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. 54 new

    The Wings of Eagles

    1957, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 55 new

    The Rising of the Moon

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 310 new

    Mister Cory

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 324 new

    China Gate

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 325 new

    Run of the Arrow

    1957, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 326 new

    Forty Guns

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  7. 339 new

    Time Without Pity

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  8. 361 new

    Men in War

    1957, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 372 new

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 397 new

    Saint Joan

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 411 new

    Bitter Victory

    1957, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 422 new

    Battle Hymn

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 424 new

    The Tarnished Angels

    1957, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 495 new

    Band of Angels

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  15. 500 new

    Decision at Sundown

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  16. 501 new

    The Tall T

    1957, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 518 new

    Funny Face

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 519 new

    The Pajama Game

    1957, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 540 new

    The River's Edge

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 541 new

    The Restless Breed

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 561 new

    The Brothers Rico

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  22. 570 new

    The Halliday Brand

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 574 new

    Sweet Smell of Success

    1957, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 576 new

    Fear Strikes Out

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  25. 583 new

    Crime of Passion

    1956, in 1 top list Check
  26. 584 new

    Fury at Showdown

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 585 new

    Valerie

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 598 new

    Baby Face Nelson

    1957, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 629 new

    Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

    1957, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 642 new

    Night of the Demon

    1957 — a.k.a. Curse of the Demon, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 655 new

    Il grido

    1957 — a.k.a. The Cry, in 7 top lists Check
  32. 697 new

    This Angry Age

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 734 new

    Le notti bianche

    1957 — a.k.a. White Nights, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 756 new

    A Face in the Crowd

    1957, in 14 top lists Check
  35. 832 new

    Love in the Afternoon

    1957, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 833 new

    Witness for the Prosecution

    1957, in 12 top lists Check
  37. 859 new

    A Hatful of Rain

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 913 new

    3:10 to Yuma

    1957, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 1018 new

    Jeanne Eagels

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 1077 new

    The Young Stranger

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  41. 1085 new

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  42. 1093 new

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  43. 1162 new

    Fire Down Below

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 1178 new

    The Burglar

    1957, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 1344 new

    The Story of Esther Costello

    1957 — a.k.a. The Golden Virgin, in 0 top lists Check
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