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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Blackmail
1929, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Love Parade
1929, in 5 top lists Check -
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Thunderbolt
1929, in 1 top list Check -
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The River
1928, in 3 top lists Check -
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Lucky Star
1929, in 5 top lists Check -
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They Had to See Paris
1929, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hallelujah
1929, in 4 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 Iron Mask
1929, in 2 top lists Check -
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Alibi
1929, in 1 top list Check -
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Un chien andalou
1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check -
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Die Büchse der Pandora
1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check -
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Tagebuch einer Verlorenen
1929 — a.k.a. Diary of a Lost Girl, in 8 top lists Check -
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Applause
1929, in 4 top lists Check -
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Hell's Heroes
1929, in 0 top lists Check -
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Close Harmony
1929, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Dance of Life
1929, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Valiant
1929, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Cocoanuts
1929, in 1 top list Check -
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The Virginian
1929, in 0 top lists Check
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