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. 260 new

    American Madness

    1932, in 1 top list Check
  2. 528 new

    Robin Hood

    1922, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 529 new

    The Iron Mask

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 530 new

    Suez

    1938, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 531 new

    Frontier Marshal

    1939, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 532 new

    Up in Mabel's Room

    1944, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 533 new

    Brewster's Millions

    1945, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 534 new

    Getting Gertie's Garter

    1945, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 535 new

    Rendezvous with Annie

    1946 — a.k.a. Corporal Dolan AWOL, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 536 new

    Sands of Iwo Jima

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 537 new

    Silver Lode

    1954, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 538 new

    Tennessee's Partner

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  13. 539 new

    Hold Back the Night

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 540 new

    The River's Edge

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 541 new

    The Restless Breed

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
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