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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Bad Lieutenant
1992, in 6 top lists Check -
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Rashômon
1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check -
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North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
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Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
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The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
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Raising Arizona
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
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On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
24 -1
Cidade de Deus
2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check -
25 -1
The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
26 -1
The Godfather Part II
1974, in 32 top lists Check -
27 -1
Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check -
35 -2
À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
36 -2
West Side Story
1961, in 22 top lists Check -
39 -2
The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 26 top lists Check -
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Marathon Man
1976, in 4 top lists Check -
44 -2
Boyz n the Hood
1991, in 9 top lists Check -
51 -8
Los olvidados
1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check -
54 -8
Mean Streets
1973, in 22 top lists Check -
58 -8
Thief
1981, in 6 top lists Check -
64 -8
In the Heat of the Night
1967, in 17 top lists Check -
65 -8
Touch of Evil
1958, in 30 top lists Check -
66 -8
Blue Collar
1978, in 4 top lists Check -
67 -8
White Heat
1949, in 15 top lists Check -
70 -8
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962, in 18 top lists Check -
75 -8
Dog Day Afternoon
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
80 -8
Kung fu
2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check -
81 -8
Dirty Pretty Things
2002, in 2 top lists Check -
86 -8
Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
93 -8
Dead End
1937, in 5 top lists Check
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