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 Salvation Hunters
1925, in 2 top lists Check -
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Underworld
1927, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Last Command
1928, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Docks of New York
1928, in 9 top lists Check -
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Thunderbolt
1929, in 1 top list Check -
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Der blaue Engel
1930 — a.k.a. The Blue Angel, in 17 top lists Check -
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Morocco
1930, in 9 top lists Check -
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Dishonored
1931, in 4 top lists Check -
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An American Tragedy
1931, in 0 top lists Check -
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Shanghai Express
1932, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Scarlet Empress
1934, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Devil Is a Woman
1935, in 4 top lists Check -
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I, Claudius
1937, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Shanghai Gesture
1941, in 3 top lists Check -
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Anatahan
1953 — a.k.a. Ana-ta-han, in 4 top lists Check
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