The Best Films According to Andrew Sarris's The American Cinema
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In Andrew Sarris's The American Cinema, every director in the book has their full filmography listed, and Sarris italicizes the best films of each director. Here is the full collection of every film italicized in the book (with the exception of Out of the Past, which remains unitalicized likely as an error as he calls it Jacques Torneur's masterpiece).
The book has multiple sections, with who Sarris viewed as the pantheon directors at the top, and slowly dwindling in quality as the list goes down. However, there is merit to be found towards the bottom, as he lists a series of oddities, one-shots, and, at the time, newcomers, as well as subjects for further research.
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West Side Story
1961, in 22 top lists Check -
1154 new
The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
834 new
Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
738 new
The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 26 top lists Check -
754 new
On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
120 new
North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
85 new
The Big Sleep
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
726 new
Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check -
226 new
Touch of Evil
1958, in 30 top lists Check -
1391 new
Thunderball
1965, in 4 top lists Check -
140 new
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
590 new
Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
313 new
The Pink Panther
1963, in 4 top lists Check -
1389 new
Dr. No
1962, in 7 top lists Check -
826 new
Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
111 new
Strangers on a Train
1951, in 17 top lists Check -
232 new
Kiss Me Deadly
1955, in 20 top lists Check -
113 new
Dial M for Murder
1954, in 9 top lists Check -
115 new
To Catch a Thief
1955, in 6 top lists Check -
76 new
Scarface
1932, in 16 top lists Check -
833 new
Witness for the Prosecution
1957, in 11 top lists Check -
643 new
The Black Cat
1934, in 8 top lists Check -
399 new
Anatomy of a Murder
1959, in 13 top lists Check -
389 new
Laura
1944, in 21 top lists Check -
161 new
Trouble in Paradise
1932, in 17 top lists Check -
1136 new
Point Blank
1967, in 15 top lists Check -
704 new
Die Büchse der Pandora
1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check -
735 new
Rocco e i suoi fratelli
1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers, in 19 top lists Check -
645 new
Detour
1945, in 16 top lists Check -
1084 new
The Killing
1956, in 15 top lists Check -
19 new
Monsieur Verdoux
1947, in 11 top lists Check -
1380 new
The Thin Man
1934, in 14 top lists Check -
109 new
Under Capricorn
1949, in 3 top lists Check -
743 new
The Asphalt Jungle
1950, in 15 top lists Check -
224 new
The Lady from Shanghai
1947, in 9 top lists Check -
664 new
Los olvidados
1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check -
322 new
Pickup on South Street
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
550 new
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946, in 9 top lists Check -
118 new
The Wrong Man
1956, in 8 top lists Check -
284 new
Gaslight
1944, in 11 top lists Check -
97 new
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934, in 2 top lists Check -
727 new
Tirez sur le pianiste
1960 — a.k.a. Shoot the Piano Player, in 10 top lists Check -
1056 new
In Cold Blood
1967, in 8 top lists Check -
900 new
Mildred Pierce
1945, in 17 top lists Check -
801 new
Odd Man Out
1947, in 15 top lists Check -
808 new
The Public Enemy
1931, in 13 top lists Check -
890 new
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938, in 9 top lists Check -
784 new
The Barefoot Contessa
1954, in 8 top lists Check -
149 new
The Big Heat
1953, in 18 top lists Check -
135 new
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler
1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
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