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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    Summer Storm

    1944, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 415 new

    A Scandal in Paris

    1946 — a.k.a. Thieves' Holiday, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 416 new

    Has Anybody Seen My Gal

    1952, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 417 new

    Take Me to Town

    1953, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 418 new

    All I Desire

    1953, in 1 top list Check
  6. 419 new

    Magnificent Obsession

    1954, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 420 new

    Captain Lightfoot

    1955, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 421 new

    All That Heaven Allows

    1955, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 422 new

    Battle Hymn

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 423 new

    Written on the Wind

    1956, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 424 new

    The Tarnished Angels

    1957, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 425 new

    A Time to Love and a Time to Die

    1958, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 426 new

    Imitation of Life

    1959, in 6 top lists Check
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