Among the films selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry in the Library of Congress for 1990 are: All About Eve, All Quiet on the Western Front, Bringing Up Baby, Dodsworth, Duck Soup, and Fantasia.

Among the films selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry in the Library of Congress for 1989 are: Best Years of Our Lives, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, The Crowd, Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, The General (a silent film), and Gone With the Wind.

According to industry mavens, one definition of a successful and influential film festival is based on the number of features that receive theatrical distribution–before or after the event.

As of today, only 5 out of the 16 films (less than one third!) in the dramatic competition have a theatrical distributor. Of these 5, two (“Broken English and “Rocket Science”) had arrived at the festival with a distribution deal (Magnolia and HBO/Picturehouse, respectively). The new acquisitions were (in alphabetical order): “Grace Is Gone,” Joshua,” and “Teeth.”

Among the most spectacular films in 1997 were Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights and Victor Nunez's Ulee's Gold (with a stellar performance from Peter Fonda); among the worst, Kevin Spacey's feature directorial debut, Albino Alligator.

A boom year for American indie cinema, 1991 saw the release of Richard Linklater's second feature, the Austin-set “Slackers,” which became a model for many independent films, after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. “Paris Is Burning” was one of the most interesting and popular documentaries.