"Groundhog Day" Will Survive Us

If the worst happens, so help us, "Groundhog Day" will survive us. In 1988, the U.S. Library of Congress put in place the National Film Preservation Board to preserve important landmarks in cinema history, and each year, the board selects 25 films to add to the National Film Registry (450 total films, so far). Below, the additions for 2006 to the permanent archive:

"Applause" (1929)
"The Big Trail" (1930)
"Blazing Saddles" (1974)
"The Curse of Quon Gwon" (1916-17)
"Daughter of Shanghai" (1937)
"Drums of Winter" (1988)
"Early Abstractions" #1-5,7,10 (1939-56)
"Fargo" (1996)
"Flesh and the Devil" (1927)
"Groundhog Day" (1993)
"Halloween" (1978)
"In the Street" (1948/52)
"The Last Command" (1928)
"Notorious" (1946)
"Red Dust" (1932)
"Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania" (1971-72)
"Rocky" (1976)
"Sex, Lies and Videotape" (1989)
"Siege" (1940)
"St. Louis Blues" (1929)
"The T.A.M.I. Show" (1964)
"Tess of the Storm Country" (1914)
"Think of Me First as a Person" (1960-75)
"A Time Out of War" (1954)
"Traffic in Souls" (1913)

Visit Wikipedia for a complete list of the films in the National Film Registry. Any surprises? Comment below.