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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They Were Expendable
1945, in 4 top lists Check -
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Scarlet Street
1945, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Southerner
1945, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Bells of St. Mary's
1945, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Clock
1945, in 4 top lists Check -
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Yolanda and the Thief
1945, in 0 top lists Check -
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Fallen Angel
1945, in 2 top lists Check -
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Objective, Burma!
1945, in 1 top list Check -
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Salty O'Rourke
1945, in 0 top lists Check -
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Brewster's Millions
1945, in 0 top lists Check -
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Getting Gertie's Garter
1945, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Valley of Decision
1945, in 0 top lists Check -
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My Name Is Julia Ross
1945, in 1 top list Check -
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The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Spiral Staircase
1946, in 6 top lists Check -
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Leave Her to Heaven
1945, in 12 top lists Check -
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Detour
1945, in 16 top lists Check -
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And Then There Were None
1945, in 2 top lists Check -
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Roma città aperta
1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check -
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San Pietro
1945, in 4 top lists Check -
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945, in 6 top lists Check -
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Blithe Spirit
1945, in 2 top lists Check -
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Brief Encounter
1945, in 22 top lists Check -
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A Walk in the Sun
1945, in 4 top lists Check -
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Story of G.I. Joe
1945 — a.k.a. War Correspondent, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Lost Weekend
1945, in 17 top lists Check -
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The Enchanted Cottage
1945, in 0 top lists Check -
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Mildred Pierce
1945, in 17 top lists Check -
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The House on 92nd Street
1945, in 2 top lists Check -
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Perfect Strangers
1945 — a.k.a. Vacation from Marriage, in 0 top lists Check -
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Kitty
1945, in 0 top lists Check -
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Anchors Aweigh
1945, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Body Snatcher
1945, in 2 top lists Check -
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Hangover Square
1945, in 3 top lists Check
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