I kolossal Ben-Hur e Schindler's List entrano nell'Olimpo del cinema USA.

Il Library of Congress, potentissima associazione americana che cataloga, in base all'importanza, tutti gli eventi della storia USA, ha inserito altri 25 film nel già nutrito elenco che ne comprendeva, prima di dicembre, ben 375. I film inseriti in questa speciale classifica variano dai classici hollywoodiani alle pellicole meno note, ma non per questo di minor valore; i cosiddetti "film d'autore", vale a dire quelli che non hanno fatto cassetta ma che hanno accolto rivalutazioni a posteriori.

I 400 titoli in elenco sono film la cui data di realizzazione è compresa tra il 1898 e il 2003. Qui sotto è riportato l'ingresso dei 25 film inseriti quest'anno, limitati tra le date 1909 - 1993, rispettando l'ordine alfabetico del titolo originale e con indicazione del genere d'appartenenza. Di seguito, l'elenco completo dei 375 film considerati "patrimonio dell'umanità". Una vera elite del cinema.

Ingressi 2004

1. BEN-HUR (1959) Drammatico
2. THE BLUE BIRD (1918) Fantasy
3. A BRONX MORNING (1931) Cortometraggio
4. CLASH OF THE WOLVES (1925) Avventura
5. IL GIULLARE DEL RE (The Court Jester, 1956) Musical
6. DUE ORE ANCORA (D.O.A., 1950) Film-Noir
7. DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST (1991) Drammatico
8. DUCK AND COVER (1951) Cortometraggio d'animazione
9. EMPIRE (1964) Documentario
10. I TRE DELL'OPERAZIONE DRAGO (Enter the Dragon, 1973) Azione
11. ERASERHEAD LA MENTE CHE CANCELLA (Eraserhead, 1978) Horror-Fantasy
12. GARLIC IS AS GOOD AS TEN MOTHERS (1980) Documentario
13. LA MIA VIA (Going My Way, 1944) Commedia
14. IL DELINQUENTE DEL ROCK'N'ROLL (Jailhouse Rock, 1957) Musical
15. KANNAPOLIS NC (1941) Documentario
16. LADY HELEN'S ESCAPADE (1909) Cortometraggio
17. LE FOLLI NOTTI DEL DOTTOR JERRYLL (The Nutty Professor, 1963) Drammatico
18. OFF ON (1968) Cortometraggio
19. POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINBAD THE SAILOR (1936) Animazione
20. PUPS IS PUPS/OUR GANG (1930) Commedia
21. SCHINDLER'S LIST - LA LISTA DI SCHINDLER (Schindler's List, 1993)
22. SETTE SPOSE PER SETTE FRATELLI (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 1954) Musical
23. FOLLIE D'INVERNO (Swing Time, 1936) Musical
24. THERE IT IS (1928) Cortometraggio
25. GLI SPIETATI (Unforgiven, 1992) Western

Elenco completo

1) ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)
2) ADAM'S RIB (1949)
3) THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)
4) THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
5) ALIEN (1979)
6) ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
7) ALL MY BABIES (1953)
8) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
9) ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955)
10) ALL THAT JAZZ (1979)
11) ALL THE KING'S MEN (1949)
12) AMERICA, AMERICA (1963)
13) AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
14) AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
15) ANNIE HALL (1977)
16) ANTONIA: A PORTRAIT OF THE WOMAN (1974)
17) THE APARTMENT (1960)
18) APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
19) ATLANTIC CITY (1980)
20) THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937)
21) THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952)
22) BADLANDS (1973)
23) THE BAND WAGON (1953)
24) THE BANK DICK (1940)
25) THE BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO (1945)
26) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
27) BEN-HUR (1926)
28) THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
29) BIG BUSINESS (1929)
30) THE BIG PARADE (1925)
31) THE BIG SLEEP (1946)
32) THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
33) THE BLACK PIRATE (1926)
34) THE BLACK STALLION (1979)
35) BLACKSMITH SCENE (1893)
36) BLADE RUNNER (1982)
37) THE BLOOD OF JESUS (1941)
38) BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
39) BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991)
40) BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
41) THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
42) BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
43) BROKEN BLOSSOMS (1919)
44) BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
45) CABARET (1972)
46) CARMEN JONES (1954)
47) CASABLANCA (1942)
