Lion King preserved by US Library of Congress

The Princess Bride, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and the Breakfast Club also recognized by the Library of Congress.

The Breakfast Club, Rushmore, The Princess Bride and legendary punk documentary The Decline of Western Civilization are among the 25 films this year that have been inducted into the National Film Registry in the Library of Congress of the United States.

Disney's The Lion King, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds are also in the Class of 2016's inductees in the registry, which showcases "the range and diversity of American film heritage to increase awareness for its preservation."

The oldest film to be inducted in the Class of 2016 is 1903's Life of an American Fireman, while 1998's Rushmore is the class' most recent film to be recognized by the National Film Registry this year.

View the National Film Registry's Class of 2016 below:


The Atomic Café
Ball of Fire
The Beau Brummels
The Birds
Blackboard Jungle
The Breakfast Club
The Decline of Western Civilization
East of Eden
Funny Girl
Life of an American Fireman
The Lion King
Lost Horizon Musketeers of Pig Alley
Paris Is Burning
Point Blank
The Princess Bride
Putney Swope
Reverend Solomon Sir Jones films
Rushmore
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Suzanne, Suzanne
Thelma & Louise
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
A Walk in the Sun
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

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