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. 85 -8

    Cool Hand Luke

    1967, in 13 top lists Check
  2. 7 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 26 -1

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  4. 56 -8

    Apocalypto

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 57 -8

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  6. 12 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  7. 63 -8

    District 9

    2009, in 10 top lists Check
  8. 24 -1

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  9. 8 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  10. 88 -8

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  11. 6 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  12. 23 -1

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 25 -1

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  14. 76 -8

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  15. 2 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  16. 55 -8

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  17. 65 -8

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  18. 22 -1

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  19. 79 -8

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  20. 35 -2

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  21. 73 -8

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  22. 14 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  23. 27 -1

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  24. 5 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  25. 21 -1

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 11 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  27. 89 -8

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  28. 1 -

    Bad Lieutenant

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 86 -8

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  30. 32 -1

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  31. 66 -8

    Blue Collar

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 44 -2

    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 16 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  34. 83 -8

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  35. 9 -

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
  36. 60 -8

    Cooley High

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 45 new

    Daughters of the Dust

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 87 -8

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  39. 93 -8

    Dead End

    1937, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 81 -8

    Dirty Pretty Things

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 75 -8

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  42. 84 -8

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  43. 19 -

    A Face in the Crowd

    1957, in 14 top lists Check
  44. 41 -2

    Fat City

    1972, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 48 new

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

    1973 — a.k.a. Love & Anarchy, in 1 top list Check
  46. 53 -8

    Home of the Brave

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  47. 82 -8

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  48. 46 new

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  49. 64 -8

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  50. 13 -

    Killer of Sheep

    1978, in 14 top lists Check
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