48) THEODORE CASE SOUND TEST: GUS VISSER AND HIS SINGING DUCK (1925)
49) CASTRO STREET (1966)
50) CAT PEOPLE (1942)
51) CHAN IS MISSING (1982)
52) THE CHEAT (1915)
53) THE CHECHAHCOS (1924)
54) CHINATOWN (1974)
55) CHULAS FRONTERAS (1976)
56) CITIZEN KANE (1941)
57) CITY, THE (1939)
58) CITY LIGHTS (1931)
59) CIVILIZATION (1916)
60) COLOGNE: FROM THE DIARY OF RAY AND ESTHER (1939)
61) THE CONVERSATION (1974)
62) COPS (1922)
63) A CORNER IN WHEAT (1909)
64) THE COOL WORLD (1963)
65) THE CROWD (1928)
66) CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968 (1968)
67) DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY (1968)
68) THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)
69) DEAD BIRDS (1964)70) THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
71) DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939)
72) DETOUR (1946)
73) DICKSON EXPERIMENTAL SOUND FILM (1894-5)
74) DO THE RIGHT THING (1989)
75) THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK (1928)
76) DODSWORTH (1936)
77) DOG STAR MAN (1964)
78) DON'T LOOK BACK (1967)
79) DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
80) DR. STRANGELOVE (or, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB) (1964)
81) DRACULA (1931)
82) DUCK AMUCK (1953)
83) DUCK SOUP (1933)
84) E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
85) EASY RIDER (1969)
86) EAUX D'ARTIFICE (1953)
87) EL NORTE (1983)
88) THE EMPEROR JONES (1933)
89) THE ENDLESS SUMMER (1966)
90) EVIDENCE OF THE FILM (1913)
91) THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE (1914)
92) FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928)
93) FANTASIA (1940)
94) FATTY'S TINTYPE TANGLE (1915)
95) FILM PORTRAIT (1970)
96) FIVE EASY PIECES (1970)
97) FLASH GORDON serial (1936)
98) FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933)
99) FORCE OF EVIL (1948)
100) THE FORGOTTEN FRONTIER (1931)
101) 42ND STREET (1933)
102) THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE (1921)
103) FOX MOVIETONE NEWS: JENKINS ORPHANAGE BAND (1928)
104) FRANK FILM (1973)
105) FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
106) FREAKS (1932)
107) THE FRESHMAN (1925)
108) FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
109) FROM STUMP TO SHIP (1930)
110) FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS (1912)
111) FUJI (1974)
112) FURY (1936)
113) THE GENERAL (1927)
114) GERALD MCBOING BOING (1951)
115) GERTIE THE DINOSAUR (1914)
116) GIGI (1958)
117) THE GODFATHER (1972)
118) THE GODFATHER, PART II (1974)
119) GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (1933)
120) THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
121) GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
122) GOODFELLAS (1990)
123) THE GRADUATE (1967)
124) THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
125) GRASS (1925)
126) THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)
127) THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (1903)
128) GREED (1924)
129) GUN CRAZY (1949)
130) GUNGA DIN (1939)
131) HARLAN COUNTY, U.S.A. (1976)
132) HAROLD AND MAUDE (1972)
133) THE HEIRESS (1949)
134) HELL'S HINGES (1916)
135) HINDENBURG DISASTER NEWSREEL FOOTAGE (1937)
136) HIGH SCHOOL (1968)
137) HIGH NOON (1952)
138) HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)
139) HITCH-HIKER, THE (1953)
140) HOOSIERS (1986)
141) HOSPITAL (1970)
142) THE HOSPITAL (1971)
143) THE HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE (1954)
144) HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941)
145) HOW THE WEST WAS WON (1962)
146) THE HUNTERS [KALAHARI DESERT TRIBE ANTHROPOLOGICAL FILM] (1957)
147) THE HUSTLER (1961)
148) I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (1932)
149) IMMIGRANT, THE (1917)
150) IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
151) IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD HUNTERS (1914), aka IN THE LAND OF THE WAR CANOES
152) INTOLERANCE (1916)
153) INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
154) IT (1927)
155) IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
156) IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
157) THE ITALIAN (1915)
158) JAM SESSION (1942)
159) JAMMIN' THE BLUES (1944)
160) JAWS (1975)
161) JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY (1959)
162) THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
163) KILLER OF SHEEP (1977)
164) KING: A FILMED RECORD...MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS (1970)
165) KING KONG (1933)
166) THE KISS (1896)
167) KISS ME DEADLY (1955)
168) KNUTE ROCKNE, ALL AMERICAN(1940)
169) KOYAANISQATSI (1983)
170) THE LADY EVE (1941)
171) LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN (1925)
172) LAMBCHOPS (1929)
173) LAND BEYOND THE SUNSET (1912)
174) LASSIE COME HOME (1943)
175) THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1920)
176) LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE (1972)
177) LAURA (1944)
178) LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
179) THE LEARNING TREE (1969)
180) LET'S ALL GO TO THE LOBBY (1957)
181) LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (1948)
182) THE LIFE AND DEATH OF 9413--A HOLLYWOOD EXTRA (1927)
183) THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROSIE THE RIVETER (1980)
184) LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA, THE (1937)
185) LITTLE CAESAR (1930)
186) THE LITTLE FUGITIVE (1953)
187) LITTLE MISS MARKER (1934)
188) LIVING DESERT, THE (1953)
189) LOST WORLD, THE (1925)
190) LOUISIANA STORY (1948)
191) LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY (1938)
192) LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932)
193) M*A*S*H (1970)
194) MAGICAL MAESTRO (1952)
195) THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942)
196) THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
197) THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
198) MANHATTA (1921)
199) MANHATTAN (1979)
200) MARCH OF TIME: INSIDE NAZI GERMANY--1938 (1938)
201) MARIAN ANDERSON: THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL CONCERT (1939)
202) MARTY (1955)
203) MASTER HANDS (1936)
204) MATRIMONY'S SPEED LIMIT (1913)
205) MEAN STREETS (1973)
206) MEDIUM COOL (1969)
207) MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
208) MELODY RANCH (1940)
209) MEMPHIS BELLE (1944)
210) MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (1943)
211) MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
212) MILDRED PIERCE (1945)
213) THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (1944)
214) MISS LULU BETT (1922)
215) MODERN TIMES (1936)
216) MODESTA (1956)
217) MOROCCO (1930)
218) MOTION PAINTING NO. 1 (1947)
219) A MOVIE (1958)
220) MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
221) MULTIPLE SIDOSIS (1970)
222) THE MUSIC BOX (1932)
223) MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946)
224) MY MAN GODFREY (1936)
225) THE NAKED SPUR (1953)
226) NANOOK OF THE NORTH (1922)
227) NASHVILLE (1975)
228) NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)
229) NATIONAL VELVET (1944)
230) NAUGHTY MARIETTA (1935)
231) NETWORK (1976)
232) A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935)
233) THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)
234) NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
235) NINOTCHKA (1939)
236) NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
237) NOSTALGIA (1971)
238) NOTHING BUT A MAN (1964)
239) ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
240) ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
241) ONE FROGGY EVENING (1956)
242) OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
243) OX-BOW INCIDENT, THE (1943)
244) THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976)
245) PASS THE GRAVY (1928)
246) PATHS OF GLORY (1957)
247) PATTON (1970)
248) THE PEARL (1948)
249) PETER PAN (1924)
250) PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)
251) THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
252) PINOCCHIO (1940)
253) A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
254) PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
255) THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS (1936)
256) POINT OF ORDER (1964)
257) THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL (1917)
258) PORKY IN WACKYLAND (1938)
259) POWERS OF TEN (1978)
260) PRESIDENT MCKINLEY INAUGURATION FOOTAGE (1901)
261) PRIMARY (1960)
262) PRINCESS NICOTINE; OR THE SMOKE FAIRY (1909)
263) THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (1937)
264) THE PRODUCERS (1968)
