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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I Shot Jesse James
1949, in 1 top list Check -
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The Steel Helmet
1951, in 2 top lists Check -
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Fixed Bayonets!
1951, in 1 top list Check -
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Park Row
1952, in 3 top lists Check -
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Pickup on South Street
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
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House of Bamboo
1955, in 3 top lists Check -
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China Gate
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
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Run of the Arrow
1957, in 4 top lists Check -
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Forty Guns
1957, in 9 top lists Check -
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Underworld, U.S.A.
1961 — a.k.a. Underworld U.S.A., in 3 top lists Check -
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Merrill's Marauders
1962, in 0 top lists Check -
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Shock Corridor
1963, in 14 top lists Check
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