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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    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
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    Of Mice and Men

    1939, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

    1946, in 4 top lists Check
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    A Walk in the Sun

    1945, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Front Page

    1931, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Racket

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 792 new

    Hallelujah I'm a Bum

    1933 — a.k.a. Hallelujah, I'm a Tramp, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 797 new

    Arch of Triumph

    1948, in 0 top lists Check
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    The General Died at Dawn

    1936, in 0 top lists Check
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    Rain

    1932, in 0 top lists Check
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    Two Arabian Knights

    1927, in 0 top lists Check
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Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;