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on 16 Nov 2009 08:33

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My favorite directorial debut feautures

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7.6

7.8

1. Nanook of the North (1922)

Robert J. Flaherty

The Wolf's rating:

279

8.5

7.9

2. L'Atalante (1934)

The first and only full lenght feature of Jean Vigo.

The Wolf's rating:

2033

8.1

8.5

3. Citizen Kane (1941)

Orson Welles

The Wolf's rating:

898

8.3

4. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

John Huston

The Wolf's rating:

8.1

5. Valkoinen peura (1952)

Erik Blomberg

The Wolf's rating:

574

8.1

8.2

6. The Night of the Hunter (1955)

The first and only full lenght feature of Charles Laughton

The Wolf's rating:

192

7.7

7.2

7. Shadows (1959)

John Cassavetes

The Wolf's rating:

862

8.3

8.1

8. The 400 Blows (1959)

François Truffaut

The Wolf's rating:

829

8.1

7.9

9. Breathless (1960)

Jean-Luc Godard

The Wolf's rating:

295

7.7

7.6

10. Knife in the Water (1962)

Roman Polanski

The Wolf's rating:

312

8.4

11. Ivan's Childhood (1962)

Andrei Tarkovsky

The Wolf's rating:

7.5

6.9

12. Fando and Lis (1968)

Alejandro Jodorowsky

The Wolf's rating:

1293

7.9

13. Night of the Living Dead (1968)

George A. Romero

The Wolf's rating:

1004

7.5

7.3

14. Easy Rider (1969)

Dennis Hopper

The Wolf's rating:

6.6

5.3

15. 200 Motels (1971)

Frank Zappa & Tony Palmer

The Wolf's rating:

458

6.6

5.9

16. The Last House on the Left (1972)

Wes Craven

The Wolf's rating:

735

7.6

17. The Wicker Man (1973)

Robin Hardy

The Wolf's rating:

582

7.9

18. Badlands (1973)

Terrence Malick

The Wolf's rating:

3103

8.1

8.4

19. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones

The Wolf's rating:

1306

7.5

7.3

20. Eraserhead (1977)

David Lynch

The Wolf's rating:

1313

6.8

21. Mad Max (1979)

George Miller

The Wolf's rating:

1502

7.3

7.6

22. The Evil Dead (1981)

Sam Raimi

The Wolf's rating:

613

7.5

7.7

23. Blood Simple (1984)

Joel Coen

The Wolf's rating:

126

6.7

6.8

24. The Element of Crime (1984)

Lars von Trier

The Wolf's rating:

979

7.7

25. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Rob Reiner

The Wolf's rating:

194

6.7

26. Night of the Creeps (1986)

Fred Dekker

The Wolf's rating:

444

7.3

7.1

27. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

John McNaughton

The Wolf's rating:

506

6.7

28. Bad Taste (1987)

Peter Jackson

The Wolf's rating:

284

8.2

7.7

29. The Seventh Continent (1989)

Michael Haneke

The Wolf's rating:

1770

7.3

30. Dances with Wolves (1990)

Kevin Costner

The Wolf's rating:

565

7.3

7.7

31. Boyz N the Hood (1991)

John Singelton

The Wolf's rating:

130

7.1

32. The Indian Runner (1991)

Sean Penn

The Wolf's rating:

4201

8.2

8.4

33. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Quentin Tarantino

The Wolf's rating:

835

6.5

6.8

34. Kids (1995)

Larry Clark

The Wolf's rating:

520

7.7

7.3

35. Buffalo '66 (1998)

Vincent Gallo

The Wolf's rating:

1747

7.9

8.2

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

Guy Ritchie

The Wolf's rating:

2529

5.7

6.3

37. The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez

The Wolf's rating:

5559

7.8

8.5

38. American Beauty (1999)

Sam Mendes

The Wolf's rating:

2354

7.1

7.2

39. The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Sofia Coppola

The Wolf's rating:

1254

7.9

8.1

40. Amores Perros (2000)

Alejandro González Iñárritu

The Wolf's rating:

4712

7.7

8.1

41. Donnie Darko (2001)

Richard Kelly

The Wolf's rating:

710

7.8

7.7

42. The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

Sylvain Chomet

The Wolf's rating:

6.9

43. 20 Fingers (2004)

Mania Akbari

The Wolf's rating:

In chronological order. Short films are not included.

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Comments

Shaun

Posted: 3 years, 6 months ago at Nov 27 12:57

Good list, I would add Walter Hill's Hard Times (1975) as well.

C!pH3r

Posted: 2 years, 10 months ago at Aug 2 9:09

Play misty for me by Clint Eastwood?

James B.

Posted: 2 years, 10 months ago at Aug 2 15:50

Yes, Misty must be added to this list.