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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Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
26 -1
The Godfather Part II
1974, in 32 top lists Check -
78 -8
Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
25 -1
The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
68 -8
Paris brûle-t-il?
1966 — a.k.a. Is Paris Burning?, in 1 top list Check -
22 -1
La dolce vita
1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check -
29 -1
Patton
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
82 -8
Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
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Ran
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957, in 32 top lists Check -
84 -8
Empire of the Sun
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
36 -2
West Side Story
1961, in 22 top lists Check -
61 -8
Soy Cuba
1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check -
56 -8
Apocalypto
2006, in 2 top lists Check -
23 -1
8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
83 -8
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977, in 23 top lists Check -
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North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
59 -8
The Red Shoes
1948, in 27 top lists Check -
62 -8
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975, in 35 top lists Check -
38 -2
The Train
1964, in 5 top lists Check -
46 new
The Hurt Locker
2008, in 13 top lists Check -
73 -8
Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
24 -1
Cidade de Deus
2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check -
55 -8
Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
70 -8
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962, in 18 top lists Check -
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Ultimo tango a Parigi
1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
85 -8
Cool Hand Luke
1967, in 13 top lists Check -
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A Face in the Crowd
1957, in 14 top lists Check -
72 -8
Paisà
1946 — a.k.a. Paisan, in 14 top lists Check -
40 -2
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948, in 25 top lists Check -
75 -8
Dog Day Afternoon
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
43 -2
Marathon Man
1976, in 4 top lists Check -
48 new
Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero 'stamattina...
1973 — a.k.a. Love & Anarchy, in 1 top list Check -
74 -8
Kuroi ame
1989 — a.k.a. Black Rain, in 6 top lists Check -
58 -8
Thief
1981, in 6 top lists Check -
90 -8
Lust for Life
1956, in 3 top lists Check -
32 -1
La battaglia di Algeri
1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check -
47 new
Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore
1972 — a.k.a. The Seduction of Mimi, in 2 top lists Check -
34 new
The Piano
1993, in 14 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
69 -8
M*A*S*H
1970, in 21 top lists Check -
28 -1
La nuit américaine
1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check -
50 new
Pasqualino Settebellezze
1975 — a.k.a. Seven Beauties, in 6 top lists Check -
89 -8
An American in Paris
1951, in 18 top lists Check -
66 -8
Blue Collar
1978, in 4 top lists Check -
49 new
Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro...
1974 — a.k.a. Swept Away, in 3 top lists Check -
67 -8
White Heat
1949, in 15 top lists Check -
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Il conformista
1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check -
45 new
Daughters of the Dust
1991, in 9 top lists Check
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