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April 27, 2026: R.I.P. Steve Maslow who worked in the sound department in various capacities on the Film Registry titles The Last Waltz (1978/2019), The Black Stallion (1979/2002), Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back (1980/2010), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981/1999), Koyaanisqatsi (1982/2000), The Thing (1982/2025), Stop Making Sense (1984/2021), Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986/2014), and Broadcast News (1987/2018).

April 24, 2026: R.I.P. Beau Starr, star of the Film Registry title Goodfellas (1990/2000).

April 18, 2026: R.I.P. Dean Tavoularis, art director for the Film Registry title Bonnie and Clyde (1967/1992) and production designer for Little Big Man (1970/2014), The Godfather (1972/1990), The Conversation (1974/1995), The Godfather Part II (1974/1993), and Apocalypse Now (1979/2000).

April 15, 2026: Martin Ritt’s Hud (1963/2018) makes its Blu-ray Disc and 4K Ultra HD debut this July thanks to the Criterion Collection.

April 14, 2026: R.I.P. Joy Harmon, star of the Film Registry title Cool Hand Luke (1967/2005).

April 13, 2026: R.I.P. Valerie Lee, star of the Film Registry title The Wizard of Oz (1939/1989).

March 27, 2026: R.I.P. James Tolkan, star of the Film Registry titles Back to the Future (1985/2007) and Top Gun (1986/2015).

March 24, 2026: A restored print of Frank Borzage’s The Lady (1925/2025) is playing at the Packard Campus Theater in Culpeper, VA in April. This is significant because the existing prints that are available on YouTube (67 minutes) and DVD (61 minutes) are both missing a reel. This new print appears to be the complete film (89 minutes). Hopefully this means the restoration will hit streaming services and home video this year as well. Details here.

March 23, 2026: R.I.P. Valerie Perrine, star of the Film Registry title Superman (1978/2017).

March 16, 2026: R.I.P. Matt Clark, star of the Film Registry titles In the Heat of the Night (1967/2002) and The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976/1996).

March 12, 2026: Dave Fleischer’s KoKo’s Earth Control (1928/2024) makes its home video debut on Blu-ray Disc this May thanks to ClassicFlix.

March 7, 2026: R.I.P. Country Joe McDonald, star of the Film Registry titles Monterey Pop (1968/2018) and Woodstock (1970/1996).

March 6, 2026: R.I.P. Jennifer Runyon, star of the Film Registry title Ghostbusters (1984/2015).

March 2, 2026: Rudolph Maté’s D.O.A. (1950/2004) makes its Blu-ray Disc debut this May thanks to VCI Entertainment.

March 1, 2026: Site News: I’ve added my 2026 nominations to the My Nominations page.

February 26, 2026: R.I.P. Monti Rock III, star of the Film Registry title Saturday Night Fever (1977/2010).

February 24, 2026: R.I.P. Robert Carradine, star of the Film Registry title Mean Streets (1973/1997).

February 17, 2026: R.I.P. Reverend Jesse Jackson, consultant and star of the Film Registry title Wattstax (1973/2020) and star of Medium Cool (1969/2003).

February 16, 2026: R.I.P. Frederick Wiseman, director of the Film Registry titles Titicut Follies (1967/2022), High School (1968/1991), and Hospital (1970/1994), and producer of The Cool World (1963/1994).

February 15, 2026: R.I.P. Robert Duvall, star of the Film Registry titles To Kill a Mockingbird (1962/1995), Bullitt (1968/2007), M*A*S*H (1970/1996), The Godfather (1972/1990), The Conversation (1974/1995), The Godfather Part II (1974/1993), Network (1976/2000), and Apocalypse Now (1979/2000).

February 12, 2026: R.I.P. Bud Cort, star of the Film Registry titles M*A*S*H (1970/1996) and Harold and Maude (1971/1997).

January 30, 2026: R.I.P. Catherine O’Hara, star of the Film Registry titles Home Alone (1990/2023) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993/2023).

January 29, 2026: The 2025 additions to the Film Registry were announced this morning. Here they are:

I have updated the entire site to reflect the new additions.

January 21, 2026: Site News: I have added the second interview to this website.

January 16, 2026: Ernst Lubitsch’s Trouble in Paradise (1932/1991) makes its Blu-ray Disc and 4K Ultra HD debut this April thanks to the Criterion Collection.

January 15, 2026: Cedric Gibbons’s Tarzan and His Mate (1934/2003) makes its Blu-ray Disc debut this February thanks to Warner Archive.

December 31, 2025: R.I.P. Isiah Whitlock Jr., star of the Film Registry title Goodfellas (1990/2000).

December 17, 2025: R.I.P. Bob Burns, prosthetics technician on the Film Registry title The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001/2021).

December 15, 2025: R.I.P. Rob Reiner, director and star of the Film Registry title This Is Spinal Tap (1984/2002) and director of The Princess Bride (1987/2016) and When Harry Met Sally… (1989/2022).

December 13, 2025: R.I.P. Peter Greene, star of the Film Registry title Pulp Fiction (1994/2013).

December 10, 2025: Victor Fleming’s Red Dust (1932/2006) makes its Blu-ray Disc debut this January thanks to Warner Archive.

December 9, 2025: I have learned that it was revealed at the Association of Moving Image Archivists Conference last week that because of the recent government shutdown, the 2025 Film Registry announcement has been delayed until late January.

December 7, 2025: R.I.P. Christine Choy, director of the Film Registry title Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1987/2021).

