The body on Thursday released its annual list of films added to the National Film Registry “due to their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage.”The Library named 25 films in total, dating from 1896 to 2014. The Library of Congress National Film Registry was established by Congress when the National Film Preservation Act was passed in 1988. The selections for 2025 bring the number of titles in the registry to 925. Wes Anderson, who directed “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” said the Library of Congress inspired his film’s visual style. In May 2025, he fired the long-serving Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who still had about a year and a half left in her 10-year term.