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 Wings of Eagles
1957, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Rising of the Moon
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
310 new
Mister Cory
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
324 new
China Gate
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
325 new
Run of the Arrow
1957, in 4 top lists Check -
326 new
Forty Guns
1957, in 9 top lists Check -
339 new
Time Without Pity
1957, in 1 top list Check -
361 new
Men in War
1957, in 4 top lists Check -
372 new
An Affair to Remember
1957, in 9 top lists Check -
397 new
Saint Joan
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
411 new
Bitter Victory
1957, in 3 top lists Check -
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Battle Hymn
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
424 new
The Tarnished Angels
1957, in 4 top lists Check -
495 new
Band of Angels
1957, in 1 top list Check -
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Decision at Sundown
1957, in 1 top list Check -
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The Tall T
1957, in 7 top lists Check -
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Funny Face
1957, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Pajama Game
1957, in 3 top lists Check -
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The River's Edge
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
541 new
The Restless Breed
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Brothers Rico
1957, in 1 top list Check -
570 new
The Halliday Brand
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
574 new
Sweet Smell of Success
1957, in 20 top lists Check -
576 new
Fear Strikes Out
1957, in 1 top list Check -
583 new
Crime of Passion
1956, in 1 top list Check -
584 new
Fury at Showdown
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
585 new
Valerie
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
598 new
Baby Face Nelson
1957, in 2 top lists Check -
629 new
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957, in 4 top lists Check -
642 new
Night of the Demon
1957 — a.k.a. Curse of the Demon, in 7 top lists Check -
655 new
Il grido
1957 — a.k.a. The Cry, in 7 top lists Check -
697 new
This Angry Age
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
734 new
Le notti bianche
1957 — a.k.a. White Nights, in 5 top lists Check -
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A Face in the Crowd
1957, in 14 top lists Check -
832 new
Love in the Afternoon
1957, in 3 top lists Check -
833 new
Witness for the Prosecution
1957, in 12 top lists Check -
859 new
A Hatful of Rain
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
913 new
3:10 to Yuma
1957, in 8 top lists Check -
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Jeanne Eagels
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
1077 new
The Young Stranger
1957, in 1 top list Check -
1085 new
Paths of Glory
1957, in 26 top lists Check -
1093 new
12 Angry Men
1957, in 30 top lists Check -
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Fire Down Below
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Burglar
1957, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Story of Esther Costello
1957 — a.k.a. The Golden Virgin, in 0 top lists Check
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