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. 295 new

    The Squaw Man

    1914, in 1 top list Check
  2. 62 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  3. 296 new

    The Cheat

    1915, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 63 new

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  5. 1 new

    One A.M.

    1916, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 2 new

    The Pawnshop

    1916, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 3 new

    The Rink

    1916, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 7 new

    The Adventurer

    1917, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 5 new

    The Cure

    1917, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 4 new

    Easy Street

    1917, in 6 top lists Check
  11. 6 new

    The Immigrant

    1917, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 1257 new

    The Pride of the Clan

    1917, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 1248 new

    Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru

    1918 — a.k.a. The Outlaw and His Wife, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 8 new

    A Dog's Life

    1918, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 64 new

    Hearts of the World

    1918, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 9 new

    Shoulder Arms

    1918, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 65 new

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 153 new

    Die Puppe

    1919 — a.k.a. The Doll, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 297 new

    Don't Change Your Husband

    1919, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 1249 new

    Ingmarssönerna

    1919, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 152 new

    Madame DuBarry

    1919 — a.k.a. Passion, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 298 new

    Male and Female

    1919, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 10 new

    Sunnyside

    1919, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 66 new

    True Heart Susie

    1919, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 239 new

    Humoresque

    1920, in 1 top list Check
  26. 451 new

    The Jack-Knife Man

    1920, in 1 top list Check
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    Karin Ingmarsdotter

    1920 — a.k.a. God's Way, in 1 top list Check
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    The Last of the Mohicans

    1920, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 67 new

    Way Down East

    1920, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 124 new

    The Boat

    1921, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 68 new

    Dream Street

    1921, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Foolish Matrons

    1921, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 1221 new

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 11 new

    The Kid

    1921, in 17 top lists Check
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    Körkarlen

    1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check
  36. 69 new

    Orphans of the Storm

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
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    Tol'able David

    1921, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 125 new

    Cops

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
  39. 135 new

    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 438 new

    Foolish Wives

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 126 new

    The Frozen North

    1922, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 1275 new

    Grandma's Boy

    1922, in 1 top list Check
  43. 21 new

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  44. 170 new

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  45. 1222 new

    The Prisoner of Zenda

    1922, in 1 top list Check
  46. 528 new

    Robin Hood

    1922, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 127 new

    The Balloonatic

    1923, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 1199 new

    The Covered Wagon

    1923, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 1200 new

    Hollywood

    1923, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 128 new

    Our Hospitality

    1923, in 13 top lists Check
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