Every year, the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress adds 25 movies to its selection, honoring them for "their cultural, historic and aesthetic importance to the nation’s film heritage." In the 2019 class, announced today, the films ranged widely, from idiosyncratic New England auteur-driven indies (Clerks, She's Gotta Have It), family classics (Sleeping Beauty, Old Yeller), and stylized music-driven films (Purple Rain, Amadeus, Zoot Suit). Carla Hayden, an official Librarian of Congress, stated the relevance of a National Film Registry honor succinctly. The National Film Registry has become an important record of American history, …