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50 Best Directorial Debuts of All Time

Some directors do something great with their first film. Here are 50 of them. How many have you seen?
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Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
2
Eraserhead (1977)
Eraserhead (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
3
Blood Simple (1984)
Blood Simple (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
4
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
5
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
6
Hard Eight (1996)
Hard Eight (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
7
Following (1998)
Following (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
8
Breathless (1960)
Breathless (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
9
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
10
12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
11
Pi (1998)
Pi (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
12
Duel (1971)
Duel (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
13
The Duellists (1977)
The Duellists (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
14
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
15
The Witch (2016)
The Witch (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
16
Hereditary (2018)
Hereditary (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
17
Get Out (2017)
Get Out (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
18
Lady Bird (2017)
Lady Bird (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
19
American Beauty (1999)
American Beauty (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
20
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
21
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
22
Nightcrawler (2014)
Nightcrawler (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
23
In Bruges (2008)
In Bruges (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
24
Pather Panchali (1955)
Pather Panchali (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
25
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
26
Knife in the Water (1962)
Knife in the Water (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
27
Perfect Blue (1997)
Perfect Blue (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
28
Amores Perros (2000)
Amores Perros (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
29
Ex Machina (2015)
Ex Machina (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
30
Thief (1981)
Thief (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
31
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   74%
32
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
33
The Evil Dead (1981)
The Evil Dead (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
34
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
35
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
36
Badlands (1973)
Badlands (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
37
Easy Rider (1969)
Easy Rider (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
38
Clerks (1994)
Clerks (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
39
Buffalo '66 (1998)
Buffalo '66 (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
40
Blue Collar (1978)
Blue Collar (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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