The National Film Registry just got a little bigger

This week, the Library of Congress unveiled its annual list of 25 films to be inducted into the National Film Registry (NFR) for preservation. And it’s giving nostalgia.

What is the National Film Registry?... Established with the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, the NFR’s stated purpose is to aggregate and preserve a list of works deemed significant to American culture.

Films become eligible for the list 10 years after their release, and the public can nominate movies for consideration each year. The final 25 are then chosen by the Librarian of Congress.

• One interesting thing: The NFPA of 1988 – passed in an era notably absent of streaming platforms – came about after several prominent filmmakers and industry players, including Frank Capra and Martin Scorsese, advocated for Congress to enact a film preservation bill in order to avoid commercial modifications of classic films (like editing for TV), which they saw as negative.

📝🍿 This year’s inductees… include the two most recent films on this list – 12 Years a Slave (2013) and 20 Feet from Stardom (also 2013) – as well as classics like Lady and the Tramp, Terminator 2, Apollo 13, and Love & Basketball.

In the holiday spirit? The list has options, with both Home Alone (1990) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) making the 25-film cut.

See the full list here.