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. 296 new

    The Cheat

    1915, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 297 new

    Don't Change Your Husband

    1919, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 298 new

    Male and Female

    1919, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 299 new

    The King of Kings

    1927, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 300 new

    The Sign of the Cross

    1932, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 301 new

    Cleopatra

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 302 new

    The Crusades

    1935, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 303 new

    The Plainsman

    1936, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 304 new

    The Buccaneer

    1938, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 305 new

    Union Pacific

    1939, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 306 new

    North West Mounted Police

    1940 — a.k.a. Northwest Mounted Police, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 307 new

    Reap the Wild Wind

    1942, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 308 new

    Unconquered

    1947, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 309 new

    The Greatest Show on Earth

    1952, in 4 top lists Check
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Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;