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. 53 -8

    Home of the Brave

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  2. 47 new

    Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore

    1972 — a.k.a. The Seduction of Mimi, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 20 new

    Rue Cases Nègres

    1983 — a.k.a. Sugar Cane Alley, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 60 -8

    Cooley High

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 68 -8

    Paris brûle-t-il?

    1966 — a.k.a. Is Paris Burning?, in 1 top list Check
  6. 93 -8

    Dead End

    1937, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 38 -2

    The Train

    1964, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 48 new

    Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero 'stamattina...

    1973 — a.k.a. Love & Anarchy, in 1 top list Check
  9. 66 -8

    Blue Collar

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 90 -8

    Lust for Life

    1956, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 74 -8

    Kuroi ame

    1989 — a.k.a. Black Rain, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 92 -8

    Miracolo a Milano

    1951 — a.k.a. Miracle in Milan, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 50 new

    Pasqualino Settebellezze

    1975 — a.k.a. Seven Beauties, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 49 new

    Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro...

    1974 — a.k.a. Swept Away, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 33 -1

    The Last Detail

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 45 new

    Daughters of the Dust

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  17. 61 -8

    Soy Cuba

    1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check
  18. 58 -8

    Thief

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 19 -

    A Face in the Crowd

    1957, in 14 top lists Check
  20. 41 -2

    Fat City

    1972, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 67 -8

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  22. 72 -8

    Paisà

    1946 — a.k.a. Paisan, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 64 -8

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  24. 52 -8

    Orfeu Negro

    1959 — a.k.a. Black Orpheus, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 11 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 51 -8

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  27. 82 -8

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  28. 28 -1

    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 43 -2

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 81 -8

    Dirty Pretty Things

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 13 -

    Killer of Sheep

    1978, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 94 -8

    Zelig

    1983, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 71 -8

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  34. 9 -

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
  35. 44 -2

    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 37 -2

    Stranger Than Paradise

    1984, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 86 -8

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  38. 84 -8

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 1 -

    Bad Lieutenant

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 29 -1

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  41. 59 -8

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 3 -

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 32 -1

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  44. 40 -2

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  45. 21 -1

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  46. 87 -8

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  47. 75 -8

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  48. 78 -8

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  49. 77 -8

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  50. 8 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
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