302 Best Directors under 30 years old Movies To Watch - A Good Movie To Watch

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Popular + Directors under 30 years old

Recommendations for films made by directors who were under 30 years old at the time of release.

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Godland (2022)

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8.3

A grand, terrific beauty of a film

Stan Lee (2023)

7.0

A charming introduction to the famous comic book creator with words from the man himself

The Village (2023)

6.7

The past haunts the present in this tale of loss and preservation of a village

Le Havre (2011)

best

8.3

A heartwarming, light story of compassion and community

One Fine Morning (2022)

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8.5

Léa Seydoux gives an extraordinarily moving performance in this understated French drama about love, loss, and life

Somewhere in Queens (2022)

7.6

A small-scale but lovely family drama

The Earth Is Blue as an Orange (2020)

7.8

Art as a lifeline in a war zone

Blue Bayou (2021)

7.2

Justin Chon writes and directs a poignant film showing that home is more than a place, it's the people you love

Penguin Highway (2018)

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8.2

A strange yet charming coming-of-age story about life’s mysteries, complete with penguins

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (2023)

7.5

This beloved coming-of age-tale by Judy Blume is as essential and timely as ever

Blue (1993)

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8.0

Derek Jarman’s last testament in film, a losing battle with AIDS set on an unchanging screen of blue

BlackBerry (2023)

7.2

A darkly comic look at the rise and fall of the tech innovation and status symbol that was the Blackberry