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. 468 new

    What Price Glory

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 469 new

    Sadie Thompson

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 471 new

    The Cock-Eyed World

    1929 — a.k.a. The Cockeyed World, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 472 new

    The Roaring Twenties

    1939, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 473 new

    They Drive by Night

    1940, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 474 new

    High Sierra

    1941, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 475 new

    The Strawberry Blonde

    1941, in 1 top list Check
  8. 476 new

    They Died with Their Boots On

    1941, in 1 top list Check
  9. 477 new

    Desperate Journey

    1942, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 478 new

    Gentleman Jim

    1942, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 479 new

    Northern Pursuit

    1943, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 480 new

    Objective, Burma!

    1945, in 1 top list Check
  13. 481 new

    Salty O'Rourke

    1945, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 482 new

    The Man I Love

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 483 new

    Pursued

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 484 new

    Cheyenne

    1947, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 485 new

    One Sunday Afternoon

    1948, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 486 new

    Colorado Territory

    1949, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 487 new

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 488 new

    Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 489 new

    Distant Drums

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 490 new

    Glory Alley

    1952, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 491 new

    The World in His Arms

    1952, in 1 top list Check
  24. 492 new

    A Lion Is in the Streets

    1953, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 493 new

    Battle Cry

    1955, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 494 new

    The Tall Men

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  27. 495 new

    Band of Angels

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  28. 1289 new

    Klondike Annie

    1936, in 0 top lists Check
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