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 -
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Young Mr. Lincoln
1939, in 8 top lists Check -
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Only Angels Have Wings
1939, in 10 top lists Check -
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Ninotchka
1939, in 20 top lists Check -
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La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check -
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Women
1939, in 8 top lists Check -
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Union Pacific
1939, in 2 top lists Check -
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Love Affair
1939, in 7 top lists Check -
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Gunga Din
1939, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Roaring Twenties
1939, in 8 top lists Check -
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Frontier Marshal
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
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Eternally Yours
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
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When Tomorrow Comes
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
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Of Mice and Men
1939, in 4 top lists Check -
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Beau Geste
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Light That Failed
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
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Wuthering Heights
1939, in 10 top lists Check -
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Babes in Arms
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
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Made for Each Other
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dodge City
1939, in 2 top lists Check -
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Daughters Courageous
1939 — a.k.a. A Family Affair, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
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Four Wives
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dark Victory
1939, in 6 top lists Check -
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We Are Not Alone
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Old Maid
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Great Man Votes
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
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Bachelor Mother
1939, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Four Feathers
1939, in 1 top list Check -
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Midnight
1939, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Man in the Iron Mask
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
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Back Door to Heaven
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
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Jesse James
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
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Gone with the Wind
1939, in 31 top lists Check -
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The Cat and the Canary
1939, in 2 top lists Check
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