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Spike Lee's Essential Film List - Page 2

Spike Lee, accomplished New York film director and NYU professor, released an academic list of essential movies he considers "the greatest films ever made," a list of cinematic titles he'd routinely hand out on the first day of class.
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Marathon Man (1976)
Marathon Man (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
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Boyz N the Hood (1991)
Boyz N the Hood (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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Los Olvidados (1950)
Los Olvidados (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
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Black Orpheus (1959)
Black Orpheus (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
45
Home of the Brave (2006)
Home of the Brave (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   22%
46
Mean Streets (1973)
Mean Streets (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
47
Raging Bull (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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Apocalypto (2006)
Apocalypto (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   65%
49
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
50
Thief (1981)
Thief (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
51
The Red Shoes (1948)
The Red Shoes (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
52
Coolie High
Coolie High
53
I Am Cuba (1964)
I Am Cuba (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
54
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
55
District 9 (2009)
District 9 (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
56
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
57
Touch of Evil (1958)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
58
Blue Collar (1978)
Blue Collar (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
59
White Heat (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
60
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
61
M*A*S*H (1970)
M*A*S*H (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
62
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
63
Rome, Open City (1945)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
64
Paisan (1946)
Paisan (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
65
Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
66
Black Rain (1989)
Black Rain (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   50%
67
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
68
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
69
Paths of Glory (1957)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
70
Spartacus (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
71
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
72
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
73
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
74
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
75
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
76
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
77
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Badlands (1973)
Badlands (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Days of Heaven (1978)
Days of Heaven (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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