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Added by Michael M on 19 Aug 2011 12:07
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Directorial Debuts

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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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The Iron Giant
People who added this item 2090 Average listal rating (1438 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 8.1
The Iron Giant (1999)
Brad Bird
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Pi
People who added this item 1994 Average listal rating (1129 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.3
Pi (1998)
Darren Aronofsky
Following
People who added this item 693 Average listal rating (386 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.5
Following (1998)
Christopher Nolan
Hard Eight
People who added this item 411 Average listal rating (255 ratings) 7.1 IMDB Rating 7.2
Hard Eight
Paul Thomas Anderson
Bottle Rocket
People who added this item 674 Average listal rating (442 ratings) 6.7 IMDB Rating 6.9
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Wes Anderson
The Hard Case
People who added this item 4 Average listal rating (0 ratings) 0 IMDB Rating 6.3
The Hard Case (1995)
Guy Ritchie
A Fistful of Fingers
People who added this item 14 Average listal rating (8 ratings) 4.8 IMDB Rating 6.3
A Fistful of Fingers (1995)
Edgar Wright
Clerks
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Clerks
Kevin Smith
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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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Shallow Grave
People who added this item 697 Average listal rating (435 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.3
Shallow Grave (1994)
Danny Boyle
Alien 3
People who added this item 2197 Average listal rating (1523 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 6.4
Alien 3 (1992)
David Fincher
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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El Mariachi
People who added this item 868 Average listal rating (565 ratings) 6.6 IMDB Rating 6.8
El Mariachi (1992)
Robert Rodriguez
Bad Taste
People who added this item 679 Average listal rating (422 ratings) 6.7 IMDB Rating 6.6
Bad Taste (1987)
Peter Jackson
Luxo Jr.
People who added this item 376 Average listal rating (263 ratings) 6.7 IMDB Rating 7.3
Luxo Jr. (1987)
John Lasseter
Mala Noche
People who added this item 128 Average listal rating (52 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 6.5
Mala Noche (1986)
Gus Van Sant
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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Sixteen Candles
People who added this item 1286 Average listal rating (791 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 7
Sixteen Candles (1984)
John Hughes
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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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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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Piranha II: The Spawning
People who added this item 145 Average listal rating (98 ratings) 3.8 IMDB Rating 3.7
Piranha II: The Spawning (1982)
James Cameron
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
People who added this item 598 Average listal rating (345 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.6
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Hayao Miyazaki
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand
People who added this item 89 Average listal rating (48 ratings) 6.7 IMDB Rating 6.8
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Robert Zemeckis
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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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The Duellists
People who added this item 312 Average listal rating (184 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.4
The Duellists (1977)
Ridley Scott
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
Terry Gilliam
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Seizure
People who added this item 18 Average listal rating (10 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 4.7
Seizure (1974)
Oliver Stone
Dark Star (1974)
People who added this item 337 Average listal rating (193 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 6.2
Dark Star (1974) (1974)
John Carpenter
Duel
People who added this item 65 Average listal rating (41 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 7.6
Duel (1971)
Steven Spielberg
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Play Misty for Me
People who added this item 374 Average listal rating (233 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 6.9
Play Misty for Me (1971)
Clint Eastwood
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Stereo
People who added this item 71 Average listal rating (32 ratings) 5.4 IMDB Rating 5.1
Stereo (1969)
David Cronenberg
What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
People who added this item 169 Average listal rating (88 ratings) 5.8 IMDB Rating 5.8
What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
Woody Allen
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Who's That Knocking at My Door?
People who added this item 196 Average listal rating (113 ratings) 6.6 IMDB Rating 6.7
Who's That Knocking at My Door? (1968)
Martin Scorsese
Tramway
People who added this item 21 Average listal rating (19 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 6.4
Tramway (1966)
Krzysztof Kieslowski
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)
Mike Nichols
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Black Peter
People who added this item 79 Average listal rating (46 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7
Black Peter (1964)
Milos Forman
Dementia 13 (1963)
People who added this item 158 Average listal rating (103 ratings) 5.8 IMDB Rating 5.7
Dementia 13 (1963) (1963)
Francis Ford Coppola
The Colossus of Rhodes
People who added this item 69 Average listal rating (43 ratings) 6.1 IMDB Rating 5.8
The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
Sergio Leone
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)
Roman Polanski
The Deadly Companions
People who added this item 52 Average listal rating (32 ratings) 6.6 IMDB Rating 6.1
The Deadly Companions (1961)
Sam Peckinpah
Breathless (1960)
People who added this item 1168 Average listal rating (705 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 7.7
Breathless (1960) (1960)
Jean-Luc Godard
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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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The Delinquents
People who added this item 17 Average listal rating (10 ratings) 5.9 IMDB Rating 5.6
The Delinquents (2010)
Robert Altman
The Killers (1956)
People who added this item 76 Average listal rating (49 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.6
The Killers (1956) (2002)
Andrei Tarkovsky
Une visite
People who added this item 2 Average listal rating (0 ratings) 0 IMDB Rating 7.3
Une visite (1955)
François Truffaut
Pather Panchali (1955)
People who added this item 294 Average listal rating (159 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.2
Pather Panchali (1955)
Satyajit Ray
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Fear and Desire
People who added this item 165 Average listal rating (98 ratings) 5.2 IMDB Rating 5.3
Fear and Desire (1952)
Stanley Kubrick
Luci del Varietà
People who added this item 55 Average listal rating (33 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.1
Luci del Varietà (1956)
Federico Fellini
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)
Nicholas Ray
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