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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American Madness
1932, in 1 top list Check -
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Robin Hood
1922, in 3 top lists Check -
529 new
The Iron Mask
1929, in 2 top lists Check -
530 new
Suez
1938, in 0 top lists Check -
531 new
Frontier Marshal
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
532 new
Up in Mabel's Room
1944, in 0 top lists Check -
533 new
Brewster's Millions
1945, in 0 top lists Check -
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Getting Gertie's Garter
1945, in 0 top lists Check -
535 new
Rendezvous with Annie
1946 — a.k.a. Corporal Dolan AWOL, in 0 top lists Check -
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Sands of Iwo Jima
1949, in 2 top lists Check -
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Silver Lode
1954, in 3 top lists Check -
538 new
Tennessee's Partner
1955, in 1 top list Check -
539 new
Hold Back the Night
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
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The River's Edge
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Restless Breed
1957, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;