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. 24 new

    Louisiana Story

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 45 new

    Fort Apache

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 86 new

    Red River

    1948, in 17 top lists Check
  4. 180 new

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 256 new

    Moonrise

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 270 new

    State of the Union

    1948 — a.k.a. The World and His Wife, in 1 top list Check
  7. 378 new

    The Pirate

    1948, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 403 new

    They Live by Night

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  9. 434 new

    I Remember Mama

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 485 new

    One Sunday Afternoon

    1948, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 509 new

    Pitfall

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 611 new

    Cry of the City

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 646 new

    Ruthless

    1948, in 1 top list Check
  14. 709 new

    Der Prozeß

    1948, in 1 top list Check
  15. 717 new

    L'amore

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 731 new

    La terra trema

    1948 — a.k.a. The Earth Trembles, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 741 new

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  18. 766 new

    Oliver Twist

    1948, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 797 new

    Arch of Triumph

    1948, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 802 new

    The Fallen Idol

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  21. 821 new

    Yellow Sky

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 828 new

    A Foreign Affair

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 853 new

    The Search

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 854 new

    Act of Violence

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 930 new

    I Walk Alone

    1947, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 949 new

    Call Northside 777

    1948 — a.k.a. Calling Northside 777, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 1012 new

    The Three Musketeers

    1948, in 1 top list Check
  28. 1029 new

    Easter Parade

    1948, in 1 top list Check
  29. 1060 new

    The Naked City

    1948, in 9 top lists Check
  30. 1066 new

    So This Is New York

    1948, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 1168 new

    Force of Evil

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 1350 new

    Road House

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 1351 new

    Johnny Belinda

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 1388 new

    Corridor of Mirrors

    1948, in 1 top list Check
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