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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The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 26 top lists Check -
5 new
À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
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Reservoir Dogs
1992, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
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Blood Simple
1984, in 10 top lists Check -
9 new
Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check -
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Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
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The Shawshank Redemption
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
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In Bruges
2008, in 6 top lists Check -
48 new
Boyz n the Hood
1991, in 9 top lists Check -
51 new
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
1958 — a.k.a. Elevator to the Gallows, in 10 top lists Check -
52 new
Bottle Rocket
1996, in 3 top lists Check -
60 new
Shallow Grave
1994, in 2 top lists Check -
62 new
Gone Baby Gone
2007, in 1 top list Check -
63 new
Repo Man
1984, in 9 top lists Check -
70 new
El mariachi
1992, in 4 top lists Check -
71 new
Performance
1970, in 16 top lists Check -
73 new
They Live by Night
1948, in 13 top lists Check -
77 new
Sydney
1996 — a.k.a. Hard Eight, in 1 top list Check -
83 new
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005, in 4 top lists Check -
87 new
Chicago
2002, in 7 top lists Check -
90 new
Force of Evil
1948, in 13 top lists Check -
91 new
Drugstore Cowboy
1989, in 7 top lists Check -
93 new
Heathers
1988, in 7 top lists Check -
94 new
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998, in 7 top lists Check -
99 new
Get Carter
1971, in 11 top lists Check
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