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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What Price Glory
1926, in 2 top lists Check -
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Sadie Thompson
1928, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Cock-Eyed World
1929 — a.k.a. The Cockeyed World, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Roaring Twenties
1939, in 8 top lists Check -
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They Drive by Night
1940, in 2 top lists Check -
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High Sierra
1941, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Strawberry Blonde
1941, in 1 top list Check -
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They Died with Their Boots On
1941, in 1 top list Check -
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Desperate Journey
1942, in 0 top lists Check -
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Gentleman Jim
1942, in 3 top lists Check -
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Northern Pursuit
1943, in 0 top lists Check -
480 new
Objective, Burma!
1945, in 1 top list Check -
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Salty O'Rourke
1945, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Man I Love
1946, in 2 top lists Check -
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Pursued
1947, in 4 top lists Check -
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Cheyenne
1947, in 0 top lists Check -
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One Sunday Afternoon
1948, in 0 top lists Check -
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Colorado Territory
1949, in 3 top lists Check -
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White Heat
1949, in 15 top lists Check -
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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951, in 0 top lists Check -
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Distant Drums
1951, in 0 top lists Check -
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Glory Alley
1952, in 0 top lists Check -
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The World in His Arms
1952, in 1 top list Check -
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A Lion Is in the Streets
1953, in 0 top lists Check -
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Battle Cry
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Tall Men
1955, in 1 top list Check -
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Band of Angels
1957, in 1 top list Check -
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Klondike Annie
1936, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;