THE TOP 12 BEST OF ALL-TIME DEBUT FILMS BY AMERICAN DIRECTORS

Which of these American Directors and their debut feature film didn’t make the final cut of the Top 12?

Before I get into this, I want to make mention this article will contain a Top 12 Best Film list with some critical analysis, photos of the filmmakers & their film posters, and movie trailers all further down the editorial.

Okay, so, I saw an article on the entertainment news site, IndieWire, about the “25 Best Movies by American Directors 35 or Under” that were made in the 21st century. The list contained a lot of interesting and intriguing films to say the least but left a lot of films out that arguably should have been on the list such as Damien Chazelle’s “Whiplash”, Patty Jenkins’ “Monster”, Peter Docter’s “Monster Inc.”, Marc Webb’s “(500) Days of Summer”, Benny and Josh Safdie’s “Good Time”, Spike Jonez’s “Adaptation”, Josh Trank’s “Chronicle” and so forth.

Furthermore, arguments could easily be made for certain films that shouldn’t have made the list to start with — such as David Gordon Green’s “Pineapple Express” for example, beating out superior films like the ones mentioned above that didn’t. Also, the order of the films is also highly debatable on the list but I’ll digress on the matter.

But IndieWire’s list got me thinking about another notion that stimulated my intrigue after reading their list. While they came up with a listing of the best films by American Directors 35 or…