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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20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932, in 0 top lists Check -
559 new
5 Against the House
1955, in 1 top list Check -
1353 new
711 Ocean Drive
1950, in 1 top list Check -
556 new
99 River Street
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
346 new
Accident
1967, in 3 top lists Check -
1381 new
After the Thin Man
1936, in 1 top list Check -
651 new
Alibi
1929, in 1 top list Check -
399 new
Anatomy of a Murder
1959, in 12 top lists Check -
688 new
And Then There Were None
1945, in 2 top lists Check -
394 new
Angel Face
1952, in 5 top lists Check -
1151 new
Angels Over Broadway
1940, in 1 top list Check -
890 new
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938, in 9 top lists Check -
743 new
The Asphalt Jungle
1950, in 15 top lists Check -
598 new
Baby Face Nelson
1957, in 2 top lists Check -
1220 new
Back Door to Heaven
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
1118 new
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955, in 7 top lists Check -
784 new
The Barefoot Contessa
1954, in 8 top lists Check -
195 new
La bête humaine
1938 — a.k.a. The Human Beast, in 9 top lists Check -
569 new
The Big Combo
1955, in 7 top lists Check -
149 new
The Big Heat
1953, in 18 top lists Check -
233 new
The Big Knife
1955, in 3 top lists Check -
85 new
The Big Sleep
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
643 new
The Black Cat
1934, in 8 top lists Check -
884 new
Black Fury
1935, in 0 top lists Check -
95 new
Blackmail
1929, in 7 top lists Check -
340 new
Blind Date
1959, in 2 top lists Check -
644 new
Bluebeard
1944, in 1 top list Check -
590 new
Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
749 new
Boomerang!
1947, in 3 top lists Check -
349 new
Border Incident
1949, in 2 top lists Check -
1297 new
The Brasher Doubloon
1947 — a.k.a. The High Window, in 1 top list Check -
902 new
The Breaking Point
1950, in 4 top lists Check -
561 new
The Brothers Rico
1957, in 1 top list Check -
1059 new
Brute Force
1947, in 6 top lists Check -
879 new
Caged
1950, in 3 top lists Check -
949 new
Call Northside 777
1948 — a.k.a. Calling Northside 777, in 2 top lists Check -
634 new
Caprice
1967, in 0 top lists Check -
1179 new
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958, in 0 top lists Check -
551 new
Cause for Alarm!
1951, in 1 top list Check -
605 new
Christmas Holiday
1944, in 1 top list Check -
771 new
City Streets
1931, in 3 top lists Check -
1073 new
Compulsion
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
193 new
Le crime de Monsieur Lange
1936 — a.k.a. The Crime of Monsieur Lange, in 7 top lists Check -
583 new
Crime of Passion
1956, in 1 top list Check -
1149 new
Crime Without Passion
1934, in 0 top lists Check -
341 new
The Criminal
1960 — a.k.a. Concrete Jungle, in 2 top lists Check -
612 new
Criss Cross
1949, in 6 top lists Check -
653 new
Cronaca di un amore
1950 — a.k.a. Story of a Love Affair, in 3 top lists Check -
1160 new
Cry Danger
1951, in 1 top list Check -
611 new
Cry of the City
1948, in 2 top lists Check
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