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. 23 new

    Man of Aran

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 30 new

    The Lost Patrol

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 31 new

    Judge Priest

    1934, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 77 new

    Twentieth Century

    1934, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 97 new

    The Man Who Knew Too Much

    1934, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 163 new

    The Merry Widow

    1934, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 176 new

    La signora di tutti

    1934 — a.k.a. Everybody's Woman, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 192 new

    Madame Bovary

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 217 new

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 248 new

    No Greater Glory

    1934, in 1 top list Check
  11. 249 new

    Little Man, What Now?

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 263 new

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  13. 301 new

    Cleopatra

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 458 new

    Our Daily Bread

    1934, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 617 new

    Imitation of Life

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 643 new

    The Black Cat

    1934, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 812 new

    The President Vanishes

    1934 — a.k.a. Strange Conspiracy, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 871 new

    Of Human Bondage

    1934, in 1 top list Check
  19. 934 new

    Come On, Marines!

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 935 new

    The Witching Hour

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 998 new

    Hi, Nellie!

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 999 new

    Sweet Adeline

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 1043 new

    One More River

    1934 — a.k.a. Over the River, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 1149 new

    Crime Without Passion

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 1206 new

    David Harum

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 1266 new

    Six of a Kind

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 1267 new

    The Man on the Flying Trapeze

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 1287 new

    Belle of the Nineties

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 1300 new

    Viva Villa!

    1934, in 1 top list Check
  30. 1324 new

    Treasure Island

    1934, in 1 top list Check
  31. 1380 new

    The Thin Man

    1934, in 14 top lists Check
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