Spike Lee's Essential List of Films for Filmmakers

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This is the list that Spike Lee distributes to his graduate students at NYU every year.

Spike says: "I've Been A Professor At The NYU Graduate Film For The Past 15 Years.The 1st Day Of Every Class I Hand Out My List Of Films That I Feel You Must See If You Want To Make Films. Please Look At This List And See What You Might Have Missed. As I Tell My Students If You Want Your Film "Game" To Be Tight You Must Have Seen Great Movies, World Cinema, It Just Can't Be Hollywood Films. Educate Yourself. Learn. Grow. Evolve. Make Great Films.

Peace, Onward And Upward,

Spike Lee."

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  1. 93 -8

    Dead End

    1937, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 45 new

    Daughters of the Dust

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 72 -8

    Paisà

    1946 — a.k.a. Paisan, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 53 -8

    Home of the Brave

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  5. 1 -

    Bad Lieutenant

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 92 -8

    Miracolo a Milano

    1951 — a.k.a. Miracle in Milan, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 68 -8

    Paris brûle-t-il?

    1966 — a.k.a. Is Paris Burning?, in 1 top list Check
  8. 80 -8

    Kung fu

    2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 65 -8

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  10. 41 -2

    Fat City

    1972, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 19 -

    A Face in the Crowd

    1957, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 37 -2

    Stranger Than Paradise

    1984, in 14 top lists Check
  13. 87 -8

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  14. 59 -8

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  15. 24 -1

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  16. 49 new

    Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro...

    1974 — a.k.a. Swept Away, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 51 -8

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  18. 58 -8

    Thief

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 44 -2

    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 52 -8

    Orfeu Negro

    1959 — a.k.a. Black Orpheus, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 90 -8

    Lust for Life

    1956, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 86 -8

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  23. 81 -8

    Dirty Pretty Things

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 48 new

    Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero 'stamattina...

    1973 — a.k.a. Love & Anarchy, in 1 top list Check
  25. 47 new

    Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore

    1972 — a.k.a. The Seduction of Mimi, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 42 -2

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  27. 17 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  28. 91 -8

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  29. 62 -8

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  30. 66 -8

    Blue Collar

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 56 -8

    Apocalypto

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 94 -8

    Zelig

    1983, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 28 -1

    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
  34. 33 -1

    The Last Detail

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 15 -

    Raising Arizona

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 89 -8

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 61 -8

    Soy Cuba

    1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check
  38. 84 -8

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 67 -8

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  40. 11 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  41. 34 new

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  42. 43 -2

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 10 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  44. 78 -8

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  45. 46 new

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  46. 69 -8

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  47. 38 -2

    The Train

    1964, in 4 top lists Check
  48. 64 -8

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  49. 31 -1

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  50. 83 -8

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
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