Library of Congress Adds ?Clueless,? ?Inception? and ?The Karate Kid? to National Film Registry
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The 2025 National Film Registry class stretches from 1896 silent film to 2014 and adds a new set of widely known modern classics to the preservation list.
WASHINGTON ? The Library of Congress added 25 films to the National Film Registry for 2025, including ?Clueless,? ?Inception,? ?The Karate Kid,? ?Frida? and ?The Grand Budapest Hotel,? in the latest annual expansion of the U.S. preservation list.
In its report on the announcement, The Associated Press said the new class spans 118 years of film history, from the 1896 short ?The Tramp and the Dog? to Wes Anderson's 2014 ?The Grand Budapest Hotel.?
The selections were detailed in the Library of Congress announcement, which said the films were chosen for their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance and that nominations for the next class will run through August 15, 2026.
The broader preservation context is spelled out on the Library's Film Registry page, where the National Film Preservation Board explains that 25 titles are selected each year to increase awareness of American film heritage. Turner Classic Movies also planned a March 19 showcase built around some of the newly selected titles.
The 2025 additions kept the registry's pattern intact: honoring silent-era works, studio-era classics, documentaries and modern popular films in the same annual class.