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. 28 new

    Air Mail

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 76 new

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  3. 160 new

    One Hour with You

    1932, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 161 new

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  5. 174 new

    Die verkaufte Braut

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 190 new

    Boudu sauvé des eaux

    1932 — a.k.a. Boudu Saved from Drowning, in 9 top lists Check
  7. 216 new

    Shanghai Express

    1932, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 246 new

    A Farewell to Arms

    1932, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 260 new

    American Madness

    1932, in 1 top list Check
  10. 274 new

    A Bill of Divorcement

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 275 new

    What Price Hollywood?

    1932, in 1 top list Check
  12. 300 new

    The Sign of the Cross

    1932, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 331 new

    The Half-Naked Truth

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 544 new

    One Way Passage

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 591 new

    The Greeks Had a Word for Them

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 615 new

    Back Street

    1932, in 1 top list Check
  17. 773 new

    Love Me Tonight

    1932, in 11 top lists Check
  18. 791 new

    Rain

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 809 new

    The Hatchet Man

    1932 — a.k.a. The Honourable Mr. Wong, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 882 new

    The Cabin in the Cotton

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 883 new

    20,000 Years in Sing Sing

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 917 new

    Grand Hotel

    1932, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 994 new

    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    1932, in 14 top lists Check
  24. 995 new

    Two Seconds

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 1041 new

    The Old Dark House

    1932, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 1190 new

    Emma

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 1197 new

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
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    Washington Merry-Go-Round

    1932 — a.k.a. Invisible Power, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 1262 new

    The Dentist

    1932, in 1 top list Check
  30. 1263 new

    Million Dollar Legs

    1932, in 1 top list Check
  31. 1284 new

    Horse Feathers

    1932, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 1298 new

    Arsène Lupin

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 1299 new

    Red-Headed Woman

    1932, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 1304 new

    Blessed Event

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 1305 new

    Taxi

    1931, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 1322 new

    Red Dust

    1932, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 1357 new

    The Mouthpiece

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 1358 new

    Life Begins

    1932 — a.k.a. The Dawn of Life, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 1377 new

    Tarzan the Ape Man

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
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