For me it's between this, The African Queen, and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

“It is always disastrous to start your career with a masterpiece,” Taylor said of The Maltese Falcon, and though Huston downplayed the notion of himself as auteur (as did many later critics), it surely was his masterpiece — The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is the only other serious contender. It’s a Huston film through and through, meticulously thought-out but never parading its artfulness…
The Maltese Falcon (1941) • 80 Years Later
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For me it's between this, The African Queen, and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. I would also say the latter contains Bogart's best-ever performance.
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Written by Simon Dillon
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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