Brokeback Mountain becomes most recent film preserved in Library of Congress for 'cultural, historical or aesthetic' significance

It was one of 25 films picked out of some 6,300 chosen by the public

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The 30th annual collection of 25 films deemed “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant to US film history have been chosen to be entered into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.

Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain (2005) becomes the most recent film in the registry, joined in the list by Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining and Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park.

Brokeback Mountain was a landmark in gay cinema, the tale of two ranch workers played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal who develop a complex relationship in the 1960s American West.

The Informer is the 11th film John Ford has had selected, the most of any director.

The annual list is compiled by the Librarian of Congress following discussion with members of the National Film Preservation Board.

Films must be more than 10 years old, and 6,300 of them were nominated by the public this year.

The full list of 2018 inductees is as follows:

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Broadcast News (1987)

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Cinderella (1950)

Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency (1908)

Eve’s Bayou (1997)

The Girl Without a Soul (1917)

Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy-Headed People (1984)

Hearts and Minds (1974)

Hud (1963)

The Informer (1935)

Jurassic Park (1993)

The Lady From Shanghai (1947)

Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

Monterey Pop (1968)

My Fair Lady (1964)

The Navigator (1924)

On the Town (1949)

One-Eyed Jacks (1961)

Pickup on South Street (1953)

Rebecca (1940)

The Shining (1980)

Smoke Signals (1998)

Something Good — Negro Kiss (1898)