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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Louisiana Story
1948, in 5 top lists Check -
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Fort Apache
1948, in 5 top lists Check -
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Red River
1948, in 17 top lists Check -
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Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948, in 15 top lists Check -
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Moonrise
1948, in 4 top lists Check -
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State of the Union
1948 — a.k.a. The World and His Wife, in 1 top list Check -
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The Pirate
1948, in 3 top lists Check -
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They Live by Night
1948, in 13 top lists Check -
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I Remember Mama
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
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One Sunday Afternoon
1948, in 0 top lists Check -
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Pitfall
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
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Cry of the City
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
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Ruthless
1948, in 1 top list Check -
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Der Prozeß
1948, in 1 top list Check -
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L'amore
1948, in 4 top lists Check -
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La terra trema
1948 — a.k.a. The Earth Trembles, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948, in 25 top lists Check -
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Oliver Twist
1948, in 6 top lists Check -
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Arch of Triumph
1948, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Fallen Idol
1948, in 10 top lists Check -
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Yellow Sky
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
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A Foreign Affair
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Search
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
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Act of Violence
1948, in 4 top lists Check -
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I Walk Alone
1947, in 3 top lists Check -
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Call Northside 777
1948 — a.k.a. Calling Northside 777, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Three Musketeers
1948, in 1 top list Check -
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Easter Parade
1948, in 1 top list Check -
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The Naked City
1948, in 9 top lists Check -
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So This Is New York
1948, in 0 top lists Check -
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Force of Evil
1948, in 13 top lists Check -
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Road House
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
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Johnny Belinda
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
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Corridor of Mirrors
1948, in 1 top list Check
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