page_title: National Film Registry
section_title: Films
hierarchical_section_title: National Film Registry / Films
caption_attribution_description: English: Screen-shot of film: The Hitch-Hiker (1953). Actors: Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, and Edmond O'Brien. The Hitch-Hiker at the Internet Archive
context_page_description: The National Film Registry is the United States National Film Preservation Board's selection of films which are believed to be deserving of preservation. The NFPB, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized by acts of Congress in 1992, 1996, 2005, and again in October 2008. The NFPB's mission, to which the NFR contributes, is to ensure the survival, conservation, and increased public availability of America's film heritage. The 1996 law also created the non-profit National Film Preservation Foundation which, although affiliated with the NFPB, raises money from the private sector.
context_section_description: Numbers 1–5, 7, and 10
  A serial of fourteen short films
  A serial of thirteen short films
  Remade at least 25 times; the NFR entry encompasses all versions
  Heretic, Frontier, Lamentation, and Appalachian Spring
  A series of seven short films
  A serial of twenty short films
  A series of eight short films
  Not released until 1952
  A collection of twenty-one short films
  A series of seven feature films
caption: Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hiker (1953) is notable for being the first American film noir directed by a female.
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