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. 94 -8

    Zelig

    1983, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 3 -

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  3. 88 -8

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  4. 67 -8

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 36 -2

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  6. 6 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  7. 10 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 40 -2

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  9. 49 new

    Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro...

    1974 — a.k.a. Swept Away, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 38 -2

    The Train

    1964, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 65 -8

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  12. 70 -8

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 58 -8

    Thief

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 37 -2

    Stranger Than Paradise

    1984, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 21 -1

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 78 -8

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  17. 61 -8

    Soy Cuba

    1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check
  18. 12 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  19. 76 -8

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  20. 20 new

    Rue Cases Nègres

    1983 — a.k.a. Sugar Cane Alley, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 71 -8

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  22. 59 -8

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  23. 5 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  24. 2 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  25. 4 -

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  26. 15 -

    Raising Arizona

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 55 -8

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  28. 27 -1

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  29. 34 new

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 29 -1

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 77 -8

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  32. 50 new

    Pasqualino Settebellezze

    1975 — a.k.a. Seven Beauties, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 68 -8

    Paris brûle-t-il?

    1966 — a.k.a. Is Paris Burning?, in 1 top list Check
  34. 72 -8

    Paisà

    1946 — a.k.a. Paisan, in 14 top lists Check
  35. 52 -8

    Orfeu Negro

    1959 — a.k.a. Black Orpheus, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 62 -8

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  37. 18 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  38. 28 -1

    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
  39. 7 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  40. 14 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  41. 69 -8

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 92 -8

    Miracolo a Milano

    1951 — a.k.a. Miracle in Milan, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 47 new

    Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore

    1972 — a.k.a. The Seduction of Mimi, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 42 -2

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  45. 54 -8

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  46. 43 -2

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 39 -2

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  48. 31 -1

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  49. 30 -1

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 90 -8

    Lust for Life

    1956, in 3 top lists Check
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