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. 57 new

    The Horse Soldiers

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 120 new

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 205 new

    Le déjeuner sur l'herbe

    1959 — a.k.a. Lunch on the Grass, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 311 new

    Operation Petticoat

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 340 new

    Blind Date

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 399 new

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 13 top lists Check
  7. 426 new

    Imitation of Life

    1959, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 503 new

    Ride Lonesome

    1959, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 504 new

    Westbound

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 512 new

    Day of the Outlaw

    1959, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 667 new

    Nazarín

    1959, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 673 new

    Les cousins

    1959 — a.k.a. The Cousins, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 674 new

    À double tour

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 721 new

    India: Matri Bhumi

    1959, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 722 new

    Il generale Della Rovere

    1959 — a.k.a. General della Rovere, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 726 new

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  17. 786 new

    Suddenly, Last Summer

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 834 new

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  19. 860 new

    The Nun's Story

    1959, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 881 new

    The Scavengers

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 915 new

    A Summer Place

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 1035 new

    Ask Any Girl

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 1057 new

    Room at the Top

    1958, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 1072 new

    These Thousand Hills

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 1073 new

    Compulsion

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 1094 new

    That Kind of Woman

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 1120 new

    Last Train from Gun Hill

    1959, in 1 top list Check
  28. 1131 new

    Odds Against Tomorrow

    1959, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 1163 new

    The Wonderful Country

    1959, in 1 top list Check
  30. 1180 new

    Face of a Fugitive

    1959, in 1 top list Check
  31. 1290 new

    The Wreck of the Mary Deare

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 1386 new

    The Gene Krupa Story

    1959 — a.k.a. Drum Crazy, in 0 top lists Check
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