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. 82 -8

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  2. 65 -8

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 80 -8

    Kung fu

    2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 34 new

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  5. 10 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  6. 61 -8

    Soy Cuba

    1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check
  7. 86 -8

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  8. 91 -8

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  9. 51 -8

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  10. 1 -

    Bad Lieutenant

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  11. 11 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 33 -1

    The Last Detail

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 19 -

    A Face in the Crowd

    1957, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 31 -1

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 42 -2

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  16. 46 new

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 69 -8

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 63 -8

    District 9

    2009, in 10 top lists Check
  19. 35 -2

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  20. 30 -1

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 44 -2

    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 89 -8

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  23. 15 -

    Raising Arizona

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 72 -8

    Paisà

    1946 — a.k.a. Paisan, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 36 -2

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 59 -8

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  27. 67 -8

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  28. 83 -8

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  29. 78 -8

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  30. 27 -1

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  31. 29 -1

    Patton

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

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  33. 21 -1

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  34. 8 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  35. 14 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  36. 23 -1

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  37. 75 -8

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  38. 3 -

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  39. 85 -8

    Cool Hand Luke

    1967, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 88 -8

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  41. 18 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  42. 2 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  43. 39 -2

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  44. 12 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  45. 76 -8

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  46. 55 -8

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  47. 16 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  48. 40 -2

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  49. 73 -8

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  50. 70 -8

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
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