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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    Summertime

    1955, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 768 new

    Hobson's Choice

    1954, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 767 new

    The Sound Barrier

    1952, in 3 top lists Check
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    Oliver Twist

    1948, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 765 new

    The Passionate Friends

    1949 — a.k.a. One Woman's Story, in 0 top lists Check
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    Great Expectations

    1946, in 17 top lists Check
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    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
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    This Happy Breed

    1944, in 1 top list Check
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    Blithe Spirit

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
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    In Which We Serve

    1942, in 6 top lists Check
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Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;