A list of the 25 films being added to the National Film Registry, as announced Tuesday by the Library of Congress:

• "Airplane!" (1980)

• "All the President's Men" (1976)

• "The Bargain" (1914)

• "Cry of Jazz" (1959)

• "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" (1967)

• "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980)

• "The Exorcist (1973)

• "The Front Page" (1931)

• "Grey Gardens" (1976)

• "I Am Joaquin" (1969)

• "It's a Gift" (1934)

• "Let There Be Light" (1946)

• "Lonesome" (1928)

• "Make Way For Tomorrow" (1937)

• "Malcolm X" (1992)

• "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" (1971)

• "Newark Athlete" (1891)

• "Our Lady of the Sphere" (1969)

• "The Pink Panther" (1964)

• "Preservation of the Sign Language" (1913)

• "Saturday Night Fever" (1977)

• "Study of a River" (1966)

• "Tarantella" (1940)

• "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (1945)

• "A Trip Down Market Street" (1906)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101228/ap_en_ot/us_classic_films_glance

Interesting to see Empire Strikes Back., I see in 1989-  Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - (1977) was added ...
Now there is NO way Jedi would, or could,,  ever be added ......

and .. Airplane?    must been thought of lately with Leslie Nielsen's Passing.......  but in hindsight  I believe Airplane paved the way for Movie spoofs..

I did not see Robocop on the list. The film is probably the only example of a perfect marriage between B movie and serious film making.

So many ppl dismiss it's significance it's criminal.