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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The Long Gray Line
1955, in 2 top lists Check -
115 new
To Catch a Thief
1955, in 6 top lists Check -
116 new
The Trouble with Harry
1955, in 2 top lists Check -
150 new
Moonfleet
1955, in 4 top lists Check -
186 new
Lola Montès
1955, in 12 top lists Check -
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Mr. Arkadin
1955 — a.k.a. Confidential Report, in 7 top lists Check -
232 new
Kiss Me Deadly
1955, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Big Knife
1955, in 3 top lists Check -
323 new
House of Bamboo
1955, in 3 top lists Check -
358 new
Strategic Air Command
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
359 new
The Man from Laramie
1955, in 5 top lists Check -
360 new
The Last Frontier
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
383 new
The Cobweb
1955, in 1 top list Check -
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The Man with the Golden Arm
1955, in 8 top lists Check -
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Run for Cover
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
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Rebel Without a Cause
1955, in 16 top lists Check -
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Captain Lightfoot
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
421 new
All That Heaven Allows
1955, in 11 top lists Check -
466 new
Man Without a Star
1955, in 2 top lists Check -
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Battle Cry
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
494 new
The Tall Men
1955, in 1 top list Check -
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The Magnificent Matador
1955 — a.k.a. The Brave and the Beautiful, in 0 top lists Check -
511 new
The Indian Fighter
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
517 new
It's Always Fair Weather
1955, in 3 top lists Check -
538 new
Tennessee's Partner
1955, in 1 top list Check -
557 new
Hell's Island
1955, in 1 top list Check -
558 new
Tight Spot
1955, in 1 top list Check -
559 new
5 Against the House
1955, in 1 top list Check -
560 new
The Phenix City Story
1955, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Big Combo
1955, in 7 top lists Check -
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Artists and Models
1955, in 5 top lists Check -
640 new
Wichita
1955, in 2 top lists Check -
647 new
Murder Is My Beat
1955, in 1 top list Check -
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The Naked Dawn
1955, in 2 top lists Check -
654 new
Le amiche
1955 — a.k.a. The Girlfriends, in 4 top lists Check -
666 new
Ensayo de un crimen
1955 — a.k.a. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz, in 6 top lists Check -
690 new
Les grandes manoeuvres
1955 — a.k.a. The Grand Maneuver, in 0 top lists Check -
710 new
Der letzte Akt
1955 — a.k.a. The Last Ten Days, in 0 top lists Check -
755 new
East of Eden
1955, in 11 top lists Check -
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Summertime
1955, in 3 top lists Check -
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Guys and Dolls
1955, in 7 top lists Check -
1006 new
Mister Roberts
1955, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Night Holds Terror
1955, in 1 top list Check -
1034 new
The Tender Trap
1955, in 1 top list Check -
1050 new
Blackboard Jungle
1955, in 4 top lists Check -
1063 new
Du rififi chez les hommes
1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check -
1068 new
Violent Saturday
1955, in 1 top list Check -
1069 new
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
1118 new
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955, in 7 top lists Check -
1154 new
The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 35 top lists Check
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