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. 131 new

    Battling Butler

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 132 new

    The General

    1926, in 34 top lists Check
  3. 156 new

    So This Is Paris

    1926, in 1 top list Check
  4. 172 new

    Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage

    1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 187 new

    Nana

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 257 new

    The Strong Man

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 468 new

    What Price Glory

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 650 new

    The Bat

    1926, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 702 new

    Geheimnisse einer Seele

    1926 — a.k.a. Secrets of a Soul, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 1187 new

    Flesh and the Devil

    1926, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 1228 new

    The Winning of Barbara Worth

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 1244 new

    The Grand Duchess and the Waiter

    1926, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 1246 new

    A Social Celebrity

    1926, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 1247 new

    The Show Off

    1926, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 1254 new

    The Scarlet Letter

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
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Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;