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. 13 -

    Killer of Sheep

    1978, in 14 top lists Check
  3. 51 -8

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 53 -8

    Home of the Brave

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  5. 30 -1

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 77 -8

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  7. 2 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  8. 91 -8

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  9. 37 -2

    Stranger Than Paradise

    1984, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 35 -2

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  11. 14 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  12. 93 -8

    Dead End

    1937, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 86 -8

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  14. 87 -8

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  15. 15 -

    Raising Arizona

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 79 -8

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 65 -8

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  18. 1 -

    Bad Lieutenant

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 41 -2

    Fat City

    1972, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 31 -1

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 81 -8

    Dirty Pretty Things

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 92 -8

    Miracolo a Milano

    1951 — a.k.a. Miracle in Milan, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 80 -8

    Kung fu

    2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 27 -1

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  25. 39 -2

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  26. 52 -8

    Orfeu Negro

    1959 — a.k.a. Black Orpheus, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 57 -8

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  28. 88 -8

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  29. 71 -8

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  30. 20 new

    Rue Cases Nègres

    1983 — a.k.a. Sugar Cane Alley, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 76 -8

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  32. 33 -1

    The Last Detail

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 60 -8

    Cooley High

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 18 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  35. 21 -1

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  36. 64 -8

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  37. 3 -

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  38. 11 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  39. 8 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  40. 44 -2

    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 63 -8

    District 9

    2009, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 54 -8

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  43. 5 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  44. 9 -

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
  45. 45 new

    Daughters of the Dust

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  46. 42 -2

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  47. 89 -8

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  48. 66 -8

    Blue Collar

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 49 new

    Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro...

    1974 — a.k.a. Swept Away, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 67 -8

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
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