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Added by moviewatcher122 on 30 May 2014 07:48
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Director Debuts- Best to Worst

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The Shawshank Redemption
People who added this item 6111 Average listal rating (4342 ratings) 8.6 IMDB Rating 9.3
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Frank Darabont
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American Beauty
People who added this item 6694 Average listal rating (4594 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8.3
American Beauty (1999)
Sam Mendes
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Reservoir Dogs
People who added this item 5286 Average listal rating (3637 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8.3
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Quentin Tarantino
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12 Angry Men
People who added this item 2532 Average listal rating (1682 ratings) 8.7 IMDB Rating 9
12 Angry Men (1957)
Sidney Lumet
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Cube
People who added this item 1929 Average listal rating (1253 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 7.1
Cube (1997)
Vincenzo Natali
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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)
George A. Romero
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Eraserhead
People who added this item 1841 Average listal rating (1046 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.4
Eraserhead (1977)
David Lynch
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American History X
People who added this item 4635 Average listal rating (3158 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8.5
American History X (1998)
Tony Kaye
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District 9
People who added this item 3205 Average listal rating (2202 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.9
District 9 (2009)
Neill Blomkamp
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Airplane!
People who added this item 2076 Average listal rating (1444 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.7
Airplane! (1980)
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker
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Clerks
People who added this item 2278 Average listal rating (1477 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.7
Clerks
Kevin Smith
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The Nightmare Before Christmas
People who added this item 5211 Average listal rating (3583 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 7.9
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Henry Selick
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
People who added this item 2209 Average listal rating (1512 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8.1
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Guy Ritchie
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Nightcrawler
People who added this item 1153 Average listal rating (852 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.8
Nightcrawler (2014)
Dan Gilroy
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A Bronx Tale
People who added this item 664 Average listal rating (459 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.8
A Bronx Tale (1993)
Robert De Niro
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The Crow
People who added this item 2418 Average listal rating (1613 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.5
The Crow (1994)
Alex Proyas
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The Maltese Falcon
People who added this item 1234 Average listal rating (791 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 7.9
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
John Huston
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Violent Cop
People who added this item 263 Average listal rating (156 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.1
Violent Cop
Takeshi Kitano
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The Lion King
People who added this item 7666 Average listal rating (5419 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.5
The Lion King (1994)
Rob Minkoff and Roger Allers
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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)
Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam
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Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
People who added this item 934 Average listal rating (633 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 6.8
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
Mike Judge
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Toy Story
People who added this item 7792 Average listal rating (5559 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 8.3
Toy Story (1995)
John Lasseter
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Being John Malkovich
People who added this item 3823 Average listal rating (2340 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.7
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Spike Jonze
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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)
Rob Reiner
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Don Jon
People who added this item 853 Average listal rating (566 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 6.5
Don Jon
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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Kids
People who added this item 1087 Average listal rating (628 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 7
Kids (1995)
Larry Clark
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure
People who added this item 1109 Average listal rating (673 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 7
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Tim Burton
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Boys Don't Cry
People who added this item 1757 Average listal rating (1001 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.5
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Kimberly Peirce
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Menace II Society
People who added this item 329 Average listal rating (206 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.5
Menace II Society (1993)
Allen and Albert Hughes
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Pusher
People who added this item 366 Average listal rating (235 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.3
Pusher (1996)
Nicolas Winding Refn
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Gone Baby Gone
People who added this item 1284 Average listal rating (810 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.6
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Ben Affleck
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One Hour Photo (2002)
People who added this item 1544 Average listal rating (981 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.8
One Hour Photo (2002) (2002)
Mark Romanek
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Blood Simple
People who added this item 825 Average listal rating (500 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.6
Blood Simple (1984)
Joel and Ethan Coen
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Chronicle
People who added this item 1156 Average listal rating (789 ratings) 6.7 IMDB Rating 7
Chronicle (2012)
Josh Trank
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Hard Candy
People who added this item 2176 Average listal rating (1365 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 7
Hard Candy (2005)
David Slade
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Donnie Darko
People who added this item 5834 Average listal rating (3953 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 8
Donnie Darko (2001)
Richard Kelly
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The Evil Dead
People who added this item 2138 Average listal rating (1446 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.4
The Evil Dead (1981)
Sam Raimi
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(500) Days of Summer
People who added this item 3552 Average listal rating (2457 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.7
(500) Days of Summer (2009)
Marc Webb
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The 40-Year-Old Virgin
People who added this item 4038 Average listal rating (2726 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 7.1
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
Judd Apatow
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Dumb and Dumber
People who added this item 4097 Average listal rating (2822 ratings) 6.2 IMDB Rating 7.3
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Peter and Bobby Farrelly
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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
People who added this item 3301 Average listal rating (2262 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 7
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
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Bound
People who added this item 628 Average listal rating (398 ratings) 7.1 IMDB Rating 7.3
Bound (1996)
The Wachowskis
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Ted
People who added this item 1952 Average listal rating (1377 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 6.9
Ted (2012)
Seth MacFarlane
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
People who added this item 2239 Average listal rating (1513 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 7.1
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) (2004)
Adam McKay
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Bad Taste
People who added this item 679 Average listal rating (422 ratings) 6.7 IMDB Rating 6.6
Bad Taste (1987)
Peter Jackson
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The Kid
People who added this item 1009 Average listal rating (663 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.3
The Kid (1921)
Charlie Chaplin
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Delicatessen
People who added this item 1283 Average listal rating (727 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.5
Delicatessen (1991)
Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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Saw
People who added this item 4265 Average listal rating (2938 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 7.6
Saw (2004)
James Wan
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Saw II
People who added this item 2724 Average listal rating (1743 ratings) 6.1 IMDB Rating 6.6
Saw II (2005)
Darren Lynn Bousman
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Boyz n the Hood (1991)
People who added this item 875 Average listal rating (574 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.8
Boyz n the Hood (1991) (1991)
John Singleton
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