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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The Circus
1928, in 10 top lists Check -
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A Girl in Every Port
1928, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Farmer's Wife
1928, in 0 top lists Check -
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Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928, in 13 top lists Check -
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Spione
1928 — a.k.a. Spies, in 8 top lists Check -
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Tire au flanc
1928 — a.k.a. The Sad Sack, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Last Command
1928, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Docks of New York
1928, in 9 top lists Check -
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Street Angel
1928, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Wedding March
1928, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Crowd
1928, in 20 top lists Check -
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Show People
1928, in 7 top lists Check -
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Sadie Thompson
1928, in 3 top lists Check -
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In Old Arizona
1928, in 1 top list Check -
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The Spieler
1928 — a.k.a. The Spellbinder, in 0 top lists Check -
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Un chapeau de paille d'Italie
1928 — a.k.a. The Horse Ate the Hat, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Racket
1928, in 3 top lists Check -
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Beggars of Life
1928, in 3 top lists Check -
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Dry Martini
1928, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Divine Woman
1928, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Wind
1928, in 14 top lists Check -
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Speedy
1928, in 4 top lists Check -
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White Shadows in the South Seas
1928, in 3 top lists Check
Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;