The annual list is compiled by the Librarian of Congress following discussion with members of the National Film Preservation Board.
Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain (2005) becomes the most recent film in the registry, joined in the list by Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining and Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park.
The 30th annual collection of 25 films deemed “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant to US film history have been chosen to be entered into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
The Informer is the 11th film John Ford has had selected, the most of any director.