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. 29 new

    Doctor Bull

    1933, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 162 new

    Design for Living

    1933, in 6 top lists Check
  3. 175 new

    Liebelei

    1933, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 247 new

    Man's Castle

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 261 new

    The Bitter Tea of General Yen

    1932, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 262 new

    Lady for a Day

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 276 new

    Dinner at Eight

    1933, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 277 new

    Little Women

    1933, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 364 new

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 592 new

    She Done Him Wrong

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
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    Morning Glory

    1933, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 616 new

    Only Yesterday

    1933, in 1 top list Check
  13. 663 new

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 774 new

    Queen Christina

    1933, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 792 new

    Hallelujah I'm a Bum

    1933 — a.k.a. Hallelujah, I'm a Tramp, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 810 new

    Heroes for Sale

    1933, in 1 top list Check
  17. 811 new

    Wild Boys of the Road

    1933 — a.k.a. Dangerous Days, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 840 new

    Counsellor at Law

    1933, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 908 new

    Topaze

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 972 new

    The Private Life of Henry VIII

    1933, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 996 new

    Hard to Handle

    1933, in 1 top list Check
  22. 997 new

    Gold Diggers of 1933

    1933, in 11 top lists Check
  23. 1042 new

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 1205 new

    I Cover the Waterfront

    1933, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 1215 new

    The Power and the Glory

    1933 — a.k.a. Power and Glory, in 1 top list Check
  26. 1231 new

    State Fair

    1933, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 1264 new

    The Barber Shop

    1933, in 1 top list Check
  28. 1265 new

    The Fatal Glass of Beer

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 1286 new

    I'm No Angel

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 1306 new

    Lady Killer

    1933, in 1 top list Check
  31. 1323 new

    Bombshell

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 1359 new

    Three Cornered Moon

    1933, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 1378 new

    Eskimo

    1933 — a.k.a. Mala the Magnificent, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Prizefighter and the Lady

    1933 — a.k.a. Every Woman's Man, in 1 top list Check
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