Spike Lee's Essential List of Films for Filmmakers
As seen by S.J Hurley
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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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The Red Shoes
1948, in 27 top lists Check -
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Ran
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
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A Face in the Crowd
1957, in 14 top lists Check -
39 -2
The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 26 top lists Check -
40 -2
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948, in 25 top lists Check -
67 -8
White Heat
1949, in 15 top lists Check -
29 -1
Patton
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
46 new
The Hurt Locker
2008, in 13 top lists Check -
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Rashômon
1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check -
34 new
The Piano
1993, in 14 top lists Check -
86 -8
Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
85 -8
Cool Hand Luke
1967, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
36 -2
West Side Story
1961, in 22 top lists Check -
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Il conformista
1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check -
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Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
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Raising Arizona
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
76 -8
Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
22 -1
La dolce vita
1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check -
24 -1
Cidade de Deus
2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check -
84 -8
Empire of the Sun
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
23 -1
8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
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On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
30 -1
Mad Max
1979, in 13 top lists Check -
75 -8
Dog Day Afternoon
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
78 -8
Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
77 -8
Paths of Glory
1957, in 26 top lists Check -
57 -8
Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957, in 32 top lists Check -
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Yôjinbô
1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check -
83 -8
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977, in 23 top lists Check -
43 -2
Marathon Man
1976, in 4 top lists Check -
63 -8
District 9
2009, in 10 top lists Check -
31 -1
Mad Max 2
1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check -
54 -8
Mean Streets
1973, in 22 top lists Check -
42 -2
Midnight Cowboy
1969, in 22 top lists Check -
70 -8
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962, in 18 top lists Check -
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Rear Window
1954, in 31 top lists Check -
73 -8
Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
65 -8
Touch of Evil
1958, in 30 top lists Check -
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North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
55 -8
Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
26 -1
The Godfather Part II
1974, in 32 top lists Check -
88 -8
The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 37 top lists Check -
62 -8
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975, in 35 top lists Check -
79 -8
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
25 -1
The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
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Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check
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