December 5, 2025: R.I.P. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, star of the Film Registry title American Me (1992/2024).

December 4, 2025: R.I.P. Steve Cropper, star of the Film Registry titles Monterey Pop (1968/2018) and The Blues Brothers (1980/2020).

December 1, 2025: The rare Film Registry title Will (1981/2024) is currently streaming on the Criterion Channel.

November 24, 2025: R.I.P. Udo Kier, star of the Film Registry title My Own Private Idaho (1991/2024).

November 12, 2025: R.I.P. Sally Kirkland, star of the Film Registry titles The Sting (1973/2005) and Blazing Saddles (1974/2006).

November 11, 2025: Frederick Wiseman’s three Film Registry titles, High School (1968/1991), Hospital (1970/1994), and Titicut Follies (1967/2022) all make their Blu-ray Disc debuts this January thanks to the BFI.

November 10, 2025: R.I.P. Betty Harford, star of the Film Registry title Spartacus (1960/2017).

November 9, 2025: I just discovered that the rare Film Registry title The Crowd (1928/1989) is available on DVD on the Mythical Popcorn label.

November 8, 2025: Site News: I have added the first interview to this website.

November 4, 2025: R.I.P. Diane Ladd, star of the Film Registry title Chinatown (1974/1991).

November 3, 2025: Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Shoedsack’s Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life (1925/1997) returns to print and makes its Blu-ray Disc debut this month thanks to Milestone.

November 3, 2025: Distribution of Shout! Factory titles has been taken over by GRUV.com. Additional details here.

October 25, 2025: R.I.P. June Lockhart, star of the Film Registry titles Sergeant York (1941/2008) and Meet Me in St. Louis (1944/1994).

October 23, 2025: Blake Edwards’s The Pink Panther (1963/2010) returns to print and makes its 4K Ultra HD debut this January thanks to Kino Lorber.

October 22, 2025: My good friend Benjamin Wilson has once again worked his magic and found the rare Film Registry title Please, Don’t Bury Me Alive! (1976/2014) online.

October 16, 2025: R.I.P. Jackie Burch, casting director for the Film Registry titles The Breakfast Club (1985/2016) and Die Hard (1988/2017).

October 15, 2025: R.I.P. Drew Struzan, poster artist for the Film Registry titles Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope (1977/1989), The Muppet Movie (1979/2009), Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back (1980/2010), Fame (1980/2023), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981/1999), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982/1994), Blade Runner (1982/1993), Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi (1983/2021), The Goonies (1985/2017), Back to the Future (1985/2007), and The Shawshank Redemption (1994/2015).

October 11, 2025: R.I.P. Diane Keaton, star of the Film Registry titles The Godfather (1972/1990), The Godfather Part II (1974/1993), Annie Hall (1977/1992), and Manhattan (1979/2001).

October 5, 2025: R.I.P. Ken Jacobs, Director of the Film Registry title Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son (1969/2007).

October 4, 2025: R.I.P. James Mitchum, star of the Film Registry title Two-Lane Blacktop (1971/2012).

September 23, 2025: R.I.P. Claudia Cardinale, star of the Film Registry titles The Pink Panther (1963/2010) and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968/2009).

September 19, 2025: James W. Horne’s Big Business (1929/1992) returns to print and makes its Blu-ray Disc debut this November thanks to Flicker Alley.

September 17, 2025: R.I.P. Marilyn Knowlden, star of the Film Registry titles Imitation of Life (1934/2005), Show Boat (1936/1996), and Angels With Dirty Faces (1938/2024).

September 16, 2025: R.I.P. Robert Redford, star of the Film Registry titles Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969/2003), The Sting (1973/2005), and All the President’s Men (1976/2010).

September 10, 2025: R.I.P. Polly Holliday, star of the Film Registry title All the President’s Men (1976/2010).

September 9, 2025: Miloš Forman’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975/1993) returns to print and makes its 4K Ultra HD debut this November thanks to Warner Bros.

September 4, 2025: R.I.P. Giorgio Armani, costume designer for the Film Registry title The Dark Knight (2008/2020).

September 1, 2025: R.I.P. Graham Greene, star of the Film Registry titles Powwow Highway (1989/2024) and Dances With Wolves (1990/2007).

August 18, 2025: Reginald Hudlin’s House Party (1990/2022) makes its Blu-ray Disc and 4K Ultra HD debut this January thanks to the Criterion Collection.

August 17, 2025: R.I.P. Terence Stamp, star of the Film Registry title Superman (1978/2017).

August 6, 2025: Excerpts from George Stevens’ World War II Footage (1946/2008) are available on two different documentaries. It appears that the entirety of Mr. Stevens’s footage—over six hours worth—is available online on the Library of Congress website. Thanks to Tony Cirimele for this incredible discovery.

July 31, 2025: Victor Sjöström’s He Who Gets Slapped (1924/2017) makes its Blu-ray Disc debut this September thanks to Flicker Alley.

July 23, 2025: The rare Film Registry title Through Navajo Eyes (1966/2002) is once again available on DVD thanks to the Penn Museum. Click on the title for details. Thanks to Tony Cirimele for this news.

July 22, 2025: R.I.P. Tom Troupe, star of the Film Registry title My Own Private Idaho (1991/2024).

July 18, 2025: R.I.P. Jimmy Hunt, star of the Film Registry title Invaders From Mars (1953/2024).

July 11, 2025: R.I.P. David Kaff, star of the Film Registry title This Is Spinal Tap (1984/2002).

