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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Stagecoach
1939, in 21 top lists Check -
44 new
My Darling Clementine
1946, in 20 top lists Check -
45 new
Fort Apache
1948, in 5 top lists Check -
46 new
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949, in 8 top lists Check -
47 new
Wagon Master
1950, in 6 top lists Check -
48 new
Rio Grande
1950, in 4 top lists Check -
51 new
The Sun Shines Bright
1953, in 5 top lists Check -
53 new
The Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Horse Soldiers
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
58 new
Two Rode Together
1961, in 4 top lists Check -
59 new
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962, in 16 top lists Check -
88 new
The Big Sky
1952, in 6 top lists Check -
93 new
El Dorado
1966, in 2 top lists Check -
148 new
Rancho Notorious
1952, in 3 top lists Check -
230 new
Apache
1954, in 2 top lists Check -
231 new
Vera Cruz
1954, in 2 top lists Check -
305 new
Union Pacific
1939, in 2 top lists Check -
325 new
Run of the Arrow
1957, in 4 top lists Check -
326 new
Forty Guns
1957, in 9 top lists Check -
351 new
Devil's Doorway
1950, in 2 top lists Check -
352 new
Winchester '73
1950, in 7 top lists Check -
354 new
Bend of the River
1952 — a.k.a. Where the River Bends, in 3 top lists Check -
355 new
The Naked Spur
1953, in 10 top lists Check -
359 new
The Man from Laramie
1955, in 5 top lists Check -
360 new
The Last Frontier
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
363 new
Man of the West
1958, in 8 top lists Check -
395 new
River of No Return
1954, in 1 top list Check -
406 new
The Lusty Men
1952, in 4 top lists Check -
407 new
Johnny Guitar
1954, in 22 top lists Check -
408 new
Run for Cover
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
417 new
Take Me to Town
1953, in 0 top lists Check -
436 new
Shane
1953, in 18 top lists Check -
463 new
Duel in the Sun
1946, in 7 top lists Check -
466 new
Man Without a Star
1955, in 2 top lists Check -
470 new
In Old Arizona
1928, in 1 top list Check -
484 new
Cheyenne
1947, in 0 top lists Check -
486 new
Colorado Territory
1949, in 3 top lists Check -
489 new
Distant Drums
1951, in 0 top lists Check -
499 new
7 Men from Now
1956, in 2 top lists Check -
500 new
Decision at Sundown
1957, in 1 top list Check -
501 new
The Tall T
1957, in 7 top lists Check -
502 new
Buchanan Rides Alone
1958, in 2 top lists Check -
503 new
Ride Lonesome
1959, in 4 top lists Check -
506 new
Comanche Station
1960, in 2 top lists Check -
508 new
Ramrod
1947, in 3 top lists Check -
510 new
Springfield Rifle
1952, in 0 top lists Check -
511 new
The Indian Fighter
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
512 new
Day of the Outlaw
1959, in 3 top lists Check -
537 new
Silver Lode
1954, in 3 top lists Check -
538 new
Tennessee's Partner
1955, in 1 top list Check
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