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. 93 -8

    Dead End

    1937, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 86 -8

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  3. 81 -8

    Dirty Pretty Things

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 80 -8

    Kung fu

    2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 75 -8

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 70 -8

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  7. 67 -8

    White Heat

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

    Blue Collar

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 65 -8

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  10. 64 -8

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 58 -8

    Thief

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 54 -8

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  13. 51 -8

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  14. 44 -2

    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 43 -2

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 39 -2

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  17. 36 -2

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  18. 35 -2

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  19. 27 -1

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  20. 26 -1

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  21. 25 -1

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  22. 24 -1

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  23. 18 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  24. 15 -

    Raising Arizona

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 14 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  26. 12 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  27. 8 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  28. 7 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  29. 2 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  30. 1 -

    Bad Lieutenant

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
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