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. 83 -8

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  2. 16 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  3. 40 -2

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 28 -1

    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 71 -8

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 85 -8

    Cool Hand Luke

    1967, in 13 top lists Check
  7. 69 -8

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 1 -

    Bad Lieutenant

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 94 -8

    Zelig

    1983, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 31 -1

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  11. 3 -

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  12. 70 -8

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 63 -8

    District 9

    2009, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 82 -8

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 44 -2

    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 15 -

    Raising Arizona

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  17. 55 -8

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  18. 30 -1

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  19. 87 -8

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  20. 62 -8

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  21. 26 -1

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  22. 73 -8

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  23. 54 -8

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 86 -8

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  25. 25 -1

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  26. 9 -

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
  27. 42 -2

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  28. 64 -8

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  29. 8 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  30. 79 -8

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  31. 23 -1

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  32. 17 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  33. 36 -2

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  34. 22 -1

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  35. 35 -2

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  36. 12 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  37. 7 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  38. 27 -1

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  39. 6 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  40. 65 -8

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  41. 77 -8

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  42. 14 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  43. 5 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  44. 18 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  45. 21 -1

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  46. 76 -8

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  47. 11 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  48. 2 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  49. 67 -8

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  50. 59 -8

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
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