Close Encounters of the Future Library

The Library of Congress has added Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Back to the Future to the National Film Registry.

Every year since 1992, with advice from the National Film Preservation Board, they choose 25 movies because they are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically" significant.

"Half the films produced in this country before 1950 -- and as much as 90 percent of those made before 1920 -- are lost forever," Librarian of Congress James H. Billington said. "The National Film Registry seeks not only to honor these films, but to ensure that they are preserved for future generations to enjoy."

This year brings the number of movies up to 475.

2007’s additions:

Back to the Future
Bullitt
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Dance, Girl, Dance
Dances with Wolves
Days of Heaven
Glimpse of the Garden
Grand Hotel
The House I Live In
In a Lonely Place
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Mighty Like a Moose
The Naked City
Now, Voyager
Oklahoma!
Our Day
Peege
The Sex Life of the Polyp
The Strong Man
Three Little Pigs
Tol'able David
Tom, Tom the Piper's Son
12 Angry Men
The Women
Wuthering Heights

Go here for a list of the movies up through 2006.