Awards
In December 2009, it was selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress along with 24 other films. It was the first ever music video to be selected. The Registry titled Thriller as “the most famous music video of all time”. The coordinator of the National Film Preservation Board, who decides upon candidates for inclusion in the National Film Registry, Steve Legett, said “The time is right” for Thriller to be included, because of the death of Jackson that year.
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