Only one of Oscars' top winners added to National Film Registry

Every year since 1989, the National Film Registry -- a branch of the Library of Congress -- has chosen 25 movies to preserve for posterity. This year, as usual, most of its choices aren't the ones deemed the best of their day by Hollywood -- that is, they're not past Oscars contenders. One of the picks isn't even a pic -- it is the 1983 music video "Thriller," starring Michael Jackson.

While 19 of this year's entries were eligible for Oscars, only nine of them received nominations and just five -- "Dog Day Afternoon," "Jezebel," "Mrs. Miniver," "Pillow Talk" and "Precious Images" -- were Oscar champs. Even with this inclusion of 1942 best picture winner "Mrs. Miniver," 26 of the first 70 best picture winners still remain absent from a registry that now boasts 525 entries dating from 1893 to 1996.

The press release from the NFR says that "each year the Librarian of Congress names 25 films to the registry that are 'culturally, historically or aesthetically' significant to be preserved for all time. These films are not selected as the 'best' American films of all time, but rather as works of enduring importance to American culture."

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