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. 22 -1

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  2. 60 -8

    Cooley High

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 11 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  4. 34 new

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  5. 84 -8

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 27 -1

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  7. 77 -8

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  8. 19 -

    A Face in the Crowd

    1957, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 81 -8

    Dirty Pretty Things

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 33 -1

    The Last Detail

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 64 -8

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  12. 58 -8

    Thief

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 89 -8

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  14. 10 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  15. 35 -2

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  16. 43 -2

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 30 -1

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 82 -8

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  19. 67 -8

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 15 -

    Raising Arizona

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 54 -8

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  22. 31 -1

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 80 -8

    Kung fu

    2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 44 -2

    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 56 -8

    Apocalypto

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 86 -8

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 14 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  28. 87 -8

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 94 -8

    Zelig

    1983, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 83 -8

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  31. 78 -8

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  32. 69 -8

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 8 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  34. 46 new

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 29 -1

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  36. 42 -2

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  37. 36 -2

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  38. 63 -8

    District 9

    2009, in 10 top lists Check
  39. 75 -8

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  40. 88 -8

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  41. 65 -8

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  42. 39 -2

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  43. 85 -8

    Cool Hand Luke

    1967, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 18 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  45. 16 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  46. 4 -

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  47. 73 -8

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  48. 55 -8

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  49. 40 -2

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  50. 12 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
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