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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Monkey Business
1952, in 4 top lists Check -
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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
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The Man in the White Suit
1951, in 5 top lists Check -
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956, in 19 top lists Check -
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Fahrenheit 451
1966, in 4 top lists Check -
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931, in 7 top lists Check -
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Frankenstein
1931, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Invisible Man
1933, in 8 top lists Check -
1044 new
Bride of Frankenstein
1935, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951, in 12 top lists Check -
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X
1963 — a.k.a. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Thing from Another World
1951, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Devil-Doll
1936, in 2 top lists Check -
1272 new
The Nutty Professor
1963, in 11 top lists Check -
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Them!
1954, in 3 top lists Check -
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Five
1951, in 0 top lists Check
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