National Film Registry Class of 1997

A Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned.

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail--and what might be love.

British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.

A series of mishaps leads to a young man being chased by a big city's entire police force.

Short documentary about 50 years of history of Czechoslovakia, with archive images.

The struggles of a hardscrabble Iranian nomadic tribe as they journey through bleak country to reach the grasslands that will save their livestock.

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.

Film of the famous airship explosion.

A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.

An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.

The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.

A would-be movie star experiences the surreal horrors of dehumanization at the bottom of Hollywood's social ladder as his hopes for success vanish and his identity is reduced to a number.

A young boy fears that he shot his older brother, who is only faking. He then runs away to Coney Island, a crowded beach area, and gets money by returning soda bottles for their deposits.

In New York City's Little Italy, a devoutly Catholic mobster must reconcile his desire for power, his feelings for his epileptic girlfriend, and his devotion to his troublesome friend.

A short painted film by Oskar Fishchinger which films images to the music of Johann Bach.

Like the legendary Sisyphus, deliverymen Laurel and Hardy struggle to push a large crated piano up a seemingly insurmountable flight of stairs.

A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.

A bored photographer recovering from a broken leg passes the time by watching his neighbors and begins to suspect one of them of murder.

A short documentary which chronicles the riots that occurred in Chicago when the Republic Steel employees went on strike on Memorial Day, May 26, 1937.

Seven former college friends, along with a few new friends, gather for a weekend reunion at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the good old days, when they got arrested on the way to a protest in Washington, DC.

Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.

A carefree boy and a young girl find their idyllic countryside invaded by an army of mindlessly destructive robots.

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I.