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Film debuts by famous actors

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  • Richard Gere in Primal Fear (1996)

    1. Primal Fear

    19962h 9mR47Metascore
    7.7 (267K)
    A high-profile murder intrigues a publicity hungry lawyer.
    DirectorGregory HoblitStarsRichard GereLaura LinneyEdward Norton
    Debut: Edward Norton
  • Caitlin O'Heaney in He Knows You're Alone (1980)

    2. He Knows You're Alone

    19801h 34mR41Metascore
    5.0 (4.5K)
    A young bride-to-be is being stalked upon by a serial killer in Staten Island. She gets help from a former lover, but will they manage to escape?
    DirectorArmand MastroianniStarsDon ScardinoCaitlin O'HeaneyElizabeth Kemp
    Debut: Tom Hanks
  • Brooke Shields and Martin Hewitt in Endless Love (1981)

    3. Endless Love

    19811h 56mR30Metascore
    4.9 (10K)
    Parental disapproval of a passionate romance between teenagers Jade Butterfield and David Axelrod leads to arguments, circumstance, insanity and tragedy.
    DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsBrooke ShieldsMartin HewittShirley Knight
    Debut: Tom Cruise
  • Heather Langenkamp in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

    4. A Nightmare on Elm Street

    19841h 31mR76Metascore
    7.4 (280K)
    Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.
    DirectorWes CravenStarsHeather LangenkampJohnny DeppRobert Englund
    Debut: Johnny Depp
  • National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)

    5. National Lampoon's Animal House

    19781h 49mR79Metascore
    7.4 (134K)
    At a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
    DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiKaren AllenTom Hulce
    Debut: Kevin Bacon
  • 1941 (1979)

    6. 1941

    19791h 58mPG34Metascore
    5.8 (38K)
    Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydTreat Williams
    Debut: Mickey Rourke
  • Charles Bronson in Death Wish (1974)

    7. Death Wish

    19741h 33mR51Metascore
    6.9 (47K)
    A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks. In self-defense, the vengeful man kills muggers on the mean streets after dark.
    DirectorMichael WinnerStarsCharles BronsonHope LangeVincent Gardenia
    Debut: Denzel Washington & Jeff Goldblum
  • BMX Bandits (1983)

    8. BMX Bandits

    19831h 28mPG53Metascore
    5.5 (6.5K)
    A trio of teen BMX enthusiasts become entangled with a group of bank robbers after discovering their cache of walkie-talkies.
    DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsDavid ArgueJohn LeyNicole Kidman
    Debut: Nicole Kidman
  • Erskineville Kings (1999)

    9. Erskineville Kings

    19991h 30m
    6.2 (725)
    Barky, 25, lost soul, left home two years ago to escape his abusive father leaving behind everything in the world that was important to him; now that his father's dead, he thinks it's safe to come home.
    DirectorAlan WhiteStarsMarty DennissHugh JackmanAndrew Wholley
    Debut: Hugh Jackman
  • Jungle Fever (1991)

    10. Jungle Fever

    19912h 12mR78Metascore
    6.6 (20K)
    Friends and family of a married Black architect react in different ways to his affair with an Italian secretary.
    DirectorSpike LeeStarsWesley SnipesAnnabella SciorraSpike Lee
    Debut: Halle Berry
  • Together for Days (1972)

    11. Together for Days

    19721h 24mPG
    6.8 (125)
    A Black radical activist and a young White woman find themselves drawn to one another during the politically and racially-charged atmosphere of early 1970s America.
    DirectorMichael SchultzStarsClifton DavisLois ChilesNorthern Calloway
    Debut: Samuel L. Jackson
  • James Coburn in Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)

    12. Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

    19661h 44mApproved
    5.9 (1.5K)
    A paroled conman co-ordinates the robbery of an L. A. Airport bank with the arrival of the Soviet premier.
    DirectorBernard GirardStarsJames CoburnCamilla SparvAldo Ray
    Debut: Harrison Ford
  • Deborah Shelton, James Coco, and John Allen Nelson in Hunk (1987)

    13. Hunk

    19871h 42mPG
    4.6 (1.6K)
    A computer nerd makes a deal with the Devil and gets a new beefcake body.
    DirectorLawrence BassoffStarsJohn Allen NelsonSteve LevittDeborah Shelton
    Debut: Brad Pitt
  • The First Deadly Sin (1980)