July 7, 2025: Elaine May’s A New Leaf (1971/2019) returns to print and makes its 4K Ultra HD debut this month thanks to Vinegar Syndrome.

July 4, 2025: R.I.P. Kenneth Colley, star of the Film Registry titles Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back (1980/2010) and Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi (1983/2021).

July 3, 2025: R.I.P. Michael Madsen, star of the Film Registry title Thelma & Louise (1991/2016).

July 2, 2025: Dave Tatsuno’s rare Film Registry title Topaz (1945/1996) was shot in color. The link I had to the film on YouTube is in black and white. A color version has been found online. Thanks to Patrick Monnig for this information.

June 24, 2025: Charles Walters’s High Society (1956/2025) makes its Blu-ray Disc and 4K Ultra HD debuts today thanks to Warner Archive.

June 13, 2025: Film restorer Ross Lipman has a new book of essays about his work restoring films and about several of the films he’s worked on, which include no less than 20 Film Registry titles. Details and order information here.

June 11, 2025: Warner Bros. is re-releasing the Blu-ray Disc sets Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 later this month, which means Chuck Jones’s Duck Amuck (1953/1999), One Froggy Evening (1955/2003), and What’s Opera, Doc? (1957/1992), and Robert Clampett’s Porky in Wackyland (1938/2000), will all be available on Blu-ray Disc again.

June 11, 2025: R.I.P. Brian Wilson, star of the Film Registry title T.A.M.I. Show (1964/2006).

June 10, 2025: R.I.P. Sly Stone, star of the Film Registry title Woodstock (1970/1996).

June 7, 2025: One for the miracles-do-happen file: Nathaniel Dorsky’s very rare Film Registry title Hours for Jerome (1982/2012) has been added to YouTube. Thanks to Ken Scheck for this information. Update February 21, 2026: Hours for Jerome has been removed from YouTube but can be seen online here.

May 20, 2025: R.I.P. Michael Roemer, director of the Film Registry title Nothing but a Man (1964/1993).

May 16, 2025: Zeinabu irene Davis’s Compensation (1999/2024) returns to print and makes its Blu-ray Disc debut this August thanks to the Criterion Collection.

May 8, 2025: R.I.P. Joe Don Baker, star of the Film Registry title Cool Hand Luke (1967/2005).

April 28, 2025: R.I.P. Priscilla Pointer, star of the Film Registry title Carrie (1976/2022).

April 18, 2025: I just learned that Victor Sjöström’s The Wind (1928/1993) was restored by the Museum of Modern Art last year. Hopefully this means a restored home video release is on the way.

April 15, 2025: Fritz Lang’s The Big Heat (1953/2011) returns to print and makes its 4K Ultra HD debut this July thanks to the Criterion Collection.

April 2, 2025: R.I.P. Val Kilmer, star of the Film Registry title Top Gun (1986/2015).

March 15, 2025: Mitchell Leisen’s Midnight (1939/2013) and Charlotte Zwerin’s Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988/2017) both make their Blu-ray Disc debuts this June thanks to the Criterion Collection.

March 12, 2025: I don’t usually mention upcoming home video releases unless there is a firm date associated with them, but this one is pretty exciting, so I am making an exception. Brand new label Bitratio Video has announced that they will be releasing the debut of Edwin S. Porter’s The Great Train Robbery (1903/1990) on Blu-ray Disc in the 4th quarter of 2025. I will add the details to this page, the Home Video Release Calendar, and the Labels page as soon as a release date is announced. Thanks to Eric Johnson for letting me know about this. Update August 18, 2025: The release date for this film has been pushed back to early 2026.

March 10, 2025: Site News: The Chicago Reader has changed their website again. What this means is all of their capsule reviews are still accessible, but nearly all of the links I’ve provided are no longer working. It will take me some time to determine how to address this issue. My apologies for the faulty links. Update April 30, 2025: I have fixed all of the links.

February 27, 2025: R.I.P. Gene Hackman, star of the Film Registry titles Bonnie and Clyde (1967/1992), The French Connection (1971/2005), The Conversation (1974/1995), Young Frankenstein (1974/2003), Superman (1978/2017), Hoosiers (1986/2001), and Unforgiven (1992/2004).

February 21, 2025: I just discovered a DVD label called Mythical Popcorn. It appears to be another public domain label and is home to no less than 34 Film Registry titles, including the rare ones The Crowd (1928/1989), Daughter of Shanghai (1937/2006), State Fair (1933/2014), and The Wind (1928/1993).

February 14, 2025: Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep (1978/1990) gets remastered, including restoring the complete original soundtrack, and returns to print making its Blu-ray Disc and 4K Ultra HD debuts this May thanks to the Criterion Collection.

February 7, 2025: Rex Ingram’s The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921/1995) makes its Blu-ray Disc debut in March thanks to Warner Archive.

February 7, 2025: R.I.P. Tony Roberts, star of the Film Registry title Annie Hall (1977/1992).

February 4, 2025: Rouben Mamoulian’s Applause (1929/2006) returns to print today on DVD thanks to Shoreline Entertainment.

February 3, 2025: R.I.P. Christopher Newman, sound artist for the Film Registry titles Medium Cool (1969/2003), The French Connection (1971/2005), The Godfather (1972/1990), The Exorcist (1973/2010), Annie Hall (1977/1992), All That Jazz (1979/2001), Fame (1980/2023), Amadeus (1984/2019), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991/2011).

