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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Blackmail
1929, in 7 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 -
100 new
Sabotage
1936, in 3 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 -
104 new
Foreign Correspondent
1940, in 6 top lists Check -
105 new
Suspicion
1941, in 4 top lists Check -
106 new
Saboteur
1942, in 2 top lists Check -
107 new
Shadow of a Doubt
1943, in 15 top lists Check -
110 new
Stage Fright
1950, in 1 top list Check -
111 new
Strangers on a Train
1951, in 17 top lists Check -
112 new
I Confess
1953, in 2 top lists Check -
113 new
Dial M for Murder
1954, in 9 top lists Check -
114 new
Rear Window
1954, in 31 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 -
123 new
Torn Curtain
1966, in 1 top list Check -
135 new
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler
1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check -
139 new
Spione
1928 — a.k.a. Spies, in 8 top lists Check -
143 new
Man Hunt
1941, in 3 top lists Check -
144 new
Hangmen Also Die!
1943, in 4 top lists Check -
147 new
Scarlet Street
1945, in 10 top lists Check -
149 new
The Big Heat
1953, in 18 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 -
181 new
Caught
1949, in 2 top lists Check -
226 new
Touch of Evil
1958, in 31 top lists Check -
235 new
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962, in 15 top lists Check -
236 new
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964, in 3 top lists Check -
321 new
Park Row
1952, in 3 top lists Check -
322 new
Pickup on South Street
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
327 new
Underworld, U.S.A.
1961 — a.k.a. Underworld U.S.A., in 3 top lists Check -
337 new
The Prowler
1951, in 4 top lists Check -
338 new
The Big Night
1951, in 1 top list Check -
340 new
Blind Date
1959, in 2 top lists Check -
355 new
The Naked Spur
1953, in 10 top lists Check -
400 new
Advise & Consent
1962, in 3 top lists Check -
402 new
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965, in 1 top list Check -
439 new
Greed
1924, in 21 top lists Check -
483 new
Pursued
1947, in 4 top lists Check -
501 new
The Tall T
1957, in 7 top lists Check -
509 new
Pitfall
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
553 new
Taste of Fear
1961 — a.k.a. Scream of Fear, in 1 top list Check -
555 new
The Nanny
1965, in 2 top lists Check -
586 new
Screaming Mimi
1958, in 1 top list Check -
606 new
The Suspect
1944, in 1 top list Check -
608 new
The Spiral Staircase
1946, in 6 top lists Check
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