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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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
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Of Mice and Men
1939, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946, in 4 top lists Check -
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A Walk in the Sun
1945, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Front Page
1931, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Racket
1928, in 3 top lists Check -
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Hallelujah I'm a Bum
1933 — a.k.a. Hallelujah, I'm a Tramp, in 2 top lists Check -
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Arch of Triumph
1948, in 0 top lists Check -
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The General Died at Dawn
1936, in 0 top lists Check -
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Rain
1932, in 0 top lists Check -
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Two Arabian Knights
1927, in 0 top lists Check
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