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. 228 new

    Campanadas a medianoche

    1965 — a.k.a. Chimes at Midnight, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 237 new

    The Flight of the Phoenix

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 315 new

    The Great Race

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 401 new

    In Harm's Way

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 402 new

    Bunny Lake Is Missing

    1965, in 1 top list Check
  6. 527 new

    What's New Pussycat

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 555 new

    The Nanny

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 578 new

    Baby the Rain Must Fall

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 579 new

    Inside Daisy Clover

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 670 new

    Simón del desierto

    1965 — a.k.a. Simon of the Desert, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 680 new

    Paris vu par...

    1965 — a.k.a. Six in Paris, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 712 new

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  13. 737 new

    Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa...

    1965 — a.k.a. Sandra, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 852 new

    The Collector

    1965, in 1 top list Check
  15. 959 new

    The Sons of Katie Elder

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 967 new

    The Rounders

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 968 new

    The Money Trap

    1965, in 1 top list Check
  18. 1010 new

    The War Lord

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 1075 new

    King Rat

    1965, in 1 top list Check
  20. 1082 new

    The Cincinnati Kid

    1965, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 1089 new

    Help!

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 1098 new

    The Hill

    1965, in 1 top list Check
  23. 1112 new

    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 1133 new

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
  25. 1148 new

    Bus Riley's Back in Town

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 1165 new

    Major Dundee

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 1171 new

    Cat Ballou

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 1183 new

    The Naked Prey

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 1315 new

    Sylvia

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 1316 new

    Harlow

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 1370 new

    Synanon

    1965 — a.k.a. Get Off My Back, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 1391 new

    Thunderball

    1965, in 4 top lists Check
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