DO THE RIGHT THING – Already added to the Registry in 1999.
THE THIRD MAN – Great film and certainly deserves to be preserved, but not from my lifetime.
GET CARTER – I assume you speak of the 1971 original w/ Michael Caine and not the 2000 remake w/ SLy Stallone, neither am I a fan of.
HIGH FIDELITY – Great film, but more deserving than REQUIEM FOR A DREAM… I think not.
ALMOST FAMOUS – (See above comment.)
THE WAY OF THE GUN – (Again, see above comment. There were several great films from 2000.)
THE WILD BUNCH – Was also already added to the Registry in 1999 along w/ DO THE RIGHT THING.
TRAINSPOTTING – Another great film, but not sure this counts as an American film.
STRANGER THAN PARADISE – Nice pick, but already added to the Registry in 2002.
ANNIE HALL – Added to the Registry in 1992.
SEVEN SAMURAI – Excellent film, but not American.
BOOGIE NIGHTS – Great pick, and it nearly made my list, but lost out to THE ICE STORM.
FIGHT CLUB – Another one that was close, but lost out to THE MATRIX on my list.
RESERVOIR DOGS – Probably not as significant as MALCOLM X, but very good film.
STREET FIGHTER – Well, you may need to clarify here as to which of the 5 films w/ this title you mean.
POINT BREAK – Fun movie, but not terribly significant.
GHOST WORLD – Great pick, but missed it by that much… came out in 2001.
BLADE RUNNER – Awesome, but was already added to the Registry in 1993.
SLAP SHOT – Another fun movie, but not very significant.
RAISING ARIZONA – Awesome flick, but certainly not as significant as FULL METAL JACKET.
APOCALYPSE NOW – Already added to the Registry in 2000.
THE GOONIES – Cool movie, not significant.
DIE HARD – Fun movie, not significant.

(If you don’t see any foreign films on this list, calm down… there’s a reason for that.)

This is a list of films I think should eventually be preserved by "our" National Film Registry, meaning American films…