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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  1. 1392 new

    Wait Until Dark

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
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    Thunderball

    1965, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 1390 new

    From Russia with Love

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
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    Dr. No

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
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    Corridor of Mirrors

    1948, in 1 top list Check
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    Critic's Choice

    1963, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Gene Krupa Story

    1959 — a.k.a. Drum Crazy, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Adventures of Hajji Baba

    1954, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

    1953, in 0 top lists Check
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    I Love Melvin

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
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    Marie Antoinette

    1938, in 0 top lists Check
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    After the Thin Man

    1936, in 1 top list Check
  13. 1380 new

    The Thin Man

    1934, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Prizefighter and the Lady

    1933 — a.k.a. Every Woman's Man, in 1 top list Check
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    Eskimo

    1933 — a.k.a. Mala the Magnificent, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 1377 new

    Tarzan the Ape Man

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
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    Trader Horn

    1931, in 1 top list Check
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    White Shadows in the South Seas

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
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    Poppy

    1936, in 0 top lists Check
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    Mississippi

    1935, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 1372 new

    The Social Lion

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
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    Hotel

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 1370 new

    Synanon

    1965 — a.k.a. Get Off My Back, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 1369 new

    Strangers When We Meet

    1960, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 1368 new

    Full of Life

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 1367 new

    The Solid Gold Cadillac

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 1366 new

    My Sister Eileen

    1955, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 1365 new

    Pushover

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  29. 1364 new

    Drive a Crooked Road

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  30. 1363 new

    Five

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Great Gatsby

    1949, in 0 top lists Check
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    Up in Arms

    1944, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Cat and the Canary

    1939, in 2 top lists Check
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    Three Cornered Moon

    1933, in 0 top lists Check
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    Life Begins

    1932 — a.k.a. The Dawn of Life, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Mouthpiece

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
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    King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold...

    1961 — a.k.a. The Big Bankroll, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Human Jungle

    1954, in 1 top list Check
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    The Outcasts of Poker Flat

    1952, in 0 top lists Check
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    711 Ocean Drive

    1950, in 1 top list Check
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    Take Care of My Little Girl

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
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    Johnny Belinda

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
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    Road House

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 1349 new

    Deep Valley

    1947, in 1 top list Check
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    Humoresque

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
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    Three Strangers

    1946, in 1 top list Check
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    Lonely Are the Brave

    1962, in 4 top lists Check
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    Midnight Lace

    1960, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Story of Esther Costello

    1957 — a.k.a. The Golden Virgin, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 1343 new

    Sudden Fear

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
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