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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The Jack-Knife Man
1920, in 1 top list Check -
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The Big Parade
1925, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Crowd
1928, in 20 top lists Check -
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Show People
1928, in 7 top lists Check -
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Hallelujah
1929, in 4 top lists Check -
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Street Scene
1931, in 1 top list Check -
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The Champ
1931, in 3 top lists Check -
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Our Daily Bread
1934, in 3 top lists Check -
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So Red the Rose
1935, in 0 top lists Check -
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Stella Dallas
1937, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Citadel
1938, in 2 top lists Check -
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'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers)
1940, in 0 top lists Check -
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Duel in the Sun
1946, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Fountainhead
1949, in 2 top lists Check -
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Ruby Gentry
1952, in 2 top lists Check -
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Man Without a Star
1955, in 2 top lists Check -
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War and Peace
1956, in 3 top lists Check
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