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The 12 Best Directorial Debuts of the 2000s

By YPB Team

Startling first films that launched some of the era's most distinctive filmmakers. Where do you stand?

City of God — ranked #11
City of God
Fernando Meirelles 2002 debut about crime and survival in the Rio favelas across two decades.
1000pts
Kontroll — ranked #22
Kontroll
Nimrod Antal 2003 Hungarian debut set entirely in the Budapest metro system.
641pts
Slumdog Millionaire — ranked #33
Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan 2008 debut bringing a Mumbai teen game show story to the Oscars.
494pts
Paranormal Activity — ranked #44
Paranormal Activity
Oren Peli 2007 found-footage debut that launched a franchise from a $15,000 budget.
384pts
Shifty — ranked #55
Shifty
Eran Creevy 2008 British drama debut set over 24 hours in a London drug dealer life.
384pts
Memento — ranked #66
Memento
Christopher Nolan 2000 breakthrough psychological thriller told in reverse chronological order.
231pts
Primer — ranked #77
Primer
Shane Carruth 2004 debut about two engineers who accidentally build a time machine in a garage.
231pts
Eden Lake — ranked #88
Eden Lake
James Watkins 2008 British horror debut about a couple terrorized by a youth gang in the woods.
231pts
Monsters — ranked #99
Monsters
Gareth Edwards 2010 debut shot on a minimal budget about alien-infected zones in Central America.
231pts
Whale Rider — ranked #1010
Whale Rider
Niki Caro 2002 New Zealand debut about a Maori girl claiming her birthright as her tribe tribal leader.
231pts
Brick — ranked #1111
Brick
Rian Johnson 2005 neo-noir debut transplanting hard-boiled detective fiction to a California high school.
1pts
Napoleon Dynamite — ranked #1212
Napoleon Dynamite
Jared Hess 2004 quirky debut about an awkward Idaho teen that became a cult phenomenon.
1pts
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