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Best Directorial Debuts

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8.1

8.5

1. Citizen Kane (1941)

Directed by Orson Welles

Alix's rating:

898

8

8.3

2. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Directed by John Huston

574

8.1

8.2

3. The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Directed by Charles Laughton

1626

8.6

8.9

4. 12 Angry Men (1957)

Directed by Sidney Lumet

863

8.3

8.1

5. The 400 Blows (1959)

Directed by François Truffaut

829

8.1

7.9

6. Breathless (1960)

Directed by Jean Luc Godard

Alix's rating:

131

8

7.7

7. Accattone (Accattone!) (1961)

Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

295

7.7

7.6

8. Knife in the Water (1962)

Directed by Roman Polanski

1295

7.9

8

9. Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Directed by George A. Romero

473

7.3

7.6

10. The Producers (1967)

Directed by Mel Brooks

1005

7.5

7.3

11. Easy Rider (1969)

Directed by Dennis Hopper

327

7.5

7.7

12. Duel (1971)

Directed by Steven Spielberg

Alix's rating:

582

7.9

7.9

13. Badlands (1973)

Directed by Terrence Malick

3104

8.1

8.4

14. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Directed by Terry Gilliam

1306

7.5

7.3

15. Eraserhead (1977)

Directed by David Lynch

203

7

7.3

16. The Duellists (1977)

Directed by Ridley Scott

1503

7.3

7.6

17. The Evil Dead (1981)

Directed by Sam Raimi

Alix's rating:

613

7.5

7.7

18. Blood Simple (1984)

Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

1770

7.3

8

19. Dances with Wolves (1990)

Directed by Kevin Costner

Alix's rating:

565

7.3

7.7

20. Boyz N the Hood (1991)

Directed by John Singleton

4201

8.2

8.4

21. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Directed by Quentin Tarantino

Alix's rating:

4642

8.6

9.3

22. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Directed by Frank Darabont

Alix's rating:

1620

7.5

7.5

23. Pi (1998)

Directed by Darren Aronofsky

504

7.4

7.6

24. Following (1998)

Directed by Christopher Nolan

1748

7.9

8.2

25. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

Directed by Guy Ritchie

5559

7.8

8.5

26. American Beauty (1999)

Directed by Sam Mendes

Alix's rating:

2357

7.1

7.2

27. The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Directed by Sofia Coppola

Alix's rating:

4713

7.7

8.1

28. Donnie Darko (2001)

Directed by Richard Kelly

Alix's rating:

1517

7.9

8

29. Moon (2009)

Directed by Duncan Jones

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Comments

Posted: 2 years, 2 months ago at Apr 14 4:35

Great list!

Posted: 2 years, 2 months ago at Apr 14 12:01

Nice list, but David Fincher's first film was Alien 3, three years before Seven.

Posted: 2 years, 2 months ago at Apr 14 13:09

GREAT LIST

Posted: 2 years, 2 months ago at Apr 14 13:14

@X-tyyppi: You're right. Thanks for the correction!

Posted: 2 years, 2 months ago at Apr 14 15:17

Great list! I would put John Singleton for Boyz n the Hood (1991), John Huston for The Maltese Falcon (1941), Sidney Lumet for 12 Angry Men (1957), Roman Polanski for Knife In the Water (1962) and even Charles Laughton for The Night of the Hunter (1955) just to name a few.

Posted: 2 years, 2 months ago at Apr 14 17:09

I´d put Guy Ritchie also on the list from Lock, Stock....

Posted: 2 years, 2 months ago at Apr 15 12:17

Moon by Duncan Jones?

Posted: 2 years, 2 months ago at Apr 19 6:53

Thanks to all for the suggestions! I have added to the list...

Posted: 1 year, 9 months ago at Sep 9 6:16

A suggestion: "Accattone" (Pier Paolo Pasolini,1961)

Posted: 1 year, 7 months ago at Nov 17 20:43

Boyz n the Hood is such a shame because it's such a powerful film and now John Singleton is making crappy action films.

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