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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The Last Detail
1973, in 4 top lists Check -
92 -8
Miracolo a Milano
1951 — a.k.a. Miracle in Milan, in 8 top lists Check -
66 -8
Blue Collar
1978, in 4 top lists Check -
58 -8
Thief
1981, in 5 top lists Check -
43 -2
Marathon Man
1976, in 4 top lists Check -
74 -8
Kuroi ame
1989 — a.k.a. Black Rain, in 6 top lists Check -
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Bad Lieutenant
1992, in 6 top lists Check -
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A Face in the Crowd
1957, in 14 top lists Check -
80 -8
Kung fu
2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check -
84 -8
Empire of the Sun
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
56 -8
Apocalypto
2006, in 2 top lists Check -
81 -8
Dirty Pretty Things
2002, in 2 top lists Check -
94 -8
Zelig
1983, in 7 top lists Check -
41 -2
Fat City
1972, in 9 top lists Check -
31 -1
Mad Max 2
1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check -
61 -8
Soy Cuba
1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check -
46 new
The Hurt Locker
2008, in 13 top lists Check -
82 -8
Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
34 new
The Piano
1993, in 14 top lists Check -
44 -2
Boyz n the Hood
1991, in 9 top lists Check -
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Raising Arizona
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
37 -2
Stranger Than Paradise
1984, in 14 top lists Check -
30 -1
Mad Max
1979, in 13 top lists Check -
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Killer of Sheep
1978, in 14 top lists Check -
87 -8
Days of Heaven
1978, in 19 top lists Check -
83 -8
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977, in 23 top lists Check -
52 -8
Orfeu Negro
1959 — a.k.a. Black Orpheus, in 8 top lists Check -
54 -8
Mean Streets
1973, in 22 top lists Check -
28 -1
La nuit américaine
1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check -
86 -8
Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
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Ultimo tango a Parigi
1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check -
69 -8
M*A*S*H
1970, in 21 top lists Check -
29 -1
Patton
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
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Il conformista
1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check -
42 -2
Midnight Cowboy
1969, in 22 top lists Check -
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Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
64 -8
In the Heat of the Night
1967, in 17 top lists Check -
32 -1
La battaglia di Algeri
1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check -
36 -2
West Side Story
1961, in 22 top lists Check -
78 -8
Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
35 -2
À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
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The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
21 -1
La strada
1954, in 21 top lists Check -
89 -8
An American in Paris
1951, in 18 top lists Check -
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Ace in the Hole
1951, in 21 top lists Check -
51 -8
Los olvidados
1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check -
67 -8
White Heat
1949, in 15 top lists Check -
59 -8
The Red Shoes
1948, in 27 top lists Check -
72 -8
Paisà
1946 — a.k.a. Paisan, in 14 top lists Check -
71 -8
Roma città aperta
1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
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