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
  2. 1114 new

    Mystery Street

    1950 — a.k.a. Murder at Harvard, in 1 top list Check
  3. 1115 new

    Kind Lady

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 1116 new

    The People Against O'Hara

    1951, in 1 top list Check
  5. 1117 new

    Escape from Fort Bravo

    1953, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 1118 new

    Bad Day at Black Rock

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 1119 new

    Backlash

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 1120 new

    Last Train from Gun Hill

    1959, in 1 top list Check
  9. 1121 new

    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
  10. 1122 new

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  11. 1123 new

    Hour of the Gun

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
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Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;