The 12 Best Directorial Debuts of the 2010s
Assured, genre-bending first features that proved a debut can land like a veteran's masterpiece. Which one wins?
1Get Out
Jordan Peele 2017 debut turning the meet-the-parents premise into a sharp social horror film.
1000pts
2A Quiet Place
John Krasinski 2018 debut setting a family survival horror in a world where sound attracts blind monsters.
933pts
3The Florida Project
Sean Baker 2017 debut following the lives of motel residents on the outskirts of Walt Disney World.
933pts
4Sound of Metal
Darius Marder 2019 debut about a drummer losing his hearing and grappling with silence and identity.
840pts
5The Witch
Robert Eggers 2015 debut following a Puritan family persecuted by a supernatural force in 17th century New England.
799pts
6Hereditary
Ari Aster 2018 debut that redefined elevated horror with a grieving family and unseen supernatural forces.
799pts
7Short Term 12
Destin Daniel Cretton 2013 debut about counselors at a foster care facility for troubled teens.
699pts
8Beasts of the Southern Wild
Benh Zeitlin 2012 debut following a young girl navigating a flooded Louisiana bayou with fearless poetry.
349pts
9Ex Machina
Alex Garland 2014 directorial debut about a coder who evaluates an AI in a secluded research facility.
349pts
10Blue Ruin
Jeremy Saulnier 2013 debut about a drifter pursuing a revenge mission that spirals out of control.
349pts
11It Follows
David Robert Mitchell 2014 debut using a sexually transmitted supernatural entity as a slow-burn dread metaphor.
349pts
12Whiplash
Damien Chazelle 2014 debut about a jazz drummer under the terrorizing instruction of a conservatory instructor.
0pts
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