January 25, 2025: R.I.P. Olga James, star of the Film Registry title Carmen Jones (1954/1992).

January 21, 2025: R.I.P. Garth Hudson, star of the Film Registry title The Last Waltz (1978/2019).

January 17, 2025: Exciting news: The very rare Film Registry title Heroes All (1920/2009) is available as a free download from The National Archives. E-mail inquire@nara.gov to request a copy. Thanks to Ken Scheck for this information. Update February 3, 2025: Thanks in part to the recent interest in seeing the film, the National Archives has made Heroes All available on their website.

January 16, 2025: R.I.P. David Lynch, director of the Film Registry title Eraserhead (1977/2003).

January 15, 2025: Some of the footage from the Nicholas Brothers Family Home Movies (1930s-1940s/2011) can be seen online in two different documentaries about the brothers. Click on the title for details. Thanks to Ken Scheck for this information.

January 14, 2025: The indefatigable Benjamin Wilson has found a near-complete version of Paul Fenton’s A Movie Trip Through Filmland (1921/2023) with French inter-titles and available English subtitles (click CC) on YouTube.

January 6, 2025: R.I.P. Gunvor Nelson, director of the Film Registry title My Name Is Oona (1969/2019).

January 6, 2025: Site News: I’ve added my 2025 nominations to the My Nominations page.

December 23, 2024: Internet researcher extraordinaire Benjamin Wilson has found four more rare Film Registry titles online: Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency (1908/2018), Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913/2014), With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain (1938/2017), and itam hakim, hopiit (1984/2022). Click on the titles for the links. And my deepest thanks to Mr. Wilson for all of his help.

December 22, 2024: Dudley Murphy’s The Emperor Jones (1933/1999) makes its Blu-ray Disc debut this February thanks to Film Masters.

December 17, 2024: The 2024 additions to the Film Registry were announced this morning. Here they are:

Annabelle Serpentine Dance (1895)
KoKo’s Earth Control (1928)
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Invaders From Mars (1953)
The Miracle Worker (1962)
Chelsea Girls (1966)
Ganja & Hess (1973)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Zora Lathan Student Films (1975-1976)
Up in Smoke (1978)
Will (1981)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt (1989)
Powwow Highway (1989)
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
American Me (1992)
My Family (1995)
Compensation (1999)
Spy Kids (2001)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
The Social Network (2010)

I have updated the entire site to reflect the new additions.

December 1, 2024: The Visual Communications label is now offering streaming services through their website. This means that the Film Registry titles Manzanar (1971/2022) and Cruisin’ J-Town (1975/2023) are available to stream for a fee (click on the titles for links). Thanks to Tony Cirimele for this news.

November 29, 2024: Director George Ingmire has launched a new website, which means his film Think of Me First as a Person (1975/2006) is once again available.

November 27, 2024: Lionsgate has announced their own boutique label Lionsgate Limited. Their first two releases are 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Disc combo limited editions of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation (1974/1995) and Apocalypse Now (1979/2000).

November 26, 2024: R.I.P. Jim Abrahams, co-writer and co-director of the Film Registry title Airplane! (1980/2010).

November 25, 2024: For those in the Los Angeles area, the very rare Film Registry title With Car and Camera Around the World (1929/2020) is screening at the Ted Mann Theater on Monday, December 9th, 2024. Additional details here. Hopefully this restoration means a home video release is in the works as well.

November 22, 2024: Site News: I have added two more pictures to this site.

November 20, 2024: More exciting news: The intrepid Benjamin Wilson has discovered an excellent print of the rare Film Registry title Verbena Trágica (1938/1996) with English subtitles on YouTube! The subtitles are far from perfect, but they are acceptable.

November 15, 2024: Site News: I’ve added a new list to the Additional Statistics menu.

November 6, 2024: R.I.P. Tony Todd, star of the Film Registry title Platoon (1986/2019).

November 5, 2024: Warner Archive has announced its first 4K Ultra HD title: John Ford’s The Searchers (1956/1989).

November 4, 2024: R.I.P. Quincy Jones, composer for the Film Registry titles The Pawnbroker (1964/2008), In the Heat of the Night (1967/2002), and In Cold Blood (1967/2009), and music producer for Michael Jackson’s Thriller (1983/2009).

October 29, 2024: R.I.P. Teri Garr, star of the Film Registry titles T.A.M.I. Show (1964/2006), The Conversation (1974/1995), Young Frankenstein (1974/2003), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977/2007), The Black Stallion (1979/2002), and Tootsie (1982/1998).

October 28, 2024: R.I.P. Paul Morrissey, co-director of the Film Registry title Chelsea Girls (1966/2024).

October 15, 2024: Anthony Mann’s Winchester ’73 (1950/2015) makes its Blu-ray Disc and 4K Ultra HD debut this January thanks to the Criterion Collection.

October 1, 2024: R.I.P. John Amos, star of the Film Registry title Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971/2020).

September 11, 2024: Some very exciting news to share! Benjamin Wilson has finally received the digital scan of D.W. Griffith’s short film Lady Helen’s Escapade (1909/2004) from the Library of Congress (see July 4, 2024 below). Benjamin and I are planning an official online premiere this Friday, September 13th at 5:00 Central Standard Time. We will also be hosting an online pre-screening discussion at 4:30 Central Standard Time. If you would like to attend that, please e-mail me at eric (at) filmregistry (dot) net. If you cannot be there for our premiere, the film will be available afterwards as well. Update September 14, 2024: Thanks to all who attended our premiere!

