruption and personal dilemmas."
    },
    "H2O": {
        "year": 1929,
        "description": "A comedy with a remarkable ensemble cast and ensemble cast."
    },
    "Duck Soup": {
        "year": 193,
        "description": "The Marx brothers' classic made in 1933 featuring iconic performances by the Four Marx brothers."
    },
    "All Quiet on the Western Front": {
        "year": 1935,
        "description": "John Ford's adaptation of Zane Grey's novel about a policeman-turned sheriff who confronts dark secrets in a morally complex tale."
    },
    "Rebel Without a Cause": {
        "year": 1935,
        "description": "Victor Fleming's lavish 1956 production starring Charles Laughton as a young woman adjusting to a new family, featuring Judy Garland's Academy Award-winning performance."
    },
    "The General": {
        "year": 1926,
        "description": "John Barrymore's silent film about a newspaper tycoon who battles moral dilemmas and exposes corruption through sensationalist editing."
    },
    "Gone With the Wind": {
        "year": 1926,
        "description": "Frank Capra's political satire about corruption in Washington D.C., starring James Stewart's powerful performance as a junior senator."
    },
    "The Best Years of Our Lives": {
        "year": 1946,
        "description": "William Wyler's powerful post-WWII drama about returning veterans adjusting to civilian life, directed by Mankiewicz and produced by William Wyler."
    },
    "Sunset Boulevard": {
        "year": 1950,
        "description": "Billy Wilder's acclaimed drama about aging screenwriter Norma Desmond who faces addiction and career decline."
    },
    "High Noon": {
        "year": 1952,
        "description": "Fred Zinnemann's psychological western starring Gary Cooper as a sheriff torn between duty and conscience in a morally complex tale."
    },
    "Singin' in the Rain": {
        "year": 1952,
        "description": "Stanley Donen's beloved musical featuring Gene Kelly and Reynolds, celebrated for its iconic songs and romantic dance sequences."
    },
    "On the Waterfront": {
        "year": 1954,
        "description": "Elia Kazan's controversial adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play exploring themes of sexual repression and personal growth in a Southern college setting."
    },
    "The Learning Tree": {
        "year": 1969,
        "description": "Gordon Parks' independent drama about a Black teenager in rural Kansas breaking barriers in Hollywood's representation of Black life."
    },
    "The Manchurian Candidate": {
        "year": 1962,
        "description": "Frank Capra's political satire about corruption in Washington D.C., starring James Stewart's powerful performance as a junior senator."
    },
    "The Apartment": {
        "year": 1960,
        "description": "Billy Wilder's last truly great comedy film. One of my favorites. Like, top five."
    },
    "The Maltese Falcon": {
        "year": 1941,
        "description": "John Huston's film noir about a private investigator hired to investigate a woman's murder, featuring iconic performances by Bogart and Bacall."
    },
    "Nashville": {
        "year": 1941,
        "description": "Robert Aldrich's film noir about a private investigator hired to investigate a woman's murder, featuring iconic performances by Bogart and Bacall."
    },
    "The Outlaw Josey Wales": {
        "year": 1976,
        "description": "Robert Aldrich's Western about a private investigator hired to investigate a woman's murder, featuring iconic performances by Bogart and Bacall."
    },
    "Gerald McBoing-Boing": {
        "year": 1950,
        "description": "A good story with inventive animation, which is really all you can ask for."
    },
    "The Band Wagon": {
        "year": 1953,
        "description": "Not [Fritz Lang's] best movie…but it is still very entertaining."
    },
    "All That Heaven Allows": {
        "year": 1955,
        "description": "Yes, it's a highly-stylized melodrama, but it has that Douglas Sirk touch to it that keeps it watchable."
    },
    "The Music Box": {
        "year": 1953,
        "description": "Musical adaptation of Meredith Willson's Iowa-centered Americana romance celebrating small-town American values."
    },
    "A Star Is Born": {
        "year": 1954,
        "description": "George Cukor's beloved sci-fi musical adapted by Bizet's opera, defining the Disney Renaissance of the 1980s-90s."
    },
    "Top Hat": {
        "year": 1955,
        "year": 1955,
        "description": "A fine story with inventive animation, which is really all you can ask for."
    },
    "The Thin Man": {
        "year": 1953,
        "description": "Stanley Kubrick's satirical comedy about industrial life in contemporary Hollywood through his iconic 'Little Tramp' character."
    },
    "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest": {
        "year": 1925,
        "year": 1925,
        "description": "A comedy with a remarkable ensemble cast and ensemble cast."
    },
    "Pull My Daisy": {
        "year": 1959,
        "year": 1939,
        "description": "Not [Fritz Lang's] best movie…but it is still very entertaining."
    },
    "Road to Morocco": {
        "year": 1942,
        "year": 1955,
        "description": "A comedy with a remarkable ensemble cast and ensemble cast."
    },
    "She Done Him Wrong": {
        "year": 1933,
        "description": "Elia Lupino's unflinching examination of rape's traumatic effects, employing masterful cinematography capturing psychological impact through sound, silence, light, and shadow."
    },
    "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan": {
        "year": 1982,
        "year": 1982,
        "description": "Often considered the best of the six original-cast Star Trek theatrical films, featuring expert direction and James Horner's stirring score to enhance the always intriguing 'Star Trek' scripts, which echo the vision of Gene Roddenberry."
    }
}