# 2001 National Film Registry inductees with LOC descriptions # Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-01-184/national-film-registry-2001/2001-12-18/ NFR_2001 = { "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein": { "year": 1948, "description": "Classic horror-comedy pairing the comedy duo with Universal's classic monsters." }, "All That Jazz": { "year": 1979, "description": "Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical musical examining life, death, and artistic obsession." }, "All the King's Men": { "year": 1949, "description": "Robert Rossen's stunning political drama based on Robert Penn Warren's novel." }, "America, America": { "year": 1963, "description": "Elia Kazan's epic about a Greek youth's journey to America." }, "Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther": { "year": 1939, "description": "A home movie doubling as an illuminating and fascinating social documentary of a 1930s Minnesota town." }, "Evidence of the Film": { "year": 1913, "description": "Early crime drama demonstrating the use of film as legal evidence." }, "Hoosiers": { "year": 1986, "description": "Inspirational sports drama about a small-town Indiana basketball team." }, "The House in the Middle": { "year": 1954, "description": "A 1950s-era civil defense film showing that neatness and cleanliness equal survival in the nuclear age." }, "It": { "year": 1927, "description": "Clara Bow's star-making vehicle that defined the 'It Girl' phenomenon." }, "Jam Session": { "year": 1942, "description": "Musical short featuring performances by jazz legends." }, "Jaws": { "year": 1975, "description": "The landmark horror film that created the phenomenon known as the 'summer movie'." }, "Manhattan": { "year": 1979, "description": "Woody Allen's loving, bittersweet paean to the Big Apple and New Yorkers." }, "Marian Anderson: The Lincoln Memorial Concert": { "year": 1939, "description": "A documentary record of the pivotal cultural event in which a major American artist turned a racial snub into an electrifying display of what America should mean." }, "Memphis Belle": { "year": 1944, "description": "William Wyler's documentary about a B-17 bomber crew's final mission." }, "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek": { "year": 1944, "description": "Preston Sturges' audacious comedy pushing the boundaries of the Production Code." }, "Miss Lulu Bett": { "year": 1921, "description": "Early adaptation exploring women's roles and independence." }, "National Lampoon's Animal House": { "year": 1978, "description": "John Landis' influential comedy that defined the college fraternity genre." }, "Planet of the Apes": { "year": 1968, "description": "A brilliant allegory combining futuristic pulp science fiction with contemporary social commentary." }, "Rose Hobart": { "year": 1936, "description": "Joseph Cornell's avant-garde collage film created from footage of the 1931 film East of Borneo." }, "Serene Velocity": { "year": 1970, "description": "Ernie Gehr's experimental film exploring perception and cinematic space." }, "The Sound of Music": { "year": 1965, "description": "Robert Wise's beloved musical adaptation becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time." }, "Stormy Weather": { "year": 1943, "description": "Showcasing a once-in-a-lifetime cast of famed African American performers." }, "The Tell-Tale Heart": { "year": 1953, "description": "A stylish Dali-esque adaptation of the Edgar Allen Poe short story, fusing the UPA Studio's unique animation with James Mason's feverishly chilling narration." }, "The Thin Blue Line": { "year": 1988, "description": "Errol Morris' groundbreaking documentary that helped free a wrongly convicted man." }, "The Thing from Another World": { "year": 1951, "description": "Classic science fiction thriller directed by Christian Nyby and produced by Howard Hawks." }, }