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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  1. 451 new

    The Jack-Knife Man

    1920, in 1 top list Check
  2. 452 new

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 453 new

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  4. 454 new

    Show People

    1928, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 455 new

    Hallelujah

    1929, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 456 new

    Street Scene

    1931, in 1 top list Check
  7. 457 new

    The Champ

    1931, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 458 new

    Our Daily Bread

    1934, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 459 new

    So Red the Rose

    1935, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 460 new

    Stella Dallas

    1937, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 461 new

    The Citadel

    1938, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 462 new

    'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers)

    1940, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 463 new

    Duel in the Sun

    1946, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 464 new

    The Fountainhead

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 465 new

    Ruby Gentry

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 466 new

    Man Without a Star

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 467 new

    War and Peace

    1956, in 3 top lists Check
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