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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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949, in 8 top lists Check -
87 new
I Was a Male War Bride
1949 — a.k.a. You Can't Sleep Here, in 3 top lists Check -
109 new
Under Capricorn
1949, in 3 top lists Check -
181 new
Caught
1949, in 2 top lists Check -
182 new
The Reckless Moment
1949, in 8 top lists Check -
286 new
Adam's Rib
1949, in 8 top lists Check -
287 new
Edward, My Son
1949, in 0 top lists Check -
318 new
I Shot Jesse James
1949, in 1 top list Check -
348 new
Reign of Terror
1949 — a.k.a. The Black Book, in 1 top list Check -
349 new
Border Incident
1949, in 2 top lists Check -
350 new
Side Street
1950, in 2 top lists Check -
379 new
Madame Bovary
1949, in 0 top lists Check -
392 new
Whirlpool
1950, in 1 top list Check -
464 new
The Fountainhead
1949, in 2 top lists Check -
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Colorado Territory
1949, in 3 top lists Check -
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White Heat
1949, in 15 top lists Check -
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On the Town
1949, in 10 top lists Check -
536 new
Sands of Iwo Jima
1949, in 2 top lists Check -
567 new
The Undercover Man
1949, in 1 top list Check -
571 new
Whisky Galore!
1949 — a.k.a. Whisky Galore, in 6 top lists Check -
612 new
Criss Cross
1949, in 6 top lists Check -
693 new
Le mura di Malapaga
1949 — a.k.a. The Walls of Malapaga, in 2 top lists Check -
742 new
We Were Strangers
1949, in 0 top lists Check -
750 new
Pinky
1949, in 0 top lists Check -
765 new
The Passionate Friends
1949 — a.k.a. One Woman's Story, in 0 top lists Check -
777 new
A Letter to Three Wives
1949, in 5 top lists Check -
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House of Strangers
1949, in 1 top list Check -
803 new
The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
820 new
Battleground
1949, in 3 top lists Check -
865 new
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949, in 0 top lists Check -
866 new
Passport to Pimlico
1949, in 3 top lists Check -
901 new
Flamingo Road
1949, in 1 top list Check -
931 new
Too Late for Tears
1949, in 1 top list Check -
1030 new
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949, in 0 top lists Check -
1061 new
Thieves' Highway
1949, in 5 top lists Check -
1108 new
All the King's Men
1949, in 8 top lists Check -
1113 new
The Walking Hills
1949, in 0 top lists Check -
1126 new
The Set-Up
1949, in 10 top lists Check -
1157 new
Once More, My Darling
1949, in 0 top lists Check -
1194 new
Intruder in the Dust
1949, in 5 top lists Check -
1240 new
Twelve O'Clock High
1949, in 4 top lists Check -
1333 new
Tulsa
1949, in 0 top lists Check -
1342 new
Love Happy
1949, in 0 top lists Check -
1362 new
The Great Gatsby
1949, in 0 top lists Check
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