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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Summer Storm
1944, in 0 top lists Check -
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A Scandal in Paris
1946 — a.k.a. Thieves' Holiday, in 0 top lists Check -
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Has Anybody Seen My Gal
1952, in 0 top lists Check -
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All I Desire
1953, in 1 top list Check -
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Take Me to Town
1953, in 0 top lists Check -
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Magnificent Obsession
1954, in 2 top lists Check -
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All That Heaven Allows
1955, in 11 top lists Check -
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Captain Lightfoot
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
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Written on the Wind
1956, in 11 top lists Check -
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Battle Hymn
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Tarnished Angels
1957, in 4 top lists Check -
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A Time to Love and a Time to Die
1958, in 4 top lists Check -
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Imitation of Life
1959, in 6 top lists Check
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