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  1. 09-14-2021, 12:59 PM #1
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    Default Best Directorial Debuts

    David Lynch: Eraserhead
    Tony Scott: The Hunger
    Larry Clark: Kids
    Kevin Smith:Clerks
    Ben Affleck: Gone, Baby Gone
    Wes Anderson: Bottle Rocket


    What are some of your other favorite directors' first movies?
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    Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs.
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    Orson Wells: Citizen Kane
    Terrance Malick: Badlands
    Ryan Coogler: Fruitvale Station
    Sidney Lumet: 12 Angry Men
    Rob Reiner: This is Spinal Tap
    Frank Darabont: The Shawshank Redemption
    Jean Luc Godard: À Bout de Souffle (Breathless)
    Francois Truffaut: Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows)

    All of those are properly great movies, not just related to them being Directorial Debuts.
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    Steven Spielberg: Duel.
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    Hayao Miyazaki: The Castle of Cagliostro

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    Mike Nichols: Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolfe

    Duel was a made for TV movie, Spielberg's first theatrical film was Sugerland Express.
    There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
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    A sad one is Charles Laughton's Night of the Hunter, since he never made another.

    A recent excellent film was Regina King's One Night in Miami. Though she had previously directed a lot of TV episodes.

    Ordinary People and Dances With Wolves are probably unfairly maligned because they beat better Scorsese movies for Best Picture, but both are good films.

    A few more I'd add are the time travel story Primer, Terms of Endearment, Closely Watched Trains and Easy Rider.

    Quote Originally Posted by C_Miller View Post
    Orson Wells: Citizen Kane
    Terrance Malick: Badlands
    Ryan Coogler: Fruitvale Station
    Sidney Lumet: 12 Angry Men
    Rob Reiner: This is Spinal Tap
    Frank Darabont: The Shawshank Redemption
    Jean Luc Godard: À Bout de Souffle (Breathless)
    Francois Truffaut: Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows)

    All of those are properly great movies, not just related to them being Directorial Debuts.
    Good choices.

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    Mike Nichols: Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolfe.
    Another great one.
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    Clint Eastwood, Play Misty For Me
    Avatar: Here's to the late, great Steve Dillon. Best. Punisher. Artist. EVER!
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    I think Richard Donner: The Omen. But I am not sure if it is his first feature. He directed A LOT of TV.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kirby101 View Post
    I think Richard Donner: The Omen. But I am not sure if it is his first feature. He directed A LOT of TV.
    Seems like there was at least a film or two before that(allowing for that my years aren't fuzzy...)

    At the very least, Salt And Pepper seems like would be a few years before that.
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    John Huston - The Maltese Falcon
    Orson Welles - Citizen Kane
    Satyajit Ray - Panther Pachali
    Francois Truffaut - The 400 Blows
    John Cassavettes - Shadows
    Sidney Lument - 12 Angry Men
    James L Brooks - Terms of Endearment
    Barry Sonnefeild - The Addams Family
    Mike Nichols - Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    JJ Abrams - Mission Impossible III
    Robert Eggers - The Witch
    Alex Garland - Ex Machina
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    Quote Originally Posted by numberthirty View Post
    Seems like there was at least a film or two before that(allowing for that my years aren't fuzzy...)

    At the very least, Salt And Pepper seems like would be a few years before that.
    I didn't know he directed that Davis Jr, Lawford debacle. Off to IMDB for me.
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    George Lucas / THX 1138

    Lawrence Kasdan / Body Heat

    Penny Marshall / Big

    Angelina Jolie / Unbroken

    Joel and Ethan Coen / Blood Simple

    Stanley Donen / On the Town
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    If you don't count the TV Movie, The Jericho Mile, Any love for Michael Mann's Thief?
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    Darren Aronofski - Pi
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