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. 776 new

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

    1947, in 8 top lists Check
  2. 777 new

    A Letter to Three Wives

    1949, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 778 new

    House of Strangers

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  4. 779 new

    No Way Out

    1950, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 780 new

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  6. 781 new

    People Will Talk

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 782 new

    5 Fingers

    1952, in 1 top list Check
  8. 783 new

    Julius Caesar

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Barefoot Contessa

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 785 new

    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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