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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Angels Over Broadway
1940, in 1 top list Check -
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The Bank Dick
1940, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Biscuit Eater
1940 — a.k.a. God Gave Him a Dog, in 0 top lists Check -
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Christmas in July
1940, in 1 top list Check -
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Escape
1940 — a.k.a. When the Door Opened, in 0 top lists Check -
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Foreign Correspondent
1940, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Grapes of Wrath
1940, in 24 top lists Check -
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The Great Dictator
1940, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Great McGinty
1940, in 4 top lists Check -
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His Girl Friday
1940, in 21 top lists Check -
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The Letter
1940, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Long Voyage Home
1940, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Mortal Storm
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My Favorite Wife
1940, in 1 top list Check -
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Night Train to Munich
1940 — a.k.a. Gestapo, in 2 top lists Check -
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North West Mounted Police
1940 — a.k.a. Northwest Mounted Police, in 0 top lists Check -
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'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers)
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The Philadelphia Story
1940, in 22 top lists Check -
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Rebecca
1940, in 23 top lists Check -
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Remember the Night
1940, in 2 top lists Check -
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Santa Fe Trail
1940, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Sea Hawk
1940, in 2 top lists Check -
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Seven Sinners
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The Shop Around the Corner
1940, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Stars Look Down
1940, in 2 top lists Check -
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They Drive by Night
1940, in 2 top lists Check -
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Waterloo Bridge
1940, in 3 top lists Check
Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;