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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  1. 121 new

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 122 new

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  3. 170 new

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  4. 172 new

    Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage

    1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 235 new

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 343 new

    The Damned

    1962 — a.k.a. These Are the Damned, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 553 new

    Taste of Fear

    1961 — a.k.a. Scream of Fear, in 1 top list Check
  8. 555 new

    The Nanny

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 597 new

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  10. 635 new

    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  11. 636 new

    I Walked with a Zombie

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 642 new

    Night of the Demon

    1957 — a.k.a. Curse of the Demon, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 643 new

    The Black Cat

    1934, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 644 new

    Bluebeard

    1944, in 1 top list Check
  15. 687 new

    The Ghost Goes West

    1935, in 1 top list Check
  16. 712 new

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  17. 713 new

    Dance of the Vampires

    1967 — a.k.a. The Fearless Vampire Killers, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 714 new

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  19. 772 new

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    1931, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 1007 new

    The Bad Seed

    1956, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 1040 new

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  22. 1041 new

    The Old Dark House

    1932, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 1042 new

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 1044 new

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  25. 1058 new

    The Innocents

    1961, in 12 top lists Check
  26. 1091 new

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 1125 new

    The Body Snatcher

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 1140 new

    The Raven

    1963, in 1 top list Check
  29. 1141 new

    X

    1963 — a.k.a. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 1142 new

    The Masque of the Red Death

    1964, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 1159 new

    The Thing from Another World

    1951, in 7 top lists Check
  32. 1196 new

    Dracula

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  33. 1197 new

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  34. 1198 new

    The Devil-Doll

    1936, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 1250 new

    Körkarlen

    1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check
  36. 1293 new

    The Lodger

    1944, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 1295 new

    Hangover Square

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 1312 new

    Them!

    1954, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 1360 new

    The Cat and the Canary

    1939, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 1363 new

    Five

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
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