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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Yôjinbô
1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
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Raising Arizona
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
22 -1
La dolce vita
1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check -
28 -1
La nuit américaine
1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check -
33 -1
The Last Detail
1973, in 4 top lists Check -
37 -2
Stranger Than Paradise
1984, in 14 top lists Check -
47 new
Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore
1972 — a.k.a. The Seduction of Mimi, in 2 top lists Check -
48 new
Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero 'stamattina...
1973 — a.k.a. Love & Anarchy, in 1 top list Check -
49 new
Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro...
1974 — a.k.a. Swept Away, in 3 top lists Check -
50 new
Pasqualino Settebellezze
1975 — a.k.a. Seven Beauties, in 6 top lists Check -
60 -8
Cooley High
1975, in 4 top lists Check -
69 -8
M*A*S*H
1970, in 21 top lists Check -
76 -8
Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
79 -8
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
80 -8
Kung fu
2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check -
92 -8
Miracolo a Milano
1951 — a.k.a. Miracle in Milan, in 8 top lists Check -
94 -8
Zelig
1983, in 7 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 22, 2014; source