OFCS Top 100: 100 Best First Films
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October 04, 2010: For movie lovers, there are few things more exciting than the discovery of a bold new filmmaker. Through cinema history, many extraordinary directors immediately made their marks on the industry with their first feature-length films.
The Online Film Critics Society celebrates the innovations and ingenuity of these extraordinary artists by presenting its selection of the 100 Best First Feature Films of All Time. Spanning the cinematic experience from the silent era to the digital age, the OFCS writers pay tribute to the most impressive filmmaking debuts of all time.
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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The Shawshank Redemption
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
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12 Angry Men
1957, in 30 top lists Check -
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Reservoir Dogs
1992, in 26 top lists Check -
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Toy Story
1995, in 25 top lists Check -
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American Beauty
1999, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
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Donnie Darko
2001, in 21 top lists Check -
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Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check -
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
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The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 27 top lists Check -
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À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
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Night of the Living Dead
1968, in 20 top lists Check -
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Eraserhead
1977, in 20 top lists Check -
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Being John Malkovich
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
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Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
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Monsters, Inc.
2001, in 14 top lists Check -
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Hiroshima mon amour
1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check -
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Pather Panchali
1955, in 21 top lists Check -
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District 9
2009, in 10 top lists Check -
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Airplane!
1980, in 14 top lists Check -
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This Is Spinal Tap
1984, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Evil Dead
1981, in 8 top lists Check -
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966, in 19 top lists Check -
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L'Atalante
1934, in 21 top lists Check -
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In Bruges
2008, in 6 top lists Check -
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Easy Rider
1969, in 17 top lists Check -
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Dances with Wolves
1990, in 18 top lists Check -
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Amores perros
2000, in 17 top lists Check -
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The Blair Witch Project
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
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Moon
2009, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Kid
1921, in 17 top lists Check -
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Synecdoche, New York
2008, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Iron Giant
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998, in 8 top lists Check -
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Clerks
1994, in 9 top lists Check -
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Delicatessen
1991, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Producers
1967, in 14 top lists Check -
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Blood Simple
1984, in 10 top lists Check -
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Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
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Mad Max
1979, in 13 top lists Check -
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GATTACA
1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check -
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L'âge d'or
1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check -
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Pi
1998, in 6 top lists Check -
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Ivanovo detstvo
1962 — a.k.a. Ivan's Childhood, in 12 top lists Check -
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Chicago
2002, in 7 top lists Check -
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Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
1958 — a.k.a. Elevator to the Gallows, in 10 top lists Check -
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005, in 4 top lists Check -
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Sex, Lies, and Videotape
1989, in 11 top lists Check -
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Nanook of the North
1922, in 17 top lists Check
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