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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Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
1085 new
Paths of Glory
1957, in 26 top lists Check -
18 new
The Great Dictator
1940, in 25 top lists Check -
106 new
Saboteur
1942, in 2 top lists Check -
789 new
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
364 new
Duck Soup
1933, in 24 top lists Check -
745 new
The African Queen
1951, in 11 top lists Check -
848 new
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946, in 30 top lists Check -
167 new
To Be or Not to Be
1942, in 24 top lists Check -
831 new
Stalag 17
1953, in 7 top lists Check -
858 new
From Here to Eternity
1953, in 13 top lists Check -
715 new
Roma città aperta
1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check -
238 new
The Dirty Dozen
1967, in 8 top lists Check -
694 new
Jeux interdits
1952 — a.k.a. Forbidden Games, in 15 top lists Check -
806 new
Wings
1927, in 12 top lists Check -
228 new
Campanadas a medianoche
1965 — a.k.a. Chimes at Midnight, in 11 top lists Check -
760 new
In Which We Serve
1942, in 6 top lists Check -
452 new
The Big Parade
1925, in 13 top lists Check -
214 new
Dishonored
1931, in 4 top lists Check -
429 new
Gunga Din
1939, in 7 top lists Check -
448 new
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944, in 7 top lists Check -
1006 new
Mister Roberts
1955, in 3 top lists Check -
799 new
Night Train to Munich
1940 — a.k.a. Gestapo, in 2 top lists Check -
319 new
The Steel Helmet
1951, in 2 top lists Check -
820 new
Battleground
1949, in 3 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 -
1165 new
Major Dundee
1965, in 2 top lists Check -
43 new
They Were Expendable
1945, in 4 top lists Check -
467 new
War and Peace
1956, in 3 top lists Check -
246 new
A Farewell to Arms
1932, in 3 top lists Check -
425 new
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
1958, in 4 top lists Check -
1240 new
Twelve O'Clock High
1949, in 4 top lists Check -
706 new
Westfront 1918: Vier von der Infanterie
1930 — a.k.a. Westfront 1918, in 4 top lists Check -
978 new
Sahara
1943, in 0 top lists Check -
825 new
Five Graves to Cairo
1943, in 4 top lists Check -
40 new
The Long Voyage Home
1940, in 4 top lists Check -
9 new
Shoulder Arms
1918, in 5 top lists Check -
864 new
For Me and My Gal
1942 — a.k.a. For Me and My Girl, in 1 top list Check -
57 new
The Horse Soldiers
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
536 new
Sands of Iwo Jima
1949, in 2 top lists Check -
919 new
The Dawn Patrol
1938, in 1 top list Check -
320 new
Fixed Bayonets!
1951, in 1 top list Check -
722 new
Il generale Della Rovere
1959 — a.k.a. General della Rovere, in 6 top lists Check -
447 new
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944, in 9 top lists Check -
876 new
Since You Went Away
1944, in 2 top lists Check -
767 new
The Sound Barrier
1952, in 3 top lists Check -
221 new
Anatahan
1953 — a.k.a. Ana-ta-han, in 4 top lists Check -
311 new
Operation Petticoat
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
234 new
Attack
1956, in 2 top lists Check -
851 new
Friendly Persuasion
1956, in 3 top lists Check
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