Heath Ledger (left) and Christian Bale in 'The Dark Knight'
Also on this year's list: 'Grease,' 'The Blues Brothers,' 'The Hurt Locker,' 'Shrek' and 'Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.'
The Dark Knight,
Lilies of the Field,
The Joy Luck Club and films directed by Ida Lupino and Kathryn Bigelow — two of a record-breaking nine helmed by women — are among the latest cinematic jewels chosen for the Library of Congress' National Film Registry, it was announced Monday.
The list of 25 motion pictures picked to be preserved for future generations also includes funny films
The Battle of the Century (1927), a rarely seen Laurel & Hardy release, a 1914 Charlie Chaplin short and