Andrew Sarris' The American Cinema: Pantheon Directors

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This is a list of the films credited to directors who fall under the banner "Pantheon Directors" in Andrew Sarris' 'The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929-1968.' Please note that only the directors' films that are listed along with each one's entry in the book are included, not subsequent works.

The "Pantheon Directors" are:
Charles Chaplin, Robert Flaherty, John Ford, D.W. Griffith, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Buster Keaton, Fritz Lang, Ernst Lubitsch, F.W. Murnau, Max Ophuls, Jean Renoir, Josef von Sternberg, and Orson Welles

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  1. 681 +1

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  2. 416 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  3. 408 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  4. 372 -

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  5. 521 +1

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  6. 421 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 504 +1

    Fury

    1936, in 11 top lists Check
  8. 366 -

    Only Angels Have Wings

    1939, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 513 +1

    Scarlet Street

    1945, in 10 top lists Check
  10. 633 +1

    La bête humaine

    1938 — a.k.a. The Human Beast, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 423 -

    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 654 +1

    The Docks of New York

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 678 +1

    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
  14. 611 +1

    The Reckless Moment

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 512 +1

    The Woman in the Window

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 428 -

    The Wrong Man

    1956, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 682 +1

    Mr. Arkadin

    1955 — a.k.a. Confidential Report, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 415 -

    Spellbound

    1945, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 524 +1

    While the City Sleeps

    1956, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 519 +1

    Clash by Night

    1952, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 526 +1

    Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

    1956, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 510 +1

    Hangmen Also Die!

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 522 +1

    Human Desire

    1954, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 511 +1

    Ministry of Fear

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 669 +1

    The Shanghai Gesture

    1941, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 677 +1

    The Stranger

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 641 +1

    The Woman on the Beach

    1947, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 520 +1

    The Blue Gardenia

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 610 +1

    Caught

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 676 +1

    Journey Into Fear

    1943, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 515 +1

    Secret Beyond the Door...

    1947, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 516 +1

    House by the River

    1950, in 1 top list Check
  33. 525 +1

    The Sleeping City

    1950 — a.k.a. Web of the City, in 1 top list Check
  34. 656 +1

    Thunderbolt

    1929, in 1 top list Check
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