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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Gideon's Day
1958 — a.k.a. Gideon of Scotland Yard, in 0 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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Touch of Evil
1958, in 30 top lists Check -
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God's Little Acre
1958, in 0 top lists Check -
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Man of the West
1958, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Reluctant Debutante
1958, in 0 top lists Check -
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Some Came Running
1958, in 7 top lists Check -
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Bonjour tristesse
1958, in 3 top lists Check -
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Wind Across the Everglades
1958, in 1 top list Check -
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A Time to Love and a Time to Die
1958, in 4 top lists Check -
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Buchanan Rides Alone
1958, in 2 top lists Check -
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Indiscreet
1958, in 1 top list Check -
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Damn Yankees
1958, in 1 top list Check -
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Gunman's Walk
1958, in 1 top list Check -
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Screaming Mimi
1958, in 1 top list Check -
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The Left Handed Gun
1958, in 1 top list Check -
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The Lineup
1958, in 2 top lists Check -
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Le beau Serge
1958 — a.k.a. Le Beau Serge, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Goddess
1958, in 0 top lists Check -
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Cowboy
1958, in 1 top list Check -
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From Hell to Texas
1958, in 0 top lists Check -
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Cry Terror!
1958, in 1 top list Check -
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Vikings
1958, in 0 top lists Check -
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I Want to Live!
1958, in 2 top lists Check -
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Murder by Contract
1958, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Case Against Brooklyn
1958, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Defiant Ones
1958, in 7 top lists Check
Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;