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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North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
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Rebecca
1940, in 23 top lists Check -
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Torn Curtain
1966, in 1 top list Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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Foreign Correspondent
1940, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Birds
1963, in 18 top lists Check -
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Under Capricorn
1949, in 3 top lists Check -
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Rear Window
1954, in 31 top lists Check -
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Stage Fright
1950, in 1 top list Check -
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Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
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Saboteur
1942, in 2 top lists Check -
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Shadow of a Doubt
1943, in 15 top lists Check -
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To Catch a Thief
1955, in 6 top lists Check -
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Dial M for Murder
1954, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Wrong Man
1956, in 8 top lists Check -
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Murder!
1930, in 0 top lists Check -
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Notorious
1946, in 24 top lists Check -
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Strangers on a Train
1951, in 17 top lists Check -
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The Farmer's Wife
1928, in 0 top lists Check -
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Suspicion
1941, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Trouble with Harry
1955, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Lady Vanishes
1938, in 15 top lists Check -
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I Confess
1953, in 2 top lists Check -
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The 39 Steps
1935, in 16 top lists Check -
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Secret Agent
1936, in 0 top lists Check -
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Blackmail
1929, in 7 top lists Check -
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Young and Innocent
1937 — a.k.a. The Girl Was Young, in 0 top lists Check -
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Sabotage
1936, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934, in 2 top lists Check
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