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. 52 new

    The Long Gray Line

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 115 new

    To Catch a Thief

    1955, in 6 top lists Check
  3. 116 new

    The Trouble with Harry

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 150 new

    Moonfleet

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 186 new

    Lola Montès

    1955, in 12 top lists Check
  6. 227 new

    Mr. Arkadin

    1955 — a.k.a. Confidential Report, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 232 new

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  8. 233 new

    The Big Knife

    1955, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 323 new

    House of Bamboo

    1955, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 358 new

    Strategic Air Command

    1955, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 359 new

    The Man from Laramie

    1955, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 360 new

    The Last Frontier

    1955, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 383 new

    The Cobweb

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  14. 396 new

    The Man with the Golden Arm

    1955, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 408 new

    Run for Cover

    1955, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 409 new

    Rebel Without a Cause

    1955, in 16 top lists Check
  17. 420 new

    Captain Lightfoot

    1955, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 421 new

    All That Heaven Allows

    1955, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 466 new

    Man Without a Star

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 493 new

    Battle Cry

    1955, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 494 new

    The Tall Men

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  22. 497 new

    The Magnificent Matador

    1955 — a.k.a. The Brave and the Beautiful, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 511 new

    The Indian Fighter

    1955, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 517 new

    It's Always Fair Weather

    1955, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 538 new

    Tennessee's Partner

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  26. 557 new

    Hell's Island

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  27. 558 new

    Tight Spot

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  28. 559 new

    5 Against the House

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  29. 560 new

    The Phenix City Story

    1955, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 569 new

    The Big Combo

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 626 new

    Artists and Models

    1955, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 640 new

    Wichita

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 647 new

    Murder Is My Beat

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  34. 648 new

    The Naked Dawn

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 654 new

    Le amiche

    1955 — a.k.a. The Girlfriends, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 666 new

    Ensayo de un crimen

    1955 — a.k.a. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 690 new

    Les grandes manoeuvres

    1955 — a.k.a. The Grand Maneuver, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 710 new

    Der letzte Akt

    1955 — a.k.a. The Last Ten Days, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 755 new

    East of Eden

    1955, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 769 new

    Summertime

    1955, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 785 new

    Guys and Dolls

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 1006 new

    Mister Roberts

    1955, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 1023 new

    The Night Holds Terror

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  44. 1034 new

    The Tender Trap

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  45. 1050 new

    Blackboard Jungle

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 1063 new

    Du rififi chez les hommes

    1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check
  47. 1068 new

    Violent Saturday

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  48. 1069 new

    The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

    1955, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 1118 new

    Bad Day at Black Rock

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 1154 new

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 35 top lists Check
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