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Best Directorial Debuts

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Three Ages
People who added this item 94 Average listal rating (64 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7
Three Ages
Directed by Buster Keaton
12 Angry Men
People who added this item 2532 Average listal rating (1682 ratings) 8.7 IMDB Rating 9
12 Angry Men (1957)
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Jour de Fete
People who added this item 120 Average listal rating (79 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 7.2
Jour de Fete
Directed by Jacques Tati
Violent Cop
People who added this item 263 Average listal rating (156 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.1
Violent Cop
Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Easy Rider
People who added this item 1379 Average listal rating (869 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.2
Easy Rider (1969)
Directed by Dennis Hopper
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
People who added this item 84 Average listal rating (45 ratings) 6.7 IMDB Rating 6.8
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1970)
Directed by Paul Mazursky
George Washington (2000)
People who added this item 113 Average listal rating (62 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.2
George Washington (2000)
Directed by David Gordon Green
This Is Spinal Tap
People who added this item 1252 Average listal rating (801 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.9
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Directed by Rob Reiner
Breathless (1960)
People who added this item 1168 Average listal rating (705 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 7.7
Breathless (1960) (1960)
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Alice (1988)
People who added this item 473 Average listal rating (256 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.5
Alice (1988)
Directed by Jan Svankmajer
Shadows (1959)
People who added this item 286 Average listal rating (150 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.3
Shadows (1959)
Directed by John Cassavetes
The Great McGinty (1940)
People who added this item 44 Average listal rating (27 ratings) 7.1 IMDB Rating 7.3
The Great McGinty (1940)
Directed by Preston Sturges
Reservoir Dogs
People who added this item 5286 Average listal rating (3637 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8.3
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Eraserhead
People who added this item 1841 Average listal rating (1046 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.4
Eraserhead (1977)
Directed by David Lynch
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
People who added this item 1940 Average listal rating (1253 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.4
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Directed by Tobe Hooper
Accattone
People who added this item 199 Average listal rating (108 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.7
Accattone
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Maltese Falcon
People who added this item 1234 Average listal rating (791 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 7.9
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Directed by John Huston
Night of the Living Dead
People who added this item 1776 Average listal rating (1159 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 7.9
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Directed by George A. Romero
The 400 Blows
People who added this item 1216 Average listal rating (744 ratings) 8.4 IMDB Rating 8.1
The 400 Blows (1959)
Directed by François Truffaut
They Live by Night (1948)
People who added this item 133 Average listal rating (70 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.4
They Live by Night (1948)
Directed by Nicholas Ray
Citizen Kane (1941)
People who added this item 2864 Average listal rating (1777 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.3
Citizen Kane (1941)
Directed by Orson Welles
Blood Simple
People who added this item 825 Average listal rating (500 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.6
Blood Simple (1984)
Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
L'Atalante
People who added this item 399 Average listal rating (214 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 7.7
L'Atalante (1934)
Directed by Jean Vigo
Badlands
People who added this item 894 Average listal rating (561 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 7.7
Badlands (1973)
Directed by Terrence Malick
The Night of the Hunter
People who added this item 893 Average listal rating (583 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Directed by Charles Laughton
Elevator to the Gallows
People who added this item 275 Average listal rating (178 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 7.9
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Directed by Louis Malle
Man Bites Dog
People who added this item 570 Average listal rating (283 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.5
Man Bites Dog (1992)
Directed by André Bonzel and Rémy Belvaux
Ivan's Childhood
People who added this item 512 Average listal rating (299 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 8.1
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
I Stand Alone (1998)
People who added this item 402 Average listal rating (200 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.3
I Stand Alone (1998)
Directed by Gaspar Noe
Knife in the Water
People who added this item 370 Average listal rating (216 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 7.5
Knife in the Water (1962)
Directed by Roman Polanski
Fists in the Pocket
People who added this item 114 Average listal rating (56 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 7.8
Fists in the Pocket (1965)
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
People who added this item 913 Average listal rating (501 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Directed by Mike Nichols
Johnny Got His Gun
People who added this item 333 Average listal rating (144 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.8
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Directed by Dalton Trumbo
Savage Nights
People who added this item 60 Average listal rating (28 ratings) 6.6 IMDB Rating 6.9
Savage Nights (1992)
Directed by Cyril Collard
L'Age d'Or (1930)
People who added this item 389 Average listal rating (231 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.2
L'Age d'Or (1930)
Directed by Luis Buñuel
Hiroshima Mon amour
People who added this item 603 Average listal rating (346 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 7.9
Hiroshima Mon amour (1959)
Directed by Aain Resnais
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
People who added this item 3792 Average listal rating (2560 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8.2
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Directed by Terry Gillam and Terry Jones
Pather Panchali (1955)
People who added this item 294 Average listal rating (159 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.2
Pather Panchali (1955)
Directed by Satyajit Ray
Delicatessen
People who added this item 1283 Average listal rating (727 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.5
Delicatessen (1991)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Shallow Grave
People who added this item 697 Average listal rating (435 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.3
Shallow Grave (1994)
Directed by Danny Boyle
The Shawshank Redemption
People who added this item 6111 Average listal rating (4342 ratings) 8.6 IMDB Rating 9.3
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Directed by Frank Darabont
Being John Malkovich
People who added this item 3823 Average listal rating (2340 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.7
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Directed by Spike Jonze
American Beauty
People who added this item 6694 Average listal rating (4594 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8.3
American Beauty (1999)
Directed by Sam Mendes
Amores Perros
People who added this item 1650 Average listal rating (1009 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.1
Amores Perros
Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Donnie Darko
People who added this item 5834 Average listal rating (3953 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 8
Donnie Darko (2001)
Directed by Richard Kelly
The Return
People who added this item 420 Average listal rating (227 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 7.9
The Return (2003)
Directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev
The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
People who added this item 903 Average listal rating (534 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 7.7
The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
Directed by Sylvain Chomet
Hunger
People who added this item 822 Average listal rating (459 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.6
Hunger (2008)
Directed by Steve McQueen
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
People who added this item 1212 Average listal rating (694 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 7.5
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Directed by Charlie Kaufman
Moon
People who added this item 2107 Average listal rating (1401 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 7.8
Moon (2009)
Directed by Duncan Jones

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