Great films by directors under 25 are hard to come by. In fact, it was nearly impossible to find ten titles. But after some heavy research, I managed to concoct this list. Originally written for IndieWire back in the summer of 2016, I reshuffled, subtracted, and added some films. I’m fairly confident about the ten that have been chosen. In fact, it’s made me realize what an impossible task it is to be a filmmaker and hit one out of the ballpark at such a young age. No wonder then that on this list are some of the most important filmmakers of the last 100 years of cinema (Orson Wells, Steven Spielberg, Paul Thomas Anderson). Oh, and two things, Stanley Kubrick directed “The Killing” when he was 28, and, no, I don’t consider Harmony Korine’s “Gummo” to be a great movie.
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