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 Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947, in 8 top lists Check -
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A Letter to Three Wives
1949, in 5 top lists Check -
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House of Strangers
1949, in 1 top list Check -
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No Way Out
1950, in 2 top lists Check -
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All About Eve
1950, in 25 top lists Check -
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People Will Talk
1951, in 0 top lists Check -
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5 Fingers
1952, in 1 top list Check -
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Julius Caesar
1953, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Barefoot Contessa
1954, in 8 top lists Check -
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Guys and Dolls
1955, in 7 top lists Check -
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Suddenly, Last Summer
1959, in 2 top lists Check
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