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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Nana
1926, in 3 top lists Check -
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Tire au flanc
1928 — a.k.a. The Sad Sack, in 0 top lists Check -
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La chienne
1931 — a.k.a. La Chienne, in 10 top lists Check -
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Boudu sauvé des eaux
1932 — a.k.a. Boudu Saved from Drowning, in 9 top lists Check -
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Toni
1935, in 8 top lists Check -
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Madame Bovary
1934, in 0 top lists Check -
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Le crime de Monsieur Lange
1936 — a.k.a. The Crime of Monsieur Lange, in 7 top lists Check -
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Partie de campagne
1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check -
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La bête humaine
1938 — a.k.a. The Human Beast, in 9 top lists Check -
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La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check -
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Swamp Water
1941, in 1 top list Check -
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The Southerner
1945, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Woman on the Beach
1947, in 3 top lists Check -
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The River
1951, in 9 top lists Check -
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Le carrosse d'or
1952 — a.k.a. The Golden Coach, in 7 top lists Check -
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French Cancan
1955, in 9 top lists Check -
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Elena et les hommes
1956 — a.k.a. Elena and Her Men, in 4 top lists Check -
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Le déjeuner sur l'herbe
1959 — a.k.a. Lunch on the Grass, in 2 top lists Check -
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Le caporal épinglé
1962 — a.k.a. The Elusive Corporal, in 1 top list Check
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