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 Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 63 new

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  3. 64 new

    Hearts of the World

    1918, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 65 new

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 66 new

    True Heart Susie

    1919, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 67 new

    Way Down East

    1920, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 68 new

    Dream Street

    1921, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 69 new

    Orphans of the Storm

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 70 new

    The White Rose

    1923, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 71 new

    Isn't Life Wonderful

    1924, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 72 new

    Abraham Lincoln

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 73 new

    The Struggle

    1931, in 1 top list Check
  13. 1260 new

    Sally of the Sawdust

    1925, in 0 top lists Check
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Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;