20 greatest directorial debuts in film history

Citizen Kane (1941) | Image Source: RKO Radio Pictures
Citizen Kane (1941) | Image Source: RKO Radio Pictures

13) ⁠The Virgin Suicides (1999) – Sofia Coppola

The Virgin Suicides (1999) | Image Source: Paramount Pictures
The Virgin Suicides (1999) | Image Source: Paramount Pictures

Sofia Coppola's haunting meditation on adolescence and alienation, The Virgin Suicides is adapted from the same novel by Jeffrey Eugenides. It is an ode to the tragic lives of five sisters in a most banal, suburban American context. With Kirsten Dunst's stellar performance and Sofia Coppola's sublime direction, it captures all of the ethereal, melancholic atmospherics leading her straight to critical acclaim. Her success continued with Lost in Translation (2003), cementing her place as one of cinema's foremost directors.

Edited by Abhimanyu Sharma
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