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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  1. 798 new

    The Stars Look Down

    1940, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 799 new

    Night Train to Munich

    1940 — a.k.a. Gestapo, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 800 new

    Kipps

    1941 — a.k.a. The Remarkable Mr. Kipps, in 1 top list Check
  4. 801 new

    Odd Man Out

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 802 new

    The Fallen Idol

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 803 new

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  7. 804 new

    Outcast of the Islands

    1951, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 805 new

    The Man Between

    1953, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;