What are the best directorial debuts of 2020s so far?

I love giving a chance to new filmmakers in the hopes of discovering a new kind of auteur vision. If I find a movie like that appealing to me in the slightest, it immediately moves to the top of my watchlist... Here're some of the best directorial debuts of 2020s according to me, share yours down below...

- The Plague (2025 - Charlie Polinger)
- Plainclothes (2025 - Carmen Emmi)
- Lurker (2025 - Alex Russell)
- Lilies Not For Me (2024 - Will Seefried)
- The Hypnosis (2023 - Ernst de Geer)
- Aftersun (2022 - Charlotte Wells)
- Funny Pages (2022 - Owen Kline)