September 10, 2024: Just discovered another wonderful Film Registry blog.

September 9, 2024: R.I.P. James Earl Jones, star of the Film Registry titles Dr. Strangelove (1964/1989), Field of Dreams (1989/2017), The Lion King (1994/2016), Matewan (1987/2023), Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope (1977/1989), Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back (1980/2010), and Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi (1983/2021).

September 4, 2024: Clarence G. Badger’s Jubilo (1919/2021) gets re-released on DVD at a reasonable price thanks to Alpha Video.

August 15, 2024: R.I.P. Gena Rowlands, star of the Film Registry titles Faces (1968/2011), Shadows (1959/1993), and A Woman Under the Influence (1974/1990).

July 31, 2024: Just discovered another wonderful Film Registry blog.

July 18, 2024: William Worthington’s The Dragon Painter (1919/2014) makes its Blu-ray Disc debut this September thanks to Milestone.

July 11, 2024: R.I.P. Shelley Duvall, star of the Film Registry titles Annie Hall (1977/1992), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971/2010), Nashville (1975/1992), and The Shining (1980/2018).

July 4, 2024: D. W. Griffith’s short film Lady Helen’s Escapade (1909/2004) is one of the handful of Film Registry titles that is currently completely unavailable. My good friend, collaborator, and fellow Film Registry enthusiast Benjamin Wilson has been in touch with the Library of Congress and has started a gofundme page to raise money to get the film digitized and released online. Please consider donating. The total needed is only $379. Update July 8, 2024: The goal has been reached! Thank you to all who contributed. Details will be posted here as they develop.

July 1, 2024: The very rare Film Registry title Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913/2014) is currently streaming on the Criterion Channel.

June 29, 2024: Michael Pressman’s Boulevard Nights (1979/2017) makes its Blu-ray Disc debut in August thanks to Warner Archive.

June 20, 2024: R.I.P. Donald Sutherland, star of the Film Registry titles M*A*S*H (1970/1996) and National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978/2001).

June 15, 2024: William Wellman’s The Story of G.I. Joe (1945/2009) returns to print and makes its Blu-ray Disc debut next month thanks to Ignite Films.

June 12, 2024: Billy Woodberry’s Bless Their Little Hearts (1984/2013) makes its Blu-ray Disc debut next month thanks to Milestone.

June 1, 2024: Caveat Emptor: There is apparently a manufacturing error on the recently released 4K Ultra HD of Titanic (1997/2017). Details, including a disc replacement program, here.

May 17, 2024: Sony has announced a 20-Blu-ray Disc Three Stooges collection. It is not the complete films, and the list of included titles has not been announced, so I cannot determine whether the new set includes Lou Breslow’s Punch Drunks (1934/2002). I will confirm and add the title to the Release Calendar as soon as the contents are announced. Update August 12, 2024: Confirmed!

May 16, 2024: The rare Film Registry title, Grace Cunard and Francis Ford’s silent short film Unmasked (1917/2014), gets restored and makes its Blu-ray Disc debut this July thanks to Undercrank Productions.

May 16, 2024: R.I.P. Dabney Coleman, star of the Film Registry title Tootsie (1982/1998).

May 12, 2024: R.I.P. Roger Corman, director of the Film Registry title House of Usher (1960/2005), and star of the Film Registry titles The Godfather Part II (1974/1993), The Silence of the Lambs (1991/2011), and Philadelphia (1993/2025).

April 27, 2024: The rare Film Registry title The Lighted Field (1987/2023) has been found online by my tireless sleuth Benjamin Wilson.

April 20, 2024: R.I.P. Lourdes Portillo, director of the Film Registry title The Devil Never Sleeps (1994/2020).

April 15, 2024: Just discovered this wonderful podcast on the NFR.

March 29, 2024: R.I.P. Louis Gossett Jr., star of the Film Registry title A Raisin in the Sun (1961/2005).

March 19, 2024: R.I.P. M. Emmet Walsh, star of the Film Registry titles Midnight Cowboy (1969/1994), Little Big Man (1970/2014), and Blade Runner (1982/1993).

March 13, 2024: Site News: I’ve added a Contact page to the main menu.

March 8, 2024: Site News: I’ve added a second picture to this site. It can be seen here.

February 26, 2024: The rare Film Registry title Water and Power (1989/2008) has been found online by Mr. Benjamin Wilson (thank you again).

February 5, 2024: Site News: I’ve added my 2024 nominations to the My Nominations page.

February 2, 2024: R.I.P. Carl Weathers, star of the Film Registry titles Rocky (1976/2006) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977/2007).

January 20, 2024: R.I.P. Norman Jewison, director of the Film Registry title In the Heat of the Night (1967/2002).

January 17, 2024: British home video label Eureka Entertainment has announced that they will begin releasing titles from their catalog in North America later this year. Eureka is home to the Masters of Cinema label, which has released several Film Registry titles. Additional details here.

January 4, 2024: R.I.P. Glynis Johns, star of the Film Registry titles The Court Jester (1955/2004) and Mary Poppins (1964/2013).

December 13, 2023: The 2023 additions to the Film Registry were announced this morning. Here they are:

A Movie Trip Through Filmland (1921)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
Bohulano Family Film Collection (1950s-1970s)
Helen Keller in Her Story (1954)
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Edge of the City (1957)
We’re Alive (1974)
Cruisin’ J-Town (1975)
¡Alambrista! (1977)
Passing Through (1977)
Fame (1980)
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
The Lighted Field (1987)
Matewan (1987)
Home Alone (1990)
Queen of Diamonds (1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (1994)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Bamboozled (2000)
Love & Basketball (2000)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
20 Feet From Stardom (2013)

I have updated the entire site to reflect the new additions.

