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 Wizard of Oz
1939, in 37 top lists Check -
269 new
It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
129 new
Sherlock Jr.
1924, in 24 top lists Check -
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El ángel exterminador
1962 — a.k.a. The Exterminating Angel, in 19 top lists Check -
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Körkarlen
1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check -
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Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage
1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check -
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Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache
1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check -
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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924, in 13 top lists Check -
168 new
Heaven Can Wait
1943, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947, in 8 top lists Check -
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Blithe Spirit
1945, in 2 top lists Check -
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Die Puppe
1919 — a.k.a. The Doll, in 7 top lists Check -
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Lost Horizon
1937, in 6 top lists Check -
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Simón del desierto
1965 — a.k.a. Simon of the Desert, in 5 top lists Check -
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Anchors Aweigh
1945, in 3 top lists Check -
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Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945, in 5 top lists Check -
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Peter Ibbetson
1935, in 4 top lists Check -
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Boccaccio '70
1962, in 1 top list Check -
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The Damned
1962 — a.k.a. These Are the Damned, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Raven
1963, in 1 top list Check -
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The Ghost Goes West
1935, in 1 top list Check -
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Cabin in the Sky
1943, in 3 top lists Check -
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Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
1966 — a.k.a. Morgan!, in 1 top list Check -
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The Island at the Top of the World
1974, in 0 top lists Check -
376 new
Yolanda and the Thief
1945, in 0 top lists Check -
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Antinea, l'amante della città sepolta
1961 — a.k.a. Journey Beneath the Desert, in 0 top lists Check -
178 new
La tendre ennemie
1936, in 0 top lists Check -
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Tom, Dick and Harry
1941, in 0 top lists Check
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