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 Lawless
1950, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Prowler
1951, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Big Night
1951, in 1 top list Check -
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Time Without Pity
1957, in 1 top list Check -
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Blind Date
1959, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Criminal
1960 — a.k.a. Concrete Jungle, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Servant
1963, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Damned
1962 — a.k.a. These Are the Damned, in 2 top lists Check -
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King & Country
1964, in 0 top lists Check -
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Modesty Blaise
1966, in 0 top lists Check -
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Accident
1967, in 3 top lists Check
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