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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College
1927, in 4 top lists Check -
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Pat and Mike
1952, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Champ
1931, in 3 top lists Check -
496 new
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951, in 0 top lists Check -
521 new
Damn Yankees
1958, in 1 top list Check -
564 new
Kid Galahad
1962, in 0 top lists Check -
576 new
Fear Strikes Out
1957, in 1 top list Check -
735 new
Rocco e i suoi fratelli
1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers, in 19 top lists Check -
1081 new
Grand Prix
1966, in 0 top lists Check -
1104 new
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962, in 6 top lists Check -
1107 new
Body and Soul
1947, in 6 top lists Check -
1109 new
The Hustler
1961, in 15 top lists Check -
1126 new
The Set-Up
1949, in 10 top lists Check -
1129 new
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956, in 3 top lists Check -
1134 new
This Sporting Life
1963, in 9 top lists Check -
1192 new
National Velvet
1944, in 4 top lists Check -
1261 new
The Golf Specialist
1930, in 1 top list Check -
1263 new
Million Dollar Legs
1932, in 1 top list Check -
1278 new
The Freshman
1925, in 7 top lists Check -
1303 new
A Yank at Oxford
1938, in 0 top lists Check -
1340 new
Tall Story
1960, in 0 top lists Check -
1372 new
The Social Lion
1930, in 0 top lists Check
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