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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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
62 -8
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975, in 35 top lists Check -
26 -1
The Godfather Part II
1974, in 32 top lists Check -
57 -8
Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
24 -1
Cidade de Deus
2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check -
70 -8
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962, in 18 top lists Check -
46 new
The Hurt Locker
2008, in 13 top lists Check -
73 -8
Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
55 -8
Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
83 -8
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977, in 23 top lists Check -
36 -2
West Side Story
1961, in 22 top lists Check -
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Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
75 -8
Dog Day Afternoon
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957, in 32 top lists Check -
39 -2
The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 26 top lists Check -
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Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
78 -8
Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
56 -8
Apocalypto
2006, in 2 top lists Check -
85 -8
Cool Hand Luke
1967, in 13 top lists Check -
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Rashômon
1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check -
91 -8
Ladri di biciclette
1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check -
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On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
23 -1
8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
77 -8
Paths of Glory
1957, in 26 top lists Check -
27 -1
Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check -
35 -2
À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
40 -2
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948, in 25 top lists Check -
42 -2
Midnight Cowboy
1969, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
44 -2
Boyz n the Hood
1991, in 9 top lists Check -
29 -1
Patton
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
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Yôjinbô
1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check -
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Ran
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
54 -8
Mean Streets
1973, in 22 top lists Check -
69 -8
M*A*S*H
1970, in 21 top lists Check -
22 -1
La dolce vita
1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Piano
1993, in 14 top lists Check -
86 -8
Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
84 -8
Empire of the Sun
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
64 -8
In the Heat of the Night
1967, in 17 top lists Check -
87 -8
Days of Heaven
1978, in 19 top lists Check -
21 -1
La strada
1954, in 21 top lists Check -
59 -8
The Red Shoes
1948, in 27 top lists Check -
32 -1
La battaglia di Algeri
1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check -
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Ultimo tango a Parigi
1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check -
82 -8
Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
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Ace in the Hole
1951, in 21 top lists Check -
37 -2
Stranger Than Paradise
1984, in 14 top lists Check -
71 -8
Roma città aperta
1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check -
67 -8
White Heat
1949, in 15 top lists Check
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