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. 49 new

    Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro...

    1974 — a.k.a. Swept Away, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 61 -8

    Soy Cuba

    1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check
  3. 47 new

    Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore

    1972 — a.k.a. The Seduction of Mimi, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 34 new

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  5. 67 -8

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 40 -2

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  7. 17 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  8. 18 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  9. 65 -8

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  10. 11 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  11. 29 -1

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
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    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 22 -1

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  14. 21 -1

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  15. 32 -1

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  16. 51 -8

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  17. 28 -1

    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
  18. 72 -8

    Paisà

    1946 — a.k.a. Paisan, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 10 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  20. 7 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  21. 43 -2

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 92 -8

    Miracolo a Milano

    1951 — a.k.a. Miracle in Milan, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 45 new

    Daughters of the Dust

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 23 -1

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  25. 85 -8

    Cool Hand Luke

    1967, in 13 top lists Check
  26. 71 -8

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 87 -8

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  28. 9 -

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
  29. 31 -1

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 77 -8

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  31. 30 -1

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 24 -1

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  33. 14 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  34. 39 -2

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  35. 91 -8

    Ladri di biciclette

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

    The Last Detail

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 60 -8

    Cooley High

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 82 -8

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 5 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  40. 79 -8

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  41. 6 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  42. 75 -8

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  43. 42 -2

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  44. 64 -8

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  45. 3 -

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  46. 2 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  47. 55 -8

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  48. 35 -2

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  49. 27 -1

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  50. 86 -8

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
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