November 15, 2023: Michael Roemer’s Nothing but a Man (1964/1993) returns to print and makes its Blu-ray Disc debut this February thanks to the Criterion Collection.

November 9, 2023: The rare Film Registry title The Inner World of Aphasia (1968/2015) has been found online by Mr. Benjamin Wilson (thank you again).

November 1, 2023: The rare Film Registry title The Revenge of Pancho Villa (1936/2009) has been discovered in its entirety, complete with English intertitles, online. Thanks again to Mr. Benjamin Wilson for finding yet another obscure Film Registry title.

November 1, 2023: Kent Mackenzie’s The Exiles (1961/2009) makes it’s Blu-ray Disc debut in December thanks to Milestone. The disc also includes James Young Deer’s White Fawn’s Devotion (1910/2008), likewise making it’s Blu-ray Disc debut.

October 30, 2023: I have discovered a little more information about Aloha Wanderwell’s With Car and Camera Around the World (1929/2020). Click on the title to access the new links.

October 30, 2023: Found another good Film Registry blog.

October 27, 2023: Caveat Emptor: There is apparently a manufacturing error on the newly released 4K Ultra HD of Rosemary’s Baby (1968/2014). Details, including a disc replacement program, here.

October 26, 2023: Leo McCarey’s Duck Soup (1933/1990) makes its stand-alone Blu-ray Disc debut next month thanks to Universal.

October 24, 2023: Excellent article by Bill Hunt on his The Digital Bits website about the future of physical media.

October 18, 2023: Just discovered a wonderful Film Registry blog. Well worth checking out.

October 13, 2023: R.I.P. Piper Laurie, star of the Film Registry titles The Hustler (1961/1997) Carrie (1976/2022).

October 12, 2023: Best Buy has announced that they will soon no longer be carrying physical media. This means they will also no longer be home to any special exclusive editions as they have in the past, so get any that you want quickly. More information here. Update August 23, 2025: Apparently Best Buy will once again be selling physical media but only through their website. More information here.

October 6, 2023: There seems to be some new clarification about Ernie Gehr’s Serene Velocity (1970/2001). Click on the title for more information.

October 3, 2023: Kino Lorber’s four-DVD set Edison: The Invention of the Movies, home to nine early Film Registry titles, returns to print today.

September 29, 2023: Exciting news: Mr. Benjamin Wilson found a complete version of Martin Brest’s very rare Film Registry title Hot Dogs for Gauguin (1972/2009) online. It can be seen here. My deepest gratitude to Mr. Wilson for alerting me to this.

September 22, 2023: I don’t usually post about theatrical releases, but Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense (1984/2021) gets re-released in IMAX theaters in the U.S. today in a special restored 40th anniversary print. Regular theatrical release next week.

September 6, 2023: The rare Film Registry title A Time for Burning (1966/2005) is currently streaming on the Criterion Channel.

August 29, 2023: R.I.P. Nancy Buirski, director of the Film Registry title The Loving Story (2011/2025).

August 29, 2023: William Dieterle’s The Life of Emile Zola (1937/2000) makes its Blu-ray Disc debut today thanks to Warner Archive.

August 9, 2023: R.I.P. Robbie Robertson, star, producer, and composer for the Film Registry title The Last Waltz (1978/2019), and song composer for the Film Registry titles Easy Rider (1969/1998) and Powwow Highway (1989/2024)

August 7, 2023: Grapevine Video has announced that they will be ending operations on September 6. They may still release the occasional new title, but September 6 is the last day to purchase existing inventory from their website.

August 7, 2023: R.I.P. William Friedkin, director of the Film Registry titles The French Connection (1971/2005) and The Exorcist (1973/2010).

July 17, 2023: Tod Browning’s Freaks (1932/1994) returns to print and makes its Blu-ray Disc debut this October thanks to the Criterion Collection.

July 13, 2023: Olive Films has officially folded. Most of their titles are still available from Amazon. (See September 16, 2022 below.)

June 15, 2023: Luis Valdez’s La Bamba (1987/2017) returns to print on Blu-ray Disc this September thanks to the Criterion Collection.

June 12, 2023: Ida Lupino’s Outrage (1950/2020) gets its first U.S. release on Blu-ray Disc and DVD this August thanks to Kino Lorber. (See February 16, 2023 below.)

May 31, 2023: Site News: Due to the amount of spam messages I’ve been receiving, I have disabled comments on this website.

May 31, 2023: Josef Berne’s Jam Session (1942/2001) returns to print and makes its Blu-ray Disc debut on July 25 as part of Kino Lorber’s Soundies: The Ultimate Collection.

May 30, 2023: R.I.P. Jessie Maple, director of the Film Registry title Will (1981/2024).

May 18, 2023: I just learned that Robert Nakamura’s Manzanar (1971/2022) is available on DVD at non-institutional prices from Visual Communications. Click on the title for details.

May 15, 2023: Cheryl Dunye’s The Watermelon Woman (1996/2021) returns to print and makes its Blu-ray Disc debut on July 11 thanks to the Criterion Collection.

