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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The Philadelphia Story
1940, in 22 top lists Check -
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A Star Is Born
1954, in 13 top lists Check -
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Adam's Rib
1949, in 8 top lists Check -
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Gaslight
1944, in 12 top lists Check -
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Holiday
1938, in 8 top lists Check -
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One Hour with You
1932, in 6 top lists Check -
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Camille
1936, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Women
1939, in 8 top lists Check -
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Dinner at Eight
1933, in 5 top lists Check -
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Sylvia Scarlett
1935, in 4 top lists Check -
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It Should Happen to You
1954, in 1 top list Check -
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Little Women
1933, in 5 top lists Check -
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Pat and Mike
1952, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, &...
1935 — a.k.a. David Copperfield, in 4 top lists Check -
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A Double Life
1947, in 1 top list Check -
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Bhowani Junction
1956, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Marrying Kind
1952, in 1 top list Check -
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Heller in Pink Tights
1960, in 1 top list Check -
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What Price Hollywood?
1932, in 1 top list Check -
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A Bill of Divorcement
1932, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Actress
1953, in 1 top list Check -
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The Royal Family of Broadway
1930 — a.k.a. Theatre Royal, in 0 top lists Check -
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Edward, My Son
1949, in 0 top lists Check -
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Tarnished Lady
1931, in 0 top lists Check
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