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. 1 -

    Bad Lieutenant

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  3. 3 -

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 4 -

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  5. 8 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  6. 9 -

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 10 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 11 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 13 -

    Killer of Sheep

    1978, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 14 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 35 top lists Check
  11. 16 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  12. 17 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  13. 18 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  14. 19 -

    A Face in the Crowd

    1957, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 20 new

    Rue Cases Nègres

    1983 — a.k.a. Sugar Cane Alley, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 21 -1

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 22 -1

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  18. 23 -1

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  19. 24 -1

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  20. 25 -1

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  21. 26 -1

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  22. 27 -1

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 28 -1

    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
  24. 29 -1

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 32 -1

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  26. 33 -1

    The Last Detail

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 34 new

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  28. 35 -2

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  29. 36 -2

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  30. 37 -2

    Stranger Than Paradise

    1984, in 14 top lists Check
  31. 39 -2

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  32. 40 -2

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  33. 41 -2

    Fat City

    1972, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 42 -2

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  35. 44 -2

    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 45 new

    Daughters of the Dust

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  37. 46 new

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 48 new

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

    1973 — a.k.a. Love & Anarchy, in 1 top list Check
  39. 49 new

    Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro...

    1974 — a.k.a. Swept Away, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 50 new

    Pasqualino Settebellezze

    1975 — a.k.a. Seven Beauties, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 51 -8

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  42. 52 -8

    Orfeu Negro

    1959 — a.k.a. Black Orpheus, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 53 -8

    Home of the Brave

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  44. 54 -8

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  45. 55 -8

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  46. 56 -8

    Apocalypto

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 57 -8

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  48. 58 -8

    Thief

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 59 -8

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  50. 60 -8

    Cooley High

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
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