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. 49 new

    Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro...

    1974 — a.k.a. Swept Away, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 79 -8

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 83 -8

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  4. 33 -1

    The Last Detail

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 32 -1

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  6. 81 -8

    Dirty Pretty Things

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 92 -8

    Miracolo a Milano

    1951 — a.k.a. Miracle in Milan, in 8 top lists Check
  8. 69 -8

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 78 -8

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
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    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  11. 72 -8

    Paisà

    1946 — a.k.a. Paisan, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 20 new

    Rue Cases Nègres

    1983 — a.k.a. Sugar Cane Alley, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 19 -

    A Face in the Crowd

    1957, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 40 -2

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  15. 82 -8

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  16. 45 new

    Daughters of the Dust

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  17. 88 -8

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  18. 44 -2

    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 42 -2

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  20. 46 new

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 11 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 87 -8

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  23. 24 -1

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 55 -8

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  25. 64 -8

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  26. 70 -8

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  27. 84 -8

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 54 -8

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  29. 43 -2

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 37 -2

    Stranger Than Paradise

    1984, in 14 top lists Check
  31. 52 -8

    Orfeu Negro

    1959 — a.k.a. Black Orpheus, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 34 new

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
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    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  34. 89 -8

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  35. 36 -2

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  36. 4 -

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  37. 35 -2

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  38. 94 -8

    Zelig

    1983, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 14 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  40. 21 -1

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  41. 65 -8

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  42. 27 -1

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  43. 51 -8

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  44. 16 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  45. 18 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  46. 12 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  47. 76 -8

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  48. 6 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  49. 7 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  50. 77 -8

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
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