# 2002 National Film Registry inductees with LOC descriptions # Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-02-176/librarian-of-congress-adds-25-films-to-national-film-registry/2002-12-17/ NFR_2002 = { "Alien": { "year": 1979, "description": "The influential, spine-tingling sci-fi film where one learns that 'in space no one can hear you scream.'" }, "All My Babies": { "year": 1953, "description": "George Stoney's landmark educational film used to educate midwives in Georgia and throughout the South." }, "The Bad and the Beautiful": { "year": 1952, "description": "Featuring Kirk Douglas as a ruthless film producer in one of Hollywood's most memorable examinations of its culture." }, "Beauty and the Beast": { "year": 1991, "description": "Disney's groundbreaking animated musical that revitalized the animation genre." }, "The Black Stallion": { "year": 1979, "description": "Carroll Ballard's evocative and visually stunning children's classic." }, "Boyz N the Hood": { "year": 1991, "description": "John Singleton's powerful debut film exploring life in South Central Los Angeles." }, "Theodore Case Sound Tests: Gus Visser and His Singing Duck": { "year": 1925, "description": "One of two films illustrating technical innovation in cinema, in addition to being highly entertaining." }, "The Endless Summer": { "year": 1966, "description": "Bruce Brown's droll documentary of two surfers and their around-the-world quest for the Perfect Wave." }, "From Here to Eternity": { "year": 1953, "description": "Fred Zinnemann's adaptation of James Jones' novel about Army life in Hawaii before Pearl Harbor." }, "From Stump to Ship": { "year": 1930, "description": "A once-forgotten 1930 logging film that has become a touchstone of cultural identity for Maine residents." }, "Fuji": { "year": 1974, "description": "Robert Breer's avant-garde replication blending rotoscope, live-action imagery and line drawing of a train ride." }, "In the Heat of the Night": { "year": 1967, "description": "The electrifying 1967 social drama where Sidney Poitier as 'Mister Tibbs' solves a crime his way." }, "Lady Windermere's Fan": { "year": 1925, "description": "Ernst Lubitsch's sophisticated silent adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play of manners." }, "Melody Ranch": { "year": 1940, "description": "One of the best vehicles for Gene Autry as the first singing cowboy." }, "The Pearl": { "year": 1948, "description": "A landmark among English-language Mexican classics released for Hispanic audiences in the United States, featuring breathtaking cinematography by Gabriel Figueroa." }, "Punch Drunks": { "year": 1934, "description": "Classic Three Stooges comedy short." }, "Sabrina": { "year": 1954, "description": "Billy Wilder's romantic comedy featuring Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, and William Holden." }, "Star Theatre": { "year": 1901, "description": "A dazzling 1901 time-lapse special effects film showing demolition of this New York City theater." }, "Stranger Than Paradise": { "year": 1984, "description": "Jim Jarmusch's minimalist independent film that became a landmark of American indie cinema." }, "This Is Cinerama": { "year": 1952, "description": "One of two films illustrating technical innovation in cinema, in addition to being highly entertaining." }, "This Is Spinal Tap": { "year": 1984, "description": "Rob Reiner's deft 'mockumentary' parody of a fictitious, touring heavy metal band." }, "Through Navajo Eyes": { "year": 1966, "description": "A pioneering series of anthropological films." }, "Why Man Creates": { "year": 1968, "description": "An animated paean to creativity by legendary film title sequence designer Saul Bass." }, "Wild and Wooly": { "year": 1917, "description": "One of the films which created Douglas Fairbanks' film persona, showcasing his personal odyssey." }, "Wild River": { "year": 1960, "description": "Elia Kazan's drama about the Tennessee Valley Authority and resistance to change." }, }