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. 33 -1

    The Last Detail

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 83 -8

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  3. 50 new

    Pasqualino Settebellezze

    1975 — a.k.a. Seven Beauties, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 41 -2

    Fat City

    1972, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 63 -8

    District 9

    2009, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 31 -1

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 92 -8

    Miracolo a Milano

    1951 — a.k.a. Miracle in Milan, in 8 top lists Check
  8. 1 -

    Bad Lieutenant

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 67 -8

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 61 -8

    Soy Cuba

    1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check
  11. 13 -

    Killer of Sheep

    1978, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 19 -

    A Face in the Crowd

    1957, in 14 top lists Check
  13. 90 -8

    Lust for Life

    1956, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 51 -8

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  15. 28 -1

    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 37 -2

    Stranger Than Paradise

    1984, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 30 -1

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 85 -8

    Cool Hand Luke

    1967, in 13 top lists Check
  19. 89 -8

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  20. 3 -

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  21. 8 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  22. 64 -8

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  23. 10 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  24. 38 -2

    The Train

    1964, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 75 -8

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  26. 46 new

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  27. 11 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 59 -8

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  29. 88 -8

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  30. 9 -

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
  31. 52 -8

    Orfeu Negro

    1959 — a.k.a. Black Orpheus, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 15 -

    Raising Arizona

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 22 -1

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  34. 34 new

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  35. 36 -2

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  36. 77 -8

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  37. 84 -8

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 43 -2

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 69 -8

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 24 -1

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  41. 94 -8

    Zelig

    1983, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 78 -8

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 70 -8

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  44. 39 -2

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  45. 40 -2

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  46. 54 -8

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  47. 72 -8

    Paisà

    1946 — a.k.a. Paisan, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 4 -

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  49. 87 -8

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  50. 71 -8

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
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