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Best Directorial Debuts

This is a list of the best movies that are debuts (the first attempt at a feature film) from the directors.
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The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
2
American Beauty (1999)
American Beauty (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
3
Arachnophobia (1990)
Arachnophobia (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
4
Bad Taste (1987)
Bad Taste (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
5
Badlands (1973)
Badlands (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
6
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
7
Blood Simple (1984)
Blood Simple (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
8
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
9
Boyz N the Hood (1991)
Boyz N the Hood (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
10
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
11
Chicago (2002)
Chicago (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
12
Chicken Run (2000)
Chicken Run (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
13
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
14
Clerks (1994)
Clerks (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
15
Dances With Wolves (1990)
Dances With Wolves (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
16
Diner (1982)
Diner (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
17
Donnie Darko (2001)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
18
Duel (1971)
Duel (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
19
The Duellists (1977)
The Duellists (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
20
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
21
Eraserhead (1977)
Eraserhead (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
22
The Evil Dead (1981)
The Evil Dead (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
23
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
24
Following (1998)
Following (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
25
Heathers (1988)
Heathers (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
26
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
27
The Iron Giant (1999)
The Iron Giant (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
28
Kids (1995)
Kids (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   46%
29
The Killing Fields (1984)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
30
Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
31
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
32
Near Dark (1987)
Near Dark (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
33
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
34
Nightcrawler (2014)
Nightcrawler (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
35
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
36
Pi (1998)
Pi (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
37
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
38
Serenity (2005)
Serenity (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
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Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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