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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8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
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Ace in the Hole
1951, in 21 top lists Check -
89 -8
An American in Paris
1951, in 18 top lists Check -
56 -8
Apocalypto
2006, in 2 top lists Check -
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Bad Lieutenant
1992, in 6 top lists Check -
86 -8
Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
32 -1
La battaglia di Algeri
1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check -
66 -8
Blue Collar
1978, in 4 top lists Check -
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Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
35 -2
À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
44 -2
Boyz n the Hood
1991, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957, in 32 top lists Check -
57 -8
Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
73 -8
Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
24 -1
Cidade de Deus
2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check -
83 -8
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977, in 23 top lists Check -
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Il conformista
1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check -
85 -8
Cool Hand Luke
1967, in 13 top lists Check -
60 -8
Cooley High
1975, in 4 top lists Check -
45 new
Daughters of the Dust
1991, in 9 top lists Check -
87 -8
Days of Heaven
1978, in 19 top lists Check -
93 -8
Dead End
1937, in 5 top lists Check -
81 -8
Dirty Pretty Things
2002, in 2 top lists Check -
63 -8
District 9
2009, in 10 top lists Check -
75 -8
Dog Day Afternoon
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
22 -1
La dolce vita
1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check -
79 -8
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
84 -8
Empire of the Sun
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
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A Face in the Crowd
1957, in 14 top lists Check -
41 -2
Fat City
1972, in 9 top lists Check -
48 new
Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero 'stamattina...
1973 — a.k.a. Love & Anarchy, in 1 top list Check -
25 -1
The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
26 -1
The Godfather Part II
1974, in 32 top lists Check -
53 -8
Home of the Brave
1949, in 1 top list Check -
82 -8
Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
46 new
The Hurt Locker
2008, in 13 top lists Check -
64 -8
In the Heat of the Night
1967, in 17 top lists Check -
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Killer of Sheep
1978, in 14 top lists Check -
80 -8
Kung fu
2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check -
74 -8
Kuroi ame
1989 — a.k.a. Black Rain, in 6 top lists Check -
91 -8
Ladri di biciclette
1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check -
33 -1
The Last Detail
1973, in 4 top lists Check -
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Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
51 -8
Los olvidados
1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check -
90 -8
Lust for Life
1956, in 3 top lists Check -
30 -1
Mad Max
1979, in 13 top lists Check -
31 -1
Mad Max 2
1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check -
39 -2
The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 26 top lists Check -
43 -2
Marathon Man
1976, in 4 top lists Check -
54 -8
Mean Streets
1973, in 22 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 22, 2014; source