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Spike Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor, known for films that deal with controversial social and political issues. Each of Lee's films is typically referred to as "A Spike Lee Joint" and the closing credits always end with the phrases "By Any Means Necessary," "Ya Dig," and "Sho Nuff." [1]
Spike Lee's energetic and clever bank-heist thriller is a smart genre film that is not only rewarding on its own terms, but manages to subvert its pulpy trappings with wit and skill.
Spike Lee's role as a documentarian has expanded over the years, highlighted by his participation in Lumière and Company (1995) , the Oscar-nominated 4 Little Girls (1997), to his Peabody Award-winning biographical adaptation of Black Panther leader in A Huey P. Newton Story (2001), through his 2005 Emmy Award-winning examination of post-Katrina...
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Spike Lee, Barry Jenkins, and Chaz Ebert- Spike Lee and Wesley Snipes in Jungle Fever (1991)
- Spike Lee in Jungle Fever (1991)
- Spike Lee and Veronica Webb in Jungle Fever (1991)
- Spike Lee and Fran Lebowitz in Pretend It's a City (2021)
- Spike Lee in Dear (2020)
- Spike Lee in 20 Feet from Stardom (2013)
- Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, and Anthony Barboza in Do the Right Thing (1989)
A definitive list of the best Spike Lee movies all the way down to his worst, ranked by Tomatometer.
- Do the Right Thing (1989) Not only Lee's masterwork but arguably one of the greatest films of all time, Do the Right Thing captures the highs and lows, tensions and tragedies of a Brooklyn neighborhood on a sweltering summer day.
- Malcolm X (1992) Some stories are a perfect match for a director, and, in Malcolm X, Lee harnesses his frustrations — with the media, its double standards, and the broader biases Black people face every day — into a powerful three-hour-plus opus.
- 25th Hour (2002) Often referred to as the definitive movie that deals with the tragedy of Sept. 11 and its impact on New York, 25th Hour finds Lee operating outside of his wheelhouse in telling the story of Monty (Edward Norton), a drug dealer in his last hours of freedom before starting a prison sentence.
- BlacKkKlansman (2018) It's hard to believe that, after 30 (mostly) celebrated years in the industry, Lee had never been nominated for a Best Director Academy Award.
Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam and his eventual assassination. Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee.
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Lee also acted in eleven of his feature films. He is also known for directing numerous documentary projects including the 4 Little Girls (1997), the HBO series When the Levees Broke (2006), the concert film American Utopia (2020), and NYC Epicenters 9/11→2021½ (2021).