    14. The First Deadly Sin

    19801h 52mR
    5.9 (2.4K)
    Police inspector Edward Delaney, nearing retirement, is trying to care for his bedridden wife Barbara while he tracks a serial killer who is terrorizing New York.
    DirectorBrian G. HuttonStarsFrank SinatraFaye DunawayDavid Dukes
    Debut: Bruce Willis
  • The Devil's Rain (1975)

    15. The Devil's Rain

    19751h 26mPG28Metascore
    5.1 (5.4K)
    A satanist cult leader is burnt alive by the local church. He vows to come back to hunt down and enslave every descendant of his congregation, by the power of the book of blood contracts, in which they sold their souls to the devil.
    DirectorRobert FuestStarsErnest BorgnineEddie AlbertIda Lupino
    Debut: John Travolta
  • Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, and Corbin Bernsen in Major League (1989)

    16. Major League

    19891h 47mR62Metascore
    7.2 (81K)
    The new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her.
    DirectorDavid S. WardStarsTom BerengerCharlie SheenCorbin Bernsen
    Debut: Rene Russo
  • Badlands (1973)

    17. Badlands

    19731h 34mPG94Metascore
    7.7 (82K)
    An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town, and her older greaser boyfriend, embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota Badlands.
    DirectorTerrence MalickStarsMartin SheenSissy SpacekWarren Oates
    Debut: Charlie Sheen
  • Max Dugan Returns (1983)

    18. Max Dugan Returns

    19831h 38mPG
    6.7 (4.2K)
    Struggling single mother Nora McPhee's life is disrupted when her long-lost father Max Dugan returns in hopes of spending some time with her and her son Michael to make up for lost time because Max is dying.
    DirectorHerbert RossStarsJason RobardsMarsha MasonDonald Sutherland
    Debut: Matthew Broderick & Kiefer Sutherland
  • Barefoot in Athens (1966)

    19. Barefoot in Athens

    19661h 16mTV Movie
    7.2 (92)
    The last few days in the life of Socrates, including his trial.
    DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsPeter UstinovGeraldine PageAnthony Quayle
    Debut: Christopher Walken
  • Timothy Hutton in Taps (1981)

    20. Taps

    19812h 6mPG49Metascore
    6.8 (21K)
    Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.
    DirectorHarold BeckerStarsGeorge C. ScottTimothy HuttonRonny Cox
    Debut: Sean Penn
  • Peter Boyle in Joe (1970)

    21. Joe

    19701h 47mR
    6.8 (4.9K)
    Two men - a wealthy ad executive and a far-right factory worker - form a dangerous bond after the former confesses to the latter about murdering his daughter's drug-dealer boyfriend.
    DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsPeter BoyleDennis PatrickSusan Sarandon
    Debut: Susan Sarandon
  • Malibu Hot Summer (1981)

    22. Malibu Hot Summer

    19811h 30mR
    2.7 (914)
    A fabulous Malibu beach house is the setting for sin in sun, as a trio of lovely ladies find love in Los Angeles over one sizzling summer.
    DirectorRichard BranderStarsTerry CongieLesley BranderRoselyn Royce
    Debut: Kevin Costner
  • Pia Zadora, Lloyd Bochner, Joseph Cali, Anthony Holland, and Carla Romanelli in The Lonely Lady (1983)

    23. The Lonely Lady

    19831h 32mR
    3.2 (1.4K)
    Hoping to achieve success in Hollywood, a young aspiring screenwriter allows others to exploit her. She goes through affair after sordid affair in her attempt to write her own screenplay and have it produced.
    DirectorPeter SasdyStarsPia ZadoraLloyd BochnerBibi Besch
    Debut: Ray Liotta
  • Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965)

    24. Three Rooms in Manhattan

    19651h 50m
    6.4 (588)
    After his wife leaves him, a young French actor, François Comte, moves to New York to work for a television company. One evening, he meets an attractive young woman, Kay Larsi, in a bar.
    DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsAnnie GirardotMaurice RonetO.E. Hasse
    Debut: Robert DeNiro
  • Patty Duke in Me, Natalie (1969)

    25. Me, Natalie

    19691h 51mM/PG
    6.5 (1.3K)
    A young woman struggles for independence.
    DirectorFred CoeStarsPatty DukeJames FarentinoMartin Balsam
    Debut: Al Pacino

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