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Manic Wayne's 25 Great Directorial Debuts

In no particularly order, here is my 25 greatest directorial debuts and the directors who made them. Every great director needs to start somewhere, some start with amazing films straight off the bat. I've included directors first feature film. (Short films do not count)
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Orson Welles
Orson Welles
1
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
2
99%8.3
Frank Darabont
Frank Darabont
3
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
4
91%9.3
Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet
5
12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men (1957)
6
100%9.0
John Huston
John Huston
7
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
8
100%8.0
Richard Kelly
Richard Kelly
9
Donnie Darko (2001)
Donnie Darko (2001)
10
86%8.0
Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner
11
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
12
95%7.9
Sam Mendes
Sam Mendes
13
American Beauty (1999)
American Beauty (1999)
14
87%8.3
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
15
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
16
91%8.3
Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle
17
Shallow Grave (1994)
Shallow Grave (1994)
18
70%7.3
Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner
19
Dances With Wolves (1990)
Dances With Wolves (1990)
20
83%8.0
Cameron Crowe
Cameron Crowe
21
Say Anything... (1989)
Say Anything... (1989)
22
98%7.3
Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi
23
The Evil Dead (1981)
The Evil Dead (1981)
24
95%7.5
Coen Brothers
Coen Brothers
25
Blood Simple (1984)
Blood Simple (1984)
26
93%7.6
David Fincher
David Fincher
27
Alien³ (1992)
Alien³ (1992)
28
45%6.5
Neill Blomkamp
Neill Blomkamp
29
District 9 (2009)
District 9 (2009)
30
90%7.9
Francois Truffaut
Francois Truffaut
31
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
32
99%8.1
John Singleton
John Singleton
33
Boyz N the Hood (1991)
Boyz N the Hood (1991)
34
96%7.8
George A. Romero
George A. Romero
35
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
36
96%7.9
Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck
37
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
38
94%7.6
Terrence Malick
Terrence Malick
39
Badlands (1973)
Badlands (1973)
40
97%7.8
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