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. 45 new

    Daughters of the Dust

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 80 -8

    Kung fu

    2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 81 -8

    Dirty Pretty Things

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 49 new

    Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro...

    1974 — a.k.a. Swept Away, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 50 new

    Pasqualino Settebellezze

    1975 — a.k.a. Seven Beauties, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 46 new

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  7. 30 -1

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 19 -

    A Face in the Crowd

    1957, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 44 -2

    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 20 new

    Rue Cases Nègres

    1983 — a.k.a. Sugar Cane Alley, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 94 -8

    Zelig

    1983, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 33 -1

    The Last Detail

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 85 -8

    Cool Hand Luke

    1967, in 13 top lists Check
  14. 63 -8

    District 9

    2009, in 10 top lists Check
  15. 43 -2

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 29 -1

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 82 -8

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  18. 15 -

    Raising Arizona

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 84 -8

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 52 -8

    Orfeu Negro

    1959 — a.k.a. Black Orpheus, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 64 -8

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  22. 24 -1

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  23. 41 -2

    Fat City

    1972, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 89 -8

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  25. 11 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 69 -8

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  27. 75 -8

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  28. 61 -8

    Soy Cuba

    1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check
  29. 37 -2

    Stranger Than Paradise

    1984, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 31 -1

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  31. 3 -

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
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    Killer of Sheep

    1978, in 14 top lists Check
  33. 78 -8

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  34. 67 -8

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  35. 42 -2

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  36. 28 -1

    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
  37. 34 new

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 70 -8

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  39. 92 -8

    Miracolo a Milano

    1951 — a.k.a. Miracle in Milan, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 36 -2

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  41. 16 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  42. 83 -8

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  43. 10 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  44. 77 -8

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  45. 86 -8

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  46. 87 -8

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  47. 39 -2

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  48. 54 -8

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
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    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  50. 72 -8

    Paisà

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