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Added by johanlefourbe on 23 May 2011 02:04
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Best Directorial Debuts from 1921 until 2021

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1920's

People who added this item 1015 Average listal rating (666 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.3
The Kid (1921)
directed by Charles Chaplin



Note : It is actually rather tricky for Chaplin since he directed so many short movies.
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People who added this item 232 Average listal rating (131 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 7.6
directed by Sergei Eisenstein

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People who added this item 1250 Average listal rating (748 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 7.7
directed by Luis Buñuel



Note : An Andalusian Dog' is actually a short movie and actually doesn't belong on this list but it had such a huge impact on the film world that I made an expection. Furthermore, it is my list so I put whatever I want...
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1930's

People who added this item 403 Average listal rating (214 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 7.7
L'Atalante (1934)
directed by Jean Vigo



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1940's

People who added this item 2887 Average listal rating (1790 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.3
directed by Orson Welles


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People who added this item 1241 Average listal rating (792 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 7.9
directed by John Huston


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directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot


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directed by Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger



Note : Actually, it is not Michael Powell's first movie, but it is Emeric Pressburger's first movie and obviously, it was the first time they directed a movie together.
People who added this item 157 Average listal rating (79 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 7.1
Henry V (1944)
directed by Laurence Olivier



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People who added this item 199 Average listal rating (101 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.6
Ossessione (1943)
directed by Luchino Visconti



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People who added this item 121 Average listal rating (79 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 7.2
directed by Jacques Tati


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directed by Nicholas Ray


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1950's

People who added this item 905 Average listal rating (592 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8
directed by Charles Laughton

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People who added this item 357 Average listal rating (222 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 6.6
Killer's Kiss (1955)
directed by Stanley Kubrick

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People who added this item 2561 Average listal rating (1704 ratings) 8.7 IMDB Rating 9
12 Angry Men (1957)
directed by Sidney Lumet

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People who added this item 280 Average listal rating (181 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 7.9
directed by Louis Malle

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People who added this item 289 Average listal rating (151 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.3
directed by John Cassavetes



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People who added this item 1221 Average listal rating (748 ratings) 8.4 IMDB Rating 8.1
The 400 Blows (1959)
directed by Francois Truffaut

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1960's

People who added this item 1180 Average listal rating (711 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 7.7
directed by Jean-Luc Godard

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People who added this item 203 Average listal rating (110 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.7
directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

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People who added this item 517 Average listal rating (304 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.1
directed by Andrey Tarkovskiy


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People who added this item 372 Average listal rating (217 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 7.5
directed by Roman Polanski

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People who added this item 57 Average listal rating (30 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 6.9
directed by Bernardo Bertolucci

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People who added this item 114 Average listal rating (56 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 7.8
directed by Marco Bellocchio



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directed by Mike Nichols


People who added this item 199 Average listal rating (116 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 6.7
directed by Martin Scorsese


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People who added this item 642 Average listal rating (405 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.5
directed by Mel Brooks


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People who added this item 1789 Average listal rating (1167 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 7.9
directed by George A. Romero



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People who added this item 1385 Average listal rating (871 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.2
Easy Rider (1969)
directed by Dennis Hopper



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People who added this item 432 Average listal rating (269 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.3
directed by Woody Allen


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1970's

People who added this item 249 Average listal rating (124 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 6.9
Performance (1970)
directed by Nicolas Roeg


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People who added this item 544 Average listal rating (312 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.3
Get Carter (1971)
directed by Mike Hodges


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People who added this item 709 Average listal rating (382 ratings) 6.8 IMDB Rating 6.6
THX 1138 (1971)
directed by George Lucas

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People who added this item 379 Average listal rating (236 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 6.9
directed by Clint Eastwood

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People who added this item 337 Average listal rating (148 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.8
directed by Dalton Trumbo


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People who added this item 75 Average listal rating (47 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.6
Duel (1971)
directed by Steven Spielberg

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People who added this item 22 Average listal rating (12 ratings) 5.4 IMDB Rating 6.5
directed by Stephen Frears


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People who added this item 695 Average listal rating (408 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 5.8
directed by Wes Craven


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People who added this item 75 Average listal rating (47 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.6
Duel (1971)
directed by Steven Spielberg


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People who added this item 325 Average listal rating (211 ratings) 5.8 IMDB Rating 6.2
directed by Ralph Bakshi


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People who added this item 905 Average listal rating (566 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 7.7
Badlands (1973)
directed by Terrence Malick


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People who added this item 1965 Average listal rating (1271 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.4
directed by Tobe Hooper



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People who added this item 285 Average listal rating (176 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 7
directed by Michael Cimino


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People who added this item 223 Average listal rating (139 ratings) 6.6 IMDB Rating 6.8
directed by Alan Parker

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People who added this item 1864 Average listal rating (1062 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.4
Eraserhead (1977)
directed by David Lynch

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People who added this item 317 Average listal rating (187 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.4
The Duellists (1977)
directed by Ridley Scott

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People who added this item 295 Average listal rating (158 ratings) 6 IMDB Rating 6.2
Jabberwocky (1977)
directed by Terry Gilliam

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People who added this item 3784 Average listal rating (2442 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 7.2
Grease (1978)
directed by Randal Kleiser

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People who added this item 216 Average listal rating (147 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.9
directed by Warren Beatty

People who added this item 1984 Average listal rating (1310 ratings) 6.8 IMDB Rating 6.8
Mad Max (1979)
directed by George Miller

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Some of them are widely known, some of them are more obscure. I think they are all worth a look.

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