A 1927 silent film and one of the first films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called "Best Picture, Production"). It was written by H.H. Caldwell, Benjamin Glazer, Katherine Hilliker, and Austin Strong, and directed by Frank Borzage. Seventh Heaven is the 13th highest grossing silent film in cinema history, taking in more than $2.5 million at the box office in 1927. In 1995, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."