Spike Lee films and TV shows, ranked by your taste
Director and actor · 16 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist
Known for Do the Right Thing, BlacKkKlansman and David Byrne's American Utopia.
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Do the Right Thing
1989 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDBSalvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a...
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Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks
2010 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDBReggie Miller single-handedly crushed the hearts of Knick fans multiple times. But it was the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals that solidified Miller as Public Enemy #1 in New York City. With moments to go in Game 1, and facing a...
Hoop Dreams
1994 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDBEvery school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominately white suburban school well-known for the...
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Sidney
2022 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDBThis revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Featuring interviews with Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Halle Berry, and more.
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Malcolm X
1992 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDBA tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965...
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Pretend It's a City
2021 · TV
7.4/10 · TMDBWander the New York City streets and fascinating mind of wry writer, humorist and raconteur Fran Lebowitz as she sits down with Martin Scorsese.
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Summer of Sam
1999 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDBSpike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
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Mo' Better Blues
1990 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDBOpens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of...
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Directed by Spike Lee
Do the Right Thing
1989 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDBSalvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
David Byrne's American Utopia
2020 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDBA filmed version of David Byrne's Broadway show, a unifying musical celebration that inspires audiences to connect to each other and to the global community.
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BlacKkKlansman
2018 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDBColorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.
Where to watch:Rent or buyMalcolm X
1992 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDBA tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Inside Man
2006 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDBWhen an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.
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25th Hour
2002 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDBIn New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and his final hours of freedom are devoted to hanging out with his closest buddies and trying...
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Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBDirector Spike Lee chronicles Michael Jackson's early rise to fame.
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Da 5 Bloods
2020 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBFour African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting...
Where to watch:Summer of Sam
1999 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDBSpike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
Where to watch:Rent or buyMo' Better Blues
1990 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDBOpens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
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2025 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBWhen a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.
Miracle at St. Anna
2008 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDBMiracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
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Oldboy
2013 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDBAn everyday man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.
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