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 Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Wrong Man
1956, in 8 top lists Check -
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Elena et les hommes
1956 — a.k.a. Elena and Her Men, in 4 top lists Check -
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Attack
1956, in 2 top lists Check -
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Bhowani Junction
1956, in 2 top lists Check -
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Bigger Than Life
1956, in 11 top lists Check -
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Written on the Wind
1956, in 11 top lists Check -
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Giant
1956, in 10 top lists Check -
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War and Peace
1956, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Killer Is Loose
1956, in 2 top lists Check -
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7 Men from Now
1956, in 2 top lists Check -
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Hold Back the Night
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
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A Kiss Before Dying
1956, in 1 top list Check -
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The Brass Legend
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956, in 19 top lists Check -
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Hollywood or Bust
1956, in 1 top list Check -
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The Girl Can't Help It
1956, in 7 top lists Check -
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Great Day in the Morning
1956, in 1 top list Check -
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Gervaise
1956, in 3 top lists Check -
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Good-bye, My Lady
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
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Friendly Persuasion
1956, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Last Wagon
1956, in 1 top list Check -
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Teenage Rebel
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Bad Seed
1956, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Eddy Duchin Story
1956, in 1 top list Check -
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Julie
1956, in 1 top list Check -
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The Last Hunt
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
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Bandido!
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Killing
1956, in 15 top lists Check -
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Backlash
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
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Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956, in 3 top lists Check -
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Hilda Crane
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
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Bus Stop
1956, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
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Full of Life
1956, in 0 top lists Check
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