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. 238 new

    The Dirty Dozen

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  2. 317 new

    Gunn

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 346 new

    Accident

    1967, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 523 new

    Two for the Road

    1967, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 580 new

    Up the Down Staircase

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 590 new

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  7. 634 new

    Caprice

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 671 new

    Belle de jour

    1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 713 new

    Dance of the Vampires

    1967 — a.k.a. The Fearless Vampire Killers, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 747 new

    Reflections in a Golden Eye

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 969 new

    Welcome to Hard Times

    1967 — a.k.a. Killer on a Horse, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 1056 new

    In Cold Blood

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 1083 new

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 1123 new

    Hour of the Gun

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 1136 new

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  16. 1138 new

    Marat/Sade

    1967, in 1 top list Check
  17. 1144 new

    The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    1967, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 1147 new

    Games

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 1153 new

    Warning Shot

    1966, in 1 top list Check
  20. 1158 new

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  21. 1170 new

    Cool Hand Luke

    1967, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 1172 new

    The Happening

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 1184 new

    Beach Red

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 1185 new

    Divorce American Style

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 1317 new

    Tony Rome

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 1371 new

    Hotel

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 1392 new

    Wait Until Dark

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
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