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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Shoulder Arms
1918, in 5 top lists Check -
18 new
The Great Dictator
1940, in 25 top lists Check -
30 new
The Lost Patrol
1934, in 0 top lists Check -
40 new
The Long Voyage Home
1940, in 4 top lists Check -
43 new
They Were Expendable
1945, in 4 top lists Check -
54 new
The Wings of Eagles
1957, in 2 top lists Check -
57 new
The Horse Soldiers
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
64 new
Hearts of the World
1918, in 2 top lists Check -
75 new
The Dawn Patrol
1930, in 1 top list Check -
79 new
The Road to Glory
1936, in 0 top lists Check -
87 new
I Was a Male War Bride
1949 — a.k.a. You Can't Sleep Here, in 3 top lists Check -
106 new
Saboteur
1942, in 2 top lists Check -
167 new
To Be or Not to Be
1942, in 24 top lists Check -
214 new
Dishonored
1931, in 4 top lists Check -
221 new
Anatahan
1953 — a.k.a. Ana-ta-han, in 4 top lists Check -
228 new
Campanadas a medianoche
1965 — a.k.a. Chimes at Midnight, in 11 top lists Check -
234 new
Attack
1956, in 2 top lists Check -
238 new
The Dirty Dozen
1967, in 8 top lists Check -
246 new
A Farewell to Arms
1932, in 3 top lists Check -
261 new
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932, in 3 top lists Check -
311 new
Operation Petticoat
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
316 new
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966, in 0 top lists Check -
319 new
The Steel Helmet
1951, in 2 top lists Check -
320 new
Fixed Bayonets!
1951, in 1 top list Check -
324 new
China Gate
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
328 new
Merrill's Marauders
1962, in 0 top lists Check -
344 new
King & Country
1964, in 0 top lists Check -
358 new
Strategic Air Command
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
361 new
Men in War
1957, in 4 top lists Check -
364 new
Duck Soup
1933, in 24 top lists Check -
387 new
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1962, in 0 top lists Check -
401 new
In Harm's Way
1965, in 0 top lists Check -
411 new
Bitter Victory
1957, in 3 top lists Check -
425 new
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
1958, in 4 top lists Check -
429 new
Gunga Din
1939, in 7 top lists Check -
447 new
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944, in 9 top lists Check -
448 new
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944, in 7 top lists Check -
452 new
The Big Parade
1925, in 13 top lists Check -
467 new
War and Peace
1956, in 3 top lists Check -
468 new
What Price Glory
1926, in 2 top lists Check -
493 new
Battle Cry
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
510 new
Springfield Rifle
1952, in 0 top lists Check -
535 new
Rendezvous with Annie
1946 — a.k.a. Corporal Dolan AWOL, in 0 top lists Check -
536 new
Sands of Iwo Jima
1949, in 2 top lists Check -
539 new
Hold Back the Night
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
552 new
A Terrible Beauty
1960 — a.k.a. The Night Fighters, in 0 top lists Check -
563 new
Hell to Eternity
1960, in 0 top lists Check -
600 new
Hell Is for Heroes
1962, in 0 top lists Check -
622 new
Immortal Sergeant
1943, in 0 top lists Check -
623 new
The Eve of St. Mark
1944, in 0 top lists Check
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