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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Tobacco Road
1941, in 2 top lists Check -
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How Green Was My Valley
1941, in 11 top lists Check -
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Suspicion
1941, in 4 top lists Check -
143 new
Man Hunt
1941, in 3 top lists Check -
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Swamp Water
1941, in 1 top list Check -
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The Shanghai Gesture
1941, in 3 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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Meet John Doe
1941, in 3 top lists Check -
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Unfinished Business
1941, in 0 top lists Check -
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Penny Serenade
1941, in 1 top list Check -
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The Lady Eve
1941, in 20 top lists Check -
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Sullivan's Travels
1941, in 24 top lists Check -
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High Sierra
1941, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Strawberry Blonde
1941, in 1 top list Check -
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They Died with Their Boots On
1941, in 1 top list Check -
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The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 27 top lists Check -
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Kipps
1941 — a.k.a. The Remarkable Mr. Kipps, in 1 top list Check -
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The Little Foxes
1941, in 7 top lists Check -
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So Ends Our Night
1941, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Sea Wolf
1941, in 1 top list Check -
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The Great Lie
1941, in 1 top list Check -
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The Shepherd of the Hills
1941, in 0 top lists Check -
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Tom, Dick and Harry
1941, in 0 top lists Check -
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That Hamilton Woman
1941 — a.k.a. Lady Hamilton, in 2 top lists Check -
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Hold Back the Dawn
1941, in 3 top lists Check -
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Blossoms in the Dust
1941, in 1 top list Check -
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Johnny Eager
1941, in 1 top list Check -
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Billy the Kid
1941, in 0 top lists Check
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