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. 25 new

    Men Without Women

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 26 new

    Up the River

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 72 new

    Abraham Lincoln

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 75 new

    The Dawn Patrol

    1930, in 1 top list Check
  5. 96 new

    Murder!

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 158 new

    Monte Carlo

    1930, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 212 new

    Der blaue Engel

    1930 — a.k.a. The Blue Angel, in 17 top lists Check
  8. 213 new

    Morocco

    1930, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 272 new

    The Royal Family of Broadway

    1930 — a.k.a. Theatre Royal, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 543 new

    Her Man

    1930, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 603 new

    Menschen am Sonntag

    1930 — a.k.a. People on Sunday, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 662 new

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  13. 684 new

    Sous les toits de Paris

    1930 — a.k.a. Under the Roofs of Paris, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 706 new

    Westfront 1918: Vier von der Infanterie

    1930 — a.k.a. Westfront 1918, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 789 new

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 870 new

    Street of Chance

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 906 new

    Raffles

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 907 new

    Laughter

    1930, in 1 top list Check
  19. 1038 new

    Journey's End

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 1188 new

    Anna Christie

    1930, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 1189 new

    Romance

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 1229 new

    Lightnin'

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 1261 new

    The Golf Specialist

    1930, in 1 top list Check
  24. 1282 new

    Animal Crackers

    1930, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 1372 new

    The Social Lion

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
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Last updated on Sep 28, 2019;