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. 93 -8

    Dead End

    1937, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 92 -8

    Miracolo a Milano

    1951 — a.k.a. Miracle in Milan, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 91 -8

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 90 -8

    Lust for Life

    1956, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 89 -8

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  7. 88 -8

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  8. 87 -8

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 86 -8

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  10. 85 -8

    Cool Hand Luke

    1967, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 84 -8

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 83 -8

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  13. 82 -8

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  14. 81 -8

    Dirty Pretty Things

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 80 -8

    Kung fu

    2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 79 -8

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 78 -8

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  18. 77 -8

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  19. 76 -8

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  20. 75 -8

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  21. 74 -8

    Kuroi ame

    1989 — a.k.a. Black Rain, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 73 -8

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  23. 72 -8

    Paisà

    1946 — a.k.a. Paisan, in 14 top lists Check
  24. 71 -8

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  25. 70 -8

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  26. 69 -8

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  27. 68 -8

    Paris brûle-t-il?

    1966 — a.k.a. Is Paris Burning?, in 1 top list Check
  28. 67 -8

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  29. 66 -8

    Blue Collar

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 65 -8

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  31. 64 -8

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  32. 63 -8

    District 9

    2009, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 62 -8

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  34. 61 -8

    Soy Cuba

    1964, in 16 top lists Check
  35. 60 -8

    Cooley High

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 59 -8

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  37. 58 -8

    Thief

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 57 -8

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  39. 56 -8

    Apocalypto

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 55 -8

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  41. 54 -8

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  42. 53 -8

    Home of the Brave

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  43. 52 -8

    Orfeu Negro

    1959 — a.k.a. Black Orpheus, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 51 -8

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  45. 50 new

    Pasqualino Settebellezze

    1975 — a.k.a. Seven Beauties, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 49 new

    Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro...

    1974 — a.k.a. Swept Away, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 48 new

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

    1973 — a.k.a. Love & Anarchy, in 1 top list Check
  48. 47 new

    Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore

    1972 — a.k.a. The Seduction of Mimi, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 46 new

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 45 new

    Daughters of the Dust

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
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