May 14, 2023: Lynn Reynolds’s newly restored Sky High (1922/1998) makes it’s Blu-ray Disc debut this June thanks to Undercrank Productions.

May 10, 2023: R.I.P. Kenneth Anger, director of the Film Registry titles Eaux d’Artifice (1953/1993) and Scorpio Rising (1963/2022).

May 10, 2023: Albert Parker’s The Black Pirate (1926/1993) and Abraham Polonsky’s Force of Evil (1948/1994) both return to print on Blu-ray Disc this July thanks to the Cohen Media Group and Kino Lorber, respectively.

May 8, 2023: Site News: I have added an FAQ page.

May 5, 2023: Site News: I have added a new list to the main menu: Significant firsts in cinema and Film Registry history.

May 2, 2023: Site News: I have added links to Letterboxd for all of the titles on the Film Registry.

May 2, 2023: I just learned that Julien Bryan’s Siege (1940/2006) is available on DVD. Click on the title for details.

May 1, 2023: I just learned that Wilfred Jackson’s The Old Mill (1937/2015) is available as a bonus feature on most DVD and Blu-ray Disc editions of Bambi (1942/2011).

April 25, 2023: R.I.P. Harry Belafonte, star of the Film Registry titles Carmen Jones (1954/1992) and Uptown Saturday Night (1974/2024).

April 20, 2023: Noel M. Smith’s newly restored Clash of the Wolves (1925/2004) makes it’s Blu-ray Disc debut this June thanks to Kino Lorber.

April 18, 2023: The Warner Archive DVDs of Robert Z. Leonard and W.S. Van Dyke’s Naughty Marietta (1935/2003) and Vincente Minnelli’s Cabin in the Sky (1943/2020) are back in print.

April 16, 2023: Site News: I’ve added my 2023 nominations to the My Nominations page.

March 28, 2023: The rare Film Registry title The Crowd (1928/1989) can be seen online at the Internet Archive. Thanks to Benjamin Wilson for alerting me to this.

February 28, 2023: Bruce Brown’s The Endless Summer (1966/2002) returns to print on DVD today thanks to BayView Entertainment.

February 16, 2023: I just learned that Ida Lupino’s Outrage (1950/2020) was released on Blu-ray Disc in Australia last year. As far as I can tell, this is the first ever home video release of the film anywhere. There are rumors of an upcoming U.S. Blu-ray Disc release. I will report it here if and when the rumors are confirmed. (See June 12, 2023 above.)

February 11, 2023: The very rare Film Registry title The Girl Without a Soul (1917/2018) can be seen online for a fee through the George Eastman Museum. Click on the title for details.

January 18, 2023: R.I.P. David Crosby, star of the Film Registry title Woodstock (1970/1996).

January 9, 2023: R.I.P. Melinda Dillon, star of the Film Registry titles The Cry of Jazz (1959/2010), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977/2007), The Muppet Movie (1979/2009), and A Christmas Story (1983/2012).

December 31, 2022: The rare Film Registry titles Growing Up Female (1971/2011) and The Hole (1962/2013) are currently streaming on the Criterion Channel.

December 29, 2022: Mr. Benjamin Wilson has added a nearly complete playlist of Film Registry titles to YouTube.

December 20, 2022: Arthur Hiller’s The Hospital (1971/1995) returns to print today thanks to new label Sandpiper Pictures.

December 14, 2022: The 2022 additions to the Film Registry were announced this morning. Here they are:

Mardi Gras Carnival (1898)
Cab Calloway Home Movies (1948-1951)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
Charade (1963)
Scorpio Rising (1963)
Behind Every Good Man… (1967)
Titicut Follies (1967)
Mingus (1968)
Manzanar (1971)
Betty Tells Her Story (1972)
Super Fly (1972)
Attica (1974)
Carrie (1976)
Union Maids (1976)
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives (1977)
Bush Mama (1979)
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)
itam hakim, hopiit (1984)
Hairspray (1988)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Tongues Untied (1989)
When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
House Party (1990)
Iron Man (2008)
Pariah (2011)

I have updated the entire site to reflect the new additions.

December 2, 2022: Sight and Sound Magazine published their decennial lists of the best films of all time as voted by critics and directors. Several Film Registry titles made both lists.

September 24, 2022: Caveat emptor: Issues are being reported about Paramount’s 4K Ultra HD of Byron Haskin’s The War of the Worlds (1953/2011) (and the Blu-ray Disc of When Worlds Collide from the same package). Details here and here.

September 16, 2022: Olive Films titles can no longer be ordered through the label’s website, though all of their titles appear to still be in print. I have removed links to their site from the pages for their titles.

September 8, 2022: Criterion announced the release of Andrew Stanton’s WALL•E (2008/2021). The announcement calls it “our first collaboration with Disney and Pixar.” Hopefully this means more Disney-Pixar titles are forthcoming from Criterion.

August 10, 2022: Site News: Added the first photograph to this website. Check it out on the page for Think of Me First as a Person (1975/2006).

August 8, 2022: R.I.P. Olivia Newton-John, star of the Film Registry title Grease (1978/2020).

July 24, 2022: After being out of print on home video for years, King Kong (1933/1991) finally gets re-released on Blu-ray Disc by Warner Archive.

May 31, 2022: Wayne Wang’s Chan Is Missing (1982/1995) returns to print and makes its Blu-ray Disc debut thanks to the Criterion Collection.

March 26, 2022: R.I.P. Ray Liotta, star of the Film Registry titles Field of Dreams (1989/2017) and Goodfellas (1990/2000).

