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Jonathan Rosenbaum's Most Important and Misappreciated American Films

This is a list compiled by Jonathan Rosenbaum in 1977 for the Royal Film Archive in Brussels in a survey asking for American-produced films that would be considered important or underrated.
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The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
2
To Have and Have Not (1944)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
3
Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
4
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
5
Greed (1924)
Greed (1924)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
6
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
7
Scenes From Under Childhood, Section One (1967)
Scenes From Under Childhood, Section One (1967)
8
A Corner in Wheat (1909)
A Corner in Wheat (1909)
9
Lonesome (1928)
Lonesome (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
10
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
11
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
12
The General (1926)
The General (1926)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
13
Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
14
Stoopnocracy (1933)
Stoopnocracy (1933)
15
Who Killed Who? (1943)
Who Killed Who? (1943)
16
Bigger Than Life (1956)
Bigger Than Life (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
17
The Killing (1956)
The Killing (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
18
Nanook of the North (1922)
Nanook of the North (1922)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
19
The Band Wagon (1953)
The Band Wagon (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
20
The Tarnished Angels (1957)
The Tarnished Angels (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
21
An Affair to Remember (1957)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   65%
22
Scarface (1932)
Scarface (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
23
Foolish Wives (1922)
Foolish Wives (1922)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
24
Rear Window (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
25
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
26
Christmas in July (1940)
Christmas in July (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
27
The Long Goodbye (1973)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
28
Scarlet Street (1945)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
29
Me and My Gal (1932)
Me and My Gal (1932)
30
Her Man (1930)
Her Man (1930)
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Judge Priest (1934)
Judge Priest (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
32
Rope (1948)
Rope (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
33
The Trouble With Harry (1955)
The Trouble With Harry (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
34
Park Row (1952)
Park Row (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
35
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
36
The Old Dark House (1932)
The Old Dark House (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
37
The Woman on the Beach (1947)
The Woman on the Beach (1947)
38
The Seventh Victim (1943)
The Seventh Victim (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
39
Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
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Black and Tan (1929)
Black and Tan (1929)
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