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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Donovan's Reef
1963, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Birds
1963, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Pink Panther
1963, in 4 top lists Check -
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Shock Corridor
1963, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Servant
1963, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Damned
1962 — a.k.a. These Are the Damned, in 2 top lists Check -
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Charade
1963, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Caretaker
1963 — a.k.a. The Guest, in 0 top lists Check -
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Sammy Going South
1963 — a.k.a. A Boy Ten Feet Tall, in 0 top lists Check -
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Who's Minding the Store?
1963, in 1 top list Check -
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Ophélia
1963, in 0 top lists Check -
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Landru
1963 — a.k.a. Bluebeard, in 0 top lists Check -
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America America
1963, in 7 top lists Check -
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Bye Bye Birdie
1963, in 0 top lists Check -
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Tom Jones
1963, in 13 top lists Check -
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Billy Liar
1963, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Great Escape
1963, in 14 top lists Check -
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This Sporting Life
1963, in 9 top lists Check -
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Lord of the Flies
1963, in 1 top list Check -
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The Raven
1963, in 1 top list Check -
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X
1963 — a.k.a. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Yellow Canary
1963, in 0 top lists Check -
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Sunday in New York
1963, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Nutty Professor
1963, in 11 top lists Check -
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Critic's Choice
1963, in 0 top lists Check -
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From Russia with Love
1963, in 4 top lists Check
Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;