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Top 20 Directorial Debuts

While most directors can take years to hone their craft and find their own distinctive style, these select few were able to deliver masterpieces upon their very first effort...Presenting my top 20 directorial debuts.
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Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
2
12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
3
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
4
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
5
Badlands (1973)
Badlands (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
6
Breathless (1960)
Breathless (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
7
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
8
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
9
Buffalo '66 (1998)
Buffalo '66 (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
10
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
11
Pather Panchali (1955)
Pather Panchali (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
12
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
13
Donnie Darko (2001)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
14
No Man's Land (2001)
No Man's Land (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
15
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Lives of Others (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
16
American Beauty (1999)
American Beauty (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
17
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
18
Eraserhead (1977)
Eraserhead (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
19
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
20
Hunger (2008)
Hunger (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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