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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Humoresque
1920, in 1 top list Check -
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7th Heaven
1927, in 11 top lists Check -
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Street Angel
1928, in 3 top lists Check -
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The River
1928, in 3 top lists Check -
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Lucky Star
1929, in 5 top lists Check -
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They Had to See Paris
1929, in 0 top lists Check -
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Bad Girl
1931, in 1 top list Check -
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A Farewell to Arms
1932, in 3 top lists Check -
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Man's Castle
1933, in 2 top lists Check -
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No Greater Glory
1934, in 1 top list Check -
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Little Man, What Now?
1934, in 0 top lists Check -
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Living on Velvet
1935, in 0 top lists Check -
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Desire
1936, in 2 top lists Check -
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History Is Made at Night
1937, in 2 top lists Check -
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Green Light
1937, in 0 top lists Check -
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Three Comrades
1938, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Mortal Storm
1940, in 4 top lists Check -
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Moonrise
1948, in 4 top lists Check -
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Billy the Kid
1941, in 0 top lists Check
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