What do Rian Johnson, Sofia Coppola, and Orson Welles have in common? An exploration of the directors whose first movie is still their best effort.
While many movie directors improve throughout their careers, some filmmakers peak with a killer debut. It is not easy for a director to follow a popular debut movie. Some filmmakers, like Quentin Tarantino, can follow their breakout hit with another, even more critically acclaimed follow-up. However, for many directors, their second movie is a humbling experience that proves not every project they touch will turn into gold. This isn’t a bad thing, but it can cause problems down the line.
9 Orson Welles Orson Welles is a titan of cinema and a rare director whose contributions to the medium can’t be overstated. However, although there’s a lot of filmmaking innovation included throughout his career, Citizen Kane is comfortably his most important and engaging movie. Welles’ Citizen Kane is deservedly called one of the best movies ever made, which made the project pretty much impossible to follow.
6 Eli Roth 2005’s infamous Hostel made a big cultural impact and the 2018 comedy horror adaptation The House with a Clock in its Walls is kid-friendly fantasy fun. However, 2002’s bizarre Cabin Fever is still the best distillation of director Eli Roth’s unique brand of gross-out horror and dark humor. Based on his own experience of suffering from debilitating psoriasis, Cabin Fever is a nightmarish story of college kids succumbing to a flesh-eating diastase on what should be an idyllic holiday.
3 Roger Kumble Cruel Intentions made Roger Kumble look like a potential superstar. A teen movie spin on Dangerous Liaisons, Cruel Intentions mixed high camp with an A-list cast. The dialogue was knowingly silly and the entire thing teetered on the edge of absurdity, but star-making turns from Reese Witherspoon and Sarah Michelle Gellar ensured Cruel Intentions was a major hit. However, none of Kumble’s follow-ups came close to recapturing its appeal.
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