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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Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check -
780 new
All About Eve
1950, in 25 top lists Check -
404 new
In a Lonely Place
1950, in 19 top lists Check -
664 new
Los olvidados
1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Asphalt Jungle
1950, in 15 top lists Check -
568 new
Gun Crazy
1950, in 17 top lists Check -
1062 new
Night and the City
1950, in 12 top lists Check -
352 new
Winchester '73
1950, in 6 top lists Check -
1241 new
The Gunfighter
1950, in 8 top lists Check -
183 new
La ronde
1950 — a.k.a. La Ronde, in 8 top lists Check -
393 new
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950, in 3 top lists Check -
718 new
Francesco, giullare di Dio
1950 — a.k.a. The Flowers of St. Francis, in 10 top lists Check -
48 new
Rio Grande
1950, in 4 top lists Check -
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Panic in the Streets
1950, in 5 top lists Check -
110 new
Stage Fright
1950, in 1 top list Check -
47 new
Wagon Master
1950, in 6 top lists Check -
779 new
No Way Out
1950, in 2 top lists Check -
902 new
The Breaking Point
1950, in 4 top lists Check -
879 new
Caged
1950, in 3 top lists Check -
911 new
Broken Arrow
1950, in 1 top list Check -
1013 new
Annie Get Your Gun
1950, in 1 top list Check -
1031 new
Summer Stock
1950, in 0 top lists Check -
351 new
Devil's Doorway
1950, in 2 top lists Check -
1114 new
Mystery Street
1950 — a.k.a. Murder at Harvard, in 1 top list Check -
653 new
Cronaca di un amore
1950 — a.k.a. Story of a Love Affair, in 3 top lists Check -
855 new
The Men
1950, in 2 top lists Check -
1353 new
711 Ocean Drive
1950, in 1 top list Check -
1309 new
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950, in 1 top list Check -
336 new
The Lawless
1950, in 1 top list Check -
928 new
Mister 880
1950, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;