We’re starting a new, regular thing: the Letterboxd Showdown, in which you’ll make inspiring best-of lists based on a weekly topic and tag. Fittingly, the first topic we’ve selected is: most remarkable debut films. List your favorite films that were the director’s first feature, and let’s compare.
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X_modem 20 films

Kibriya⚡ 35 films

Florian Chan 26 films

Naughty aka Juli Norwood 216 films

Mostafa 10 films

Guilherme Simões Reis 33 films

Ruth Scouller 25 films

Guilherme Simões Reis 21 films

Julen2711 10 films

Sam Prime 454 films

ophr 11 films

Rose 16 films

ImmigrantFilm 196 films

Palpatine03 17 films

Jared Beukes 23 films

NiteOfTheWorld 10 films

Matt Greene 25 films

FFMMDD 10 films

Andrew James 17 films

Clarissa Thorne 27 films

Yorda 20 films

zachmc 20 films

jmccarty123 10 films

Zach Meadows 20 films

Thom Robinson 10 films

Potatobrains 10 films

Coemgen 10 films

johnny422 10 films

LynchFub 10 films

Josh Costley 30 films

Matt 10 films

TOPPLEARKHIA 53 films

Eduard Rautenbach 10 films

Brogan Luke Bouwhuis 10 films

David Gruwez 10 films

Johnny316 10 films

Wynand Olivier 10 films

Dukefrukem 12 films

Guilherme Gomes 100 films

After_Death 10 films

Vinny Thornburg 27 films

J. N. Linnemeier 138 films

Kurosawa 40 films

Hunter Goebel 10 films

andrea 17 films

B S 10 films

Jake J 50 films

vulpes_lagopus 10 films

Etienne Felisaz 11 films

okrc (J.Arturo) 10 films

Bronco Bronson 44 films

felonioustongue 50 films

quadrophenia17 38 films

wooby123 17 films

Eddie_Kasp 68 films

Chico 10 films

JensHellberg 474 films

Sam 10 films

Wynand Olivier 10 films

G a y a n 10 films

codydalton 280 films

Common 31 films

Prof. Ratigan 20 films

Ryan Oliveira 🏳️🌈 15 films

AronDanburg 10 films

AronDanburg 10 films

Film Clubb 240 films

Seth Montpelier 10 films

K 10 films

stunad19 10 films

David Paul Rebelak 7 films

Binnsai 20 films

Tobias Andersen 10 films

Jacob Peterson 10 films

Forrest With2Rs 30 films

jovac1993 10 films

kynky 50 films

Dirk Diggler 48 films

hunterjames 65 films

Danny 20 films

Jay DeKay 10 films

Jim Cody 11 films

Darren Carver-Balsiger 25 films

tosler 10 films

autum! 25 films

BEARM1LK 10 films

Wim Rijks Sørensen 10 films

Michael M 11 films

Rembrandt Q Pumpernickel 73 films