March 5, 2022: Site News: I’ve added my 2022 nominations to the My Nominations page.

February 15, 2022: Leo McCarey’s Mighty Like a Moose (1926/2007) makes its Blu-ray Disc Debut today thanks to the Criterion Collection.

February 14, 2022: R.I.P. Ivan Reitman, director of the Film Registry title Ghostbusters (1984/2015).

February 12, 2022: Site news: I have added a translation and commentary to the page for George Veditz’s Preservation of the Sign Language (1913/2010).

February 8, 2022: Mervyn LeRoy’s Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933/2003) makes its Blu-ray Disc debut today thanks to Warner Archive.

January 19, 2022: British label Indicator/Powerhouse has announced that it will begin distribution of their titles in the US and Canada. Details here.

January 7, 2022: R.I.P. Sidney Poitier, star of the Film Registry titles In the Heat of the Night (1967/2002), A Raisin in the Sun (1961/2005), Porgy and Bess (1959/2011), Blackboard Jungle (1955/2016), Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967/2017), Lilies of the Field (1963/2020), and Edge of the City (1957/2023), and star/director of Uptown Saturday Night (1974/2024).

January 6, 2022: R.I.P. Peter Bogdanovich, director of the Film Registry title The Last Picture Show (1971/1998).

December 21, 2021: William Beaudine’s Sparrows (1926/2025) makes its Blu-ray Disc debut today thanks to VCI Entertainment.

December 14, 2021: The 2021 additions to the Film Registry were announced this morning. Here they are:
1. Ringling Brothers Parade Film (1902)
2. Jubilo (1919)
3. The Flying Ace (1926)
4. Hell-Bound Train (1930)
5. Flowers and Trees (1932)
6. Strangers on a Train (1951)
7. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
8. Evergreen (1965)
9. Requiem-29 (1970)
10. The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971)
11. Pink Flamingos (1972)
12. Sounder (1972)
13. The Long Goodbye (1973)
14. Cooley High (1975)
15. Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
16. Chicana (1979)
17. The Wobblies (1979)
18. Star Wars Episode VI — Return of the Jedi (1983)
19. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
20. Stop Making Sense (1984)
21. Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1987)
22. The Watermelon Woman (1996)
23. Selena (1997)
24. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
25. WALL•E (2008)
I have updated the entire site to reflect the new additions.

December 7, 2021: Michael Curtiz’s Angels With Dirty Faces (1938/2024) makes is Blu-ray Disc debut thanks to Warner Archive.

October 26, 2021: George T. Nierenberg’s Say Amen, Somebody (1982/2025) returns to print and makes its Blu-ray Disc debut today thanks to Milestone.

September 28, 2021: Sam Wood’s A Night at the Opera (1935/1993) makes its Blu-ray Disc debut thanks to Warner Archive.

September 21, 2021: Anthony Mann’s The Naked Spur (1953/1997) makes its Blu-ray Disc debut thanks to Warner Archive.

September 21, 2021: R.I.P. Melvin Van Peebles, director of the Film Registry title Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971/2020).

August 11, 2021: The Criterion Collection announced today that they will finally start releasing 4K Ultra HD discs. Among the first six scheduled are Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane (1941/1989). I will add this title to the Release Calendar as soon as it’s officially announced. Details here.

July 5th, 2021: R.I.P. Richard Donner, director of the Film Registry titles The Goonies (1985/2017) and Superman (1978/2017).

June 2, 2021: R.I.P. Ned Beatty, star of the Film Registry titles Deliverance (1972/2008), Nashville (1975/1992), All the President’s Men (1976/2010), Network (1976/2000), ¡Alambrista! (1977/2023), and Superman (1978/2017).

June 4, 2021: R.I.P. Clarence Williams III, star of the Film Registry titles The Cool World (1963/1994) and Purple Rain (1984/2019).

June 2, 2021: Milestone Films has struck a new distribution deal with Kino Lorber. Kino Lorber will now be the exclusive distributor of Milestone’s home video titles. Details here.

April 20, 2021: R.I.P. Monte Hellman, director of the Film Registry title Two-Lane Blacktop (1971/2012).

March 25, 2021: R.I.P. Larry McMurtry, co-screenwriter of the Film Registry title The Last Picture Show (1971/1998).

March 15, 2021: R.I.P. Yaphet Kotto, star of the Film Registry titles Nothing but a Man (1964/1993) and Alien (1979/2002).

February 23, 2021: Julie Taymor’s Frida (2002/2025) makes is Blu-ray Disc debut thanks to Paramount.

February 9, 2021: After being out of print on home video for years, Kino Lorber releases Bert Stern’s Jazz on a Summer’s Day (1959/1999) on DVD and Blu-ray Disc.

January 7, 2021: R.I.P. Michael Apted, director of the Film Registry title Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980/2019).

December 31, 2020: R.I.P. Joan Micklin Silver, director of the Film Registry title Hester Street (1975/2011).

December 14, 2020: The 2020 additions to the Film Registry were announced this morning. Here they are:

Suspense (1913)
Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)
Bread (1918)
The Battle of the Century (1927)
With Car and Camera Around the World (1929)
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Outrage (1950)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Lilies of the Field (1963)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971)
Wattstax (1973)
Grease (1978)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Losing Ground (1982)
Illusions (1982)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
The Devil Never Sleeps (1994)
Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
The Ground (2001)
Shrek (2001)
Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege (2006)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Freedom Riders (2010)