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. 43 new

    They Were Expendable

    1945, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 147 new

    Scarlet Street

    1945, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 198 new

    The Southerner

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 370 new

    The Bells of St. Mary's

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 375 new

    The Clock

    1945, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 376 new

    Yolanda and the Thief

    1945, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 390 new

    Fallen Angel

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 480 new

    Objective, Burma!

    1945, in 1 top list Check
  9. 481 new

    Salty O'Rourke

    1945, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 533 new

    Brewster's Millions

    1945, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 534 new

    Getting Gertie's Garter

    1945, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 549 new

    The Valley of Decision

    1945, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 566 new

    My Name Is Julia Ross

    1945, in 1 top list Check
  14. 607 new

    The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 608 new

    The Spiral Staircase

    1946, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 625 new

    Leave Her to Heaven

    1945, in 12 top lists Check
  17. 645 new

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  18. 688 new

    And Then There Were None

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 715 new

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  20. 740 new

    San Pietro

    1945, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 748 new

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    1945, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 761 new

    Blithe Spirit

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 763 new

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 795 new

    A Walk in the Sun

    1945, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 819 new

    Story of G.I. Joe

    1945 — a.k.a. War Correspondent, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 827 new

    The Lost Weekend

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  27. 877 new

    The Enchanted Cottage

    1945, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 900 new

    Mildred Pierce

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  29. 945 new

    The House on 92nd Street

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 975 new

    Perfect Strangers

    1945 — a.k.a. Vacation from Marriage, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 988 new

    Kitty

    1945, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 1011 new

    Anchors Aweigh

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 1091 new

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 1125 new

    The Body Snatcher

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 1295 new

    Hangover Square

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
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