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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Mogambo
1953, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Sun Shines Bright
1953, in 5 top lists Check -
90 new
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953, in 11 top lists Check -
112 new
I Confess
1953, in 2 top lists Check -
149 new
The Big Heat
1953, in 18 top lists Check -
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Madame de...
1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check -
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Anatahan
1953 — a.k.a. Ana-ta-han, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Actress
1953, in 1 top list Check -
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Pickup on South Street
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Naked Spur
1953, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Band Wagon
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
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Take Me to Town
1953, in 0 top lists Check -
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All I Desire
1953, in 1 top list Check -
436 new
Shane
1953, in 18 top lists Check -
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A Lion Is in the Streets
1953, in 0 top lists Check -
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Give a Girl a Break
1953, in 0 top lists Check -
556 new
99 River Street
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
746 new
Beat the Devil
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
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Julius Caesar
1953, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Man Between
1953, in 1 top list Check -
831 new
Stalag 17
1953, in 7 top lists Check -
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Roman Holiday
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
858 new
From Here to Eternity
1953, in 13 top lists Check -
867 new
Genevieve
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
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Niagara
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
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Kiss Me Kate
1953, in 2 top lists Check -
1032 new
Lili
1953, in 0 top lists Check -
1033 new
Torch Song
1953, in 0 top lists Check -
1117 new
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Wild One
1953, in 2 top lists Check -
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I Love Melvin
1953, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953, in 0 top lists Check
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