Poll: (Not) First Feature Films by Famous Filmmakers

Results of 757 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Alien (1979)

    

   Real first feature by Ridley Scott: The Duellists (1977)
2. 2.
   

   The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

    

   Real first feature by Frank Darabont: Buried Alive (1990)
3. 3.
   

   Memento (2000)

    

   Real first feature by Christopher Nolan: Following (1998)
4. 4.
   

   The Evil Dead (1981)

    

   Real first feature by Sam Raimi: It's Murder! (1977)
5. 5.
   

   The Terminator (1984)

    

   Real first feature by James Cameron: Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981)
6. 6.
   

   The Matrix (1999)

    

   Real first feature by The Wachowskis: Bound (1996)
7. 7.
   

   Duel (1971)

    

   Real first feature by Steven Spielberg: Firelight (1964)
8. 8.
   

   The Breakfast Club (1985)

    

   Real first feature by John Hughes: Sixteen Candles (1984)
9. 9.
   

   The Usual Suspects (1995)

    

   Real first feature by Bryan Singer: Public Access (1993)
10. 10.
    

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

     

    Real first feature by Tobe Hooper: Eggshells (1969)
11. 11.
    

    Boogie Nights (1997)

     

    Real first feature by Paul Thomas Anderson: Hard Eight (1996)
12. 12.
    

    The Deer Hunter (1978)

     

    Real first feature by Michael Cimino: Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
13. 13.
    

    Mean Streets (1973)

     

    Real first feature by Martin Scorsese: I Call First (1967)
14. 14.
    

    A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

     

    Real first feature by Sergio Leone: Colussus of Rhodes (1961)
15. 15.
    

    Re-Animator (1985)

     

    Real first feature by Stuart Gordon: Bleacher Bums (1979)
16. 16.
    

    The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

     

    Real first feature by John Landis: Schlock (1973)
17. 17.
    

    Black Sunday (1960)

     

    Real first feature by Mario Bava: I vampiri (1959)
18. 18.
    

    Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

     

    Real first feature by John Carpenter: Dark Star (1974)
19. 19.
    

    Ya shagayu po Moskve (1964)

     

    Real first feature by Georgiy Daneliya: Seryozha (1960)
20. 20.
    

    Stranger Than Paradise (1984)

     

    Real first feature by Jim Jarmusch: Permanent Vacation (1980)
21. 21.
    

    Killer's Kiss (1955)

     

    Real first feature by Stanley Kubrick: Fear and Desire (1953)
22. 22.
    

    Maniac (1980)

     

    Real first feature by William Lustig: The Viloation of Claudia (1977)
23. 23.
    

    Shivers (1975)

     

    Real first feature by David Cronenberg: Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) (1969)
24. 24.
    

    Piranha (1978)

     

    Real first feature by Joe Dante: The Movie Orgy (1968)
25. 25.
    

    Chariots of Fire (1981)

     

    Real first feature by Hugh Hudson: Irresistible (1971)
26. 26.
    

    The Hunger (1983)

     

    Real first feature by Tony Scott: Loving Memory (1971)
27. 27.
    

    Carnival Night (1956)

     

    Real first feature by Eldar Ryazanov: Ostrov Sakhalin (1955)
28. 28.
    

    Wide Awake (1998)

     

    Real first feature by M. Night Shyamalan: Praying with Anger (1992)
29. 29.
    

    She's Gotta Have It (1986)

     

    Real first feature by Spike Lee: Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983)
30. 30.
    

    Ride the High Country (1962)

     

    Real first feature by Sam Peckinpah: The Deadly Companions (1961)
31. 31.
    

    Used Cars (1980)

     

    Real first feature by Robert Zemeckis: I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)