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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The Big Sleep
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
96 new
Murder!
1930, in 0 top lists Check -
97 new
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934, in 2 top lists Check -
98 new
The 39 Steps
1935, in 16 top lists Check -
99 new
Secret Agent
1936, in 0 top lists Check -
101 new
The Lady Vanishes
1938, in 15 top lists Check -
102 new
Young and Innocent
1937 — a.k.a. The Girl Was Young, in 0 top lists Check -
103 new
Rebecca
1940, in 23 top lists Check -
104 new
Foreign Correspondent
1940, in 6 top lists Check -
105 new
Suspicion
1941, in 4 top lists Check -
114 new
Rear Window
1954, in 31 top lists Check -
115 new
To Catch a Thief
1955, in 6 top lists Check -
116 new
The Trouble with Harry
1955, in 2 top lists Check -
117 new
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
119 new
Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
121 new
Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
135 new
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler
1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check -
140 new
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
151 new
Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse
1960 — a.k.a. The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, in 5 top lists Check -
197 new
Swamp Water
1941, in 1 top list Check -
222 new
Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
232 new
Kiss Me Deadly
1955, in 20 top lists Check -
236 new
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964, in 3 top lists Check -
314 new
A Shot in the Dark
1964, in 2 top lists Check -
317 new
Gunn
1967, in 0 top lists Check -
329 new
Shock Corridor
1963, in 14 top lists Check -
339 new
Time Without Pity
1957, in 1 top list Check -
340 new
Blind Date
1959, in 2 top lists Check -
390 new
Fallen Angel
1945, in 2 top lists Check -
399 new
Anatomy of a Murder
1959, in 12 top lists Check -
402 new
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965, in 1 top list Check -
404 new
In a Lonely Place
1950, in 19 top lists Check -
507 new
Dark Waters
1944, in 1 top list Check -
522 new
Charade
1963, in 5 top lists Check -
553 new
Taste of Fear
1961 — a.k.a. Scream of Fear, in 1 top list Check -
581 new
A Kiss Before Dying
1956, in 1 top list Check -
601 new
The Killers
1964, in 6 top lists Check -
608 new
The Spiral Staircase
1946, in 6 top lists Check -
635 new
Cat People
1942, in 15 top lists Check -
647 new
Murder Is My Beat
1955, in 1 top list Check -
650 new
The Bat
1926, in 0 top lists Check -
656 new
L'avventura
1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check -
660 new
Blow-Up
1966, in 20 top lists Check -
675 new
Les bonnes femmes
1960 — a.k.a. The Good Time Girls, in 5 top lists Check -
688 new
And Then There Were None
1945, in 2 top lists Check -
737 new
Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa...
1965 — a.k.a. Sandra, in 3 top lists Check -
776 new
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947, in 8 top lists Check -
784 new
The Barefoot Contessa
1954, in 8 top lists Check -
786 new
Suddenly, Last Summer
1959, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Fallen Idol
1948, in 10 top lists Check
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