The Evil Dead (1981)
Real first feature by Sam Raimi: It's Murder! (1977)
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Poll: (Not) First Feature Films by Famous Filmmakers
All of feature films listed below are widely thought to be classic "debuts" and are seemingly first features of great directors. However, if you dig deeper, turns out their actual feature debuts were forgotten for one reason or another. Which of these faux first features is your favorite and most inspiring case of early filmmaking by a known director?
Note: Finished feature films only.
Make Your Choice
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Duel (1971)
Real first feature by Steven Spielberg: Firelight (1964) -
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Real first feature by Tobe Hooper: Eggshells (1969) -
Ya shagayu po Moskve (1964)
Real first feature by Georgiy Daneliya: Seryozha (1960) -
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
Real first feature by John Landis: Schlock (1973) -
Maniac (1980)
Real first feature by William Lustig: The Viloation of Claudia (1977) -
Black Sunday (1960)
Real first feature by Mario Bava: I vampiri (1959) -
Carnival Night (1956)
Real first feature by Eldar Ryazanov: Ostrov Sakhalin (1955) -
Shivers (1975)
Real first feature by David Cronenberg: Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) (1969) -
Mean Streets (1973)
Real first feature by Martin Scorsese: I Call First (1967) -
Re-Animator (1985)
Real first feature by Stuart Gordon: Bleacher Bums (1979) -
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Real first feature by Jim Jarmusch: Permanent Vacation (1980) -
Alien (1979)
Real first feature by Ridley Scott: The Duellists (1977) -
The Terminator (1984)
Real first feature by James Cameron: Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981) -
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Real first feature by John Carpenter: Dark Star (1974) -
Piranha (1978)
Real first feature by Joe Dante: The Movie Orgy (1968) -
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Real first feature by Frank Darabont: Buried Alive (1990) -
Memento (2000)
Real first feature by Christopher Nolan: Following (1998) -
She's Gotta Have It (1986)
Real first feature by Spike Lee: Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983) -
Ride the High Country (1962)
Real first feature by Sam Peckinpah: The Deadly Companions (1961) -
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Real first feature by Michael Cimino: Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) -
Boogie Nights (1997)
Real first feature by Paul Thomas Anderson: Hard Eight (1996) -
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Real first feature by Sergio Leone: Colussus of Rhodes (1961) -
The Matrix (1999)
Real first feature by The Wachowskis: Bound (1996) -
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Real first feature by Hugh Hudson: Irresistible (1971) -
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Real first feature by John Hughes: Sixteen Candles (1984) -
The Hunger (1983)
Real first feature by Tony Scott: Loving Memory (1971) -
Wide Awake (1998)
Real first feature by M. Night Shyamalan: Praying with Anger (1992) -
Used Cars (1980)
Real first feature by Robert Zemeckis: I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) -
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Real first feature by Bryan Singer: Public Access (1993) -
Killer's Kiss (1955)
Real first feature by Stanley Kubrick: Fear and Desire (1953)
