diff --git a/__tests__/plugins/formatters.core.test.ts b/__tests__/plugins/formatters.core.test.ts
index 5f32bcd..b2f7a98 100644
--- a/__tests__/plugins/formatters.core.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/plugins/formatters.core.test.ts
@@ -370,6 +370,14 @@ loader.paths('f-json-pretty-%N.html').forEach((path) => {
   test(`json pretty - ${path}`, () => loader.execute(path));
 });
 
+loader.paths('f-find-first-%N.html').forEach((path) => {
+  test(`find-first - ${path}`, () => loader.execute(path));
+});
+
+loader.paths('f-find-last-%N.html').forEach((path) => {
+  test(`find-last - ${path}`, () => loader.execute(path));
+});
+
 test('key-by', () => {
   let vars = variables([{ id: 1 }]);
   Core['key-by'].apply([], vars, CTX);
diff --git a/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-first-1.html b/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-first-1.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a18b29c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-first-1.html
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+:JSON
+{
+  "items": [
+    { "id": "a", "enabled": false },
+    { "id": "b", "enabled": true },
+    { "id": "c", "enabled": true }
+  ]
+}
+
+:TEMPLATE
+{.var @first items|find-first}{@first.id}
+{.var @first items|find-first enabled}{@first.id}
+{.var @first items|find-first disabled}{@first.id} {# Note: "disabled" is not a valid path, so it should return nothing #}
+
+:OUTPUT
+a
+b
+
diff --git a/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-first-2.html b/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-first-2.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ddc9ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-first-2.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+:JSON
+{
+  "keys": ["a", "b", "c"],
+  "map": {
+    "a": { "enabled": false },
+    "b": { "enabled": true },
+    "c": { "enabled": true }
+  }
+}
+
+:TEMPLATE
+{keys|find-first map enabled}
+
+:OUTPUT
+b
diff --git a/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-first-3.html b/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-first-3.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e53240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-first-3.html
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+:JSON
+{
+  "strings": ["a", "b", "c"],
+  "empty": [],
+  "notArray": "not-an-array",
+  "objects": [{ "x": 1 }, { "x": 2 }],
+  "noMatch": [{ "id": "a", "enabled": false }, { "id": "b" }]
+}
+
+:TEMPLATE
+{.var @r strings|find-first}{@r}
+{.var @r empty|find-first}-{@r}
+{.var @r notArray|find-first}-{@r}
+{.var @r objects|find-first}{@r.x}
+{.var @r noMatch|find-first enabled}-{@r}
+
+:OUTPUT
+a
+-
+-
+1
+-
diff --git a/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-last-1.html b/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-last-1.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3479da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-last-1.html
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+:JSON
+{
+  "items": [
+    { "id": "a", "enabled": true },
+    { "id": "b", "enabled": true },
+    { "id": "c", "enabled": false }
+  ]
+}
+
+:TEMPLATE
+{.var @last items|find-last enabled}{@last.id}
+
+:OUTPUT
+b
diff --git a/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-last-2.html b/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-last-2.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a22c85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-last-2.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+:JSON
+{
+  "keys": ["a", "b", "c"],
+  "map": {
+    "a": { "enabled": true },
+    "b": { "enabled": true },
+    "c": { "enabled": false }
+  }
+}
+
+:TEMPLATE
+{keys|find-last map enabled}
+
+:OUTPUT
+b
diff --git a/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-last-3.html b/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-last-3.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95d6222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/plugins/resources/f-find-last-3.html
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+:JSON
+{
+  "strings": ["a", "b", "c"],
+  "empty": [],
+  "notArray": "not-an-array",
+  "objects": [{ "x": 1 }, { "x": 2 }],
+  "noMatch": [{ "id": "a", "enabled": false }, { "id": "b" }]
+}
+
+:TEMPLATE
+{.var @r strings|find-last}{@r}
+{.var @r empty|find-last}-{@r}
+{.var @r notArray|find-last}-{@r}
+{.var @r objects|find-last}{@r.x}
+{.var @r noMatch|find-last enabled}-{@r}
+
+:OUTPUT
+c
+-
+-
+2
+-
diff --git a/src/plugins/formatters.core.ts b/src/plugins/formatters.core.ts
index 48689d7..bdbc075 100644
--- a/src/plugins/formatters.core.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/formatters.core.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { Variable } from '../variable';
 import { Type } from '../types';
 import { executeTemplate } from '../exec';
 import { splitVariable } from '../util';
+import { findNthValidEntry, getLookupAndPath } from './util.find';
 import { format } from './util.format';
 import { escapeHtmlAttributes, escapeScriptTags, slugify, truncate } from './util.string';
 import utf8 from 'utf8';
@@ -243,6 +244,22 @@ export class KeyByFormatter extends Formatter {
   }
 }
 
+export class FindFirstFormatter extends Formatter {
+  apply(args: string[], vars: Variable[], ctx: Context): void {
+    const first = vars[0];
+    const { lookup, path } = getLookupAndPath(ctx, args);
+    first.set(findNthValidEntry(first.get(), path, lookup, 1));
+  }
+}
+
+export class FindLastFormatter extends Formatter {
+  apply(args: string[], vars: Variable[], ctx: Context): void {
+    const first = vars[0];
+    const { lookup, path } = getLookupAndPath(ctx, args);
+    first.set(findNthValidEntry(first.get(), path, lookup, -1));
+  }
+}
+
 const NEWLINE = /\n/g;
 
 export class LineBreaksFormatter extends Formatter {
@@ -421,6 +438,8 @@ export const CORE_FORMATTERS: FormatterTable = {
   'encode-space': new EncodeSpaceFormatter(),
   'encode-uri': new EncodeUriFormatter(),
   'encode-uri-component': new EncodeUriComponentFormatter(),
+  'find-first': new FindFirstFormatter(),
+  'find-last': new FindLastFormatter(),
   format: new FormatFormatter(),
   get: new GetFormatter(),
   html: new HtmlFormatter(),
diff --git a/src/plugins/util.find.ts b/src/plugins/util.find.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..945c943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/util.find.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { Context } from '../context';
+import { MISSING_NODE, Node, isTruthy, toNode } from '../node';
+import { splitVariable } from '../util';
+
+export const getLookupAndPath = (ctx: Context, args: string[]) => {
+  const argsCount = args.length;
+  const hasLookup = argsCount === 2;
+  const hasPath = argsCount >= 1;
+  const lookup = hasLookup ? ctx.resolve(splitVariable(args[0])) : null;
+  const path = hasPath ? splitVariable(args[hasLookup ? 1 : 0]) : null;
+  return { lookup, path };
+};
+
+export const findNthValidEntry = (items: Node, path: (string | number)[] | null, lookup: Node | null, nth: number): Node => {
+  if (!Array.isArray(items) || items.length === 0) {
+    return MISSING_NODE;
+  }
+  const forward = nth > 0;
+  const start = forward ? 0 : items.length - 1;
+  const end = forward ? items.length : -1;
+  const step = forward ? 1 : -1;
+
+  let count = 0;
+  const hasLookup = lookup != null;
+  const hasPath = path != null;
+
+  for (let i = start; forward ? i < end : i > end; i += step) {
+    const node = toNode(items[i]);
+    if (!hasPath) {
+      count += step;
+      if (count == nth) {
+        return node;
+      }
+    } else {
+      const candidate = hasLookup ? lookup.path([node.asString()]) : node;
+      if (isTruthy(candidate.path(path))) {
+        count += step;
+        if (count == nth) {
+          return node;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return MISSING_NODE;
+};