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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  1. 1 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 2 new

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  3. 3 new

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  4. 4 new

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 5 new

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  6. 6 new

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  7. 7 new

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  8. 8 new

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 9 new

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  10. 10 new

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  11. 11 new

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 12 new

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  13. 13 new

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  14. 14 new

    Being John Malkovich

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 15 new

    This Is Spinal Tap

    1984, in 22 top lists Check
  16. 16 new

    Gates of Heaven

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 17 new

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 18 new

    Airplane!

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 20 new

    The Iron Giant

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  20. 21 new

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 22 new

    The Producers

    1967, in 14 top lists Check
  22. 23 new

    Nóz w wodzie

    1962 — a.k.a. Knife in the Water, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 24 new

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  24. 25 new

    The Kid

    1921, in 17 top lists Check
  25. 26 new

    District 9

    2009, in 10 top lists Check
  26. 27 new

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 28 new

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 29 new

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  29. 30 new

    Synecdoche, New York

    2008, in 9 top lists Check
  30. 31 new

    Pather Panchali

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 32 new

    Henry V

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 33 new

    Easy Rider

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  33. 34 new

    Clerks

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 35 new

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  35. 36 new

    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    1966, in 19 top lists Check
  36. 37 new

    GATTACA

    1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 38 new

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 39 new

    Pee-wee's Big Adventure

    1985, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 40 new

    Brick

    2005, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 41 new

    Killer of Sheep

    1978, in 14 top lists Check
  41. 42 new

    Sex, Lies, and Videotape

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  42. 43 new

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  43. 44 new

    Pi

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 45 new

    In Bruges

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  45. 46 new

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  46. 47 new

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  47. 48 new

    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 49 new

    Hedwig and the Angry Inch

    2001, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 50 new

    Delicatessen

    1991, in 15 top lists Check
  50. 51 new

    Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

    1958 — a.k.a. Elevator to the Gallows, in 10 top lists Check
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