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Top 10: Best first-of-franchise movies

 


1. Alien (1979) - Ridley Scott 

 

 

2. Godzilla/ゴジラ (Gojira) (1954) - Ishirô Honda

 

 

3. Back to the Future (1985) - Robert Zemeckis

 

 

4. First Blood (1982) - Ted Kotcheff

 

 

5. Saw (2004) - James Wan 

 

 

6. Dirty Harry (1971) - Don Siegel  



7. Halloween (1978) - John Carpenter

 

 

8. American Pie (1999) - Chris and Paul Weitz

 


9. Blade (1998) - Stephen Norrington  



10. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Gore Verbinski

 

Selected from 39 reviews labeled 'first of franchise'

 

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Which first-of-franchise movies would make your personal Top 10?

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