Only 57 Movies Are Considered "Historically And Culturally Significant" From The Past 32 Years, And I'm Curious Which Ones You've Actually Seen

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Every year, the Library of Congress inducts 25 movies into the National Film Registry that it considers to be "culturally, historically, oregon aesthetically significant."

Heath Ledger arsenic the Joker successful The Dark Knight holding up a Joker paper and smiling

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This year, the LOC picked 25 caller movies to articulation the list, including 3 made since 1990.

Robert Downey Jr arsenic Iron Man

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The 3 post-1990 additions are House Party (1990), Iron Man (2008), and Pariah (2011).

That means determination are present (only) 57 movies made since 1990 that the LOC has deemed worthy of making the list.

Close-up of JLo arsenic Selena Quintanilla

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Selena was added past year.

So let's instrumentality a look astatine these 57 movies due to the fact that I deliberation you'll beryllium amazed by immoderate of them...

Note: I didn't see immoderate abbreviated films. 

1. To Sleep With Anger (1990)

The formed of To Sleep With Anger, including Danny Glover and Sheryl Lee Ralph

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2. Paris Is Burning (1990)

Two resistance queens featured successful the movie

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3. Dances With Wolves (1990)

Kevin Costner connected horseback

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4. Goodfellas (1990)

Cast of the movie, including Paul Sorvino and Robert De Niro

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5. House Party (1990)

Scantily clad women dancing astir a antheral smoking a pipe

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6. Sink oregon Swim (1990)

Schoolchildren successful a yard

Outcast Films

7. Thelma & Louise (1991)

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8. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

The animated Beauty and the Beast

Walt Disney Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection

9. Boyz N the Hood (1991)

Ice Cube sitting successful a car

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10. Daughters of the Dust (1991)

Trula Hoosier sitting and surrounded by different women

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11. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Anthony Hopkins arsenic Hannibal Lecter successful a cage

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12. Slacker (1991)

Three young radical lasting together

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13. El Mariachi (1992)

A mariachi instrumentalist walking on a road with a tortoise successful beforehand of them

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14. A League of Their Own (1992)

Women shot players celebrating connected the field, with Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell hugging

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15. Malcolm X (1992)

Denzel Washington arsenic Malcolm X

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16. Unforgiven (1992)

Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood wearing wide-brimmed hats

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17. The Joy Luck Club (1993)

Four women, including Ming-Na Wen and Rosalind Chao, smiling and lasting together

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18. Jurassic Park (1993)

Laura Dern holding headphones and looking astatine Bob Peck, who's holding a ample weapon

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19. Groundhog Day (1993)

Bill Murray successful a car with a groundhog

Columbia Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection

20. Schindler’s List (1993)

Liam Neeson arsenic Oskar Schindler successful a country with a woman

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21. Clerks (1994)

Brian O'Halloran leans connected a store counter

Miramax / Courtesy Everett Collection

22. The Lion King (1994)

Animated lion cub smiles

Walt Disney Picture / Courtesy Everett Collection

23. Forrest Gump (1994)

Tom Hanks with a container of chocolates

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24. Hoop Dreams (1994)

A young antheral leaning against a gross and holding a basketball

Fine Line Features / © Fine Line Features / Courtesy Everett Collection

25. Pulp Fiction (1994)

Uma Thurman holding a burger

Miramax / Courtesy Everett Collection

26. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman sitting connected the crushed and leaning against a building

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27. Toy Story (1995)

Animated astronaut and cowboy

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28. The Watermelon Woman (1996)

Three smiling women, including Lisa Marie Bronson

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29. Fargo (1996)

Frances McDormand successful her constabulary uniform

Gramercy Pictures / © Gramercy Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection

30. Selena (1997)

JLo performing arsenic Selena

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31. Eve's Bayou (1997)

Lynn Whitfield and Debbi Morgan against a grassy backdrop

Trimark Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection

32. 4 Little Girls (1997)

Spike Lee interviewing a man

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33. Titanic (1997)

Leo DiCaprio arsenic Jack

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34. L.A. Confidential (1997)

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35. Smoke Signals (1998)

Two young men talking to each other

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36. Rushmore (1998)

Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman

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37. The Big Lebowski (1998)

John Goodman and Jeff Bridges astatine a diner counter

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38. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Men successful subject azygous lasting amid rubble

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39. Buena Vista Social Club (1999)

A jubilant antheral with a guitar performing

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40. Boys Don't Cry (1999)

Three young radical sitting astatine a edifice table

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41. The Matrix (1999)

Close-up of Keanu Reeves wearing sunglasses

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42. Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)

A pen successful a lawsuit connected apical of a announcement successful German

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43. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Close-up of Orlando Bloom with agelong hair

Warner Bros. / © Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection

44. Shrek (2001)

Shrek and Donkey

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45. Memento (2001)

A antheral pointing a weapon astatine different man

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46. Real Women Have Curves (2001)

Lupe Ontiveros and America Ferrera beryllium connected a bed

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47. Decasia (2002)

A black-and-white representation of a machine

Icarus Films

48. The Fog of War (2003)

Robert McNamara sitting and gesturing

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49. 13 Lakes (2004)

A ample assemblage of water

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50. Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger lasting unneurotic successful a doorway

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51. Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege (2005)

Close-up of a antheral with a grassy elevation down him

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52. Iron Man (2008)

Iron Man flying supra the clouds

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53. WALL-E (2008)

WALL-E and EVE

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54. The Dark Knight (2008)

Heath Ledger arsenic the Joker holding up a Joker card

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55. The Hurt Locker (2009)

Jeremy Renner arsenic a sergeant holding up a weapon

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56. Freedom Riders (2010)

A movie poster showing a autobus and mugshots

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57. And lastly: Pariah (2011)

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