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. 50 new

    Pasqualino Settebellezze

    1975 — a.k.a. Seven Beauties, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 49 new

    Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro...

    1974 — a.k.a. Swept Away, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 9 -

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
  4. 66 -8

    Blue Collar

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 88 -8

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  6. 29 -1

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  7. 68 -8

    Paris brûle-t-il?

    1966 — a.k.a. Is Paris Burning?, in 1 top list Check
  8. 73 -8

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  9. 18 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  10. 14 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  11. 54 -8

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  12. 31 -1

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  13. 30 -1

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  14. 58 -8

    Thief

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 64 -8

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 40 -2

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  17. 72 -8

    Paisà

    1946 — a.k.a. Paisan, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 71 -8

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  19. 92 -8

    Miracolo a Milano

    1951 — a.k.a. Miracle in Milan, in 8 top lists Check
  20. 79 -8

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  21. 78 -8

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  22. 77 -8

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 11 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  24. 24 -1

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  25. 56 -8

    Apocalypto

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 36 -2

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  27. 61 -8

    Soy Cuba

    1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check
  28. 63 -8

    District 9

    2009, in 10 top lists Check
  29. 52 -8

    Orfeu Negro

    1959 — a.k.a. Black Orpheus, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 94 -8

    Zelig

    1983, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 89 -8

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  32. 15 -

    Raising Arizona

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 3 -

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  34. 87 -8

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  35. 59 -8

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  36. 83 -8

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  37. 4 -

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 7 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  39. 21 -1

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 5 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  41. 27 -1

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  42. 35 -2

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  43. 22 -1

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  44. 12 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  45. 65 -8

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  46. 26 -1

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  47. 2 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  48. 55 -8

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  49. 57 -8

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  50. 91 -8

    Ladri di biciclette

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