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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Zelig
1983, in 7 top lists Check -
93 -8
Dead End
1937, in 5 top lists Check -
92 -8
Miracolo a Milano
1951 — a.k.a. Miracle in Milan, in 8 top lists Check -
91 -8
Ladri di biciclette
1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check -
90 -8
Lust for Life
1956, in 3 top lists Check -
89 -8
An American in Paris
1951, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
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Days of Heaven
1978, in 19 top lists Check -
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Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
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Cool Hand Luke
1967, in 13 top lists Check -
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Empire of the Sun
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977, in 23 top lists Check -
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Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
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Dirty Pretty Things
2002, in 2 top lists Check -
80 -8
Kung fu
2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check -
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
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Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
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Paths of Glory
1957, in 26 top lists Check -
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Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
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Dog Day Afternoon
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
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Kuroi ame
1989 — a.k.a. Black Rain, in 6 top lists Check -
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Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
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Paisà
1946 — a.k.a. Paisan, in 14 top lists Check -
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Roma città aperta
1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check -
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To Kill a Mockingbird
1962, in 18 top lists Check -
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M*A*S*H
1970, in 21 top lists Check -
68 -8
Paris brûle-t-il?
1966 — a.k.a. Is Paris Burning?, in 1 top list Check -
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White Heat
1949, in 15 top lists Check -
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Blue Collar
1978, in 4 top lists Check -
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Touch of Evil
1958, in 30 top lists Check -
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In the Heat of the Night
1967, in 17 top lists Check -
63 -8
District 9
2009, in 10 top lists Check -
62 -8
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975, in 35 top lists Check -
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Soy Cuba
1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check -
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Cooley High
1975, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Red Shoes
1948, in 27 top lists Check -
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Thief
1981, in 5 top lists Check -
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Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
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Apocalypto
2006, in 2 top lists Check -
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Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
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Mean Streets
1973, in 22 top lists Check -
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Home of the Brave
1949, in 1 top list Check -
52 -8
Orfeu Negro
1959 — a.k.a. Black Orpheus, in 8 top lists Check -
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Los olvidados
1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check -
50 new
Pasqualino Settebellezze
1975 — a.k.a. Seven Beauties, in 6 top lists Check -
49 new
Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro...
1974 — a.k.a. Swept Away, in 3 top lists Check -
48 new
Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero 'stamattina...
1973 — a.k.a. Love & Anarchy, in 1 top list Check -
47 new
Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore
1972 — a.k.a. The Seduction of Mimi, in 2 top lists Check -
46 new
The Hurt Locker
2008, in 13 top lists Check -
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Daughters of the Dust
1991, in 9 top lists Check
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