265) PSYCHO (1960)
266) THE PUBLIC ENEMY (1931)
267) PULL MY DAISY (1959)
268) PUNCH DRUNKS (1934)
269) RAGING BULL (1980)
270) RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
271) REAR WINDOW (1954)
272) REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
273) RED RIVER (1948)
274) REGENERATION (1915)
275) REPUBLIC STEEL STRIKE RIOT NEWSREEL FOOTAGE (1937)
276) RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS 7 (1980)
277) RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (1962)
278) RIP VAN WINKLE (1896)
279) THE RIVER (1937)
280) ROAD TO MOROCCO (1942)
281) ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
282) ROSE HOBART (1936)
283) SABRINA (1954)
284) SAFETY LAST (1923)
285) SALESMAN (1969)
286) SALOME (1922)
287) SALT OF THE EARTH (1954)
288) SCARFACE (1932)
289) THE SEARCHERS (1956)
290) SERENE VELOCITY (1970)
291) SEVENTH HEAVEN (1927)
292) SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)
293) SHADOWS (1959)
294) SHAFT (1971)
295) SHANE (1953)
296) SHE DONE HIM WRONG (1933)
297) SHERLOCK, JR. (1924)
298) SHERMAN'S MARCH (1986)
299) SHOCK CORRIDOR (1963)
300) THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
301) SHOW BOAT (1936)
302) SHOW PEOPLE (1928)
303) SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
304) SKY HIGH (1922)
305) SNOW WHITE (1933)
306) SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
307) SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
308) THE SON OF THE SHEIK (1926)
309) THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
310) STAGECOACH (1939)
311) STAR IS BORN, A (1954)
312) STAR THEATRE (1901)
313) STAR WARS (1977)
314) STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928)
315) STORMY WEATHER (1943)
316) STRANGER THAN PARADISE (1984)
317) A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
318) SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941)
319) SUNRISE (1927)
320) SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
321) SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
322) TABU (1931)
323) TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE COLLAPSE (1940)
324) TALL T, THE (1957)
325) TARZAN AND HIS MATE (1934)
326) TAXI DRIVER (1976)
327) THE TELL-TALE HEART (1953)
328) THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956)
329) TEVYE (1939)
330) THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924)
331) THE THIN BLUE LINE (1988)
332) THE THIN MAN (1934)
333) THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951)
334) THIS IS CINERAMA (1952)
335) THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984)
336) THROUGH NAVAJO EYES (SERIES) (1966)
337) TIN TOY (1988)
338) TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)
339) TO FLY (1976)
340) TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
341) TOOTSIE (1982)
342) TOP HAT (1935)
343) TOPAZ (1943-45)
) 344) TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)
345) TRANCE AND DANCE IN BALI (1936-39)
346) THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
347) TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932)
348) TULIPS SHALL GROW (1942)
349) TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH (1949)
350) 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
351) VERBENA TRAGICA (1939)
352) VERTIGO (1958)
353) THE WEDDING MARCH (1928)
354) WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
355) WESTINGHOUSE WORKS, 1904 (1904)
356) WHAT'S OPERA, DOC? (1957)
357) WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN? (1916)
358) WHITE HEAT (1949)
359) WHY MAN CREATES (1968)
360) WHY WE FIGHT (series) (1943-45)
361) WILD AND WOOLY (1917)
362) THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
363) WILD RIVER (1960)
364) WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957)
365) THE WIND (1928)
366) WINGS (1927)
367) WITHIN OUR GATES (1920)
368) THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
369) WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942)
370) A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974)
371) WOODSTOCK (1970)
372) YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)
373) YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
374) YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (1939)
375) ZAPRUDER FILM (1963)