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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One A.M.
1916, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Pawnshop
1916, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Rink
1916, in 3 top lists Check -
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Easy Street
1917, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Cure
1917, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Immigrant
1917, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Adventurer
1917, in 4 top lists Check -
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A Dog's Life
1918, in 4 top lists Check -
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Shoulder Arms
1918, in 5 top lists Check -
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Sunnyside
1919, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Kid
1921, in 17 top lists Check -
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The Pilgrim
1923, in 6 top lists Check -
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A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Gold Rush
1925, in 29 top lists Check -
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The Circus
1928, in 11 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
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The Great Dictator
1940, in 25 top lists Check -
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Monsieur Verdoux
1947, in 11 top lists Check -
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Limelight
1952, in 12 top lists Check -
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Nanook of the North
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
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Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
1931, in 10 top lists Check -
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Man of Aran
1934, in 6 top lists Check -
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Louisiana Story
1948, in 5 top lists Check -
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Men Without Women
1930, in 0 top lists Check -
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Up the River
1930, in 0 top lists Check -
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Arrowsmith
1931, in 1 top list Check -
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Air Mail
1932, in 0 top lists Check -
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Doctor Bull
1933, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Lost Patrol
1934, in 0 top lists Check -
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Judge Priest
1934, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Whole Town's Talking
1935 — a.k.a. Passport to Fame, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Informer
1935, in 7 top lists Check -
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Steamboat Round the Bend
1935 — a.k.a. Steamboat Bill, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Hurricane
1937, in 0 top lists Check -
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Stagecoach
1939, in 21 top lists Check -
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Young Mr. Lincoln
1939, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Grapes of Wrath
1940, in 23 top lists Check -
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The Long Voyage Home
1940, in 3 top lists Check -
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Tobacco Road
1941, in 1 top list Check -
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How Green Was My Valley
1941, in 10 top lists Check -
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They Were Expendable
1945, in 5 top lists Check -
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My Darling Clementine
1946, in 20 top lists Check -
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Fort Apache
1948, in 6 top lists Check -
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949, in 8 top lists Check -
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Wagon Master
1950, in 6 top lists Check -
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Rio Grande
1950, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Quiet Man
1952, in 15 top lists Check -
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Mogambo
1953, in 0 top lists Check