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. 336 new

    The Lawless

    1950, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 337 new

    The Prowler

    1951, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 338 new

    The Big Night

    1951, in 1 top list Check
  4. 339 new

    Time Without Pity

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  5. 340 new

    Blind Date

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 341 new

    The Criminal

    1960 — a.k.a. Concrete Jungle, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 342 new

    The Servant

    1963, in 16 top lists Check
  8. 343 new

    The Damned

    1962 — a.k.a. These Are the Damned, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 344 new

    King & Country

    1964, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 345 new

    Modesty Blaise

    1966, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 346 new

    Accident

    1967, in 3 top lists Check
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Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;