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. 73 -8

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  2. 55 -8

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  3. 24 -1

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  4. 25 -1

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  5. 70 -8

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  6. 56 -8

    Apocalypto

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 46 new

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 83 -8

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  9. 75 -8

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  10. 36 -2

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  11. 62 -8

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  12. 23 -1

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 11 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 1 -

    Bad Lieutenant

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 86 -8

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  16. 32 -1

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  17. 66 -8

    Blue Collar

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 8 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  19. 35 -2

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  20. 44 -2

    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 16 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  22. 57 -8

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  23. 9 -

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 85 -8

    Cool Hand Luke

    1967, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 60 -8

    Cooley High

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 45 new

    Daughters of the Dust

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 87 -8

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  28. 93 -8

    Dead End

    1937, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 81 -8

    Dirty Pretty Things

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 22 -1

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  31. 84 -8

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 19 -

    A Face in the Crowd

    1957, in 14 top lists Check
  33. 41 -2

    Fat City

    1972, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 48 new

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

    1973 — a.k.a. Love & Anarchy, in 1 top list Check
  35. 26 -1

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  36. 53 -8

    Home of the Brave

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  37. 82 -8

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  38. 64 -8

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  39. 13 -

    Killer of Sheep

    1978, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 74 -8

    Kuroi ame

    1989 — a.k.a. Black Rain, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 91 -8

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  42. 33 -1

    The Last Detail

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 17 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  44. 51 -8

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  45. 90 -8

    Lust for Life

    1956, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 39 -2

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  47. 54 -8

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  48. 42 -2

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  49. 92 -8

    Miracolo a Milano

    1951 — a.k.a. Miracle in Milan, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 69 -8

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
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