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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    Blackmail

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 157 new

    The Love Parade

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 211 new

    Thunderbolt

    1929, in 1 top list Check
  4. 242 new

    The River

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 243 new

    Lucky Star

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 244 new

    They Had to See Paris

    1929, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 455 new

    Hallelujah

    1929, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 471 new

    The Cock-Eyed World

    1929 — a.k.a. The Cockeyed World, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 529 new

    The Iron Mask

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 651 new

    Alibi

    1929, in 1 top list Check
  11. 661 new

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  12. 704 new

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 705 new

    Tagebuch einer Verlorenen

    1929 — a.k.a. Diary of a Lost Girl, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 770 new

    Applause

    1929, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 838 new

    Hell's Heroes

    1929, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 868 new

    Close Harmony

    1929, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 869 new

    The Dance of Life

    1929, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 1213 new

    The Valiant

    1929, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Cocoanuts

    1929, in 1 top list Check
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    The Virginian

    1929, in 0 top lists Check
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Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;