The Library of Congress today named 25 films to the National Film Registry, selected for their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage. Four are works of genre interest: Inception, The Truman Show, The Incredibles, and The Thing (1982). The newest film added to the registry is from 2014 with filmmaker Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, which included meticulous historical research at the Library of Congress to create visually striking scenery. Iconic Hollywood films from the last 50 years selected for the registry this year include The Karate Kid, Glory, Philadelphia, Inception, and the teen comedy Clueless. Here is the National Film Registry description of this year’s genre picks:“The Thing” (1982)Moody, stark, often funny and always chilling, this science fiction horror classic follows Antarctic scientists who uncover a long-dormant, malevolent extraterrestrial presence.