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. 824 new

    The Major and the Minor

    1942, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 825 new

    Five Graves to Cairo

    1943, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 826 new

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  4. 827 new

    The Lost Weekend

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  5. 828 new

    A Foreign Affair

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 829 new

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  7. 830 new

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 831 new

    Stalag 17

    1953, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 832 new

    Love in the Afternoon

    1957, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 833 new

    Witness for the Prosecution

    1957, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 834 new

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  12. 835 new

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  13. 836 new

    Kiss Me, Stupid

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  14. 837 new

    The Fortune Cookie

    1966, in 1 top list Check
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