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. 14 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  2. 155 new

    Lady Windermere's Fan

    1925, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 207 new

    The Salvation Hunters

    1925, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 440 new

    The Merry Widow

    1925, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 452 new

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 701 new

    Die freudlose Gasse

    1925 — a.k.a. The Joyless Street, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 1186 new

    The Goose Woman

    1925, in 1 top list Check
  8. 1195 new

    The Unholy Three

    1925, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 1203 new

    Beggar on Horseback

    1925, in 1 top list Check
  10. 1227 new

    Stella Dallas

    1925, in 1 top list Check
  11. 1245 new

    A Woman of the World

    1925, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 1253 new

    The Tower of Lies

    1925, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 1260 new

    Sally of the Sawdust

    1925, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 1278 new

    The Freshman

    1925, in 7 top lists Check
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