Blu Ray.com Community's TOP 20 DIRECTORIAL FEATURE DEBUTS

[Armchair NZ]

... feel like I've voted for waaay too many of these on other favourites lists in the past lol

unapologetically voting for movies I really like, rather than how important they might be as a debut. Also unapologetically voting for a bunch of directors who have only made one or two movies

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Frank Darabont
2. Girl Asleep (2015) Rosemary Myers
3. Noise (2007) Matthew Saville
4. Vigil (1984) Vincent Ward
5. The House of Yes (1997) Mark Waters
6. Bone Tomahawk (2015) S. Craig Zahler
7. Beautiful Kate (2009) Rachel Ward
8. Animal Kingdom (2010) David Michôd
9. Nightcrawler (2014) Dan Gilroy
10. Blood Simple (1984) Coen Bros.
11. The Survivalist (2015) Stephen Fingleton
12. Gone Baby Gone (2007) Ben Affleck
13. Once Were Warriors (1994) Lee Tamahori
14. Sexy Beast (2000) Jonathan Glazer
15. Thief (1981) Michael Mann
16. In My Father's Den (2004) Brad McGann
17. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) Amy Heckerling
18. Reservoir Dogs (1992) Quentin Tarantino
19. Eagle vs Shark (2007) Taika Waititi
20. Moon (2009) Duncan Jones

let me know if any are ineligible and I'll swap 'em out for something else

[Armchair NZ]

there, that'll do I think

Originally Posted by Armchair NZ

... feel like I've voted for waaay too many of these on other favourites lists in the past lol

unapologetically voting for movies I really like, rather than how important they might be as a debut. Also unapologetically voting for a bunch of directors who have only made one or two movies

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Frank Darabont
2. Girl Asleep (2015) Rosemary Myers
3. Noise (2007) Matthew Saville
4. Vigil (1984) Vincent Ward
5. The House of Yes (1997) Mark Waters
6. Bone Tomahawk (2015) S. Craig Zahler
7. Beautiful Kate (2009) Rachel Ward
8. Animal Kingdom (2010) David Michôd
9. Nightcrawler (2014) Dan Gilroy
10. Blood Simple (1984) Coen Bros.
11. The Survivalist (2015) Stephen Fingleton
12. Gone Baby Gone (2007) Ben Affleck
13. Once Were Warriors (1994) Lee Tamahori
14. Sexy Beast (2000) Jonathan Glazer
15. Thief (1981) Michael Mann
16. In My Father's Den (2004) Brad McGann
17. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) Amy Heckerling
18. Reservoir Dogs (1992) Quentin Tarantino
19. Eagle vs Shark (2007) Taika Waititi
20. Moon (2009) Duncan Jones

let me know if any are ineligible and I'll swap 'em out for something else

Antipodes represent! managed to have 8 of my 20 be movies from Australia and NZ