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 Walking Hills
1949, in 0 top lists Check -
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Mystery Street
1950 — a.k.a. Murder at Harvard, in 1 top list Check -
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Kind Lady
1951, in 0 top lists Check -
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The People Against O'Hara
1951, in 1 top list Check -
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Escape from Fort Bravo
1953, in 0 top lists Check -
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Bad Day at Black Rock
1955, in 7 top lists Check -
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Backlash
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
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Last Train from Gun Hill
1959, in 1 top list Check -
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The Magnificent Seven
1960, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Great Escape
1963, in 14 top lists Check -
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Hour of the Gun
1967, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;