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 Horse Soldiers
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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North by Northwest
1959, in 30 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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Operation Petticoat
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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Blind Date
1959, in 2 top lists Check -
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Anatomy of a Murder
1959, in 13 top lists Check -
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Imitation of Life
1959, in 6 top lists Check -
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Ride Lonesome
1959, in 4 top lists Check -
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Westbound
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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Day of the Outlaw
1959, in 3 top lists Check -
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Nazarín
1959, in 8 top lists Check -
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Les cousins
1959 — a.k.a. The Cousins, in 6 top lists Check -
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À double tour
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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India: Matri Bhumi
1959, in 5 top lists Check -
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Il generale Della Rovere
1959 — a.k.a. General della Rovere, in 5 top lists Check -
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Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check -
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Suddenly, Last Summer
1959, in 2 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
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The Nun's Story
1959, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Scavengers
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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A Summer Place
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ask Any Girl
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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Room at the Top
1958, in 9 top lists Check -
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These Thousand Hills
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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Compulsion
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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That Kind of Woman
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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Last Train from Gun Hill
1959, in 1 top list Check -
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Odds Against Tomorrow
1959, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Wonderful Country
1959, in 1 top list Check -
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Face of a Fugitive
1959, in 1 top list Check -
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The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Gene Krupa Story
1959 — a.k.a. Drum Crazy, in 0 top lists Check
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